Rogue Angel Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 The Guilds of Historica Book III Challenge I: A Time to Rebuild Challenge II: Bread and Circuses Preludes: The Queen's Council The Long Discussion Always Be Willing to Lend a Helping Shove Kaliphlin Talk Northern Conversation Historica lives again... Historica has been hard at work rebuilding as the era of civil war comes to an end. But more needs to be rebuilt than just buildings - families, friendships, and loyalties of all kinds have been heavily strained. Today, Queen Ylspeth calls upon all citizens of Historica to relax, to celebrate, and to really enjoy life after the hardship and agony of the past years. Category A: Bread Starvation and want have run rampant through the guilds. While the fertile fields of Varlyrio may still be growing strong and areas of Avalonia are producing record crops, many places are still just barely surviving. Queen Ylspeth, out of her own treasury, is buying surplus grain and redistributing it to more needy areas of the guilds. Many other nobles and leaders are following her example and providing for their cities and followers. Your task: Show the efforts of the Queen, her lieutenants, or another leader to bring basic necessities of life to needy areas of your guild. Maximum size: 20x20 Category B: Circuses It's time to take a break Historica! Relax and remember what life was about before mayhem broke loose. Have another dance around the maypole, a jolly evening courtesy of the royal cellar, or an exciting day cheering at the ostrich races. Whatever your town specializes in, make it happen this circus season! Your task: Build the greatest show that's been seen in your guild since the royal tour of Book I! Maximum size: 64x64 Category C: Plot and Counterplot Now you've heard the Queen's pitch. Your representatives at the royal council might tell you that she took the advice of her foreign adviser, N'ri, in defiance of anything they said to the contrary. They might tell you that your support is being bought with charity and clown shows. They might warn you that Avalonia is getting rich at the expense of the royal treasury, or that dissenting nobles are being shut down with ruinous taxes. What is really going on? Is Bread and Circuses as innocent as it seems? Your task: Show the back alleyways of Historican politics. Are Kaliphlinians getting bribed? Are Varlyrians landing rich contracts? Are Avalonians having food confiscated to help "needy" Mitgardian millionaires? Maximum size: 32x32 General Rules Scoring: Builds will be scored on build quality, presentation, and photography with bonus points to entries with original concepts or stories. For all 3 Categories, a 1st and 2nd place will be selected. Within these 6 winners, all 4 Guilds will have at least 1 winner (so 2 Guilds may have 2 winners, or 1 Guild may have 3 winners) Rules: One entry per category per person. Borders can exceed the maximum size restriction, within reason. Maximum sizes can be varied as long as the build does not exceed the footprint of the given size restriction (e.g.: 32x64 instead of 48x48 is permissible).No clone brands (Megablocks, KREO, etc) allowed, but 3rd party fig parts and accessories (Brickarms, Citizen Brick, etc.) are acceptable. All entries should be posted in their own topic, with the title of: "CHALLENGE II: Category X: Name of your build". Please also post a link to your topic here. Deadline: Entries due the end of the day on January 31st. Prizes:The Build with the highest score will win a copy of the Ideas Pop-up Book, or Lego Gift Card equivalent (The larger build categories will be more likely to score the most points, but that is not always the case) The next highest scored Build in a DIFFERENT CATEGORY will win a $25 Lego Gift Card Quote
Gideon Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 Great to have another challenge just in time for the first day of the Christmas break I love that GoH is back to a good cadence on the challenges now, great job from the leadership and I hope you can keep this up! Quote
en_zoo Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 Yessss! This is awesome! I'm at my parents now till end of the month = no bricks I cannot promise, but I should have some time in January to build it up - hopefully this time I'll manage with the deadline, it'd be the 1st time! Whatevere the case, well done everyone with the preludes and organisation, I love it! @Rogue Angel@Henjin_Quilones@Kai NRG@soccerkid6 Quote
TitusV Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Rogue Angel said: ... Deadline: Entries due the end of the day on January 31st. ... So, if I have a last final on the 30th, that means I've got 24 hours to complete a build. Yippie Also, some great challenge categories, good job guys Quote
mccoyed Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 Very fun challenge. I really like the third category as well, since it breaks up the tempo of the other two and makes this (as a stage of Historica's grand story) multi-dimensional. Quote
TheLordOfBricks Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 Awesome! Hopefully I can scramble something together this time! Definitely intrigued by the 3rd category as well. :) Quote
