Dannylonglegs

Firstly, Welcome to Eurobricks! It's a great place for AFoLs from around the world to discuss their projects, purchases, and passions! If you want to make another introduction post, there's an entire subforum dedicated to that. But that's also totally optional. I never did when I joined nearly seven years ago. Wow. That is a stunning MoC! I absolutely love it! The serpent's head is perfectly crafted, and looks massive and menacing! I love the little touches, too, like the netting stuck in its teeth, and the myriad of harpoons stuck in its scaly hide! The castle is also spectacular as well! A gorgeous diorama all-round, and certainly befitting its place in the Bricks Magazine! IF you want help deeplinking the picture, Flickr has a "Share" button (shaped like and arrow on the bottom right corner of the picture) and you can select "BBCode" which will give you a string of code for insertion in forums such as ours. Be sure to select the size as medium or smaller, since the forum has a commonsense limit on Image size. Once you've done that, If copied and pasted directly into your post, it'll look like this. Sea Serpent's Wake by Timothy Jones, on Flickr Awesome MoC, and again, Welcome to EB! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Thanks! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Looks like LordDan's Hardsuit on a plate didn't get judged... unless it was too late. ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Thanks! Aside from the (utterly invisible ) wall behind the Oni-Ren Queen, that took the longest to figure out! Thanks! Glad you caught the reference. ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Am I getting roasted here? ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Thanks! I think the crowbar idea is something I came up with independently, but the shield as holo-screen I must credit to EpsilonETA, who's elegant and simple interiors were a direct inspiration to this one.... Although the exterior shot was slightly inspired by one of Sal's earlier builds. Thanks! Glad you like that! I hope to give them a personality and appearance of alien culture... but yes... Not many people piss off Dr. Long without getting their comeuppance. ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Awesome job. A tragic farewell. Reminds me of that one thing that happened in those Startreck movies.... Nice build, and nice plot developments! Great work! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

The wall is simple but well constructed. Nothing in the story makes sense... as usual. Great idea for the treads on that "SPACESHIP" so nonsensical, I'm having real difficulty trying to grock it. But ok. Not everything was meant to be known by man. Some things are better left untouched...I have pity for the otherwise not-too-sympathetic Dr. Long for what she may find there should she look into your reality warping powers sometime in the relatively near future... Also, it took me over a year to figure it out, but Eshey Reeshia Kolai... stands for Escherichia Coli, doesn't it? ~Insectoid Aristocrat

That explains the Farmolis comment! Oh noez! Chogg is a turncoat! Love the story and character developments. This is gonna go bad real soon.... ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Awesome build! From the exterior shot, it's actually a lot larger than I thought it was. Great work, as always, on the terrain, and interior. The outside world looks suitably Alien, and the inside looks distinctly Mantis. The story is interesting, and the ship is once again superbly built and well designed! The Loading ramp is a great touch, that adds even more in perceived size to the build! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

The sand is nice, as MR. Greeble pointed out. Even in this quick build, your talent shines through in the ruble/crate and repetitious structural aspects of the wall. His adventure may be in a timeloop though... can't imagine he's been running away from the Alien for this many weeks! Great work! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

That shot with his hand on the wall as their daughter walks in... so sad. Excellent build. It's elegant and well constructed, simple and smooth. It's everything it needs to be. It feels real, and your world-building talents have not gone unnoticed in regards to the in-world explanation, and in-build construction of the technological devices they use. The photography and photo-shopping are wonderful, as always! Such a tragic build! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Wicked suit! Totally pulp action! Love the smoothness of it! The helmets, the helmets, and vizors, and the dish parts, and the tubing are all perfectly placed and amount to a really badass looking battlesuit! Wonderful job on this! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Interesting story development. Can't wait to see what the claim ticket leads her to find! The build is nice.It fulfills its purpose, and certainly looks the part of a stuffy bureaucratic ticket claim on a massive ship. And the figure behind the counter is perfect too! Great photography! I had no idea a daylamp could be that cheap... maybe I should drop into my local Walmart.... Any chance you have a link to the type you got? ~Insectoid Aristocrat

