Sirens-of-Titan Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Friends, AFOL's, Guild Members of Historica, lend us your ears! It is our pleasure to announce the results from Challenge 2, the Embassy Build: In this round our great lands came together in diplomacy and forged strong relations in the spheres of trade, knowledge, and culture! We had a lot of amazing entrees and as you can tell, judging was a long and thorough process, as each and every entry was considered and given a fair chance at being the best in it's Guild. With so many great models, it was difficult to choose the top ones. We now present you with the highest rated MOC's from each guild, as well as the overall top scoring Guild, both in terms of entrees submitted, and quality of said entrees. Total Guild Points: Mitgardia - 535 Gold Darics Nocturnus - 508 Gold Darics Kaliphlin - 532 Gold Darics Avalonia - 544 Gold Darics The winning guild for Round 2 is therefore: AVALONIA! Individual Guild Winners: Mitgardia: Ecclesiastes Nocturnus: lisqr Kaliphlin: Gabe Avalonia: Rolli These winners, as well as the Winners from Challenge One can expect to receive custom prizes designed and produced for Guilds of Historic exclusively. Details on these prizes will be released soon, but trust us when we say, they are well worth the wait. Congratulations to the winners, and a big thank you to all who participated! Stay tuned for the official announcement for Challenge 3! In addition; any Mitgardian who submitted a MOC for Challenge 2 and wishes to get personal feedback on how their MOC did and what was good/could be improved about it, PM me and I will do my best to explain. (I offer this as a courtesy just so that you have a way of keeping track of individual development)
kabel Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 @SOT: I totally understand what you're saying and did not want to come across obnoxious, just wanted to say that I'm rather excited ... Great Work everyone, once again we did pretty good, and congrats to Ecclesiastes for once again building such a great moc!
Khorne Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Alright, this is going to be my first in this topic for a long time. I've been kind of busy lately, so I haven't really been able to participate much. Also, I have come to have seconds thoughts on my Guild character. Therefore, I'm going to make another main character. I worked out some background like most of the people here have done and I have carved out a piece of land of my own, a place in which to build different entries (hopefully). I looked at the map Viceroy made and just took a place there weren't a lot of people already. I call my area the County of Flomren, which is supposed to mean the 'Flood Plain(s)' in Mitgardian Common . I've made some rough background for it. I also did a close-up map: (click for bigger, color version) The area inside the (small) dotted line is the county. You can see the area more clearly on the big map. I haven't added any landmarks yet, but I'm definitely going to. I don't have a real picture of my new character yet, but I'll post one as soon as I can make a decent picture. Is it okay to start a new topic to chronicle the county? You know, where I add it's background and possible MOCs and so on.
kabel Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 great idea, sounds really interesting in fact. So I'm looking forward seeing how you will your map with mocs. I wish I wouldn't have given away my village so easily ...
Sirens-of-Titan Posted March 1, 2012 Author Posted March 1, 2012 @ Khorne: Good to have you back my dear Hersir, I can't wait too see what your project develops into. I would say it's absolutely okay to stat a new thread chronicling your province; after all all new MOC's get their own thread! About 6 of you have taken me up on my offer to get feedback from Round 2, and from what I can tell people appreciate hearing how their builds were judged, so don't be afraid to PM me and find out how your builds did! Challenge 3 has been finalized, we are just waiting for an OK to launch the announcement/details. Long live Mighty Mitgardia!
