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A really nice fig! I'm just wondering where the enemy is?

Nice work with the FP although it usually makes more sense to have the foreground sharp (that would be the soldiers) and the rest blurry. I've made the same mistake myself before though! Ah, I was wondering why they looked like that!

Dark red bricks! Nice job here, I like all the bamboo and nice vegetation we've been seeing for this challenge (now if only I had my foliage here!).

A nice counter MKJ, excellent idea and the shaping on the beast is pretty good! Boy, the DK have their enemies confused! What happened to know your enemy? I guess you guys just string 'em up all alike anyways, so what does it matter, right?

A nice little vig, the dark red touches especially!

Excellent work here JN, love the look of the soldier advancing toward the pig with a plate in his hand! The bones on the floor are a great touch and the landscaping is well done!

Thanks blufiji!

Counter to Adair. Pictures not yet final!

Reference to Adair's build. The stowaway in the cabin had long since filled his belly on apples and drifted off to sleep with the quiet motion of the ship in the almost windless sea. The sail billowed slowly out, then fell again, in a way that was remarkably similar to the heaving of the stowaway's chest. Presently a low sigh escaped him. A rustle on deck and a sudden babbling of orders in a woman's voice awoke him. He sat up with a jerk and spent the next few minutes righting the barrel and replacing apples. Fortunately, the noise was covered over by the lady's loud shouting. He paused for a second, just as she dropped into a lower tone. "Revenge. That is my life now. And my revenge will not be complete until every single Ulandian is dead and their island sunk back into the ocean." Revenge! On every single Ulandian?! This was really too much! Our stowaway happened to have been greatly helped on his way by several Ulandian soldiers - in fact they were the ones who had smuggled him on this ship - and he was quite willing to repay the favor. Certainly he did not wish this thoughtlessly passionate girl to get away with her mad scheming! For hours he sat there, racking his brain. What should he do? What could he do? The night began to close, and darkness crept over the ocean. The stowaway stiffened in his hiding place as the cabin door opened and Adira herself entered. "So dark in here!" she muttered. "I could really use a candle!" A candle! Fire! That was it! The stowaway had to clap his hand over his mouth to prevent himself from shouting, "Eureka!" Impatiently he waited until all was quiet. Then he snuck out of the cabin and drew a flint stone out of his pocket. By dint of long patience he finally achieved a spark. Eagerly he watched it consume the tarred canvas he fed it. Then he placed it carefully in a place where it was sure to catch. Had the watch not been so sound asleep, they might well have seen, not many minutes later, their small gig lowered over the side. But they were sound asleep. Not until the clothes of the first mate began to burn did he realize what was happening. Then instantly all was abustle, Adira rushed out, shouting orders again, the commander of the troops also bellowed orders, and so did the first mate - these orders all had to do with relieving his pain, "Bring me water! And a linen poultice! And a pot of soothing ointment!" - and the cacophony was so great that it was quite amazing that Adira and the commander managed to lash together a few spars and launch their small raft onto the water before things really started to heat up. Knowing they had to get far away before the water sucked the ship down, they began to swim and push the raft through the water, calling to those on board to jump out and help them. But all too many didn't hear. Adira looked backwards over her shoulder at the burning ship, barely bigger than the size of a quarter now. Who had done this? She sighed wearily. It must have been the crew. They had Desert King leanings. "Revenge is more complicated than I thought," she muttered to herself. "Now I'll have to postpone completing it until every single Desert King follower is dead - or whatever happens to mummies - and their king is once again locked away in his dismal tomb!" Fortunately for Adira, a ship belonging to an enterprising Kaliphlin merchant who, even in these troubled times, prosecuted his calling vigorously, passed by and picked them up. It was going to A15, which Adira thought was just perfect. Several of the crew were quite willing to join her on her mission of vengeance, so she was able to muster the same force as before. Note the curved sail. I was quite proud of that. Tried to stick as much as possible to Adair's original design! An overview: Original post (picture may not work):

Well, to be clear, I don't think to myself, "Okay, so how much SNOT did this builder have?" (That sounds so weird... ) It's probably more subconscious. Anyway, yeah, in this case neither really had any. I just think it would have improved the texture of DM's (or MI's) houses if one or two of them had used SNOT paneling or something like that. But yes, I agree, the styles are drastically different and of course, people are going to vote for their favorite style. I agree about rocks needing some bumps. Disco doesn't have them and I think that really marks his rockwork down a notch. Though, as far as it goes, neither does DM's. It's less noticeable though, in fact DM's rockwork is considerably better IMHO.

The sunlit picture is really nice, and as Graham said that roof is great! Edit: Forgot the credit, +1!

A great entry Garmadon, the rockwork is really good, especially love how you used the LURP! The Ulandians marching in a row gives it a really nice feel as well!

