Gideon

That kind of creativity seems to be what Nocturnus is for?

Excellent sigfig and nice introduction! Looking forward to seeing more of his story

Interesting tree design and great photography!

Very nice build! The mix between dark bley and the tans works surprisingly well

Great fig posing and rocks! UoP +1.

This is just so much the swamplands of Nocturnus as it can be! Wonderful work and world-class photography Some really nice details, and the dark green works well for the murky water.

Great to have both of you visiting Barqa! And good teaser trailer Ecc, can't wait to see the final Challenge III presentation!

Nice proportions of the build and interesting fig design!

Can't wait to see it!

I am coming to the same conclusion that I need to "build smart" rather than "build big" which I always tend to lean to as the default option. Especially with a second kid due any day, a new job with much more responsibility (and no overtime compensation...) since this morning and the bad judgement to sign up for a 90 km cross-country skiing race in February (which means I need to step up my workout a lot the coming months).

Representing all four (playable) guilds of Historica at the Lego Fan Weekend, with Kaliphlin in the center spot of course! (My castle which is Avalonian-ish is the biggest build I brought however, but that is not at the same table )

Excellent idea and well executed I always love seeing MOCs depicting historically correct industry!

The variation in the wall really does the trick here! UoP +1 :)

Thanks for all the kind words! I'm on the road to LFW at the moment (drove 750 km to the southern tip of Sweden today), will try to answer the specific questions when I'm back at a computer. Looking forward to meeting some of you during the weekend!!

After a lot of talking (and some WIP-sharing) I'm finally finished with my major build for Lego Fan Weekend (starting Friday in Skaerbaek, Denmark...see you there? ) I've been longing to flesh out Barqa some more for a long time, and finally I had the opportunity. Hope you will enjoy it!

HSS: Streets of Barqa Barqa is the trading hub of south-western Kaliphlin. The city is located where the mighty Arkbri river meets the sea. The Arkbri river stretches all the way from the mountains of Mitgardia and is a major shipping route through central Historica. Barqa is a melting pot of people and cultures from all points of the compass, and dozens of different languages can be heard in the streets. The proud City Guard of Barqa is in peacetime mostly a constabulary force, which is not to say that they are lacking work… Some guards are of course also manning the walls, but this one don’t seem to be paying attention to what is outside the wall? Aha, he is admiring one of the many lovely...gardens of Barqa! Today, de Gothia is visiting his son Elijah who is studying in Barqa. He also meets with Lord Gideon, who is eager to hear about the achievements of the Kaliphlin artisans he has sent north to help de Gothia building the town of Sionnach. Elijah has already grown tired of the lengthy discussion of the grownups and is instead investigating a statue of some hero of old. Bishop Sheyer of the Aslanic Order is also passing by, always travelling with an armed escort. Many of Barqa’s inhabitants, some would say the majority, cannot afford living quarters with their own kitchen. For them, simple establishments as this one are the place to go to get a bowl of soup or something to drink on the go. HSS Hospitality: Fast food Barqa is well known for the excellent quality of the glasswares produced here. Like many other craftsmen and merchants of the city, this glass blower has a small shop along one of the covered sidewalks. These roofs provide protection from the sun during most of the year, and protection from the torrential rain in that season. HSS Craftsmen, General Goods: Glass Blower While black oil is the usual source of lighting in Kaliphlin, candles are considered a luxury which many people want to use to impress their visitors with. Especially the many temples and shrines of the various religions represented in Barqa are demanding candles in great numbers. HSS Merchant, Specialty: Candle Maker With Barqa being such a busy trade hub with traders coming from all over Historica and beyond, the cartographers of Barqa are among the finest in Historica. Today, this cartographer has stepped down from his studio upstairs and is providing maps to the city’s inhabitants and visitors. HSS Services: Cartographer The movements of the celestial bodies are closely observed by the scholars of Barqa. This particular astronomer is excellent at determining the exact time of day, and has built a clock tower to share this information with the city. Indeed, this clock is de facto the standard for time in Barqa. HSS Scholars: Observatory/Astronomer In many places in the city, music can be heard from the city's numerous musicians. HSS Entertainers: Street Musicans The frequent traffic with horses and oxen means that streets can get very dirty, despite the efforts of the cleaning workers. During the short but intense rain season, the streets can also be turned into something which looks more like canals when the drainage system is pushed to its limits. Therefore, most streets have stepping stones where pedestrians can cross without getting too dirty or wet. Many children like to play on the city walls, sometimes even daring to go up into the towers. The guards are of course not happy with this practice... The roofs are important parts of the homes where people spend a lot of their time. Here, a mother is feeding her daughter with a slice of a giant apple, fresh from the orchards of southern Avalonia. When the searing sun is getting low in the sky the city really comes to life. The streets, homes and shops are lit by numerous oil lanterns. There are a sizeable population of humanoids with Nocturnian origin in Barqa, many of them exiles from the internal Nocturnian power struggles. Soraya the assassin is hiding in the shadows, could it be one of these she is after? Some more pictures of the build: UoP credits claimed: Marketplace [Trade and Law] Arresting Criminals [Trade and Law] Music [Culture] As this is a massive build, as you see I tried to include quite a few HSS categories. If any of these is not good enough here, I do can skip that claim and re-visit the category some other time. I will display this build at the Lego Fan Weekend in Skaerbaek, Denmark, this coming weekend. I hope I will see some of you there!

I recall seeing some Roman soldiers in Kaliphlin, and I have myself included an ancient Greek styled ruin along the Arkbri river. (There are probably plenty of ruins of different kinds scattered throughout Kaliphlin) I try to at least incorporate some Roman/Byzantine technology in my builds, for example Roman styled roads, Byzantine "Greek Fire" and for a long time I've been thinking of doing an aqueduct build. Anyway, I think it would be great to see some more ancient Greece/Rome themed Kaliphlin builds, and as Ska has given a hint of where they fit in best geographically I suggest locating it there.

Thanks guys! I am falling in love with dark orange, need to get more of that color (so glad I picked up a second town hall to part out!). I'm realizing that it works so well as the kind of reddish soil you can see in many arid/semi-arid countries. It's not really a series, just a bunch of builds for LoR which also fit well here in GoH. They might have some visual similarity however as I'm using the same type of base and same main character This however proves to me the benefit of having many small tasks to do, as I can easily get my mind fixed on that I need to build big (and time-consuming...) in order to present my vision of Kaliphlin. More small GoH tasks and challenges, yes please!

Nice roof technique! Maybe some color variation could have broken up the repetitive pattern somewhat however. I also like how you show the process step by step

Excellent landscaping, I especially like the second pic

Excellent settlement description! This makes me want to do something similar for Barqa Anyway, I'll try to make a building for Ruadh some day, maybe a visiting artist.

A free-build showing express mail delivery in Kaliphlin.

Along the main roads of Kaliphlin, there is a well-developed network of stations where mail riders can change to fresh horses. These mail riders can therefore quickly deliver messages over long distances within the lands of Kaliphlin. Even though messages can travel more quickly by bird, this is by far the fastest way to send full-sized letters as even the fastest ships traveling along the coasts would need very favorable winds to be able to compete with an experienced mail rider with a good supply of fresh horses.

Am I correct that you are claiming the four credits with bullet points + a roofing credit? If that is the case I say +1 to all 5 claims since this is such a big and detailed build

Sweet interior scene, and I especially like the barrels! But I am slightly confused what the figs are doing on top of the cross-section of the wall?