Posted October 2, 20168 yr It was a quiet morning of October and the Eslandolan port was slowly waking up: busy people and layabouts crowded the coastal road, the most early rising storekeepers were opening their shops and soon the fishing boats would have returned to the port. The sea was calm, the seagulls swooped over the sea, everithing was as usual, but Commodore Esteban Gutierrez could not calm himself down (and empting another bottle of rum did not help his nerves): he was waiting for an emissary from the king himself to discuss the most important task of his whole career, the organisation of the First Treasure Fleet leaving the island. A servant announced the arrival of Admiral Francisco Montales (the man he was waiting for) and he pulled himself together, but the arrival of that high officer probably meant serious troubles for him. "Due to a mixture of spying, treason and... how can I say... incompetence -told the Admiral staring at the empty bottles- the secret has been discovered and our enemies know about the enormous wealth we are going to send home. Obviously we have to avoid that!" "That's terrible! -cried Esteban, imagining his career sinking... he was responsible for a part of the fleet and he risked the military court- we have to cancel the departure!" "Our enemies would burn our colonies to the ground to plunder our gold, so this is the most stupid thing we could do. A fleet must leave and the treasure must be delivered to our mother country without any disturbance. This letter, written by the king himself, explains our plan; be sure that the secret is well kept, because we won't have another chance." "In the fortified warehouse your men will fill barrels and chests with stones and cannonballs. This "treasure" will be boarded on your ships and everybody (spies included), will see it: three or four gold coins "casually lost" will help people's imagination." "Meanwhile my soldiers will bring the real treasure to the northern shore, where some ships are waiting for us. We will use little carts for the transport and we will avoid inhabited areas. We will follow an unusual route and in less than one week we will be out of our enemies' range." "That's a perfect plan, Senor: your cleverness and bravery will surely..." "Don't flatter me, Commodore: it's a waste of time. I've important things to do. For king and wealth! Farewell!" "For king and wealth! Good luck Senor!" One week before... "Hi, scribbler! I've read that you are again pleased by the hanging of another infamous pirate, pillager and highwayman... I need a letter written by the Eslandolan king himself and I know that you can write it and, if you want to survive and earn a considerable amount of gold, you should meet my expectations..."
October 2, 20168 yr What a beautiful little ruse! This is a very innovative way to plunder the greenies, and I think you have illustrated it with a great series of builds. My only comment is that the colours of your pics seem a bit off, but I can't really pinpoint how to fix it, being a photography amateur myself. Well done! :)
October 2, 20168 yr Nice closeups and a nice story to accompany this bustling settlement! once again gj and keep building!
October 3, 20168 yr Author Thank you for your comments! Actually some of my pics, in particular some of which I took using natural light seem quite faded but others taken in the same way are OK... I surely need to get some practice!
October 8, 20168 yr You really set up a lot of scenes for that contribution. Great work. I'd really love to see the whole thing. As Bregir has pointed out the photography might need some improvement for some of the shots. I would generally advise you to take pics at good daylight, cloudy mostly works out better than sunny, definitely without any artificial lightning (like lamps), and without camera flash. Taking pics at 11:00 is alway better than taking them at 21:00. Aside from that I myself am far from being an expert and am often enough not too happy with my own results. My two favourite pics are the room with the scribbler and of course the room with all the gold and gems, that wall texturing seems great.
October 9, 20168 yr Author Thanks you for your suggestions... I'll try to follow them with my nest building!!! I'll post a photo in this topic as soon as possible
October 9, 20168 yr Author As I announced, a pic of the whole building Edited October 9, 20168 yr by Keymonus Very low quality of the linked photo that I decided to remove
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