Exetrius Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone, this is my entry to the Historica Husbandry mini-challenge, for Nocturnus! I will also register this as a Nocty freebuild. Some weeks earlier... "Exetrius, I assign you an important task. As you know, the people in the Darklands are suffering from food shortages. In addition, many of them are still recovering form the civil war in Khaliplin. The leaders of the organisation have decided that the black task force will distribute food among our fellow Nocturnians, you will be in charge, ... "Why me? I mean, they usually give me tough tasks. I am a one of their strongest mages after all." "Well, you need to defeat the food first. It is.. , I bet your father was the one to come up with this outrageous plan.. , the insane man, dammit! ... Sorry, what I was saying... you will be slaying a dragon, in the mountains up north from here. You need to kill it, in one piece, and thereafter it will be (...)" Exetrius did as he was ordered. After an intense battle with the dragon, he was able to take and secure the dragon's soul. The beast was laid onto a huge parade wagon that was built especially for this task. Two days later, a caravan of strong men, some cooks and multiple supply vehicles rolled out. It made it's tour through various villages and cities in the western region of Nocturnus. Dragon meat is known to be of exquisite taste, very nutritious and most of all: a delicacy of kings. Yet, the masses were free to take their piece of the dragon. As a consequence, everywhere the Touring Dragon Buffet went, people were feasting. Touring Dragon Buffet Two weeks of touring and many meals later, the skeleton and inner organs were already exposed on one side. The head was especially popular, so what remains is mostly it's bare skull. touring dragon buffet 3 touring dragon buffet 2 touring dragon buffet 4 Bonus pics: touring dragon buffet 5 partly eaten dragon skeleton and organ close-up by Exetrius, on Flickr I did not have enough parts to make a proper baseplate, unfortunately. It has many exposed studs too, but I wasn't able to to SNOT the whole thing. Anyway, I really enjoyed building this, I want to thank soccerkid6 and LittleJohn for this great mini-challenge and, of course, I hope that you like my entry! Thanks for viewing, C&C always appreciated! Edited September 1, 2015 by Exetrius Quote
TitusV Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 The wagon is a good build, but the dragon is just awesome, especially where you can see it's skeleton and organs Quote
Covenant84 Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Very clever - both the build and the subject for the Husbandry Challenge Quote
Jacob Nion Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Ah this is everything I love about GoH! What a creative, funny and even well executed idea! I really love this. The half eaten dragon is superb, you immediately get the whole idea behind it. And that wagon is a fantastic feature. With the salat leaves garnishing the dragon and the men pulling it. And I'm glad you made it east asian looking, I remember you talked about this in your introduction once. Quote
Blufiji Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 That is a really clever take on the challenge, I mean that's probably something I would've never thought of or few other people for that matter. Though personally I didn't think dragon meat would be all that tasty haha! Quote
deraven Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Clever concept and very well executed! Really unique and refershing to see something different like that to shake things up. Bravo! Quote
LittleJohn Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Very unique (and clever!) idea You did an excellent job with the dragon and the parade wagon is great too Quote
MiloNelsiano Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Definitely a unique idea for the challenge. The half eaten dragon looks fantastic! Quote
Kai NRG Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 Wow, you really nailed the gruesome look, I could tell almost right away what was going on there! The travelling caravan is pretty neat too! Great concept! Quote
Exetrius Posted September 2, 2015 Author Posted September 2, 2015 Thanks guys for all the kind comments Ah this is everything I love about GoH! What a creative, funny and even well executed idea! I really love this. The half eaten dragon is superb, you immediately get the whole idea behind it. And that wagon is a fantastic feature. With the salat leaves garnishing the dragon and the men pulling it. And I'm glad you made it east asian looking, I remember you talked about this in your introduction once. Thank you, I'm not sure how this idea came to mind, but I had been wanting to do a dragon for some time. I had a promising tablescrap already a few days after the contest's start (the white droid body piece is just sooo handy!), had some struggle with the wings and finding ways to angle those organs, but I was happy with the result. I guess I will build some more in the asian style, I like it and I mostly buy Ninjago sets, so it's a logical choice. That is a really clever take on the challenge, I mean that's probably something I would've never thought of or few other people for that matter. Though personally I didn't think dragon meat would be all that tasty haha! Thanks! Only those who can't afford it pretend it to taste bad, to suppress their deep desire for it Wow, you really nailed the gruesome look, I could tell almost right away what was going on there! The travelling caravan is pretty neat too! Great concept! Great to see that my intentions came out well in brick form, thank you Quote
soccerkid6 Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Looks like that dragon could feed a lot of people! Neat cart design too The dragon itself is very well built Quote
Darkdragon Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 That poor dragon! Great build though, excellent work on the dragon. Quote
mrcp6d Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Wow, this is very well done! The carcass is awesome. Quote
Exetrius Posted September 6, 2015 Author Posted September 6, 2015 Looks like that dragon could feed a lot of people! Neat cart design too The dragon itself is very well built That poor dragon! Great build though, excellent work on the dragon. Wow, this is very well done! The carcass is awesome. Nice build Exeterius! Thanks guys, once again, for the warm comments, and Umbra, I'll keep that name in mind Quote
Jasper Moors Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 This is beautifully done; very inspiring. I will have to get building :) Quote
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