Sirens-of-Titan Posted March 1, 2012 Author Posted March 1, 2012 Wonderful rednition of Valholl kabel! kabel brings a great idea to the table; a Mitgardian parliament! Guildsmenn, let us lead the way in popular government in the Guilds by being the first to have a parliamentary body with a democratically elected prime Minister! I announce: The Parliamentary Election! What is it? --> A chance for any Mitgardian to create a small campaign (1 post long) and present his/her candidacy for prime Minister of Mitgardia! Who can run, and who can vote? --> Any Mitgardian Guildsman can run for the post, and all Mitgardians will be encouraged to vote! (It doesn't have to be your avatar character, you can create a brand new character for this purpose) Why vote for a parliament when wee have a Jarl? --> The wisest ruler recognizes that his power comes from the people he leads; thus it is a good idea to know that their voice is heard through an official governing body. When is the vote being held? --> The candidates will have a week and 2 days. (Until March 10th) to create a campaign post (described below) write a short speech, and post it in this thread. Voting will take place between March 10th and March 11th, the Guildsman with most votes wins and becomes the first Prime Minister of Mitgardia! How is the vote being held? --> Still a work in progress, rest assured we'll have a fool-proof system in place soon. How do I enter my candidate in the running? --> Basically you post 1 single post in the Voting thread. It must include: 1) A picture of your candidate, (could be just candidate, or a full scene, but he/she must be the dominating figure. Please don't post giant photos.) 2) Write a shot description on their history, why they are running and what changes they hope to bring. 3) Have a fun slogan, or campaign promise. (Ie lower ale prices, no more orc riots etc) 4) Once a few candidacies are posted you may take a stab at one or more of the other candidates by spreading rumors, attacking their credential or just calling them troll-witted. (If you choose to take the high road you may ignore this section, but what fun is that? ) Let's have fun with this!
kabel Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 Oh man, I can already see us bullying each other American style! This is going to be just great, and I already got a candidate going. I'll take pics tomorrow and get the guy running. BTW, As you can see in my moc, women are of course also welcome to campaign, when it comes to having an egalitarian society, we're leading the other guilds by light years! Rule Mitgardia!!
NiceMarmot Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 In case you didn't see this in the Kaliphlin thread, I finally got around to posting pictures of the opening gala for my embassy, the Palace of a Hundred Scorpions. Some of Mitgardia's leading lights were in attendance! A great time was had by all. Unfortunately our portrait artist did not get everyone in his paintings, but he got a lot of them. For example here are a few pictures. See who you can recognize. Some people are in slightly different clothes, others removed their helmets for the party. Lists of the attendees pictured are in the main embassy thread. Palace of Scorpions Opening Party Palace of Scorpions Opening Party The embassy thread is here
kabel Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 With this note, I, Eric Grimmson, declare my candidacy for the elections of Mitgardian PM, more infos about me an my agenda later today in the campaing thread
Nom Carver Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 I Finally managed to upload some pictures and here am I, Buri Frostbeard, the wanderer P2020619 por Nom Carver, en Flickr
LEGOman273 Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 With this note, I, Eric Grimmson, declare my candidacy for the elections of Mitgardian PM, more infos about me an my agenda later today in the campaing thread Did you post a pic of Lord Olaf in your candidacy post? (Last pic)
glenpinpat Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) For the min moc of the Capital here is my entryMy link The slums are on the front right. Merchants and industry are on the back right area. On the front left are the noble reidences. Lower left are the other guild embassies, a jousting and event area and a small wooded area for the royalty to ride. The capital is backed up to a mountain. The castle is built into the mountain. This is my first mini MOC. I used the computer instead of real lego as I did not have enough slopes in the right colours. Edited March 3, 2012 by glenpinpat
kabel Posted March 3, 2012 Posted March 3, 2012 LEGOman273: I'm sorry, but the figure you're inquiring about is actually my character Steen Larsson having grown a beart. But if you see your character anywhere in there, it's cool with me, you can use the pic.
LEGOman273 Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 LEGOman273: I'm sorry, but the figure you're inquiring about is actually my character Steen Larsson having grown a beart. But if you see your character anywhere in there, it's cool with me, you can use the pic. It was the head-torso combo that confused me. I thought that you didn't have any of the other pieces.
