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Entries for the C-C.com Create a Theme Contest

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Please reply with your Create a Theme entry here. If you have questions about the contest, please post them HERE.

Please follow the posting rules for entries.

***Please only post one picture in this thread and link to your offsite gallery of other images.***

***Please limit posted images in this thread to 400x400 pixels. Larger images may be used for greater detail, but must be only linked to offsite, and may not exceed 800x600 pixels.***

***Larger pictures than 800x600 may disqualify the entry.***

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Post by DARKspawn »

Never let it be said that DARKspawn is a quitter!

My submission -

Dark Knights' Castle (Modular Castle)
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(Pic is Maj link)

Piece Values
1. $8 - Guarded Wall - 95
2. $12 - Blacksmith - 143
3. $20 - Gatehouse - 239
4. $50 - Guarded Residence - 599
5. $100 - Dark Knights' Fort - 1200

My original submission that was rejected can be viewed (for the sake of comparison) here
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Post by SavaTheAggie »

I'm sorry Darkspawn, but even without considering your baseplate issues, none of your sets match the piece limit criteria set up by the contest. The $100 category, for example, has a maximum of 1200 pieces allowable. Had you been 10 or 20 over, that may have been ignorable, but you are a full 138 pieces over limit. That's 13.8% over the already generous 20% overrun allowance.

I understand you have collection limitations regarding to which pieces you have access, but so does everyone else. I could bend the rules for your baseplates, but I can't bend the rules for you twice.

Also, please declare to which categories each of your sets belong.

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Post by DARKspawn »

No problem, Tony. Looks as though I have misunderstood the piece count restrictions. I thought the 20% leeway was ontop of the stated range, my mistake ;)

EDIT - Entry rebuilt & resubmitted
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Post by Lost Viking »

Here is my entry-

King Lionheart's Modular Castle

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Piece Values
$8- Market Cart - 77
$12- Market Wall- 123
$20- Blacksmith- 196
$50- Castle Courtyard - 505
$100- King Lionheart's Castle- 910
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Just a reminder - the contest deadline looms! Get your entries finished soon!

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Its been haunting me for a while.
I will have mine in soon!


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I'll be done soon too. I'm rounding off my fourth one, and have started on my fifth.

Edit: I have just finished taking pictures, now I just have to resize and do a little editing in Photoshop.

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Post by SavaTheAggie »

The contest ends a week from today, but currently there are only two entries with two others on the way.

Do I need to extend the contest deadline a few weeks? Would that help the rest of you finish your entries?

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Post by footsteps »

SavaTheAggie wrote:The contest ends a week from today, but currently there are only two entries with two others on the way.

Do I need to extend the contest deadline a few weeks? Would that help the rest of you finish your entries?

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Post by Athos »

SavaTheAggie wrote: Do I need to extend the contest deadline a few weeks? Would that help the rest of you finish your entries?
I vote not to extend the deadline. Its unfair to the people who hurried to meet the deadline...

Not that I've got any entries... :D

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[quote="SavaTheAggie"]The contest ends a week from today, but currently there are only two entries with two others on the way.

Do I need to extend the contest deadline a few weeks? Would that help the rest of you finish your entries?

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Re: Entries for the C-C.com Create a Theme Contest

Post by footsteps »

Introducing All Saints Monastery Theme.

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Located beyond the city walls, the All Saints Monastery serves as an oasis of peace in a turbulent world.

ASM-090 Chapel ~539 pcs including 6 minifigs
Not only does this chapel serve the needs of the monastery, but also of two nearby villages (Pentard and Wottleburn) and local manors. Thus it has both a main parish entrance, plus smaller cloister entrances. In this set we see the Vicar administering the sacraments, accompanied by two choral monks, while Lady Waltraud and the peasants Ewan and Rhiane look on.

ASM-080 Inn ~224 pcs including 2 minifigs
Not only spiritual, but physical peace can be found at All Saints. The inn provides lodging to travelers in an inhospitable land. Master Bennett surveys the sleeping quarters, while downstairs Konrad the baker prepares to enjoy some of the fruit of the vine.

ASM-060 Gate ~134 pcs including 2 minifigs
Against a determined force, the cloister gates would not hold out long, but they do provide a modicum of security. Travelers or locals wishing entrance can reach through the opening to ring the bell. Brother Edel is a diligent gatekeeper. Pitney, servant of Master Bennett, leads his employer's horse into the cloister. The pack horse loaded with merchandise is already tied up.

ASM-040 Abbot's Office ~94 pcs including 1 minifig
Abbott Petrus rules firmly yet benignly. His quarters include a bed, desk, chair, plus a confessional alcove reached by a separate door.

ASM-020 Apothecary ~55 pcs including 1 minifig
Brother Truman is skilled in the medicinal arts. From his little corner of the cloister he dispenses cures, while also observing the comings and goings of the monastery.

All 5 sets laid out.

Next year's sets include:
Dormitory and stables
Hospice
Scriptorium
Miller's wagon


Alan

PS Now that's done, I will do what all good Legomaniacs do with newly built sets... I'm going to change & add to them as I choose! :wink:
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Post by Prince Imdol »

Nice Entry! I like the 500 piece one the best. I am wondering whether I will finish mine on time. I probably will.... i hope.


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Post by Emp.Justinian »

What a great idea! The monestary is great and is a very unique idea. I personaly would have done the monks in brown, but black is still affective. Good luck in the contes.

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