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I have quite significant reinforcements En route from various of our trading posts. I think Dugal is going to get the majority of support from our fellow members, are you planning to balance that with Petera's forces? I hope this is not overkill, but if it is...good! Let's win! The PGTC's trading network and influence is spread wide across the land of Kaliphlin, and our allies answer the call to retake Eastgate. We must secure this vital port and reinforce the border against the Drow. All units will fight to the death unless mentioned. From our headquarters in Petraea come some of our finest guardsmen The Heavy Cavalry are fast and use spears/pikes/halberds while mounted. If dismounted they switch to broadswords/axes/maces. The Sumhvit brothers Dave and John and their horses are heavily armoured. Shields and chainmail or armour for defence Longbowmen - long range. Tight discipline, front rank defends with shields and loads while rear rank shoots, then switch. Daggers for short range hand-to-hand. Shield defence and chainmail armour From the Eastern reaches, our Berigora office sends an infantry unit, and Qarkyr sends a platoon of Minotaur refugees The Infantry are armoured and attack with javelins. They have a special move of "the tortoise", a shielded defensive formation which attacks with javelins. The Minotaurs are strong but not armoured. They attack with tridents and have shields for defence. Longhorn the platoon leader is a berserker. From the South, the Order of Eden in Mpya Stedor sends its famous sons the Five Swords, and the Mountain mummies of Ras el-Akhen send 3 units of light infantry melee fighters. The five swords are skilled swordsmen, have shields but no armour. The mountain mummies are undead, will retreat when beaten. Various hack/slash/bash weapons, carry shields but no armour. The Mountain mummies also send the Goddess Horus and her Hippogriff The Goddess will answer prayers from the mummies for healing. She can fly with or without the Hippogriff, and carry battlefield intelligence at speed. As an immortal, she cannot die but will vanish into the ether if beaten. She has both defensive magic and offensive, she can concentrate the power of the sun in fireballs. From the gates of Barqa in the West come a unit of mounted archers and 5 Kaliphlin Knights of Legend Mounted archers are fast with a ranged attack. Shielded but not armoured. If dismounted they are all experts with daggers. The knights and their horses are all heavily armoured and carry shields. Mounted attack with pikes/halberds/lances. If dismounted they fight as follows (left to right): Sir Ruadrih with the great sword Deathbringer, Sir Horace with a katana, Sir Inigo Stillwell with a morningstar, Sir Drandish with a battle axe, and Sir Falko with the broadsword Wolfsbane. Sir Inigo is a PGTC board member, and other fighters will try to rescue him if he is under mortal threat, although he will not retreat himself. Le Duc LeStrange recruited a unit of Orcish Heavy Infantry on his recent visit to Sultan's Gate. The orcs are heavily armoured and shielded, attack with scimitars. The leader Warren is a berseker. From PGTC head office we dispatch our sorceress Byarssh with some beasts. She will not fight directly, but can heal units from a distance. She also has the power to control any animals in the field of battle, such as scorpions, rats, cats and dogs. Cats will turn into tigers under her influence. She is protected by defensive magic and will retreat if beaten. The ostriches are fast and kick hard. And from the shadows, Rasputin sends a pair of his most charming and capable lady friends. These spies have the ability to charm their way behind enemy lines, and learn battle plans or assassinate key targets.

Terrifying! The white cloth looks fantastic here, you have done a great job on the forced perspective.

Awesome statue SK, with some really nice techniques! Eurobricks doesn't really like uploading, it uses deep links instead. As a brit in HK, I can't comment on the message, but you have certainly captured the architecture of the new Legco building very well.

Very nice set of builds! Is the last one a custom torso? It looks great.

Really nice combination of action and landscape. The arrow in the eye is brilliant, this is what happens to all who try to invade Kaliphlin! The scene is a classic, it's like something from Lawrence of Arabia. +1 all claims

Very nice moc. The simple and plain exterior looks very typical, and the interior details are lovely. The shield is brilliant and that bearskin

Nice cart and figure posing. We must be running some make work programme if it takes 2 armoured guards to move one box of cotton! Love the bird too. I think the border needs more work, the front looks unfinished. If it's a rock face, they are about to fall off!

Very contemplative. Nice use of the HF parts, the dark red looks great here. I must stock up on the grey ones before they go eol.

Those guards really look like they are guarding! Nice vig Gideon

Great story Ska, as always. I love the bold colour choices!

The PGTC pledges for Dugal, photos later.

These are awesome! I see a lot of Kali potential here

Good call Matt, just ordered Dol Guldur and the Black Gate. Not convinced I want the pirate ship, I will wait until it's sold out and then curse myself for not buying. The Laketown chase set is for sale at GBP25 too

I hope we will see some cookaroni and cubit pieces in the new waves. My son's favourites are vulk, snuff, teslo, slumbo, gobba, balk, glomp, hoogi, wizwuz.

Sorry, I thought there was a comma or full stop implied there.

Looks great Hammerhand!

No chance of front trolling I'm afraid. That's terrible news, I was really looking forward to the sabre tooth tiger guy.

Brilliant idea. Lots of classic space love for this. Lovely build

Oh yes! This is the way to announce your arrival in Nocturnus! Sensational.

Rogue, it's a superb challenge and the preludes really add a lot. Your family must come first of course, I hope your son is getting better now.

:laugh: I spend weeks on a highly technical, original, intricate, nicely presented Sultan's Gate build, then get my first ever front page for some 1-hour derpy tablescrap! That's pretty funny! Thanks Kai! Looking forward to your new builds. And thanks Ecc for highlighting. I hope the racing snail can interest some new members.

Welcome mechamike! Great to have you here, I hope you enjoy yourself. Your photos look pretty good to me! I look forward to learning Kael's story. Space is my first love too but I find I am doing all of my building in History now.

It's a nice vig, with really good detailing. The chair is excellent, and I love the figs. The floor looks a little sparse in comparison to the rich detail on the walls. I would recommend you think about how a scene will look on a photo - the headlight bricks look like holes and the 1x1 round studs leave gaps, maybe you should double-layer those areas. Again on the photography, you have a good backdrop but a very strong shadow in these shots. And get those d****d Black Spire guys the H*ll out of Kaliphlin!

Thanks for your kind comments guys! This was just a little sketch for the snail, and also to try out my hypothesis that tree trunks (here in HK) are bleyer than brown. The tan elephant tail is such a wonderful piece, and it just begs to have some derpy Mixel eyes on it. I'm glad we can find some jolly things even with this terrible war on!

This is a great series, I love the comic touches in the water and on the horse. The octagonal building is excellent, and the landscaping with the trailing leaves into the river looks superb. Nice idea about the super-Mario trees!