Captain Genaro Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 With some of the world's most productive silver mines mere miles away, Breshaun is becoming known as one of the premiere silver producing cities throughout New Terra. Every day a seemingly endless flow of carts, wagons, and laborers haul ore from the inland mines until they reach the smelters on the outskirts of Breshaun. The journey is only a few miles, but moving tons of ore wears down all but the heartiest of men in a few days time. Upon arriving at the smelters, the miners are overcome with sickening smells as salt, mercury, and other choice ingredients are added to massive cauldrons filled with recently crushed ore. One full, the cauldrons are lifted into massive furnaces that are hot enough to burn the skin right off a careless worker. The cauldrons are left in the furnace overnight, and are only cool enough to be removed the next morning. From there, the metal is taken into the main building where it is poured into the long molds and left to form bars of silver. Once hardened, the bars are stamped by the chief smelter, placed into massive chests, and left inside the secure building until a buyer comes along. The entire process can take several days, and is just miserable enough to make the miners miss the dark, cramped, airless pits they toil in all day. Overview: Off to the left you can see the press the ore is placed in before being crushed. Breshaun Silver Smelter by Capt. Genaro, on Flickr The furnace: Breshaun Silver Smelter by Capt. Genaro, on Flickr A worker keeps a steady flow of air to fuel the flames: Breshaun Silver Smelter by Capt. Genaro, on Flickr A silversmith negotiates a contract with the chief smelter while the night watchman makes one last pass before heading home: Breshaun Silver Smelter by Capt. Genaro, on Flickr The interior of the main building. It's still early, so the molds are still empty but barrels of expensive mercury and chests of silver bars can be seen. Breshaun Silver Smelter by Capt. Genaro, on Flickr _________________________________________________________________________________________________ I apologize about the poor lighting in the pictures. Comments and criticism (especially building suggestions) are always welcome. Quote
Captain Braunsfeld Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 It looks much nicer than I would have imagined from the story. Well done. Quote
Tezclatipoca Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Nice silver forge ! Good to see the transformation process from silver to bars, maybe a coin mold will be necessary, or another build showing how you can have silver coins. In those times, this is the way to create money ! No dollar plank, but silver coins press ! Your character will become one of the richest men of New Terra with this business ! :) :D Good job ! Quote
Ayrlego Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 A fine silver smelter, the furnace and press both look really good and I like you have captured the details of the process, great job! Quote
Bregir Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Well, while I still don't trust that Kimber-fellow (and for story purposes would have loved if you had found lead... ), this is a great continuation to the story. On top of that, the build seems well-researched and is very well executed. I like how you detail the process from the crushing of the ore to the official stamp on the finished ingots. I have just one question to the process: If the cauldrons are allowed to cool, would not the silver set, and then be impossible to pour into the molds? I think you wll need a better solution here! Quote
soccerkid6 Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Looks like that bellows worker is keeping the fire roaring! Nice doorway design for the main building Quote
SilentWolf Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 This is an exceptional build showing the entire process. I really enjoyed looking at it. I was especially impressed with the bellows! I also liked the use of the darker plates as risen ground. It gave some texture but the different color also created a sense that there were certain sections of ground that were trodden on more than others. Quote
Kolonialbeamter Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Wow, great build, CG! Love the concept, the story, and the depiction of the several stages Your furnace looks great, and in general both textures and colors work really well. But you asked for improvements... hmm... I'd have loved to see all this happening in one huge factory building, maybe presented as a cut-out scene. Apart from that, maybe some white 2x2 round bricks on top of the furnace to add some smoke/steam, and some more heavily armed royal troops to guard this important place What's next? A silver transport? A bank? A coin-press as Faladrin suggested? Waiting for more Hey ho, Silver! Quote
blackdeathgr Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 I like both the story and the build itself! Especially the roof and the whole primal "industrial-like" built, well...buildings, add a lot to the atmosphere. Make us proud oh great treasurer of the Colonies! And ofc dont hesitate to ask for armed guards just in case...! Edit: Lol, i wrote about armed guards before i read KB's comment! hahaha! Quote
Captain Genaro Posted June 5, 2016 Author Posted June 5, 2016 Lovely build, great furnace! Thank you. It looks much nicer than I would have imagined from the story. Well done. It may look nice, but I don't think I'd want to work there . Nice silver forge ! Good to see the transformation process from silver to bars, maybe a coin mold will be necessary, or another build showing how you can have silver coins. In those times, this is the way to create money ! No dollar plank, but silver coins press ! Your character will become one of the richest men of New Terra with this business ! :) :D Good job ! Shhh, you're not supposed to know what my next build is . A fine silver smelter, the furnace and press both look really good and I like you have captured the details of the process, great job! I spent a lot of time thinking of how to best capture the whole process in a single MOC, and I'm glad it paid off. On top of that, the build seems well-researched and is very well executed. I like how you detail the process from the crushing of the ore to the official stamp on the finished ingots. I have just one question to the process: If the cauldrons are allowed to cool, would not the silver set, and then be impossible to pour into the molds? I think you wll need a better solution here! Thank you. The cauldrons are allowed to cool a little so that the workers can safely handle them. They don't cool so much that the silver solidifies, however. (and for story purposes would have loved if you had found lead... ) That makes one of us . Of course, I'm sure this isn't the last we've seen of good ol' Mr. Kimber... Looks like that bellows worker is keeping the fire roaring! Nice doorway design for the main building I wanted the door to look strong and sturdy, glad you like it. This is an exceptional build showing the entire process. I really enjoyed looking at it. I was especially impressed with the bellows! I also liked the use of the darker plates as risen ground. It gave some texture but the different color also created a sense that there were certain sections of ground that were trodden on more than others. The bellows were especially difficult to get right, but I'm fairly happy with the end result. As for the ground, that's exactly what I was going for, so I'm glad it worked out. Wow, great build, CG! Love the concept, the story, and the depiction of the several stages Your furnace looks great, and in general both textures and colors work really well. But you asked for improvements... hmm... I'd have loved to see all this happening in one huge factory building, maybe presented as a cut-out scene. Apart from that, maybe some white 2x2 round bricks on top of the furnace to add some smoke/steam, and some more heavily armed royal troops to guard this important place What's next? A silver transport? A bank? A coin-press as Faladrin suggested? Waiting for more Hey ho, Silver! Smoke would have been good, thank you for the suggestion. As for the troops, let's just say that Mr. Kimber isn't the type of fellow who likes a whole lot of government officials snooping around his enterprise . As for what's next, I like those suggestions, I might have to use some. I like both the story and the build itself! Especially the roof and the whole primal "industrial-like" built, well...buildings, add a lot to the atmosphere. Make us proud oh great treasurer of the Colonies! And ofc dont hesitate to ask for armed guards just in case...! Edit: Lol, i wrote about armed guards before i read KB's comment! hahaha! Thank you. I'm sure the treasurer loves the constant steam of silver flowing into the royal coffers. Nice creation and beatiful furnace! Very kind, thank you. Quote
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