Kai NRG

Licensed as a small residence.

At last, another free-build from me!

Don Gonzalo, the notorious murderer of Jamie, was, you may recall, removed to New Eslandola for sentencing. The reason was that the justices of the peace feared the likelihood of a mob insurrection, should Don Gonzalo be found guilty and his sentence be carried out in Terreli. Well, Don Gonzalo was found guilty, which came as no surprise to anyone. But there were quite a few raised eyebrows when it was first understood that he was only being placed under house arrest until the day of his sentence. Most people suspected that someone's pockets had been well lined before that happened. Be that as it may, it was the 29th of November, 616 - the day before the execution of Don Gonzalo's sentence ("elongation of the esophagus," as the judge politely put it). Don Gonzalo was living with a distant cousin of his, who, out of pity, had offered him and his guards a spare room. But the haughty and ruthless Don had soon ceased to be even an object of curiosity to the family, who stayed out of his way and didn't think about him oftener than they could help. So, though it was the day before he was to be executed, his cousin's young son didn't give that a second thought. He was outside playing his favorite game - sparring with the cast iron pump. His mother watched from a safe distance. Fredric could get wild. Meanwhile, outside, things were starting to heat up. Don Gonzalo was taken out by his guards, who laughed and chatted, glad that their onerous duty to this belligerent criminal was about to end. Don Gonzalo only sneered at their good humor. "He who laughs last, laughs loudest," he muttered to himself. He had a good reason for not being concerned. The Terreli mob may have been left behind, but boy had the authorities made a mistake in giving him this much time! It hadn't been hard for him to organize a full-fledged rescue, with a little help from one of his old cronies... Don Gonzalo chucked to himself as he leaned over the rail of his own private ship, later that night. Eslandian officials could be mighty stupid, he reflected. Just witness King Fernando, for one! And now - hurrah for the life of a pirate! A few more shots of the build: This was partially inspired by Legopard and Brick Vader's epic Venice 1486. It was lots of fun to build too, and I hope you enjoyed looking at it! C&C welcome!

Neat build Mengish, I really love the way you've done the overgrowth and the building looks great as well! The pigs are a cool touch.

If you're going to use a ship as a property i.e. permanently in one place (education, jail, etc.) there should be no problem licensing it under the appropriate category with the appropriate footprint. Likewise there should be no problem micro scaling it as long as you're still licensing it according to the footprint (not according to what the footprint would have been if it weren't micro-scale). However, if the ship isn't going to be permanently moored, then you need to present whatever the reason behind it is, and that reason is what is going to be licensed. I.e. you build a fisher's hut, and you want to include a little fisher's skiff. Absolutely fine. But what's really being licensed is more the hut than the skiff. Or you build a ferry station and you include a ferry. Again, absolutely fine and the ferry can help meet the footprint. But what's really being licensed is more the station than the ship. A solitary exception perhaps would be houseboats, which I could conceivably see licensed as residences? But no one's going to get rich off such a thing. So with your specific example; if you permanently moor your 3T2 and present a justification in bricks for considering it a jail or an educational facility or whatever, I don't see any problem with licensing it as a property. BUT if you just post a ship topic and say at the end, "this is for education," that doesn't cut it.

Great way of showing several different "takes" on the Eslandian situation in one build, SilentWolf! Very nice interior too, I really like the fireplace and the piano! And the table, though simple, looks very much in place!

Beautiful little vig LJ, such a great choice of colors and fantastic Elven architecture! I particularly like the various cheese mosaics and of course the spiral stairs! The use of micro figures on the lantern posts is ingenious too!

Very creative! I love how you've taken advantage of the King's signature throwing nightcaps move.

Really nice ship, very unique and the little bit of swamp you've included looks great! As Garmadon said the curves are very well done, especially the roof curve!

Wait... you might put a tree on top of it?!?

Those boat roofs are definite eye-catchers! They may be a little too obviously boats though; so if you get a chance to add something to them I imagine that would help; but even as is it does give a nice arch to the entry. I love the curve you've given the towers! It has a slightly cartoonish vibe that I find really neat. The texture is great also and good work with the two different kinds of slits in the wall - the diamond shaped ones in particular look great!

In defense of my good name, I was joking when I said that if it were me, I'd license it as a 4...

Neat build Silent Wolf, you did a great job capturing the look of a rut here! Nice vehicles as well!

