FAQ: Example Guild Application (& How to Post Images)

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 an ADMINs name, to send them a message in private.

2. In the message box, tell me a bit about what kind of MOCs 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 MOCs in a message are required) 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 MOCs pictured in the message.

5. Send the message off to me or one of the other ADMIN. I/We 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 MOCs from you for your next application. Simply show us at least 3 new MOCs.

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. There is no such thing as 'Too many MOCs’. REMEMBER a Custom minifigure(s) is(are) not a MOC! We want to see your BUILDING skills.

7. CABG is a Lego Forum that focuses on various themes howver originated with Clone Wars Era Star Wars Lego. We strongly recommend that at least one of your MOCs be Star Wars and preferably Clone Wars Era, but a specific theme is not required.

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 Flickr, Photobucket, or some other photograph hosting site and register if you have not already.

2. Create your own Lego Creations gallery/folder.

3. Upload images from your hard drive that you would like to upload for your application.

4. Repeat step 3 until all the pictures you want for your application are uploaded.

5. Label files if you wish.

6. Then right click image 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.

9. Note you images must be no larger then 800 pixels (usually 800x600). If your picture is too big, for example, bigger than half of the screen, you will want to upload your pictures a different way. Some hosting sites allow you to resize them efficiently while other you will have to do using the photo editing software on your computer. Or you can do the following:


1. Go to your application message.

2. Click the button.

3. Click 'Browse', and select the picture from your hard drive ('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' or '800 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 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.

Hi my name is __________.
I’ve been a member since __________ and I’ve read the CABG Constitution and I think I’m ready to try out for the Guild. Here are my three MOCs.

Starship A


Tank B


Speeder C


Gallery

Flickr Tutorial

Flickr has its own system giving you links but there are other ways. Note you can use this system on most images on the internet.

Click on your Flickr image. It will take you to screen that says see these sizes. Click on the size you what. Then right click the image. A little box pops up that usually has copy, paste, etc. At the bottom the last selection is "Properties". Click Properties and I'll see the actual location of the file on the internet known as the URL. Note this URL always ends in a file extension name. For example 3 common types are: .jpg , .gif , & .png . Then on forums that use BBCode. Copy the entire URL into

Code:

[img]IMAGE_URL_HERE[/img]

. On this forum you can simply click the image button and paste the code into the space provided and it will attach the “IMG Code” to both sides for you. If did understand any of these then click “Quote” on a post that has an IMAGE in it and you can see the code. This is not rocket science. If you didn’t understand any of that then don’t log on to a computer until you’re +13 years old.


An additional tutorial for image posting (using Photobucket) has been posted Here by (Insert Name Here).