Hammerhand Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Rowain Boleman peered over the lighthouse tower's walls into the misty fog that hung over the rocky northern Avalonian coast. "I get no action out here, I wish I had been assigned to the Nocturnus/Avalonian border. I mean, what's out here besides rocks and dreary weather?" he said, looking disgustedly at the blurry horizon. As he did so, something caught his attention. "Is that... sails?" He took off his helmet to see better. After a few moments had passed, the blurry apparation came more clearly into focus. "Those are most definitely black sails," he said. Just as he was about to go downstairs to alert the captain of the tower, he heard a flapping noise. Startled, he turned and pointed his spear in the direction of the noise. All he saw was a large grey osprey, staring at him intently. "It's just a stupid bird" he said, annoyed with his own skittishness. The bird's gaze seemed to intensify, as he went to shoo it away. "Get out of - aaaaaak!" A shooting pain blasted through his body, with the intensity of lightning. Stunned he fell to the ground, unconscious. Silently, the osprey took to the air, gliding out toward the sea. Thirty minutes later, when Rowain didn't come to change guards for the 5 time that week, Brant Grayson, captain of the tower, went up to personally give him a lecture. "Rowain!" he shouted. When there was no answer, he walked around the corner in a fury. But that fury was gone in an instant when he saw his unreliable underling lying on the floor. Running over he took his pulse, which was barely discernible."Rowain, can you hear me?!" he yelled. Rowain's eyes opened slightly. "What happened? Who did this to you?" asked Brant. "Bird... Sails..." was the reply. "What? What do you mean? What bird? What sails?". "Sa... sails...". Looking up, Brant's eyes scanned the sea. "There's nothing out there, what are you saying?' But Rowain gave no answer, and his eyes started to close. "Rowain! Stay with me!" The battle hardened captain knew that Rowain was about to close his eyes forever. Right before his eyes closed all the way though, he lifted a hand up to grab Brants shirt. With great effort, the dying man said with as much intensity as he could muster, "Black... sails!" and with that, he went limp, his eyes no longer seeing. Drawing his fingers over Rowain's eyes to close them, Brant stood up. "I won't let your death be in vain, "he promised. After a proper burial, Captain Brant instructed one of his soldiers to ride swiftly to Albion to report the strange death, and the sighting of black sails. What these happenings could mean, he could only guess, and all his guesses left him feeling very unsettled. And that's my entry for the Ch 2 Prologue (Avalonia). Sorry for the not so good pictures. I was really pressed for time, since I came up with this last minute, so I had to rush. Plus the pictures were taken inside at night, so the lighting is below par. 75% of the build itself was done yesterday/last night, though the rock base was mostly done on Saturday. But it was fun. Mostly. I was trying to kind of get a dreary rocky shore feel for this build, kind of like you see in the Scotland area, and that was kind of a new experience for me, along with the water technique. I should note that the blury-ness of the first couple pictures was on purpose to give it a foggy look. So C&C are definitely welcome! EDIT: Here are some better pictures of the build, along with one highlighting the light brick use to make this a light house. Edited March 10, 2014 by Hammerhand Quote
mpoh98 Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Great story, I like it! One thing, the prologue challenge said, "This mini-challenge lasts for 1 week, ending Sunday March 10th." So I think it ended yesterday...but great story! Quote
Hammerhand Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 Hmm, I thought it meant the 10th was the last day you could enter... Quote
mpoh98 Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Well, I am confused as well, since Sunday was the 9th, so he had 2 conflicting dates....oh well, great entry though! :) Quote
Gunman Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Beautiful Tower and lovely rockwork Hammerhand... Good job! Quote
Hammerhand Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 @mpoh98, yeah, I'm not sure on the date, but I'm hoping he meant entries were aloud on the 10th. @Gunman, thank you! Quote
-Carson Haupt- Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Nice water! The stairs are nicely integrated too. Hope this counts! Quote
HammerBro Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Great story and I really like the blurring of the first photo. Quote
Hammerhand Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 Nice water! The stairs are nicely integrated too. Hope this counts! Thank you Carson. The stairs were a bit difficult to work into the rock face, but I think it worked ok. Great story and I really like the blurring of the first photo. Thanks. I think I'm going to look into GIMP for my pictures so I can change the background. While iPhoto works for things like blurring and cropping, it can't do everything... Quote
DrColossus Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 This is really a beautiful build! The rocks look fantastic, and the incorporation of the stairs and the gap/arch make it look so realistic. Quote
kabel Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 I like this, the tower reminds me of a tower I've build before and the story is interesting. The only flaw (a common one though): there is no border between Avalonia and Nocturnus! Quote
Hammerhand Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 I like this, the tower reminds me of a tower I've build before and the story is interesting. The only flaw (a common one though): there is no border between Avalonia and Nocturnus! There's no border? Wouldn't that mean that there's no separation between Avalonia and Nocturnus?... Quote
kabel Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 No that's not it. Mitgardia and Kaliphlin and our central capital are in between, if you study the map close enough! Quote
Hammerhand Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 Oh... I get it. Don't know how I missed that. Just goes to show that new recruits don't know a whole lot about geography... Quote
kabel Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Just goes to show that new recruits don't know a whole lot about geography... Oh well, that's what I'm here for ... Quote
soccerkid6 Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Excellent lighthouse, we don't see enough of those in GoH. The water shading looks good too Quote
The Architect Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Great story and I really like your rock base. Quote
Torgar Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Great story, and cool use of the light brick! Quote
Mike S Posted March 16, 2014 Posted March 16, 2014 Nice build! I like how you incorporated the spiral stairs into the rockwork... Quote
Gideon Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Nice tower, but it's the rockwork and waterline which caught my eyes here! Good job integrating the stair in the rocks Quote
Hammerhand Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 Thank you all! The water was a bit difficult, being my first time trying that technique, but it worked ok I think. Quote
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