Airship Components: R&D Contest (NA) - Discussion Thread

[Lago]

Character name: Lago Aletheia
World name: Adamantoise
In-game Item: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

Component name: Goddess Figurehead

If there's anything a truly respectable sky pirate ship can't be missing, it's the image of a beautiful woman gracing the prow. Getting a group of artisans to cooperate on a work of art in the workshop would be a daunting task, though! Luckily I knew just where to find one already made that we could use.

The first task would be to dislodge it from its base. Nothing a few volleys of magitek cannon fire can't take care of.



From there it was a simple task to lash the statue to our manacutters and haul it home. Biggs and Wedge's corrupted crystal engines put in good work, but it was the motivational power of cake that really did the heavy lifting!



Hmm... I just hope nothing terrible happens because we moved that statue...



On that day, the world was changed forever...

[Camate]

You said 500 Words, which is fine. But I think there may be a slight problem here.

Posts only allow for 1,000 Characters. So people are going to run into a problem when it comes to submitting posts.

Thanks for letting us know! There was a bug with the forum settings, and it has been fixed. Apologies for the inconvenience.

[Rowde]

Perhaps off-topic, but when are the Winners of the Cartographers and Seekers contest and the 100 Randomly selected Voting Prizes for the Hairstyle Design Contest going to be announced?

The results would effect which in-game item I would ask for as a prize.

[Pterois]

This is an awesome idea just like all the other contest out there but for people who already have these rewards is there anyway we can get the Dev team to drop in some new rewards? I would imagine y'all would see more of these quality post if you put up something a little different for a reward. Hope this doesn't come off in the wrong way because I love these contest but the fact that your still recycling the same rewards makes it kinda of "meh" at this point. And yes i understand the "do it for the fun not reward" aspect but new rewards would up the interest.

[Kenmei]

Character: Kenmei Aquila
World: Sargatanas
Prize: Ahriman Choker

Do you love surveying the endless skies in your airship, but wish that you had some asylum from those harsh high-altitude winds? Fear not! The Holy Beard of Levin Forecastle is the airship component for you!



To make this wonderful piece of beardly ingenuity, you will need a sample of the Lord of Levin's magnificent beard. How could he be convinced to part with such a precious sample? Your guess is as good as mine!



For added warmth (and a lower chance of electric shock) be sure to mix your beard trimmings with a healthy amount of snurble tufts.



Before crafting your cozy new forecastle, it is suggested that you grow no fewer than two moustaches to aid in the crafting process. Enjoy!

[Kelzack]

I got the post max character limit

[Remasa]

Character name: Remasa Voluga
World name: Balmung
In-game Item: Ahriman Choker

Component name: Stealth Shields

Do you have a small Free Company more interested in exploration than fighting? Do you worry more about what would happen to your airship if it actually encountered a monster than what treasures it can bring back? Than consider applying my custom Stealth Shields to your hull!

Inspired by various monsters that seem to “vanish” into thin air, these custom-mounted Stealth Shields will allow your airship to slip on past those pesky flying monsters and pirate airships.

First, I noted how well dragons seemed to handle the sharp wind on their skin, and slayed a few for their resilient hides. They put up such a fight, but that just allowed me to pick the choicest of skins. I pass the savings onto you, the customer.

[Remasa]

While those skins cured into hides, I headed out to the snowy wasteland to gather up dozens of handfuls of mythrite sand. Those glowing grains do a wondrous job of refracting light! Although the fine powder does tend to tickle the nose.


Once back home, I drained the marketboard of any and all hot chocolate to warm my frigid hands for the final, critical part. After a liberal rubbing of scale glue onto the hardened leather, I sprinkled the sand onto the hides and invisible shields were born!



Well, not entirely invisible, but the final product bends enough light around your airship to deter most monsters in the sky. In simpler layman's terms: aethereal magical... stuff. Never again worry about surviving encounters when you can just avoid them. Available to be custom-fitted over any hull type!

[Remasa]

How did you guys surpass the 1000 character limit?

[Arythen]

[Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/0YeZlNH.jpg)

Hmm, wonder what im doin wrong