[COR] Celebrating Easter in Mesabi Landing

[Darnok]

A lot of colourful eggs had been found in and around Mesabi Landing over the last days. It is early spring all over the Brick Seas, and while the winter is hardly noticable on Argentia, many of its citizens still celebrate customs from the Old World.

Among them is a weaklong celebration around the Easter Fire. This fire stands as a symbol for the sun regaining its power and fighting off the winter cold. People dance around the fire to chase away the evil ice spirits, as well as welcome spring and summer. Another important part of the celebrations is to come together as a community, eat and drink, and plan for the new season together.

 

In Mesabi Landing these celebrations take part on the beach. A huge fire has been lit - all that coal must be good for something - and has been burnign for days already.

 

Dancing around the fire is popular with most minifgs...

... as is Gonzo Thompsons roasted chicken - all those recipes in the WTCM are his own, so of course he knows how to cook!

Others prefer to sit together with a bit more quiet. Of course the Crablandians are invited and enjoy the festivities together with everybody else:

 

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As you can see, some tke that "rabbit with eggs" thing maybe a bit too far. But as long as it is fun for everybody...

 

Not all customs come from the old world though. Yen, an aventurer coming from the Gerlo Empire, gives a demonstration of the famous "Sword Dance":

 

A bit away from the crows stood the Majors Bradley and Walsh and watched the scene - for once, they enjoyed their time in Mesabi Landing!

 

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Originally I wanted to use the Easter Fire idea in a second small easter-themed build (following the first one only a day later). But any halfway proper fire build took up almost all of the 16x16 plate already, so I decided to "upgrade" the build and add some more scenes to showcase a more involved festivity scene. This also gave me the opportunity not only to give a nod to @Kai NRG and his awesome Crablandia story, but to use a lot of minifigs for characters I want to use in the near future.

My thanks go to both @Ayrlego and @Lord Buckethead for letting me use their characters in this build and story - Mesabi Landing might be a rough spot for the Crowns finest, but even for them sometimes it has its moments.

 

As always, C&C are appreciated.

Edited April 4, 2018 by Drunknok

[Bart]

Nice build, showing all kinds of Easter things. The fire looks nice, but the Efires I experienced where (much) bigger ;) but that doesn't mean your is to small! for the minifigs just fine I think.

lol on the crabs with hats 

[Darnok]

20 minutes ago, Bart said:

The fire looks nice, but the Efires I experienced where (much) bigger

Agreed, the Easter Fires I am used to see are much bigger. I lack the parts for something like that though, and building a fire of that size is nothing I would find interesting.

 

For anybody interested: the Easter Fire article on Wikipedia even has a short video showing one of such fires in action.

[Maxim I]

First time I stumble across Efires :p

Hahaha great job with the crabs. Glad to see they aren't eaten yet by the Corries :D

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Looks like a great party!   Great idea with the sword dance!

[Fraunces]

I like the vibe, action and the minifigs. Nice moc!