[ESL-CH1A] Strange Visitors

[Capt Wolf]

Anwok and Jynil awoke to their baby crying. Jynil nursed her child, then prepared him for their trip to the orchard. Anwok and Jynil thought that their child was the only new part of their morning trip. Jynil wrapped him securely and put him on her back. Then they went to pick apples.

Then they saw … them. As they looked down upon the beach, they saw three people, but they wore strange clothes. Off in the distance was a large vessel, unlike anything Anwok and Jynil had seen before. They had heard the stories of strangers visiting the island -- everybody had -- but the stories were so old that nobody on the island still alive had ever seen any.

But the strangers on the beach fit the stories well. The vessel was a large as in the stories. Their clothing was an odd mix; Anwok presumed the overdressed one in the middle was the leader. They did not appear threatening.

Anwok told Jynil to go back and tell the elders about the visitors. Anwok would go down to the beach and present them with a gift of apples. …

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I wanted to play with forced perspective in this build, and also thought it would be fun to take the point of view of the natives rather than the explorers. The scene also serves as a step back from my build for challenge 1B, which is a close-up of the explorers on the beach.

An overhead view of the build:

[kabel]

fp with micro figs is always cool! I like it! Also, very cool micro ship there!

[TitusV]

fp with micro figs is always cool! I like it! Also, very cool micro ship there!

Indeed! I really like the micro-part! Only (photography) tip wouls be to make that part a bit blurry

[Sir Stig]

Indeed! I really like the micro-part! Only (photography) tip wouls be to make that part a bit blurry

I have to agree. A bit blurry could look good. I like how you play with forced perspective, especially together with your b challenge.

[Tezclatipoca]

It has been already said by Titus, a little blur in the photo could improve the effect of FP.

Great micro ship and it's nice to have the point of view of the natives, I like how your build is linked to your previous one.

[Puvel]

Very clever use of the micro figs, good looking ship there as well

[Kai NRG]

The FP here is very good! The apple tree is nice as well and good use of that new minifigure!

A tip on your photos - they would probably look a good deal better if you edited the brightness and contrast up a touch!

[Ayrlego]

As previously mentioned the mirobuild ship is great! It was a really good idea to use the forced perspective so you can include a shot of the vessel in your scene, it works quite well. Well done!

[Captain Dee]

Another good use of forced perspective. The arrangement is nice and is a good depiction of what those first real encounters must have been like - natives peering through the trees, curious and perhaps awestruck as well. The micro ship is lovely, but I agree the lighting is a bit dark. Otherwise nice job.