Ageven has teamed up with Uridius to bring in a few of Mitgardia's Wild Shag-bulls. No Desert King mummies can stand up to these, and their arrival in the B8 square might well spell the end for DK control of that area! On a side note, the fig is completely attached - to itself, not to the beast. A figless shot That would be about 16x6 studs, if you count the tail. C&C welcome!

An interesting build! Didn't know there even was green fire! You should also have a chance of not getting enough approvals.

Given the tally between Blufiji and Infernum... not sure about that! But after all, is it really surprising that most time and most experience wins? @Ska, yeah, SNOT can be overrated, but part of that is just that it does show more effort. It generally takes longer and more pieces to do the SNOT. It may not look so much incredibly better, but especially for builders who have done it and know what's behind it, it's more impressive. And yeah, you're going to have plenty of studs showing - Disco certainly does! but the important thing is to have them in the right places!

Really nice work here Elostirion, I was wondering how you would do an interior on an irregular border, this turned out great! The stud-in wall technique works astonishingly well, and it certainly looks like those High Council (?) partisans don't stand a chance! Edit: for the approval!

Great work with the bamboo stalks! Good work with the posing as well. It does seem like the little stream is a bit too level (in fact in places even overflowing) with the rest of the dark green, which isn't normal as water always seeks its level! Edit: T-O-O, not T-O,

27 studs?! Hahahaha, actually, this could be a really fun one to counter! Great micro ship and town!

An entry from me!

Sir A. Liddel Studd, To the Most Honorable, Magnificent, Exalted, etc., etc., Lord First Centurion, Greetings! I write to inform Your Highness of the completion of our treaty with Lord Abrim Kar’dani. As you well know, he has challenged all factions to a mass melee, in which I – solicitous as always for the rights of Ulandus, the unity of Kaliphlin, and the glory of Your Most Honorable Highness – resolved at once to take a part. As the battle progressed, it became very evident that the essential point of all was a small tower – perhaps a shrine, at all events with heavy Eastern Kaliphlin influences. The three factions were closing around this tower, and almost at the same moment all realized that it was the key to the Lonely Mountain, to a treaty with Lord Kar’dani, and perhaps even – who knows? the fortune of war is often strange – the conquest of Kaliphlin. In a flash the warriors from each side began a race toward the tower. I am reminded of my childhood, when I played king of the mountain with my brother – my long lost brother! But I will not sully this document with my own reminisces, except so far as to thank you again for all you have done in that respect upon my behalf, and to once again assure you that my loyalty is now, as ever, always with Your Highness and the island of Ulandus! To return to the battle. Three of us – as destiny or fate would have it – outstripped the rest. The first was a High Council partisan – poor, misguided folk. Them – and him – I can afford to pity. The second was a supporter of the Desert King, as his mummy costume made clear. The third was your humble and devoted servant. We reached the tower in that order, and as they reached it the other two began to climb. I had just arrived at the foot when a strange hissing sound caused the air to vibrate, and a lurid glow flashed out on the horizon, rivalling the sun itself in brightness. The next instant a fireball reached the top of the tower, knocking down the higher sections and setting the rest aflame. The poor High Council man and the mummy were to be seen no more, and their respective teams, demoralized at the sudden catastrophe, left the field in disorder. Of the rest I have little to say, save that we speedily finalized and signed a treaty with Lord Kar’dani, which treaty I have enclosed in this dispatch. Wishing you all health and success, Your most humble, devoted, loyal, etc., etc., servant, Sir A. Liddel Studd Fi-yah! Yeah, when I said you need to think height when it comes to 8x8s... I meant it! Comments are welcome! As you may imagine, I had a deal of fun with the fire ball... Thanks for checking it out!

Very nice architecture here! The details throughout the building look great and good use of those claws as decorations!

... that gives me a really good counter idea!

@Maxim, I voted for Disco but at the moment didn't have time to explain why. I think really I'd just have to echo what others have said - his build was cleaner. Your's definitely nailed the original style much better - of course, you created it! - but the minifigures - which, keep in mind, are the biggest thing in the shot - weren't stellar (not that they were bad, just not out of the ball park). If I were nitpicking Disco's I could find fault with is rockwork, and the way it merges with the right tower which isn't quite perfect. Then the use of fleshies and I'm not a huge fan of the rock mixed in with the dark tan (those two are more subjective). But his had a nice smooth texture, and an overall awesome look, plus - and this is probably what really gets the votes - some pretty complicated techniques. On the front houses especially, you could have thrown in a bit more SNOT, half-stud offsets, and so on to make those more interesting. Plus the white behind the doors detracts slightly. I totally understand where you're coming from, it's really a shame to loose like this after putting so much effort into it - and I'm not too happy about the margin between SK and I, for that matter!

Thanks for the comments guys! Yeah, some people like the clips and others don't - but at least it makes my cheese slopes go a lot farther! Thanks!

Nice guerrilla, good work on the monster especially the beard! Does he eat live pigs too?