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    Thanks SilentWolf! Glad you like the angle in there - I've got enough of those nice A-frames that I thought I really ought to try to put them to good use! That would be one of these dinosaur tail pieces (which LEGO likes using for trees more recent too). Thanks! Thanks for the kind words! Thanks Captain! Glad to find I'm not the only one that thought so - there just somehow seemed to be something appealing about that fig by the rock
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    Lovely, Titus, simply lovely. Fantastic job all around, so many great details - I'm loving it all (except maybe that tree )! Awesome Tudor and stone-work - the fairly smooth and not at all over-textured wall is some wonderful relief here, especially in combination with the Tudor and corner tiles; great call there The landscaping and colorscheme are great as well, and I'm loving the idea and execution with the dark green water and dam/walkway! The microfigs Kai mentioned and those lanterns are excellent additions as well. As far as the tree goes - I find that sticking a leaf straight up in the center/top is a difficult concept to pull off well; I think you would have been better off here just going without that one. Also, generally speaking, angling the leaves/branches can work wonders for trees - check out this or this for a couple of examples (though I'm sure you're familiar with them already!) - or on the other hand, a taller trunk and some nice slopes and pretty basic techniques can make for a very nice tree as well (see some of MassEditor's latest builds, especially in Avalonia, for some great examples - or if we're going for really tall trunks, Brother Steven's huge and epic ones). I don't think there's too much of a straight "this is the way to put together the best tree" though - there are lots of different awesome variations and types of trees, and it generally takes a fair amount of practice and fiddling to know which will fit where and to capture them perfectly in LEGO form! Keep at it!
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    Very cool, Breg! The facade is really nicely done - I'll have to get some of those carved knob-like pieces if I ever get the chance - and all those clocks look great as well!
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    Wow that dark blue water! A very awesome and impressive build, Blufiji, those small rock outcroppings look great, and the color-scheme with the greens, greys, and blues works way better than I would have expected! That pathway up to the door/opening in the rocks is fantastic as well! The little boat is a neat addition too. If there's one thing I'd nitpick about, it'd probably be the amount of stone-work you have in the buildings - I think it just puts the light grey content of the build a little high; it may be just me, but I would have liked a higher ratio of woodwork to stonework in there. For instance, the house furthest on the right looks spectacular, and I think the build would have turned out looking a bit more Norse/Mitgardian if that (more browns) had been continued a bit more into the rest of the buildings. That's all a fairly small detail, though, and overall this is a very impressive build! Great to see another Mitgardian MOC from you!
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    Very nice build, Ayrlego, and great to see this topic getting some love in the Brick Seas (Perfect facial expression for that guy inside, by the way! ) The building and architecture are great and very much in keeping with the style of Port Woodhouse, and that citrus tree is just splendid! I don't have any alt-bricks myself, but their leaves sure do look fabulous! And last but not least, that parrot is a great splash of color here too!
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    Looking nice, Professor, I'm really liking this little vessel! The rig is coming along great as well!
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    Thanks Ayrlego! Hope you all can get some good use out of it! Thanks Kai! Unfortunately there was no way to actually stick it through the paper, but... Glad you liked the story! Thanks Blackdeath! Yep, that's what bugged me about it a bit too - it's because of all the tilts you have available with the technic axles... I think it might be easier to solve those gaps in a larger build, but really, I'm not entirely sure! But I do know that SK did an awesome job of it in this build here!
