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Here is what Guild members do, besides participate in contests and post in Member-only areas:

What We Do wrote:1. You need to create your own Clone Trooper leigon. Yes, you need to make your own Leigon. Every Leigon needs a number sign. It CANNOT be an existing Leigon (Example: Not the 501st). It must be your own, and have a number sign. You can use any number sign unless it is not in use by another member or is not an existing Leigon. (Example: Make the 78th Leigon). You can also make your own Leigon Symbol if you want. 2. You Need to Create your own Jedi commander and Clone commander. Your forces need someone to lead them. Start off by creating a Jedi Commander. It cannot be an existing Jedi (Example: Not Yoda). You need to make your own Jedi and your own name for him (Example: Master Garth). Next, you need to make your own Clone Commander. He must have an original Name and Design (Example: Not Commander Cody, Could be Commander Harty). 3. You need to create your own Divisions. You need to make different divisions within your Leigon. Each division has a specialty: Infantry, Cavalry, Mechanized... You can create different types of troops for each divisions (Not neccessary) as opposed to having them all white. Fine Clonier Decals is a great place to get applications to make your troopers different. 4. You should create your own Vehicles. Though this is not required, it is encoraged that you create your own vehicles. You are permitted to use existing Clone Army vehicles in your army, even official sets (Example: You can use the official AT-RT). But, it is encouraged to create several of your own vehicles to use with your armies. Feel free to post your Leigon, Divisions, and Vehicles in the Clone Wars MOC's section. You Don't have to stick with a few divisions, however. Though you can only have one Leigon, you can constantly keep turning out new Divisions, Vehicles, and troops. You can even make Commanders to lead your divisions and Jedi to assist. If you are very into making battlefield scenes, you can make Battlefield MOC's featuring your Leigons or Divisions fighting off the evil CIS. So basicly... Make your own Jedi, Commanders, Vehicles, Divisions, and Battles.

So," you ask, "How do I join the Clone Army Builders Guild?" There are two ways to join the guild: 1. By invite. You will receive an invitation to join the Guild. 2. By Request. You can request to join the Guild. "Well," you say, "I have not been invited. How do I request to join?" You must first register for these forums. Go to 'Register' at the top of the page, and fill out the required form. It will take a day or so to process, and the registration might be denied. However, if it is accepted, log in, you should send a Private Message (PM) to an ADMIN, Clonecommando007, Rook, or Astoriabluelegos, requesting to join the Guild. This PM needs to include an application, see below. "I've registered and I'm getting ready to send the PM to you," you say, "What should the request message contain?" In order for you to join the Clone Army Builders Guild, you must have at least one existing MOC containing Clone Troopers (You must have at least 3 MOCs, this gives us a better idea of you building skills). You must link to the folder (Preferably a Brickshelf folder however feel free to use the service provider that works best for you.) and tell us what it contains. Tell us why you want to join the Guild, and what you specialize at (Custom Minifigures/Vehicles/Battle scenes). Then we will decide whether or not you should be accepted into the guild. REMEMBER a Custom minifigure(s) is(are) not a MOC! We want to see your BUILDING skills. Finally remember a picture says a 1000 words. So make sure to: take pictures that are in focus, resize your images, and clear out all crap in the back ground. If you are not accepted right away the ADMIN may share your entry with the CABG Council and a vote may be held. If a majority votes "yes" (51%) then you're in. If they voted "no". You'll be asked to re-submit at a later time (ADMIN may specify exact time for example one month). Feel free PM the administrator after a week if you have not received a notice of approval/denial. Also, feel free to continue to supplement your application via your gallery, we don't want extra PMs. If you are not accepted, do not panic, it is just that you are not good enough yet. With time and inspiration from other members here, your skills will hopefully improve, and your future application might be accepted. Remember most us start out building for fun. Now you need to learn to build to compete.

