[COR] Through the falls

[SilentWolf]

The Corrington Combat Pioneers had been busy since the Corrington party found the Myzek people. The pathway behind the falls was conducive to secluding a civilization from wild animals and the outside world, but it was not conducive to multiple trips back and forth. The Combat Pioneers built a larger pathway along the dangerous parts of the path at the base of the falls. They were then able to bring goods up the river in boats, and transport it by hand through the falls before transferring it to carts and mules to lead it down to Myzectlan.

The only problem is they also had to divert the river to allow room for the pathway near the falls. One man's problem is Corrington's fun. The Combat Pioneers started a quarry on the nearby mountainside, and brought the cut rocks over to the top of the falls on sledges. They then used a massive crane and some mules to raise the rocks and place them in the river. Setting the massive rocks one at a time, they were able to divert the river over several minifigure feet. The river was also diverted into its overflow channel, thus enabling the pathway below to be outside the torrential downpour of the falls. 

Today we spot several WETEC soldiers carrying trade goods along the pathway, as two of the Combat Pioneers discuss whether the crane needs to be kept in place for any future repair work. They are also discussing the current plans to make an alternate path to Myzectlan in order to bypass the falls entirely.

Notes: I felt my build for Challenge 5E needed some editing before I could license it and to make the future stories more believable. This build was the result. It won't count as a freebuild as it was just an edit, but it will be licensed as a large commerce. It's total surface area is 4842 studs with 6402 bricks used.

Here is a reminder of what it looked like before and a link to the previous build is included below.

The previous story

C&C welcome.

[Garmadon]

Now that's what I like to see!   This was an impressive build before, but you've definitely knocked it up a notch or two now!  The pathway is a great addition, and I must say that squaring the build off really helps with the aesthetics as well!   I'm liking the crane and explanatory story too - and that snow owl on that ledge!   The foam at the bottom of the falls is also certainly better (though if I were nitpicking I would think that a little more foam in the center than towards the edges would probably look a tiny bit more natural ), but I'm guessing that the rendering might have something to do with that too? 

And just out of curiousity, you weren't originally planning on later redirecting the falls when you built the first build and made the rocks a bit lower there, were you?  If so, definitely kudos to you for thinking that far ahead! 

[SilentWolf]

3 hours ago, Garmadon said:

Now that's what I like to see!   This was an impressive build before, but you've definitely knocked it up a notch or two now!  The pathway is a great addition, and I must say that squaring the build off really helps with the aesthetics as well!   I'm liking the crane and explanatory story too - and that snow owl on that ledge!   The foam at the bottom of the falls is also certainly better (though if I were nitpicking I would think that a little more foam in the center than towards the edges would probably look a tiny bit more natural ), but I'm guessing that the rendering might have something to do with that too? 

And just out of curiousity, you weren't originally planning on later redirecting the falls when you built the first build and made the rocks a bit lower there, were you?  If so, definitely kudos to you for thinking that far ahead! 

Thank you for the compliments. I definitely regretting not making the build more square originally. It made rendering a pain plus looked weird from the front, so that was a must for this rendition. The snow owl was in the previous edition and just moved location. (It has a nest on that ledge but is hard to get the right angle to see it.) Getting the foaming look was difficult with rendering. It looked great on my computer but the render made it more clear and much darker of a blue color. I think to really make it work I should have used just plain white, but I was trying to stick with the transparent. Though it appears the white transparent looks better in Blue-render, while the blue transparent looks better in the Studio render. On my original build, I had included a dried lower area where the water is now running through. It was designed for realism as most falls I have seen have an area that runs when it is flooding but is dry the rest of the time. I hadn't intended on using it for more than the realism affect though so it just came in handy when I came up with the plan to move the water. 

[blackdeathgr]

Definitely an improved version of a moc of already epic proportions! The rendering on the water is far better imo and I just love the wooden pathway you've added this time!

But hey! You know what? I miss that native dressed in official corrish uniform. You know, the one I shamelessly copied!!!   

[Captain Braunsfeld]

New approach to a waterfall - looks good!

 

[Maxim I]

Amazing job on continuing developping the landscape!

The wooden path is a great touch :)

[Ayrlego]

Very nice adaptation of your challenge build Silentwolf. I especially like the winding wooden path as it leads into the waterfall. Nice work!

[Bregir]

I was sure I had commented on this! I swear Eurobricks sometimes deletes my comments...

I am a great fan of you revisiting this location - it seems like a perfectly Corlander thing to do to go back and ensure better infrastructure and access to Myzectlan. I really like how you have "diverted" the waterflow - it looks surprisingly natural. I would have suggested the use of light blueish grey or some other colour to show that those rocks are new additions in the stream, but it looks great. The winding path is great too, and I absolutely adore that crane!

Great work!