VOTING THREAD Warzone 4: The Lonely Mountain Rumble

[SkaForHire]

VOTING THREAD Warzone 4: The Lonely Mountain Rumble

Who Can Vote: EVERYONE

How to Vote: Look at all the MOCs from each side. First, determine which side won this battle. You should base your opinion on a couple different factors:

A)Build quality amongst all MOCs

B)Number of MOCs of quality [Please remember that Ulandus has a numbers disadvantage here in terms of team members, so even though they only had four builds, that is almost half their builders participating]

C) Story of the MOC

D) Fit to the Warzone. If you are not familiar with the requirements of the warzone, please at least read the “mini-challenge,” “restrictions,” and “Judging” sections listed below.

You can weigh these in any order, or add your own categories. Please consider the three above in your decision though. You may want to clarify or lobby for your favorites in this thread, but you don’t have to write anything if you don’t want to.

Next, pick an answer to each question in the pole.

In the second three questions it will ask you to pick your favorite MOC from each side. Please judge on quality of MOC and its story. You can add other qualifications to your own judging process if you would like.

Finally, submit your vote.

Polling ends: April 3rd

Warzone 4: The Lonely Mountain Rumble

Location: H9

Who Can Participate: All Factions

Terrain: Volcanic, recently erupted, Erexhi, or the Lone mountain, has many communities that used to sit at its base. The high peak used to catch condensation from the rare cloud, and water would trickle down to the base. It is unclear if this still happens. The land at the base is volcanic rock, mixed with sand. Much of the territory has to be fed by merchant caravans from the South Coast, as foodstuffs rarely grow. With limited grass, livestock is in shortage also.

History: The Lone Mountain, or Lonely Mountain, has always been a fixture in Kaliphlin heritage. The first Kaliphlin coins known to historians had a Pharaoh on one side, and the mountain on the other. In coat of arms, sometimes the Kaliphlin Lion is perched upon a background of the Lone Mountain. There was even a religion, seldom practiced today, dedicated to the mountain as a creator figure. Today, or at least until half of the mountain’s top blew off a few months ago, it hosts a vibrant set of villages and towns, who rely on it to catch water. The lord of the region, who represents all the towns and villages here, is Lord Abrim Kar’dani. With the recent outbreak of Civil War, he tried to stay completely neutral. However, as all of the food providing regions were snagged up by different powers, it has become evident that he needs to side with one of the powers in order for what towns that are left in the region to survive. He has come up with a unique way to do this – a call to the bravest champions to fight for his land.

Mini-challenge: Lord Kar’dani is like any Kaliphlin lord, he wants to survive and he wants to make money. He sees an opportunity for both. He has made a general appeal to all three sides to bring their strongest champions to Bella’Erezhi, his town, to fight in a general mass melee. The side who survives will receive his pledge. Bella’Erezhi has been half destroyed by the Great Disturbance, so a part of the town has been marked off as the “Fighting Zone.” Anyone leaving the zone after they enter will be disqualified, but aided if in need. The last side standing wins the zone. Builders should create a MOC that depicts the mass melee in Bella’Erezhi, their faction should be winning. Since this is a vignette challenge, this will probably be a one on one battle, but if you can fit more participants than that, that is fine.

Restrictions: The MOCer will create a vignettes of no more than 8x8studs. Limited overhang is acceptable. No height restrictions. Don’t worry about throwing flags / banners in if you don’t have room.

JUDGING: Figure "look" and posing will be considered as a judging criteria for the vote.

