Guilds of Historica New Member Guide

[Henjin_Quilones]

On 2/4/2020 at 3:58 AM, Aurore said:

While doodling some minifigs yesterday, I realised how little I know about our Queen. I saw on @Henjin_Quilones and @Grover's MOCs that she has freckles and dark red hair, but are there other rules to follow if one wants to depict her? Are there "official" colors for royal garb? Or, on contrary, colors or patterns that would not be suitable for her? What does her banner look like?

Sorry if this is clearly stated somewhere, I searched but did not find…

@Grover answered the questions pretty well. When I created Queen Ylspeth, I used Rey's face and Barbara Gordon's hair, since they were fairly easy to find at the time. Wyldstyle/Lucy's face could be used in yellow. Beyond that, she should appear in regal garb, but I like to imagine her something like Queen Amidala from SW, in that she could have as many outfits as there are scenes she appears in. They can be in any color, too. 

Dark red and gold are the royal colors (with white accents here and there) and the royal sigil is the Unicorn. 

Hope that helps!

 

[Aurore]

@Henjin_Quilones Thank you very much! Now I have all the information I wished for! 

[Beleg the Ranger]

Beleg the Ranger for Mitgardia! My Sigfig profile will be coming soon!

[Henjin_Quilones]

1 hour ago, Beleg the Ranger said:

Beleg the Ranger for Mitgardia! My Sigfig profile will be coming soon!

Welcome, Beleg! Make sure that you announce yourself in the dedicated thread for Mitgardia, too, so SoccerKid6 can get you added in. I look forward to seeing what you can build!

[Grover]

2 hours ago, Beleg the Ranger said:

Beleg the Ranger for Mitgardia! My Sigfig profile will be coming soon!

Hmm, I tried to welcome you earlier and my post didn't go through... but welcome!  We look forward to seeing your intro!

[Henjin_Quilones]

7 hours ago, Grover said:

Hmm, I tried to welcome you earlier and my post didn't go through... but welcome!  We look forward to seeing your intro!

Ha! I was the first to welcome Beleg, then. But either way, Avalonia shines as a welcoming people. 

[dathil]

Hi guys,

Since there isn't a really actual general discussion topic, I will post this here. Recently I have been in several discord servers dedicated to specific contests or groups, and I talked with a lot of builders, and saw many WIPs and technique sharing, much more than on my occasional flickr/instagram scrolling. I also thought it was a great way to connect with our fellow builders. So, you probably know what is coming: would there be any enthusiasm towards a discord server dedicated to the guilds? Mind you, I am not in any way suggesting to place our final builds and stories there, for they belong on this forum, or to substitute anything already existing here. However, I dó think casual chitchat and sharing possibilties can stimulate other people to build more for the guilds as much as it stimulates me.

I'm curious about your opinions on this!

[ZlatanXVIGustaf]

22 minutes ago, dathil said:

 I'm curious about your opinions on this!

This has crossed my mind aswell and I think it's a great idea. 

[Grover]

Is Discord that VOIP thing that gamers use?  I'm much more likely to post on here than actually talk to people, as my schedule is a mess, but if it's something you want to do, maybe others are interested?

[Exetrius]

22 hours ago, dathil said:

Hi guys,

Since there isn't a really actual general discussion topic, I will post this here. Recently I have been in several discord servers dedicated to specific contests or groups, and I talked with a lot of builders, and saw many WIPs and technique sharing, much more than on my occasional flickr/instagram scrolling. I also thought it was a great way to connect with our fellow builders. So, you probably know what is coming: would there be any enthusiasm towards a discord server dedicated to the guilds? Mind you, I am not in any way suggesting to place our final builds and stories there, for they belong on this forum, or to substitute anything already existing here. However, I dó think casual chitchat and sharing possibilties can stimulate other people to build more for the guilds as much as it stimulates me.

I'm curious about your opinions on this!

I'm all for the idea! I have a similar experience, through the chitchat I get more eager to build something. Agreed that the actual builds and storytelling should remain on EB, always, but I can see a Discord group being the oil that keeps the gears run smoothly.  

17 hours ago, Grover said:

Is Discord that VOIP thing that gamers use?  I'm much more likely to post on here than actually talk to people, as my schedule is a mess, but if it's something you want to do, maybe others are interested?

It works a bit like Skype, in the sense that you could indeed talk to each other in a voice call, but by default the communication is typed messages (like Whatsapp). Unlike aforementioned apps, it's possible in Discord to create multiple discussion threads (called 'channels') for the same group, which is handy. Plus there are other (optional) tricks that I'm less familiar with, like giving people ranks or scores when completing certain actions.

[Garmadon]

I'm already on Discord for Innovalug stuff and a couple of other contests, so I'd definitely jump on in if we were to create a Guilds server - I can't say how active I'd be there (it's tough sometimes to keep up with what I'm already involved in ), but I'm sure I'd drop in every once in a while at least!

[socalbricks]

I'm already a part of a few LEGO-related servers on Discord. I would definitely join a GoH server!

[Gideon]

Discord seems like a good place for discussions "in the moment" but I agree that all things related to finished builds, story canon etc should be kept here at the forum.

[Kai NRG]

And there's a now a GoH Discord server!  Hopefully it'll be a good place to share WIPs easily.

[soccerkid6]

The Summer Joust has started!
For those unfamiliar with it, the Joust is a 2 month long castle building contest featuring 6 different categories and 18 prizes.
Full details in the flickr group.