Very nice build Bregir, the white on the fence livens it up a bit as do the trees and flowers! Those poor kids though... it must be tough slaving over Latin when there are things like Indians and unexplored jungle just miles away...

Neat figs and good work on the descriptions too! The interior looks good too, I like how you included a little storeroom at the back!

Great LDD build ayrlego, good choice of colors on the outside and the interior is really nice!

Very colorful layout Faladrin, the white and blue building is particularly nice! I like all the activity going on too!

To each his own. AL is probably how I'd be saying it most of the time anyhow...

But I think that is a capital! Besides, if the King can't use lowercase, who can? Okay. I'm actually in favor of this procedure personally, I just thought we had decided against it. Fine by me. Three, or two? Good point. I think we should either a) just move on with the vacancy, or b) the council votes on a replacement. The exception would be TCs which can fill in their blanks whenever, but otherwise it waits until the next election. And a resignee shouldn't be allowed to run the next cycle. This sounds fine to me - it's really just a technicality, with a 3 vote seat instead of a 3 seat position. I'll have to write that last point in though. Given the titles, that would make sense. In practice, it doesn't. Leadership would just have to fill both a Council and an Executive (King?). It's easier just to merge them, especially since there is more than one leader, so it really is a sort of executive council. I kinda like this one... but I prefer tweaking it a bit, say Admius Legistrador. That way it sounds less like some odd twist off the words Admin and Leningrad. Are you gonna build 'em? I think you'll have trouble finding enough volunteers... But we should certainly encourage members to build signing MOCs. Maybe we could offer a DB reward. But that can be handled by the council itself. I think so too.

