SCORES UPDATED! Please review for accuracy and completeness (thanks Gurusql!)
Winners for LC10 have been decided! They are:
Phase I Winner: Brother Steven's
Messenger Falcons
Phase II Winner Andhe's
Preparing the Defenses
I'd also like to commend
Crazycrownieguy on his phase II entry. Your stuff is really getting better all the time! Keep up the good work!
We also got some fantastic storytelling from
Brother Steven and
EmperorMarkusI (among others), and a terrific cobblestone road technique by
Eklund. For those of you not specifically mentioned, you're all doing great as well. There were elements of every MOC that I really enjoyed, and you are all helping me to improve as a builder by learning from your unique ways of doing things!
Be sure to go through all of the entries, and for those of you who haven't yet, please remember to add them to the
Official Garhim Flicker Pool! (one picture per MOC in the pool, please)
I've also started a reference there for how to brick-build some of the fantastic animals that have been created for Garheim. Feel free to PM me if you have others. Thanks to Brother Steven for the awesome "Musk Ox" tutorial! (check the Flickr group discussion board for the link)
As for the discussions of official currency, religion, secession, etc.....
1) Currency - I think that Lenfald already uses the "Drake", and it sounds like Loreos may start using a "Mark", so if we want to come up with something, that would be fine. However, I don't want to get into a complicated tiered system, so let's just pick one name and use multiples of that.
2) Religion - I am 100% against establishing any "official" religion. Feel free to come up with whatever you like (or nothing at all, if you prefer), and if others like it, then they are welcome to follow suit. No official religion will ever be part of a requirement though.
3) Secession - As far as I'm concerned, we still owe our loyalty to the king. Additionally, I don't think that Lenfald has made any mention of secession, so if those traitorous Loreesi want to rebel against the king, then I say let them, and we'll come down on them with the full wrath of the united armies of Lenfald, Garheim, and the Royal Guard! Until circumstances change, we are bound by our oath of loyalty to the king, and that is something that we Garhims take very seriously.
Lastly, I think Loreesi Thomas Arrowford had some good points in
http://www.classic-castle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21757&start=868 that are worth reading (think of them in the context of applying to Garheim).
Keep up the good work, everyone!
Courage, Honor, Loyalty! For Garheim!