I was sitting with my brother (Gnewal Gwevus on this site) watching Game of Thrones when I saw this, and I paused the episode and showed it to him! Such a superb little build! The colours are perfect, and the design is awesome. I love the trans-neon-green on the wall, and the texture of the wall, and pretty much everything about the build. And the story's great too! Wonderful job! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Yay! Lady K's back! Awesome job! The grass sea reminds me somewhat of the terrain depicted on the boxes of the UFO sets. In this build it results in a very interesting texture for terrain. Much more efficient, I think than sticking them all on a plate, right? The PLATE looks fun! And I love the lime katana parts. Great to see you back in action, and look forward to more exciting builds! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Agreed with all that the spider in the flames is wicked cool! Not sure how this Spider-themed villain ( Leonne Jr?) has been inducing prophetic hallucinations, but you seem to have taken well over your prescribed dose! Great work! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Lovely lab! Dr. Long would be proud by how dedicated Kodan is to improving the work environment in Octan. A happy worker is a productive worker, after-all... The walls and greeble are lovely, and the speeder prototype is also excellent! Another fun and enjoyable Kodan build! My one critique (and it's very minor) is that I'm not sure about the dome piece in the corner. I'd think the build might look better without it, but I might be wrong. It just looks kinda extra. Great work! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

First off, nice car! love the bond-esque conversion to a plane! That darned bad cop, though! How could he let that (presumably MANTIS-affiliated) prisoner out of the station?! Hopefully Commander Brickwolf can bring him back to justice. Great work! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

That textured ground is absolutely delightful! Wonderful job there! It adds such an interesting feel. The robots are cool! Clever joint technique. And the bike is just wicked. Mildly reminiscent of Akira. ~Insectoid Aristocrat

I can't help but think this too is all part of Sal's delusions this week! Even if you didn't directly coordinate these builds (apart from the obvious MANTIS-wide build challenge thing), the similarities are hilarious, including the chopsticks! Why doesn't your minifig like Sushi though? Fun build! Great job. ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Funny that MANTIS decided to launch their "Fig on a Plate week this week. I was actually just thinking of "unique takes on" Figs on Plates the other day... just before I saw this build! As always Sal, your build is delightfully humorous, well designed and constructed, and well photographed! Kudos for using the black UFO sloped parts in this manner! very creative! Also, great job getting the MANTIS colours in there too! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

Nice little build, and welcome to AG! I like that you established the setting as basalt columns, which makes sense of their angular structure! The ship is nice. The landing gear is a lovely touch, as is the snot 2-2 panel. It adds to the realism. I have to agree on the photography, though. This build would be improved by a better picture with a simple white backdrop. For a build this size, I think even a sheet of printer paper might suffice. Your in-world explanation of a desert on the horizon is a suitable on though. Also, the last shot is a bit blurry. If you don't have a tripod and/or can't afford one (I'm there with you) I'd suggest resting your hands on the floor or a hard surface, or making a suitable camera rest out of Lego bricks! Welcome to AG! ~Insectoid Aristocrat