Sirens-of-Titan Posted March 4, 2012 Author Posted March 4, 2012 Greetings Mitgardians! @ Nom Carver: Welcome to the guild; we can never get enough Dwarven heroes! I look forward to seeing your builds. @ glenpinpat: Great rendition of Valholl, I hadn't considered whether or not LDD was allowed, but since this will be voted on, I'd say LDD is okay and we'll let the people decide which designs are best in the end! Please post it in the official micro-build thread. @kabel: We have our first Prime Minister Candidate;welcome to the running! Your description is great, and I really laughed at the Valholl University "Go Vikings" thing! Let's get some more entrees so that the mud-slinging can begin! Today or tomorrow we will officially announce Challenge III. Long live Mighty Mitgardia!
Gondabuggan Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 I should have something interesting up soon, jarl.
Sirens-of-Titan Posted March 4, 2012 Author Posted March 4, 2012 Announcing: Challenge III - Treasure Hunt Jarl Nibelung: "Greetings fellow Guildsmen, from the Royal Hall at Valholl Castle! My nephew Ragnar, "the fearless" Nibelung, has just returned from his quest for the high King. Let us find out what news he brings!." Ragnar: "My dear Uncle, you will not believe the news I bring! We must mobilize all of Mitgardia to help us in a great quest! I fear it is an almost impossible task!" Jarl Nibelung: "Fear not Ragnar, if it is the High King's wish we will commit all of Mitgardia's Might to it! Now, do tell all the details." ... Description: Build an epic scene which depicts your adventurer entering and searching a mysterious location for the Elemental Crystals. The location may be any fantasy/castle site you wish, but it must feel ancient, remote, and ominous. (Ancient tombs, catacombs, jungle ruins, long-forgotten temples, sewers, caves, bandit hideouts and many others are all possibilities!) The crystal must be guarded by some sort of guardian or trap, and a heavy emphasis on thematic building is encouraged. (For example if you are building an ancient tomb, undead may guard the treasure, and if you are building a jungle locale, natives/wild animals may be the guardians)Guardians may be dispersed throughout the location, or only appear in the treasure chamber. Anything can be a guardian; from people, to magical beings to mechanized sentinels. Specifics: • No size limit: Build as big or small as you wish, points won’t be based on size, but on quality, detail and imagination. • Build must be an ancient site, may be set indoors, outdoors, in any climate and environment. • Build must include guardians. (see above) • Build should be accompanied by a short story about the adventurer's trials through the location. (Either comic-form or narrative paragraph) • Build must contain the correct crystal/gem piece for your Guild as a treasure: Avalonia - Green (Earth) Kaliphlin - Blue (Water) Mitgardia - Clear (Air) Nocturnus - Red (Fire) There are two months to build for this round, (Due date April 28th, 2012) and we are raising the bar of expectations yet again, so take your time and build quality MOC's! We will be looking for details, imagination, building techniques and good presentation. Let's find these crystals so that we may unlock the greatest treasure in all of Historica!
kabel Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 Hey ya, challange III sounds really cool and I'll see what I can do. The only thing that bugs me now is the question to tear down either Valholl or Stoneroda, as I'm out of bricks. Tearing down Stoneroda would mean an end to the entire project but Valholl is something I'd really like to expand. Any advice from anyone? @SOT: That palace just really rocks! I love it, the throne, the windows, the floor, all nicely though of and put together!!
