Yzalirk Posted September 10, 2014 Posted September 10, 2014 Personally, I'd go with the Dwarves because for starters, they're pretty cool and they do have some interesting technology in the GoH lore from what I've learned. Also because I only have Dwarf minifigs, no Elves. Quote
Lord Vladivus Posted September 10, 2014 Posted September 10, 2014 Personally, I'd go with the Dwarves because for starters, they're pretty cool and they do have some interesting technology in the GoH lore from what I've learned. Also because I only have Dwarf minifigs, no Elves. Still avoid guns/flamethrowers though. ;) Quote
mccoyed Posted September 10, 2014 Posted September 10, 2014 Yeah. For dwarven technology, think more gears, levers, pulleys, and basic mechanical engineering. A good touchstone would be the dwarves in The Hobbit (movies) and what we see of Erebor in its heydey. Steam is probably out as a mainstream technology (certainly in the magical steampunk sense). Quote
Venkefedo Posted September 10, 2014 Posted September 10, 2014 I'm still gonna try to swing Haarits' rifle as a (not entirely reliable) piece of Gnomish engineering, using gears & catches & springs to throw bolts, quicker to load than a crossbow (when it works properly). Bouncing around ideas for a little build to try to show that off somewhat, just to get across that it's not a pellet- or bullet-firing combustion weapon. But, there's always other weapons to fall back on. I'm obviously leaning toward dwarves...tho there may not be just one dwarvish side to this! Quote
mccoyed Posted September 11, 2014 Posted September 11, 2014 It would be cool to see some builds showing gnomes and their slightly higher tech, but elusive world. I mean, it's a good way to establish a little bit of that in GoH but keep it contained by establishing the gnomes as secretive and protective over their gadgets and technology. Until someone builds it (and builds it right), though, I dunno how well that'll go over haha. Quote
Venkefedo Posted September 11, 2014 Posted September 11, 2014 I've only got one gnome minifig so far, and he's a paladin (an idea I've been enabled with since a couple WoW expansions ago when they were talking about new classes available to various races; paladins didn't make the cut for gnomes, but I was excited for the idea). I'm not sure how I want my gnomes to all look, either... only so many times one can use the Mad Scientist head & hair for crazy gnomish inventors. But I agree, any tech of theirs would have to be built "right", which could be tricky. Quote
mccoyed Posted September 11, 2014 Posted September 11, 2014 If you're basing it off gnomes from WoW, you'd definitely have to undercut some of the higher tech gadgetry (mechs and things). For making the minifigs, I'd just use clean-shaven adult heads on "short figs" and try to do a lot of crazy hair. The mad scientist hair from Monster Fighters comes to mind, that gray spiky rubbery thing? Quote
Yzalirk Posted September 11, 2014 Posted September 11, 2014 I think I'll just lay off on the technology things fo a while but would a pneumatic weapon that low fires one heavy bolt be appropriate? Especially if there are very few of them? Quote
mccoyed Posted September 11, 2014 Posted September 11, 2014 (edited) If you're asking me I'd say no. I mean, why have that and not a crossbow or ballista or more setting-appropriate ranged weapon? A pneumatic bolt weapon is just a gun by another function. Being that it's still a Lego gun, right? If GoH were totally mine and all the lore/precedents were up to me I think I'd allow early firearms but I'm pretty sure any builds or stories involving such will be face objections by the rest of the community here. I think it's best for you guys to just accept that and save guns and (most) gadgets for a different setting or your own personal, non-GoH mocs (you could do that, I do!). Honestly, if I were either of you and I wanted to throw some new magical or low-tech thing into this setting, I'd just build it and take special care that it's justified somehow. I mean, first I'd ask myself why having bolt throwers, guns, etc is so important to me in the first place. Barring that, you could start your own Steampunk setting on a forum outside of EB and try to recruit people. I'd join it because I like to dabble in many different genres and flavors. I've definitely thought about lots of different flavors and settings that could be made along the same lines. I think that's pretty much what you'd have to do to see those ideas represented in a project like GoH. That's a lot of work with no guarantee of enough interest to keep it going, which is why the Mods of EB don't bother or are very slow to introduce new projects like that in the different themed subforums. Edited September 11, 2014 by mccoyed Quote
narbilu Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 I got a writersblock, so is there any news on what our next challange will be, or just when it will start? Quote
robuko Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Jaw drops. Are you a one man LUG? Amazing! Quote
Wat Tambor Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 Great story so far! I really want to build for GoH again, so I can't wait for the start of the third challenge- Jaw drops. Are you a one man LUG? Amazing! Hehe, same question here. Quote
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