[GoC] WTC Offices, Stormhaven

[Darnok]

On order from Mr. Mordo, the WTC had begun to strengthen its position in many settlements all over the Brick Seas. After setting up an official representation in Quinnsville, something similar had no been done for Stormhaven. Earlier this year one of their famous WayMarts had been opened, and now it had company in the form of proper WTC Offices for Serentia and Lacryma.

 

On a sunny afternoon, a WTC Marine was enjoying a bottle of rum, when he noticed a rowboat approaching their office building:

He called out: "Hey Operator, seems like we got company. I think I've met that fella back in Mesabi Landing months ago..."

 

 

And indeed, it was the one who called himself "Golden Jack" who got out of the boat:

"Arr mate, make way, I have business to do with your boss. See, I have order from your fine Mr. Mordo, so let me get up there!"

 

"Listen here lady. Mr. Mordo has given me order to try my luck over here. Said something like 'we have enough gold here by now, and for studs sake just get somewhere else!', you know, he really appreciates my hard work and fine instinct and all that. Great dude! So now here I am, and you better give me some of that explosive stuff. I'll blow my way to some gold faster than you can say 'no not inside the house!!!' ... true story!"

 

And so for better or worse, Golden Jack has arrived on Serentia, to find the WTC yet another opportunity for mining soon. Gold at last?

 

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Licensed as a medium commerce property in Stormhaven by the WTC.

 

@Ayrlego @Bregir @Captain Dee @SilentWolf: This is my first entry for the "Mangrove Madness" task, as one of the two buildings in Stormhaven. I will leave the build up for a few days, so if you have any requests for change and/or additional pictures - let me know.

 

One more picture of the whole build:

 

There are also a couple of additional pictures, taken a day later. These provide some more views of the mangrove forest and additional "behind the scenes" detail.

Two "in-scene" looks below the stilted house:

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One shot behind the scenes:

 

And two views on the water and mangroves without the house:



 

I am quite happy with how this one turned out. The snotted walls work as intended, and I tried something new for the window which I am very pleased with. Most of the mangrove forest is hidden below the house though...

 

As always, C&C are welcome and appreciated!

Edited October 1, 2019 by Darnok

[Bregir]

I like the wall technique, and you've got the stilted setup too, with some mangrove undergrowth in the back, so a from me. However, for your next one, I'd like to see you try for a feeling of more wilderness behind/amongst the buildings. It somehow looks a bit too neat and civilised for my idea of Stormhaven.

A funny story too and nice presentation. Well done.

[Darnok]

8 minutes ago, Bregir said:

However, for your next one, I'd like to see you try for a feeling of more wilderness behind/amongst the buildings. It somehow looks a bit too neat and civilised for my idea of Stormhaven.

You know what, I'll do some more pictures tomorrow. It really bugs me to not have shown more of the mangrove forest - it makes up a third of the baseplate, and is hardly seen so far! I also completely forgot some "behind the scenes" pictures.

So yeah, more tomorrow.

[Professor Thaum]

That's a great shack, and the wall technic require a huge amount of yellow cheese slopes (beware of the mouses  ) but agreed with @Bregir this is a little bit to polished for a mangrove built, you may perhaps add some greenies on the shack's roof.

and remove some cheese slopes for 15712 part with clicked 30093 seaplant or 55236 spines, for a more creepy look.

The barrel full of dynamite

[Darnok]

As promised, some more pictures:

Spoiler

Two "in-scene" looks below the stilted house:

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One shot behind the scenes:

 

And two views on the water and mangroves without the house:

 

2 hours ago, Professor Thaum said:

That's a great shack, and the wall technic require a huge amount of yellow cheese slopes (beware of the mouses  ) but agreed with @Bregir this is a little bit to polished for a mangrove built, you may perhaps add some greenies on the shack's roof.

It's tan, not yellow, so no fear of mice.

I thought about doing some overgrowth, but decided against it. This is a newly built structure, why would there be plants growing over it? Maybe the WTC buys some older stuff in the settlement for its next aquisitions, I definitely want to try this out sooner or later.

[Professor Thaum]

6 minutes ago, Darnok said:

It's tan, not yellow, so no fear of mice.

Tan... my bad... beware of color-blind mices !

7 minutes ago, Darnok said:

I thought about doing some overgrowth, but decided against it. This is a newly built structure, why would there be plants growing over it? Maybe the WTC buys some older stuff in the settlement for its next aquisitions, I definitely want to try this out sooner or later.

Agreed, but, it would be much more accurate for a "mangrove madness" look. You simply have to keep in mind that in took a long between building of the new shack and the picture taken by the photographer (damn, it's a long way from Kings Port to Stormhaven )

[SilentWolf]

 from me. I do love the Mandrakes and undergrowth. Also I like the waves and water; they have a natural feel to them. I look forward to more builds in Stormhaven, as it has a lot of potential for some love and an unique build style. 

[Captain Dee]

Nice office.  I like the basic arrangement, the building design is creative, and the mangroves technique turned out well. The siding looks intense, but I suppose if ya got 'em, flaunt 'em, eh?  I like that water technique too. All we lack is a good interior of some kind.  Am I correct in assuming the boxes* of explosives are for clearing more such building sites, or fishing, or maybe just entertainment? 

Don't tell me it's "box," singular. This is the WTC we're talkin' about. We all know that office is packed with the stuff!