Excellent concept! Looks like we Rebels may have a significant advantage... For once.

What about free-builds? Can be they build from "All" bricks? Or just from bricks which are in mentioned sets?

  On 10/15/2013 at 6:18 PM, hench said:

What about free-builds? Can be they build from "All" bricks? Or just from bricks which are in mentioned sets?

Free-builds can of course be built from any bricks you like. They don't even have to apply to the storyline of this episode (provided they comply with the other free build rules, of course.); the episodes are just timing mechanisms for how often you can build free builds.

Can you use grey/dark grey bricks in place of bley/ dk bley?

On the base plate can we ad some detail on it?for example, I was going to put tan plates on mine to make it look like sand.

  On 10/16/2013 at 12:32 AM, Bkrosell said:

On the base plate can we ad some detail on it?for example, I was going to put tan plates on mine to make it look like sand.

If it's not in the listed sets, then you cannot use it.

  On 10/15/2013 at 10:08 PM, rogueang said:

Can you use grey/dark grey bricks in place of bley/ dk bley?

Since the colors are very close, and to please the old castle builders, this will be an exception.

You can use Grey / Dark Grey bricks in place of Bluish Light Grey / Bluish Dark Grey. But no other color change are allowed.

  On 10/16/2013 at 7:30 AM, Bob De Quatre said:

Since the colors are very close, and to please the old castle builders, this will be an exception.

You can use Grey / Dark Grey bricks in place of Bluish Light Grey / Bluish Dark Grey. But no other color change are allowed.

That is a HUGE help! Thank you for the exception!

As a result of that, by the way, when your entries are judged, any difference between the old greys and their new bley equivalents will not be considered, because it wouldn't be an effect you could attain with only the bleys in the set. This could work in your favor (If you want a cleaner entry but don't have enough of one type of grey or bley, for example.) or it could work against you (If you try to subtly distinguish between two objects or if you want to weather something, for example.).

I have a question. I will have to use LDD because I don't own the allowed sets. But how can I add my sig fig If I can only use the palette provided? Does LDD allow this?

Edited October 16, 201311 yr by Hobbythom

  On 10/16/2013 at 3:51 PM, Hobbythom said:

I have a question. I will have to use LDD because I don't own the allowed sets. But how can I add my sig fig If I can only use the palette provided? Does LDD allow this?

You should be able to make your sig-fig with normal LDD Extended (without the custom palette), save it as a separate file, and then import that into your entry file that uses the custom palette. (I think it's File>Import Model or Tools>Import Model or something like that — I can't check at the moment.

Ah! This is going to be a pain in the bleeper! I hate sorting out a specific parts list. :/ Oh well time to get to work I guess. :D

  On 10/16/2013 at 5:35 AM, Brickdoctor said:

If it's not in the listed sets, then you cannot use it.

Except for the 20 other bricks, right?

  On 10/16/2013 at 10:51 PM, Bkrosell said:

Except for the 20 other bricks, right?

Correct. But background elements are not exempted from your parts limitations.

  On 10/16/2013 at 10:51 PM, Bkrosell said:

Except for the 20 other bricks, right?

  On 10/17/2013 at 5:31 AM, Brickdoctor said:

Correct. But background elements are not exempted from your parts limitations.

The only parts that do not count in the 20 additional bricks are:

- Obviously the parts of the 3(4) sets

- Your sigfig and the sigfig of the other contestants (any other minifig count as 1 additional brick!)

- One baseplate

  On 10/17/2013 at 7:16 AM, Bob De Quatre said:

The only parts that do not count in the 20 additional bricks are:

- Obviously the parts of the 3(4) sets

- Your sigfig and the sigfig of the other contestants (any other minifig count as 1 additional brick!)

- One baseplate

Thanks, I have something ready to post but might find some things to change later on.

  On 10/17/2013 at 12:12 PM, Bkrosell said:

Thanks, I have something ready to post but might find some things to change later on.

As other said to you in in Guild of Historica: take your time ! There's no reason to rush

  On 10/17/2013 at 12:31 PM, Bob De Quatre said:

As other said to you in in Guild of Historica: take your time ! There's no reason to rush

I know I just need to get used to being allowed certain pieces, I won't rush this time, I only have a basic build any way, there things I'm going to change.

I have a question, will the losing faction also lose the option to have free builds on Tatooine?

  On 10/18/2013 at 2:22 PM, Artizan said:

I have a question, will the losing faction also lose the option to have free builds on Tatooine?

Yes, control of the planet for future free builds is awarded to the winning faction, even if the planet was previously controlled by another faction. (In this case, Tatooine was part of the initial free build lineup to give you some variety in a neutral system; now that it's seeing military action, it can logically be awarded to one faction. [Even if that faction might realistically have a hard time enforcing their rule.])

So basically, it's a multi-set alt-build?

Interesting...

The rules allow you to use one baseplate that isn't part of the initial bricks and doesn't count in the 20 additional bricks.

That baseplate must be a flat baseplate. If you use any other baseplate, you must count it in the 20 additional bricks.

Rules are updated

hahahaha... you've seen my prelim entry and decided that my baseplate counts as one part

  On 10/21/2013 at 10:22 AM, narbilu said:

hahahaha... you've seen my prelim entry and decided that my baseplate counts as one part

Yeah... but I discussed it with myself for almost 10 minutes... an interesting debate...

You used the shapes of the baseplate as a part of your entry, that's what made me decide that only a flat baseplate could be used "freely".

An extra minifig counts as 1 piece right? Does it still count as one piece if you split it up, ie take of the helmet and place it elsewhere? I was going to suggest to Narbilu to swich the Sandtrooper helmet for a whole minifig and split it up, but then realized that I wasn't sure if it was according to the rules or not!