Due Date: March 29^th

CHALLENGERS:

HIGH COUNCIL

Adair

Mccoyed

High Council Bravo vs. Desert Mummy Champion by mccoyed, on Flickr

Gideon

Fighting on the Ashes by Gideon_83, on Flickr

Bregir

WZ 4 by Beorthan, on Flickr

Scarst

DSC_2016 by scarst21, on Flickr

Graham Gidman

Guilds of Historica: Challenge IV - "Die Orc Scum!" by Graham Gidman, on Flickr

Maxim I

Jakorin Swiftsword

ULANDUS

Alfadas

Bacon Potatoes

Narbilu

Garmadon

Stepping Out Of The Way! by Robert4168/Garmadon, on Flickr

Kai NRG

The Race You'd Want to Lose! by gid617, on Flickr

Goliath

Ulandus by The Goliath, on Flickr

Robin Creations

DESERT KING

Lord Dan

Vicious brawl 1 by lorddan413, on Flickr

Disco86

2 by Disco86 (CCC), on Flickr

Robuko

Jacob Nion

Blufiji

Dr. Cogg

Brick Man Studios

GoH (WZ4 ; H9) by Brick Man Studios, on Flickr

MKJoshA

Emma

MassEditor

WZ4 Lonely Mountain Rumble by MassEditor, on Flickr

Umbra Manis

Hammerhand

Lord Vladivius

Edited April 1, 2015 by SkaForHire

[LordDan]

I think this was the hardest WZ to decide which faction won. All sides had some pretty fantastic entries!

[Disco86]

This time I had to vote for Ulandus. I am very happy about their rising activity and they had some cool builds !

[Jacob Nion]

I haven't voted yet, but I wanted to say that I really enjoyed this warzone. The idea of sending in a champion is great and it's amazing how everyone depicted the destroyed city and volcanic activity on such a small base. One can really imagine how the champions are kicking eachothers heads in.

[MassEditor]

I also voted for Ulandus on this one! Between Narbilu's tornado magic, Garmadon's ninja warrior and Kai's meteor, Ulandus entered some really creative and memorable competitors. What surprises me about this minichallenge is the diversity in entries. For a max limit of 8x8, there is a crazy amount of difference in each one of these builds!

[Jakorin Swiftsword]

How come mine isn't up there?

[Kai NRG]

How come mine isn't up there?

If you haven't linked to it in the Warzone thread Ska might miss it, but he'll probably add it as soon as he realizes it's missing!

[Graham Gidman]

Wow, glad to see Ulandus getting some more builds in there. Great work everyone, lots of good entries!

[MassEditor]

Hey Ska, I grabbed Jakorin's info to help you out for a sec. Can't imagine how tough this is for you to keep track of!

Jakorin Swiftsword

[SkaForHire]

Sorry Jakorin, I must have missed that one. Thank you ME for the quick help. The post and poll have been edited. BTW: If you already voted, and want to change your vote to Jakorin, I believe you have the option to cancel your vote and vote again.

[Lord Vladivus]

Missed mine too- here's the topic, although I'm on my phone so no photos! http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=106882&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1

You've created a monster for yourself Ska!

Brilliant entries all round!

[SkaForHire]

Sad thing is, I remember when you posted your MOC, not sure if it was in the warzone thread and I just missed it, or the general Cat C thread.

[Lord Vladivus]

Sad thing is, I remember when you posted your MOC, not sure if it was in the warzone thread and I just missed it, or the general Cat C thread.

I can't remember if I posted it in the thread, so it might be my fault! No worries! I'm not bothered about winning, I'm just enjoying being inspired to build!

[Jakorin Swiftsword]

Sorry Jakorin, I must have missed that one. Thank you ME for the quick help. The post and poll have been edited. BTW: If you already voted, and want to change your vote to Jakorin, I believe you have the option to cancel your vote and vote again.

Thanks Ska! And you too ME!

[SkaForHire]

Winner: Ulandus

Winners:

HC 1)Maxim I 2)Graham Gidman 3)Adair 4)Jakorin 5)Gideon

U 1)Kai NRG 2)Narbilu 3)Bacon Potatoes 4)Garmadon 5)Robin Creations

DK 1)MassEditor 2) Emma 3) Robuko 4) Disco86 5) Hammerhand

Next Zone: F14

NOTE: I had to go down to 4th place to find a new target -- please make sure you are posting next targets on your entries! DK, I am especially looking at you all here, only Disco had a next target!