First off: Anyone can join this site and post in the Creations and Discussion Area. Even if you're not in the Guild, you can still participate in those forums. So if you want to join the website, go ahead. Who knows, maybe you'll be invited to join the Guild later on! The Clone Army Builders Guild is a group of lego fans who enjoy building MOC's and Minifigures from the Clone Wars era of Star Wars. However, we are an exclusive site: Not just anyone can join us, you must first show us your ability to build well. But joining is discussed in another thread in the FAQ forum. Joining the Guild allows access into the Guild Members Area. Being a guild member allows you to do 4 main things. 1. Guild member only discussion. Talk about the site, post your suggestions, discuss Lego Products, participate in exclusive games, and have other secret conversations that only occur in the restricted Guild member only areas of this site. 2. Trade, sell, & buy from other Guild members. 3. Enter and/or host contests and Guild builds. 4. Post your MOC's and recieve constructive criticism, suggestions, and compliments on them. Personally, I would have to say that my favorite part of this site is the contest section: It always has running contests, with prizes for the win. Our contest are exclusive, no one from outside of the Guild can enter them. That means less competition and more prize winning! However, you'll have to apply and see for yourself if you're accepted. :)

If you see colored highlighted text in one of your posts, a Moderator has edited your post. This might make you on edge, or think that you did something wrong. Well, actually, if a Mod edited your post, you did do something wrong! First off, don't panic. Moderators are there to help you, and enforce the rules. Moderators, on top of everything, are your friends, and are just trying to make the board easier to navigate and view. What did I do? The chances are, if your post is still there, that you only made a spelling or grammar error. If your post contained bad material, it would have been deleted. Will I be punished? If you just had a small error in your post, such as spelling or grammar, you won't be reprimanded at all. We just want to bring to your attention the fact that you are violating the Constitution. Upon your third violation, however, you will receive a warning PM, and if you continue with such violations, you will have a temporary ban placed on your account, usually only a few days. If you have any more violations after this, your account will be deleted. Why do MOD's change it with colored text? The staff of the CABG may color your mistakes, and the changes, because they want you to learn from your mistakes. If you see the colored changes in your post, you may not make the same mistake next time.

Hello, new member! You may have already read what the Guild is about, how to get in, etc. However, due to your forum inexperience or simply your need to know mindset ( ;) ), you may be wondering how exactly to send the application to the CABG Council for review. Please follow the simple steps below. 1. Click the PM image under my name, to send me a message in private. 2. In the message box, tell me a bit about what kind of MOC's you like to build, what you have built, etc. Remember that this will be seen by the CABG Council, so you may want to speak to them a bit too in your message. 3. Put the code for at least three images (three different MOC's in a message are suggested, if not more) in the message. REMEMBER a Custom minifigure(s) is(are) not a MOC! We want to see your BUILDING skills. If you don't know how to put the images in a message, scroll down a bit for another set of instructions. 4. Give a description of each of the MOC's pictured in the message. 5. Send the message off to me. I will post it in the CABG Council room, where the CABG Council Members will vote on whether to allow you in, reject you from the Guild, or to request more MOC's from you for your application. 6. If you feel your application is taking a long time being reviewed by the CABG Council, you may want to check on it's progress by sending me a message asking how it is progressing. Also, to keep your application topic running smoothly, try to show us a new MOC every few days, in order to persuade the minds of Council members to vote Yes or No. There are many applications that fall through because the Council wants more MOC's and have not made a decisive vote. There is no such thing as 'Too many MOC's'. The more you supply us with pictures too, the faster your Application will go. REMEMBER a Custom minifigure(s) is(are) not a MOC! We want to see your BUILDING skills. If you do not know how to add a picture to a message, the following list will be helpful to you and will teach you how to add an image. 1. Go to Register if you have not already. 2. Go to your brickshelf gallery. Create a new folder. Name it CABGApplication. 3. Click upload and select the image from your hardrive (found in 'my pictures') that you would like to upload for your application. Click the picture, and hit 'Upload'. 4. Repeat step 3 until all the pictures you want for your application are uploaded. 5. Click on the picture in the gallery. Click it again until all you see is the picture on a white backround in the brower window. 6. If the picture is smaller than half the screen (if it is not, disregard this set of instructions and scroll down further), right click it, and go to properties. Copy the URL of the picture. 7. Go to your application message to me. Click the button. Paste the URL and hit OK. 8. Repeat steps 5-7 until all of the pictures for your application are in the message. If your picture is too big, for example, bigger than half of the screen, you will want to upload your pictures a different way until you can resize them efficiently. Follow this set of instructions to upload your oversized pictures. 1. Go to your application message. 2. Click the button. 3. Click 'Browse', and select the picture from your hardrive ('my pictures' on your computer) that you wish to put in your application. 4. In the drop down box, 'resize image', select '640 px width'. 5. Click 'Host it'. 6. In the second text filled box, 'Image', copy the text. It is code for the picture that you will put in your message. 7. Paste the text in your message. When you send me the message, the picture will show up as a resized picture, not as code. 8. Repeat steps 2-7 until all images for your application are in the application message. Hope this helps! If you have any other questions, PM me.