"And a Meeting with Dr. Long." The Invasive Species: Part 3 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Interlude Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 (Finale) Tags: Vehicle (Micro Chauve-Souris Blanche), Civil Building, Science Planet: Onix, G10 This is a long one. Sorry in advance. An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr "Log Date 686, This is Dr. Danielle Long, recording from my Touch-Down Office in the Virology department of Cerebus Station, Onix. Thanks to the added help from the Axle's forces (and a galaxy-renowned geneticist recruited by our CEO) Dr. Martenz's efforts manufacturing a vaccine for the Oni-Ren disease Black-Eye have been accelerated exponentially. We've worked days and night on this project... figuratively and literally. The planet's rotation around its sun is quick compared to Earth's or Farmolis's.... We have arrived at a final product that is 99.8% successful in producing near-immediate positive immune response in Oni-Shu test subjects. Today, we inoculate our first Oni-Ren test subject. Ba'al Ba'al Jinks has volunteered for the honour. I expect results by the end of the day." Later An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Dr. Martenz: "Danielle, we've done it." Dr. Long: "Has our specimen already begun to demonstrate immunity?" Dr. Martenz: "Yes. Yes it has... I mean, she has. Ba'al Ba'al has." Dr. Long: "Go on?" Dr. Martenz: "Well, thanks to the miraculously quick immune responses demonstrated by much of this planet's multi-cellular life, we can confirm that Ba'al Ba'al is immune to the Black-Eye virus." Dr. Long: "Excellent." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Dr. Martenz: "I present to you... the future." Dr. Long: "No need to be dramatic, Dr. Martenz, it's a vaccine, not the Fountain of Youth. Ba'al Ba'al. how do you feel?" Ba'al Ba'al Jinks: "Messa be thinkin' youssa hoomans be havin' a sayin' for dis. Oh, yeah! 'ain't no fleas on messa!" Dr. Long: "How apropos. Well done. Dr. Martenz. how long before we can conduct a larger operation? Are there any other natives willing to work with us? To prove to the Queen of the Gongen Empire that the Vaccine works?" Dr. Martenz: "As a matter of fact, there is a tribe of Oni-Ren willing to deal with us. The Nan-Nan tribe just south of the empire, on who's land we currently reside, have been eagerly awaiting the vaccine. They are a small band of people, who's population has been devastated by the plague. They are a mercantile people, and more likely than not introduced the infection to the Empire themselves, but that's neither here nor there. We will begin the outreach stage of the Vaccine productions later this week." Dr. Long: "You will start now. Take as many men as you need. I want results, not more delays." Dr. Martenz: "Um... OK, yes. We will begin today. I'll send a representative to the Chieftan post-haste." Dr. Long: "Excellent. There is much work to be done yet, but we've made great progress. I have arranged a meeting with Queen Bawa San. I need all the pieces in place before then to ensure her compliance. I have other business to attend now. Good work. Touch back with me later when the process is in motion." Later. An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Jebediah O'Reilly: "Dr. Long." Dr. Long: "Mr. O'Reilly." Jebediah: "You rang?" An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Dr. Long: "I did. I called for your assistance because we're facing a recalcitrant and dogmatic adversary. We have developed a functional vaccine for the Oni-Ren's Black-Eye plague, but yet I cannot be sure that the Oni-Ren Queen will acquiesce to our attempts to aid them. She is letting her people die by not allowing us to assist, and I have reason to believe her ignorant belief system will persist even when I present her with hard evidence of our vaccine's efficacy." Jebediah: "And what can I do about that? Do you want me to kill her?" Dr. Long: "No. Lord Business no... Think about PR! No... But I want you to do a little digging. Dig up some dirt on the empire if you can. I want to know about anything from minority oppression, to technological suppression. I want to know how the people are treated, both within and without the empire. I want to know who supports the Queen and why... And I would like to know as soon as possible." Jebediah: "That sounds doable. And what do you expect to accomplish with this information?" Dr. Long: "Knowledge is power, Mr. O'Reilly. And another issue as well. Dr. Martenz has taken a local under his wing. Ba'al Ba'al Jinks. I'd like to know more about her. She was an exiled political dissident. I want to know her ideals and methods... and her ambitions." Jebediah: "I think I understand. Sounds like a plan." Dr. Long: "And be careful. I hear the Oni-Ren are occasional sentient-eaters." Jebediah: "I'm a trained professional. I think I can handle a few cannibals." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Several Days Later... An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Lawyers: "Waxler and McGrill, Lawyers at law." Mrs. McGrill: "If the shoe don't fit..." Mr. Waxler: "...You must acquit!" Lawyers: "We're your legal council!" Dr. Long: "Ok, fine." Lawyers: "Legal Council: Because sometimes people say things that Octan doesn't want them to say!" Mrs. McGrill: "And that's where we come in!" Mr. Waxler: "No comment is a good comment!" Dr. Long: "I get the picture. Let's get prepared to meet Queen Bowa San." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Dr. Long: "This is our Translator, Ba'al Ba'al jinks. She's an Oni-Ren, as you can tell." Mrs. McGrill: "Hey cutie." Ba'a' Ba'al Jinks: "Hewo, Messa Ba'al Ba'al Jinks." Dr. Long: "Alright, then, if everything is in order, then we can get started." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Later, in Queen Bowa San's Palace, in the Gongen Empire's capital.... An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Bishop: [in her own language. Old.] You now stand before the Queen, divine regent of our people, and actor of our Gods' will. Ba'al Ba'al: "Customary Greeting." Queen Bowa San: [in her own language] "You offworlders have brought Ba'al Ba'al Jinks into my palace? This is an insult." Ba'al Ba'al: "Shessa be sayin' wessa not being welcome." Dr. Long: "As expected. Inform her that we come in peace." Ba'al Ba'al: [in Oni-Ren common] "We come in peace." Queen Bowa San: [in Oni-Ren] "Did you come in peace when you flew an offworlder vessel into my summer palace's tower? I think not. But speak. I will hear your demands since you came so far to my abode... But do not assume that I will sign any treaties with those creatures." Ba'al Ba'al: "Shessa gonna hear us out." Dr. Long: "Good. Inform her that we have developed a medicine that will render its recipient immune to the Black Eye Plague. Tell her that we will provide all Oni-Ren with this 'vaccine' if she lets us work with them. We can help her people. Improve their way of life and living conditions... And we ask very little in return." Ba'al Ba'al: [in Oni-Ren] "My friends can cure the plague. They can help our people. Our old way of life is inferior to theirs. They will bring us into the light of a thousand suns, and all they ask is our cooperation. Please, your highness, our people are dying and suffering." Queen Bowa San: "How do I know you are telling the truth." Ba'al ba'al: "I have received it, as has the Nan-Nan tribe." Queen Bowa San: "The Nan-Nan tribe is our enemy! They are untrustworthy barbarians." Ba'al Ba'al: "We can give the cure to the Empire too. You just need to cooperate with us!" Queen Bowa San: "What does cooperation entail?" Ba'al Ba'al: "Shessa wanna know what we want." Dr. Long: Excellent. Ba'al Ba'al, tell her what I'm saying." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr "This is a holographic representation of your planet, Queen Bowa San." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr "And this is where your empire lies. On the North Pole of the planet our people refer to as Onix." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr "Let me zoom in on that. There we go." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr "I have magnified the location on this holographic map of the richest copper veins not only on your world, but in the entire galaxy. Copper is not a common commodity in this galaxy. It has long since been removed from most planets in the galaxy... long before we humans arrived here. But your planet has a vast reserve of Copper, and our corporation desperately requires this mineral. In exchange for our technological assistance, and freely distributed vaccine, we would humbly request to share a portion of this land that we may mine for copper here. Our sources indicate that the land is undeveloped 'hunting land.' We would be able to work here without disturbing the wildlife or whatever hunting expeditions are conducted here. We could have a beneficial relationship." Ba'al Ba'al: Translates. An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Queen Bowa-San: "No." Dr. Long: "What?!" Queen Bowa San: "No. [in her Language] You plague-walkers have brought death to my people through your insidious disease, and now expect to rob my domain of our land and treasures in exchange for the cure?" Ba'al Ba'al: Translates. Lawyers: "Octan denies any responsibility for spreading the illness. There is inadequate evidence to suggest any culpability on our behalf." Ba'al Ba'al: Translates. Queen Bowa San: "Insult after insult. The OId ways are tried and true. Tradition has defined our culture and saved us from the occupation of the Zoid. Our ways are the ways of the gods. You and your human masters will destroy our people and destroy our culture more assuredly than a plague might. Tell these demonic creatures that I will not kowtow to their wishes, and I will not abide by their presence on my planet. You will leave at once." Ba'al Ba'al: "Thissa not good. She 'a sayin' wessa gotta go." Dr. Long. "Damnation. Tell the Queen that we offer her a bounty. Peace, Prosperity, and Plenty. An end to illness, and an end to war if she desires. Octan can be a powerful ally, but an even more powerful enemy. Tell her she's making a mistake." Lawyers: "Don't translate that powerful enemy part." Ba'al Ba'al: "messa no be thinkin' wessa have time to translate any of that." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Queen Bowa-San: "Go." An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Later... An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr "Log date 690, this is Dr. Danielle Long recording from Cerebus station, Onix. Negotiations with Queen Bowa San went horribly. I hate dealing with Ignorant, uncooperative creatures..." _________________________________________ Earlier... An Audience with the Queen by Danny-Longlegs, on Flickr Dr. Martenz: "I'm sorry about the accommodations. We don't have many Touch-Down offices in the station. It's Mostly labs." Dr. Long: "I've had worse. At least this hallway is not directly under an Air-Ventilation unit." Dr. Martenz: "And, I'm sorry too about the view. There's not much to look at. Just rocks and ash clouds. Octan could make this planet great." Dr. Long: "We will. When the Oni-ren learn to move past their archaic xenophobia and isolationism, then they may share in our wealth and advanced technology and benefit from our generosity. We can help them... they just have to let us... " ______________________________________________ Comments and critiques are, as always, more than welcome. Any hints on photographing black? ~Insectoid Aristocrat