-SPOTLIGHT - Shaolin Palace

Hello Crafty Miners, and welcome back to another edition of Spotlight. This week we travel to a far off land to explore the architecture of the Shaolin Palace, so let's get to it!

Conceived by SammyMacman and constructed by his construction company, Sam Co, The Shaolin Palace stands as another epic build in the World of RAAR. The location was discovered while SammyMacman was out exploring and scouting new locations for future building projects. Along the way, he spotted this amazing landscape that sparked an idea.

The Palace is embedded into the rocky cliffs of a central mountain and utilizes smooth orange sandstone and dark oak wood as a contrast. The customized lanterns are made from lamps with a pressure plate on top and with an armor stand sitting on top of that to activate the power. Personalized banners are attached to the sides of the lamps to give it the lantern appearance.

Positioned next to the Palace mount is a bonsai shaped tree contorted to encircle a single orange beam of light. Beneath its bows at the base is a teleportation station which allows quick travel from the Jursammic Park Transport Station located near Grimshire.

Opposite the giant bonsai tree on another rocky mountain is the secluded meditation hut. Constructed out of the same materials as the Palace, the hut serves as a refuge for the Grand Master.

We hope you have enjoyed this look at another monumental build. Thank you for liking and commenting on this post and sharing with your friends. We appreciate all the feedback and look forward to bringing you more builds via this blog and our YouTube channel. Until we meet again, Happy Crafting!

-Spotlight- Lantern Rock Harbor

Hello again, Crafty Miners. For this week's spotlight, we travel far to the west of Jursammic Park, to an isolated island with some very unique features. Lantern Rock Harbour is a tranquil and humble home of the Swig Jiggers, a friendly sort of fishermen folk who inhabit the small island. Bright vibrant colored homes gives this place an inviting feel. To guide the boats home, a large lantern was hung from the jut of rock that cantilevers over the ocean below. It's beams of light penetrate even the darkest nights and wildest storms.

Rumors of days long past tell stories of pirates travelling to the island and hiding their booty within the hollow caverns of Lantern Rock. We met up with a local expert, Gordoff, who told us of these tales from the deep. He mentioned that to date the only things ever recovered from the ominous caverns is a chest full of fishing rods and a barrel full of squid cakes. He also told us of a saucy pirate dance they used to perform in the old days. Eager to display his heritage, Gordoff proceeded to walk to the end of the pier and dance a strange jig and sing what sounded like a rejected drunken sea shanty leaving us to wonder if this man was really an expert on the island or just the village idiot. Rumored also were sheep that inhabited the island, but we were unable to spot any in our brief stay.

Till next time, Happy Crafting!