[SR-FB3] - Jan '18 - Lund's Fried Fish Shoppe

[Kwatchi]

Mistress Lund was born in a farm village on the Rum Islands (Garvey) to a family with five daughters.  When her prospects for marriage proved to be close to nil, she took her meager dowry and headed to Freeport with the dream of running her own inn.  While she never managed to realise her dream, she did found a rather successful Fried Fish Shoppe.

Her clientele is mostly composed of dock hands and sailors, though she does get the occasional custom officer or trader stopping in for a quick bite for lunch.

While her fried fish is a well thought of dish, the fact she also serves beer and grog may also account for her shop's popularity.

The Free Trader's Association recently took up residence at the former counting house next door, and she is aware that their factor Mr. Nilsen (an older but distinguished gentlemen by the looks of him) has been spending a lot of his time looking out her way.  Perhaps one day soon he'll come over and introduce himself.

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Once again, I approached this build with the intention of mimicking the aesthetic that Sir Stig set out for Freeport in the Jameis Farstrider's Guide entry for Garvey. I am fairly happy wit the result and believe if you dropped these besides his work they would not look completely out of place.  The difference is that I approached both Freeport builds with one eye on game play, rather than solely as display pieces.  Comes with having young kids I guess.

Originally, this second section of dock was going to simply be open air warehousing for the FTA office.  When faced with a shortage of roofing bricks, the office footprint was reduced and I decided to split the build into two rather than scrap the remaining half.  This will be licensed by me as a small artisan in Freeport (GAR).

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Edited May 19, 2022 by Kwatchi

[Roadmonkeytj]

I like the way it splits into two building plates and how you've blended the bricks to match the preprinted panels ... I may have to borrow that technique ...

[Sir Stig]

Agree with Roadmonkey. Fitting shop concept, with a nice atmosphere and good story. And the quay, with the rocky shores showing under it are a nice improvement. Cool that you build upon the Jamie Farstrider guide, and you hit the nail on the head with these.

I like the play features. I try to include that in my builds also, but often I have to sacrifice for extra support (I have the habit of building from the top down and overcomplicating things ).

The plus side of running out of bricks, is that it fosters creative solutions and learning different techniques.

[Darnok]

A sweet litle build, with a surprising amount of details for the interior, well done!

 

I am a big fan of a "playability approach" to building, so I really appreciate both of these - being able to combine them is of course awesome.

[Maxim I]

I really like how this yells "classic pirates" in a smooth edition (tiles etc on the docks).

Great job!