glenpinpat Posted March 4, 2012 Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) awesome, awesome and did I say awesome. Have some great ideas but I need to order bricks as I have no clear chrystals. Also ordered a camera so I can take better pictures. Edited March 4, 2012 by glenpinpat
Gondabuggan Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Announcing: Challenge III - Treasure Hunt Jarl Nibelung: "Greetings fellow Guildsmen, from the Royal Hall at Valholl Castle! My nephew Ragnar, "the fearless" Nibelung, has just returned from his quest for the high King. Let us find out what news he brings!." Ragnar: "My dear Uncle, you will not believe the news I bring! We must mobilize all of Mitgardia to help us in a great quest! I fear it is an almost impossible task!" Jarl Nibelung: "Fear not Ragnar, if it is the High King's wish we will commit all of Mitgardia's Might to it! Now, do tell all the details." ... Description: Build an epic scene which depicts your adventurer entering and searching a mysterious location for the Elemental Crystals. The location may be any fantasy/castle site you wish, but it must feel ancient, remote, and ominous. (Ancient tombs, catacombs, jungle ruins, long-forgotten temples, sewers, caves, bandit hideouts and many others are all possibilities!) The crystal must be guarded by some sort of guardian or trap, and a heavy emphasis on thematic building is encouraged. (For example if you are building an ancient tomb, undead may guard the treasure, and if you are building a jungle locale, natives/wild animals may be the guardians)Guardians may be dispersed throughout the location, or only appear in the treasure chamber. Anything can be a guardian; from people, to magical beings to mechanized sentinels. Specifics: • No size limit: Build as big or small as you wish, points won’t be based on size, but on quality, detail and imagination. • Build must be an ancient site, may be set indoors, outdoors, in any climate and environment. • Build must include guardians. (see above) • Build should be accompanied by a short story about the adventurer's trials through the location. (Either comic-form or narrative paragraph) • Build must contain the correct crystal/gem piece for your Guild as a treasure: Avalonia - Green (Earth) Kaliphlin - Blue (Water) Mitgardia - Clear (Air) Nocturnus - Red (Fire) There are two months to build for this round, (Due date April 28th, 2012) and we are raising the bar of expectations yet again, so take your time and build quality MOC's! We will be looking for details, imagination, building techniques and good presentation. Let's find these crystals so that we may unlock the greatest treasure in all of Historica! :D I think that i may have a hard time deciding one what to build here. :P (Just what I needed, as i began a series detailing an adventure searching for treasures of the guilds. :P) The First Task: The great and Mighty Count Ustengravth, in response to the jarl's calls, sends out his personal assistant to find the gems of the guilds. First however, he must defeat the minotaur that defends a map that may possibly detail the location of the shards. With his band of men, they will trace the sands of Kalaphin, stalk the forests of Avalonia, and prowl the mountains of Mitgardia in search of the three. Btu I get He'll only end up finding the one in Mitgardia. (I included that last part cause i already built two more tasks in Kalafin and Avalonia. :P) JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS NOT MY ENTRY! Edited March 5, 2012 by Gondabuggan
Derfel Cadarn Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Just to clear up a point regarding Challenge 3: There are only 4 crystals, one in each land. There are not lots of false crystals that have been hidden in shrines that have just sprung up all over the place. Obviously we couldn't just have 1 guild member building a moc from each guild for challenge 3. The idea is that everyone builds their own interpretation of their guild discovering the crystal that lies hidden in their land. But i'm sure you all knew that right
kabel Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Well, if nobody else wants to compete for being Prime Ministerof Mitgardia, I guess Eric Grimmson will have an easy win. Suits me ...
Sirens-of-Titan Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Greetings again Guildsmen, Just a few reminders: 1) There are 5 days (counting today) left in the Prime Minister Election. So far we only have one candidate; let's make the race a challenge, submit your candidacy today and campaign to be the first Mitgardian Prime Minister in our Guild's History! Election is on the 11th of march! Submit post here 2) There are 3 weeks left to submit entrees for the Valholl Micro-Scale Build Challenge! If you haven't done so, post in the official thread here, not just in this forum! Keep in mind that there is a Jarl Nibelung Minifigure, a $20 LegoShop gift card and a Letter from Valholl as prizes for the winning design, as well as the title, Master Architect of Valholl. 3) There will be an announcement made soon about what prize the winner of Challenge III treasure hunt will receive; let me just say, this is the biggest prize we have gotten for this kind of build to date, so hopefully it will be a motivating factor in striving for quality MOC's! 4) A lot of members don't seem to be active anymore: the Inventor On Stranger Tides General Talon beardurham Viceroy _dargor_ Busboy489 macfarlandman Duplicatus Sirius Balck prvi svog imena If you guys are taking a break that's OK, just give us a post if you intend to come back for later challnges, if not let us know if you're dropping from the Guild! Long Live Mighty Mitgardia!
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