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    A small commerce (for Corrington to licence) from me. Whiffo Dock
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    And, a small build for the Corries' New Haven settlement from me! Whiffo Dock
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    Captain Whiffo stood on the newly finished small dock, thoughtfully perusing the document in his hands, a couple of crates of miscellaneous goods by his side. "Mmhm, yes, alright," he muttered to himself, and then looking up, and addressing the world of the Brick Seas at large - though there happened to be no one there to hear him - he began reading in a stentorian voice, "Ladies, gentlemen, etc., etc., etc., of the Brick Seas!" "Be it known to you that on this day, the 8th of August of the year 617, Captain Whiffo makes over the ownership of Whiffo Dock to the honorable Corlanders for the use of the inhabitants of New Haven, in accordance with the Treaty of blah, blah, blah - hoping that it may thrive and become a bustling center of trade in the years to come." He looked around satisfactorily. Nothing but jungle and water could be seen anywhere about - New Haven was somewhere... out there - but what of it? This location had suited him just fine, and he prided himself on his Eslandolan foresight on all things mercantile and economic, and had concluded that this would be a splendid situation for a future center of commerce and a great place to unload... dinghies? Pshaw! He turned back to his parchment. "This dock, therefore - named in my honor, of course," he added aside - "shall stand as lasting testimony to the good-will of Eslandola to all, blah, blah, blah - you folks," he looked up with a smile, "is what it means to say - and shall prove that Eslandolans are men of their words - or men of their diplomats' words... I never signed that treaty - well!" He turned to the paper again, "Excellent, excellent - that will do the job admirably. I certainly hope the Corries do appreciate the work, for I tell you, it goes very much against the Eslandolan grain to build a dock and then leave it for somebody else to make money off of. Ah, well! - se la vie..." And with that he pulled out a handy sword, and pinned the parchment down to the boards of the new dock. He stepped back to admire the scene, And then turned and left the small new dock to itself and the jungle... And a somewhat random shot of Captain Whiffo by the rock I had to use to hold the paper down in the wind Just a little build from me for BoBS for the Corries' New Haven settlement - I did try out a bit of a new (for me!) rock-work technique which was meant to be an attempt at SK's angled rocks (connected via a technic axle), but I'm not really too sure about how it turned out It is a small commerce to be licenced by Corrington. Thanks for viewing, C&C are welcome as always!
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    Now that is a neat micro, Maxim! I'm really liking that road too, and the green and gold in the predominantly white building look great as well! Nicely done!
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    Very nicely done, you've definitely nailed this style again, and this is a great representation of something we haven't seen much in BoBS! I'm with Kai on the olive too, and I've got to admit those rifles are pretty neat!
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    I'm wondering what the good cook has against those particular fruits! Another great shot, mate - love the light you've got on the lantern, and all these detail pics of the ship have me really looking forward to more! Keep it up!
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    Sounds like fun, Maxim! Wish I could be there - you guys wouldn't be able to pay my flight now, would you? Looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!
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    Nicely done, dG, and great to see something from you again! The windows above the door are really catching my attention, and the interior is excellent as well I may have to borrow that candle-stick design sometime!
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    Great transformation of that set, Faladrin, and it's been a pleasure following your story here! Looking forward to more on the Golden Apple quest! And I'd be remiss not to mention that phlogisphere - very nicely done all around! Great work with that too!
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    Nice work with this team, Captain B! The uniform variety is great and so is the fountain, and I'm curious to see how they'll do with tactics like that! As far as registering it goes, I think you are supposed to post a link to it here? I'm not sure that it actually says that you need to, but it'll probably make things easier for Maxim
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    Nicely done! The Tudor and stone work are definitely great, and the roof is very well done too! I'm not quite certain about the mix of olive and sand green in the landscape - that combination almost always looks a tad odd to me - but I really like the pathway; that technique works very nicely there, much better than as a wall, IMHO. Keep it up!
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    Now that's what I like to see! This was an impressive build before, but you've definitely knocked it up a notch or two now! The pathway is a great addition, and I must say that squaring the build off really helps with the aesthetics as well! I'm liking the crane and explanatory story too - and that snow owl on that ledge! The foam at the bottom of the falls is also certainly better (though if I were nitpicking I would think that a little more foam in the center than towards the edges would probably look a tiny bit more natural ), but I'm guessing that the rendering might have something to do with that too? And just out of curiousity, you weren't originally planning on later redirecting the falls when you built the first build and made the rocks a bit lower there, were you? If so, definitely kudos to you for thinking that far ahead!