Basiliscus Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 Nice one! Interesting categories. One question: do we have to build in our own guild? For example, in Category A could we show Varlyrian merchants giving away free food in another guild? In category B could we show our character's visiting the entertainment in another guild? Etc Quote
Rogue Angel Posted December 22, 2018 Author Posted December 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Basiliscus said: Nice one! Interesting categories. One question: do we have to build in our own guild? For example, in Category A could we show Varlyrian merchants giving away free food in another guild? In category B could we show our character's visiting the entertainment in another guild? Etc That is perfectly fine. Also: You can enter multiple categories You can only win in one category, even if you would have multiple builds scoring the highest in different categories. (which will be determined by points, or our discretion if you were to have multiple contending entries.) Quote
Basiliscus Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, Rogue Angel said: That is perfectly fine. Also: You can enter multiple categories You can only win in one category, even if you would have multiple builds scoring the highest in different categories. (which will be determined by points, or our discretion if you were to have multiple contending entries.) Great, thanks for clarifying. Given where my character arc is, I fancied doing something in the western half of Varlyrio with Mychel and Meiyo, but I also fancied doing something in one of the other guilds too with one of the other Conzaga family members. Quote
kahir88 Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 (edited) Ploting againts the Queen isn't a wise decision? :D Hm... this seems a little harsh... I just wanted to know, only againts guilds can be ploting, like the examples. Edited December 22, 2018 by kahir88 Quote
Kai NRG Posted December 22, 2018 Posted December 22, 2018 3 hours ago, kahir88 said: Ploting againts the Queen isn't a wise decision? :D Well... the category is kind of geared towards an inside explanation of how the Queen is plotting (if she's plotting...). So I'm not sure plotting against the Queen would make a whole lot of sense in the context. But if you have a specific idea, feel free to run it by us! Quote
adde51 Posted December 23, 2018 Posted December 23, 2018 (edited) Great! I’ll try to get building again as I’m now at least somewhat set up in the new house A question, is it permitted to use an older build (which then would be renovated, etc) as part of one of the entries? For example a building that now has a theater-scene in front of it or something like that? Edited December 23, 2018 by adde51 Quote
kahir88 Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 And done! The hardest part for Cat B is finished. Now I need to add more details to the build, and ready to take pictures, video, and ready to upload! Quote
Spader Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 And here is my entry, done quite a bit earlier than expected (thank you, no homework this week) Quote
W Navarre Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 In the western wastelands it is not uncommon to find a fighting pit like this one in Ilesole, where now a spectacular tournament of single combats to the death goes on to celebrate, strangely enough, the peace—as High queen Ylspeth desired: Here is an entry into category B, and the first chapter to my saga, hope you like it! Photo links to the topic. Quote
Kai NRG Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 Good to see some entries rolling in guys! Quote
W Navarre Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 Oh dear... I misread category A and thought the limit was 24x24! What can I do now? Reworking it is almost impossible! Quote
narbilu Posted January 14, 2019 Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) Category A, B and C: Oceans Apart Kashgar Open air Theater Whispers Edited January 31, 2019 by narbilu added my Cat C build Quote
W Navarre Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) Here is my entry into category C showing how the queen of Ilesole uses bread and circuses to her own advantage. Click the photo to go to the topic and check out more shots or the story. Edited January 17, 2019 by W Navarre Quote
Basiliscus Posted January 17, 2019 Posted January 17, 2019 Here's my category C entry for Varlyrio: Quote
kahir88 Posted January 19, 2019 Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) My next entry, for the II.challenge! This time, category B, Circus And befor I forget to mention: 59 brick long, and 20 brick wide Edited January 19, 2019 by kahir88 Quote
Rogue Angel Posted January 21, 2019 Author Posted January 21, 2019 On 1/12/2019 at 12:56 PM, W Navarre said: Oh dear... I misread category A and thought the limit was 24x24! What can I do now? Reworking it is almost impossible! You can probably submit it for scoring, but it would not be eligible for winning, and may get a small scoring penalty. Quote
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