[ESL - CH 4B] La Caverna Matutera

[Elostirion]

At the King's Coast in the southwest of Nellisa near the village of Pesatori stands a lighthouse, above a
grotto. The grotto got its name because a famous smuggler had her hideout here until a few years ago.
The lighthouse is rumored to be one of the first buildings of Nellisa, and most people call it "The first
Lighthouse of Nellisa", or just "The First Lightouse".

 

Briso from Mardier stood at the southwestern beach of Nellisa, a torch in his hands. His men carried the
gold into the grotto. Things went smoothly tonight. His men called him captain. Briso liked that. He gave
some orders. Quiet. In the protection of the night.

 

When Briso looked into the night he saw the boats coming. Things seemed to
have gone smoothly. All was well!

 

Less than a mile away General Alvaro Corteso and his men, the "Wardens of
Eslandola", sat on their horses, close to the water. The Wardens of Eslandola
held the true Eslandolan values in the colonies and protected Eslandola's growth.
They were mostly financed by wealthy merchants, like Román Fontonajo, who
had an interest in keeping the island in order.

 

Yesterday they had heard rumors of some suspicious movements
at the First Lighthouse. A light was burning. Leonando the lighthouse
keeper never had lights burning inside the tower at the middle of
the night. But now they saw light. General Corteso took his spy
glass and looked out into the ocean where the Princessa was anchoring.
Corteso knew the Princessa was one of Fontonajo's ships and carried
lots of gold as part of the treasure fleet sailing to Terreli.

 

When Corteso looked at the ocean his jaw dropped! Three smaller rowboats were sailing away
from the Princessa, and the gold glittered in the moonlight. The Princessa had been robbed!
Corteso took down his spyglass and directed his men's attention towards the rowing boats,
which could be seen with bare eyes once they looked closely. Te boats were rowing towards
the grotto. Corteso only needed seconds to complete the story in his head: Some pirate scum
had stormed the lighthouse. In the secret of darkness those outlaws had rowed towards the
Princessa, secretly stolen the gold and were now trying to hide it in the grotto.

 

His men had realised it as well. There was no need
for Alvaro Corteso to say anything. "CHARGE! For
Eslandola!", he shouted anyway.

 

 

 

The whole MOC (48 x ~70) with nightsky:

 

The First Lighthouse (will be licensed as commerce):

 

The Wardens of Eslandola (might be licensed):

 

The Princessa (plan on licensing this as a 2A / 3A, unless rules forbid):

 

Rowing boat:

 

And the whole thing:

 

 

This were my first attempts at forced perspective. I am still learning. :-) 
I used some image editing for postproduction (e.g. torch effects, adjusting colours to night etc.).
All visible things were actually MOCed though.
The ropes at the boats are the only non-LEGO parts.
Thanks to everyone in this forum who I stole inspiration from (especially Garmadon for the micro ship).
The lighthouse and its window are actually shining - finally a use for those light bricks.

Edited October 2, 2016 by Elostirion

[Captain Braunsfeld]

I hope that General Corteso will succeed!

Fine build, fine mini ships, clever torch effects!

But (now it comes): Why are the pirates dressed in their underpants?

(I tried to build some yellowish troops myself  - only to find they look underdressed ...)

[Elostirion]

Fleshheads! Fleshhands. Fleshies all the way. ;-) 

[Keymonus]

Perhaps your Mardierians look a little weird, but your building is wonderful! The pic with soldiers holding torches, in particular, is great!

[Tezclatipoca]

Nice entry !

I particularly like your micros ! The micro row boats are nicely done ! For such a size, they are at the limit of the fun and of the cute...

Good job !

[Franco Clarke]

Masterful forced perspective, I like the use of the dinghy as the ship's hull.

[Kai NRG]

Very nice build Elostirion, and great lighting effects!  The yellow worked really well for stars!  It might have been nice to have some more texture on the tan part of the beach, but the way you did the waves on the water worked really well!

[Capt Wolf]

I love the nighttime and lighting effects. And I like that you're continuing to show Eslandolan cavalry, something I need to work into my army builds.

Good FP, too. Overall a very well executed story build!

[Mike S]

Nice build and pics!