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    Thanks all! That's definitely one of my favorite techniques too! It's a great way to use all of TLG's new awesome blue shades, and I don't think I've ever regretted getting all those trans-clear bricks! You should! - there really a lot of fun! Thanks Professor! Thanks Kai! And I've still got a list of about half a dozen other rowboats to try my hand at sometime or other! Ha, ha, thanks Kwatchi! A good question - it is actually dark tan, though I still do agree that it seems like it'd be rather tough soil for such luscious vegetation, and I probably should have gone with my original idea of including some light tan sand up higher away from the water, and maybe some green under the jungle-ish part. In the end I didn't do that pretty much just because of how tiny the island was to start with Thanks blackdeathgr! It's hard to go wrong with a bunch of green and a handful of colorful parts for a jungle! (And a bunch of animals... ) Ha, ha - it took a while to find a place where it wouldn't be constantly falling down! Thanks! Thanks Bodi, glad you like it!
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    Oh! You said a plot-twist was coming next, but I didn't expect that! Nicely done, Captain B, great job with part one, and I can't wait to see where you'll be taking it after this! I do suspect that Captain Cookie's got something good up his sleeve, though I'd be happy to help out building more for the future of this story-line whenever you'd like! Maybe I'll even finally get around to starting one of my own story-lines I've been planning for a while and you could help build for me too...
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    Nicely done! - I really like the way you've nestled the fortress in the rocks, and the medium flesh building is a great addition as well A couple of suggestions might be to add a bit more texture to the sand, perhaps - though really, it doesn't look bad as is - and to tile the border (when flat those generally give a more polished and finished look to a build), though in that case you might want to change the color to black or something - I know I certainly don't have that many tiles in tan! Very nice work overall, though, and a great start to BoBS! Keep it up!
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    Very impressive work, Maxim! I wouldn't have thought it, but that lime really works splendidly here, and your renderings are excellent as well! The statues on the boardwalk in the center, the ones on the front with the flags, and the roof windows are probably my favorite parts of this build. I really like the roof's ends too, though, and for some reason I'm loving that shot from the back - just such awesome colors and architecture there! Definitely a worthy addition to all the huge edifices in this bustling city! Oh-ho! Is King Fernando planning on going on a visit to Trador?
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    Another build for Captain Braunsfeld's storyline from me! The Highwayman's Return
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    The Secret of the 8 Provinces - Prelude The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 1st Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 2nd Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 3rd Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 4th Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 5th Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 6th Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 7th Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 8th Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 9th Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 10th Chapter The Secret of the 8 Provinces - 11th Chapter (Ye be here) (Build by Captain Braunsfeld) Captain Cookie continued: "After resurfacing, our highwayman, the Red Fandango, headed back to his crew in a gloomy mood." "It seemed to him that all the monkeys on the whole island were laughing at him. And, as a matter of fact, they were." "So the Red Fandango was near an island?" Lady de Summers put in. "Oh, yes," Captain Cookie returned. "He had just landed from the Sparkle in a little dinghy to search for the treasure. You will remember that according to the maps, the wreck of the 8 Provinces was to be found in an island's cove." "The look on his face immediately told his companions of his lack of success - though of course, he hadn't been foolish enough to let them know all the particulars. He was no Trelawney - not he! "This, naturally, cast his mates down into the dregs too. Well, at least it cast his first mate Wilkes into the sulks - Jim was always happy in any situation as long as he didn't have to row, and he had done the job on the voyage out..." "They set out to return to the ship, but already the Red Fandango was thinking of what his next move would have to be." To be continued... Another build for Captain Braunsfeld's storyline, and another rowboat from me! Those are really remarkably fun to build! One more overview shot (without the boat): And now the story is back over to Captain B! Enjoy, C&C are welcome!
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