Okay, guys, here’s the latest in Eslandrama! Let us know what you think of these three state documents! If you’ve got any revision suggestions, speak now or forever hold your peace (or at least, until we’ve set up the council and amendments can be broached). After this is finalized, I’ll add a poll to this topic so everyone can easily vote for acceptance. Since this is something I expect people to actually read (unlike most government documents, right?) I’ve dropped the elaborate style and just tried to get the point across without needless whereas’s and hitherto’s and furthermore’s, not to mention other sundry bombastic phrases designed to impress the common man with a healthy sense of aristocratic and governmental superiority (when, in fact, all they show is a lack of ability to talk plain English). Note the nomenclature especially please – we can discuss calling regions Constellations, and also I’ve named the Prime Minister “Chief Citizen,” but other suggestions have been made such as Stadtholder, Primeiro Vereador, Premier Magistrate, etc. Magna Charta: Although in the ages of barbarianism and serfdom a King was essential to secure Eslandola from ravages without, the time has now come to require assurances from the King against ravages within. The rights of a law-abiding citizen to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, demand that government be for the people; and to assure that, it must be by the people. To achieve such a government in New Eslandola a convention is hereby authorized, whose decisions will become law. In recognition of the validity of this document, I, King Augusto Fernando VIII, do hereby sign my name: Fernando Augusto Fernando Augusto VII, King, Eslandola Constitution: The Kingdom of Eslandola will be governed by two councils, the Continental Council and the Colonial Council. The Continental Council, Section I: a) The Continental Council will consist of the relevant BoBS leaders. b) The Continental Council determines locations for troops, ships, and forts, but may be overruled up to half of the force in dispute by the Colonial Council. c) The Continental Council alone has the prerogative to declare war, but may not do so without the express consent of the Colonial Council. d) The Continental Council alone may sign treaties, but they must be ratified by the Colonial Council prior to signing. e) The Continental Council may veto any monopoly. f) The Continental Council has as its sole prerogative the granting of charters, including but not necessarily limited to charters for Trade Companies, Settlements, and Royal Properties. A grant may be vetoed by the Colonial Council. g) The Continental Council must supervise elections to the Colonial Council and must insure that elections be completed in a timely fashion. Establishment of the Colonial Council, Section II: a) The Colonial Council shall consist of eight positions; one position shall be granted to each recognized Trade Company (at the time of signing, East Trade-Wind Company, Merchant’s Colonial Trading Company, and Mpya-Stedor All-Encompassing Science, Trade & Resources Organization); one position shall be granted to independents; one position shall be granted to the representatives of each of the three regions; one position shall be reserved for a Chief Citizen elected by all citizens of Eslandola. b) Each Trade Company may decide internally how to appoint or elect a member to its position. c) The Independent Position shall be voted upon by all interested members of Eslandola not affiliated with a Trade Company. d) The Regional Positions shall be voted upon by members of a region. No member may vote in more than one region. No member holding a position as Governor or Mayor may vote in a region outside of that in which he exercises authority. No member may vote in a region in which he has not placed a build. Regional Positions may be added by vote of the Colonial Council. e) The Chief Citizen shall be elected by all citizens of Eslandola. He shall be responsible for seeing bills through to their conclusion, for announcing the results of a vote, for communication with the Continental Council, and for keeping peace within the Colonial Council. f) Each position shall consist of three seats, or three votes, to be used as the member holding the position deems fit. g) Elections shall be held once every four months, except in the case of the Chief Citizen, which shall be held once every sixth months. h) Campaigns shall begin one month before the election begins. Campaigners must present a minifigure and a speech; further propaganda is left to each campaigner’s discretion. Operation of the Colonial Council, Section III: a) Each position shall be granted a salary of 25 DBs monthly, except in the case of Chief Citizen, who will be granted 50 DBs a month. b) Any member who fails to register either a vote or an abstention, and has not sent a letter of excuse, shall be fined 100 DBs, except in the case of the Chief Citizen, whose disappearance without a letter of excuse shall be penalized by 500 DBs. Two letters of excuse in succession from the Chief Citizen shall result in a fine of 500 DBs. c) Any resolution shall be passed by a majority of 51% of total seats, save in the case of veto upon the Continental Council, which shall be passed when relevant by a majority of 66% of total seats. d) The Colonial Council shall hold its meetings in a designated thread, but may adjourn by vote to a private thread for a specific length of time. e) The Colonial Council shall vote openly, but may determine by vote upon a secret ballot at any time. Prerogatives of the Colonial Council, Section IV: a) The Colonial Council shall decide by vote when and how many troops, ships, or forts to build, raise, disband, or sell, above the automatic thresholds. b) The Colonial Council may overrule (up to half of the forces available) the disposition of forces made by the Continental Council by a veto vote. c) The Colonial Council may not declare war, but must approve for any war to be declared. d) The Colonial Council may not sign treaties, but must ratify prior to their signing. e) The Colonial Council may propose and vote upon new monopolies, but the Continental Council possesses veto power. f) The Colonial Council may veto any charter granted by the Continental Council. g) The Colonial Council may determine when to recognize a chartered Trade Company, admitting them to a permanent seat on the Colonial Council. h) The Colonial Council may raise or lower taxes by vote without let or hindrance. i) Veto upon the Continental Council may only be considered for one month subsequent to the Continental Council’s decision. j) The above provisions notwithstanding, the Colonial Council shall take no action disapproved by the leadership of the Brick Seas. Judicial System, Section V: a) All judicial cases will be decided by a jury randomly chosen from among active Eslandian members and presided over by a member of the Continental Council as judge. b) The jury shall determine guilt; the judge shall pronounce the sentence. c) Any citizen of Eslandola in good standing may bring a case to trial at the relevant time (quarterly). Bill of Rights: I. The right of each citizen of Eslandola to his own form of religion shall not be infringed. II. The right of each citizen of Eslandola to a free expression of his sentiments upon his own property or upon public property shall not be infringed. III. The right of each citizen of Eslandola to raise troops, establish forts, and license ships shall not be infringed. IV. Private property of Eslandian citizens shall not be taken for public use without the consent of the owner. V. This Bill of Rights notwithstanding, no member shall take action disapproved by the leadership of EuroBricks and/or the Brick Seas.

Really cool ship Garmadon, sleek and smooth and to my inexpert eye the rigging looks needlessly accurate. Great job on the interior and on the edited shots as well! Neat minifigs too though it seems to be quite a young crew!

Nice peaceful build SK, the trees look great and the tudor sections of the buildings are well done!

Very nice dio, LJ, the unique rock formations, the waterfalls, and the bridges add a lot. The palm trees also look really good. I just kind of wonder if such a dark background was the best to photograph it against... the MOC feels bright and sunny, with the white, tan, green, blue, and lavender, but the background really seems to throw a damper on that. Otherwise, however, an excellent build; great interior and the little details are fun to spot!

Ah. Figured it might have an expression on the other side. Great job incorporating the colors BTW. I just now realized that they were there!

Thank you! Yes, those are 1x1s with teeth... and yeah, it was a shame that the King kind of blocked the window, so I decided I really should take a shot without him! Thanks Faladrin! This was to me the obvious way to get the colors in their easily!