 

[Legonaut]

Is there a general Lore for Elves, dwarves, orcs etc. or is it up to the players? I ask this because my characters will be of several Species and for story purposes I'll include a lot of Lore and I don't want to mess things up with Other peoples Lore for those things.

[Grover]

I don't think there's anything in specific, but we try to localize our lore when we can so it leaves the story space open for everyone else.  For instance, if I were to include lore about dwarves, it'd be fine to include generalizations such as having beards and short stature (generally accepted dwarf characteristics), but I would hesitate to make broad statements like "all dwarves are allergic to pumpkins", since that is pretty restrictive on dwarven characters and probably conflicts with lore already in place in someone else's region.  However, statements like this are completely fine if they're local to your region, such as "All dwarves from [insert your region's name here] like the taste of rotten apples."  If you are going to build in someone else's space, it would be worthwhile to contact the builder in that area if you can, to make sure your lore works with theirs, but most people don't do that outside of collaborations.

As for the characters, there's no set color schemes outside of guild colors.  Some of us use flesh tones for elves and yellow for humans and other races while other people use fleshies or yellow for everything.  There's quite a bit of leeway, and if you state something that is at odds with some concrete lore (which is pretty sparse around here), someone will let you know and you can edit it to avoid the conflict.  Let your imagination run wild!

PS: It has been established in canon that minidolls are evil.  Few people use them, but they are evil elves that have been twisted into their grotesque form by dark magic.

Edited June 10, 2020 by Grover

[Henjin_Quilones]

@Legonaut, what Grover has said is pretty accurate. I would add only a few things. First, that pretty much anything goes outside of saying “character X is the ____est at Y”, such as “Bob is the best plumber in all Historica”, since such claims are too broad and sweeping. You could say that Bob is the best plumber in the city of Toelytt, or something of a localized sort, especially if it’s your city. Or you could even say that Bob claimed to be the best plumber in all Historica, since that is only reliant on his own ego and not ascertained fact.

Second, as Grover said, there is relatively little established lore in the guilds. Yes, there is the epic canonical history that has been built over the years by the challenges, but there is no set in stone lore for “Elves do X” and “Dwarves live in Y”. If you want to say that a clan of orcs is friendly and only eats kale and quinoa, while doing their sun salutations and living on a lush island off the coast of Kaliphlin, then such a clan exists. But you can’t say that all orcs do that. 

Third, feel free to create your own races. Did Ninjago just release a cool new beast mold? Then make a new race with it! Lots of folks have spun off new races whenever it was convenient for their stories, while still keeping the more standard races present too (in Historica, outside Nocty at least, the most common races are human, elf, and dwarf, though there are plenty of gnomes, orcs, catfolk, drow, trolls, vampires, etc., as well as half-breeds of all of them). Sometimes the new races even enter the official lore, like the evil minidoll elves.

Otherwise, go hog wild and have fun building! Ask more questions when you have them.

[Legonaut]

Thank you two but I meant for example with what age an elf gets into adulthood, what Orcs are, subrace of Elves or Something completely different, but I See that those Things are not determined.

[Exetrius]

8 minutes ago, Legonaut said:

Thank you two but I meant for example with what age an elf gets into adulthood, what Orcs are, subrace of Elves or Something completely different, but I See that those Things are not determined.

It's the same principle. The elves in your forest X might enter adulthood at age 18, while in someone else's forest, Y, that might be at age 150! 

[socalbricks]

@Henjin_Quilones I noticed you mentioned the drow on that list of races. I'm building some drow figures right now, and I was wondering: is there any established "look" for the drow? Or is it more "up to the builder"?

On a different note, does anyone know what the most "up-to-date" map of Historica is? I know the wiki has a nice looking map, but that site has not been updated in several years, so it's probably out of to date.

Edited June 13, 2020 by socalbricks

[Grover]

In generally accepted fantasy lore, drow are jet-black skinned with white hair, but if you look at the Book I drow builds, there weren't many black heads back then, so people used grey or white.  I think it's kind of up to the builder and their parts.  I'd love to get some custom printed black drow faces sometime, but that may be a pipe dream!

I think that Wiki map is reasonably accurate, but the individual guild threads will have the most detail with cities being up to date, etc.

Edited June 13, 2020 by Grover

[Henjin_Quilones]

5 hours ago, socalbricks said:

is there any established "look" for the drow? Or is it more "up to the builder"?

Drow are officially black skin with white hair, but there’s room for some variation if your parts aren’t up for the challenge. Aside from Lord Garmadon and some other bad guys, not too many LEGO figs have black faces, and white hair is still relatively rare. 

As for the map, the one on the wiki should be pretty accurate, though it might not include everything. If you are looking at a specific area, I’d go to the guild thread where that place is located for the most up-to-date cartography.

[socalbricks]

@Grover @Henjin_Quilones Thank you!

[Exetrius]

Just wanted to let you all know that I've been doing some cleaning in the GoH Flickr group since becoming a mod a few weeks ago. I have removed a (few?) hundred photos unrelated to our beloved role build game, so up to page 12 should now be a full GoH browsing experience!  In cases of doubt I have not removed the picture from the group.

As a general advice, adding 'GoH' or a geographical name from GoH to the title of your photo sure helps, as well as the GoH emblem for on the photo itself. Example of a typical case of doubt:

CCC XVI: Forestmen Hideout by Isaac Snyder, on Flickr

Generic name, no mention of anything GoH, no emblem... @soccerkid6  We're all friends here, no worries! 

@ZCerberus could you maybe add the GoH emblem as the image for the group?