Hi my name is __________. I’ve been a member since __________ and I’ve read the Rules and Regulations and I think I’m ready to try out for the Guild. Here are my three MOCs. Starship A Tank B Speeder C

Internet Forums 101. (Using this Forum) Well you found this Thread so you're at least able to use a computer. Main page: Here you will find 4 main sections: Rules and FAQ, Creations and Discussion, Guild Member Area, & Communications Rules and FAQ: You should have read this whole section already. If you haven't stop reading this and go do that first. Creations and Discussion: We are all about Lego Star Wars here and more specifically the Clones Wars Era. This area is open to all members to view. Guild Member Area: Like it says this area is for guild members. "Wait how do I become a guild member?" Stop! Go back and read Rules and FAQ. Communications: As you can image we're all old fat men that never: leave our basements, shave, bath, or see the sun. NOT! No seriously this area contains an instant chat box for Guild Members. They can talk to anyone who's online live and in real time "ish". The 'New Members Area' in this section has threads concerning new members including an introduction topic and a thread to ask questions in. New Threads: In these four areas you can start a "New Thread/New Topic" if you are a Guild Member. Stop! Before creating a "New Thread/New Topic" make sure there isn't one already. For example don't create one to introduce yourself. This topic already exsists. Once you have clicked on the button a message box/window will appear and you type you "New Thread/New Topic". Note with a "New Thread/New Topic" you enter in information for the "Subject" line. New Posts: In thread you can add you comments on a current thread/topic. Click the "Post Reply" button a message box/window will appear. (Same as "New Thread/New Topic", except you donot need to enter information for the "Subject" line.) Now your posting! Top Buttons: The first 11 are just like ones that you should ave already used by now in a wod processor. The next 8 are more complicated I may write a "Internet Forum 201" for those. The next three allow you to change text size, color, and font. The last 3 I will include in "Internet Forum 201". Smilies: On the right side, and probably the first thing you saw and clicked on are "Smilies/Emoticons". Simple. Follow the rules. "What rules?" Stop! Go back and read Rules and FAQ. The few the better. The more graphics and images per page the slower the loading speed. No body wants to wait 5 minutes just see what you can make a nice string of smilies. And you will get hate mail from me. :x (And maybe that's why you're reading this now. :P ) Ok so now the fun stuff! Posting an Image: 1. You need an image. 2. You need an account on an "Image Hosting" website. (For example: www.photobucket. com , , , and there many, many, many more!) 3. Upload your files to the internet. 4. Copy and past links into your post. 5. Note: Some sites provide you with extra services including BBCode, HTLM code, and others. For posting videos, slide shows, clickable thumb nails, and much more. So pick the Image Hosting site that best fits your needs.

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