Kookaburra Bomb
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Brethren of the Brick Seas?
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Admiral Croissant's topic in Brethren of the Brick Seas
How fortuitous to come across this thread almost 2 years to the day since a Pirates themed GoH was being discussed! I would LOVE to see something like this come into being, and am willing to help however I can! My previous thoughts from this haven't changed too much. When GoH was starting out, the colour choices and mild lore is what might entice followers. As far as this universe would go, I would personally draw inspiration from a world similar to PoTC, where sea creatures exist, magic and voodoo, lore and legends. Set in a time of trade, piracy, adventure and mystery. While maps exist, not EVERY island has been found, some coastlines might not be fully understood, and some waterways or bayous remain unexplored. While the major continent or two is fairly established. We create a map of the world and sufficient enough backstories for each faction, we establish a look and style for each faction, but only at the most basic level, including colour guides. A chance to create a new character that fits into this world. Whether they be the leader of an army, captain of a tug, merchant king, or fishermans wife, everyone belongs somewhere. Some ideas for factions/groups: Warring nations of man, maybe a departure from red vs. blue (In the classic sense); Feuding Empires. The mysterious creatures, islanders, and unknown. Pirate lords of the realms/seas (Possibly making certain seas trade routes?) My thoughts are a bit scatterbrained as this has been on a back burner for so long, but I await the discussion! KB- 318 replies
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There will never be one answer to this question. Ever. It comes down to so many different things: How historically accurate you want it to be, how big you want it to be, how many pieces in your existing collection, prefab or brickbuilt hulls, cannons, how much free time can you spare etc. It could also be construed as simply re-arranging pieces in a set you have bought. A better question would be: "How much would ship X built by member Y cost to build myself?" At which point you would assess what you have, and price out what you need on BL. That said, the old adage was the first thing to come to mind: "If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it"
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Which ship would be the best as a LEGO set?
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Brickington's topic in LEGO Pirates
I have many mixed feelings when I see a post like this. I can understand seeing a great MOC and wanting to have something similar to own, however, I think that there are FAR too many MOCs on CUUSO as it is. The Modular Western Town is a perfect example of a great IDEA presented well. This is an idea that Lego can run with and bring US back something special, the 10,000 votes securing their thoughts of it being a good idea or not. I do not see the point in supporting other peoples creations solely because you want one. Why not just get a bricklink list, share the LDD file or go through the hassle of making and selling the instructions? Obviously Hass Kabal has made a fantastic ship, and would not want all of his hard work wasted, but isn't the point that it's his and he built it? Should it not inspire others to MOC rather than to just buy? I would personally love Lego to release more ships along the lines of the IFS and BSB. I think there was a huge opportunity with POTC to bring something special to the table for The Black Pearl. New parts are great, but a high piece count ship like the long rumoured Dutchman would have been INCREDIBLE. I hope you don't take offense, or that I'm insulting others work. I Just personally feel like CUUSO was a fantastic platform that's being exploited and worn out too quickly. Everyday I see a post from someone on Eurobricks saying that his or her MOC should be on CUUSO. It used to say to me "Wow! I want to try something like that!" As far as the Scorpion's Soul goes. That was an amazing thread to read, seeing it evolve, the hard work, approach and the polished end result was astounding. I would still rather make my own ship than have one though, as ship diversity is great, and we can all inspire each other /Rant -
I know the scale difference, I was merely pointing out that at 1:72, it's impressive and massive. Doing it larger than that would be pointless
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Well it's not the 1:48 that would suit lego scale perfectly, but if you're telling me that a Lego Minas Tirith should be larger than the original WETA bigiatures to be accurate then that's just silly.
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Clasic-Pirates.com new volunteers!
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Captain Blackmoor's topic in LEGO Pirates
Congratulations to two well deserved crewman! Eager to see what you guys can get up to -
A simple google image search would indicate that, Helms Deep has indeed been done, along with Minas Tirith
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Look what I just got - Report your latest Pirate LEGO acquisitions
Kookaburra Bomb replied to V()()D()()'s topic in LEGO Pirates
Just picked up a QAR on friday at Myer in Melbourne. Hidden behind some Millenium Falcon's for $110 AU -
Classic-Pirates.com is looking for some bloggers
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Big Cam's topic in LEGO Pirates
Love to help out where I can! I've been a professional Graphic/Web designer for the last 12 years I can code in Python/Java. Fluent in HTML5/XHTML and CSS, but also skilled in AS2 and AS3 Flash. I primarily use PS and Painter to bring clients dreams to fruition. Meet more requirements, but you haven't asked for those yet. I know that I don't have many posts here on C-P, but I have been in the forum sphere for a long while, and a Mod elsewhere before that. I prefer for the quality of my content to speak over my quantity. Let me know if you have any follow up questions, or if I can help in anyway! KB -
Just an idea to make things kind of more interesting...
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Yawgmoth's topic in LEGO Pirates
My initial Thoughts on this were leaning heavily towards choosing your own flavour. If realistic, napoleonic, styles suit you, one of the factions would appeal more than others. If it was to be more classic pirates then one of the others. I don't see why they wouldn't belong in the regular MOC section. All we would be trying for, if anything, is just some cross MOC storyline. It would still be a ship, vignette, or land based etc. As per "outshine", what could be bad about seeing nice, thought out MOCs? Or are you speaking in the sense of creating a caliber and scaring away potential members? Why would we need these powers? If a post is wrong or doesn't follow EB's guidelines it would be gone, nothing new. If a member had polling power, and joined, could he not poll for us? Any ship, land based MOC, could be indexed just as they have been. All we would need is links to their threads in the MOC forum. This is an incredibly fair statement, I have been lurking on here for years now and only joined in September, I have been a mod on other forums (Non-lego) in the past and I know how taxing, and how much work it can be. However, the whole point of what I am trying to say is this doesn't need its own forum, it wouldn't need a sticky. Everything would remain exactly the same here at Pirates EXCEPT for one or 2 extra threads. The people who would actively want to be involved wouldn't need to do anything new. Example: A new MOC is posted, along with pictures (In 800x600 of course ) and a backstory of their MOC that relates or ties in to what we have established in the single main thread. All it encourages is community I guess what I'm trying to say is all one would need is for the mods to let their be one discussion thread about it, where we can commune and come up with ideas, and link to creations from there. A detailed first post with a map, backstory, It's all quite feasible. I hope no one here is taking offense from what I say, I mean no aggression at all. At the end of the day, we are all here for our love of Lego, I only sought another avenue we could pursue, to broaden our imaginations and share a collective experience. Of course whatever the mods decide to do or what happens otherwise, their say is final. -
Just an idea to make things kind of more interesting...
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Yawgmoth's topic in LEGO Pirates
That being the case, I pose this. No competitions, no prizes, this is run by us and for us, with little to no mod support. They have more than enough on their plate as it is, and I believe we can all conduct ourselves in an appropriate manner. Completely voluntary: You will obviously miss nothing by not joining or investing your time; You will miss out on some good fun and an exciting way to challenge yourself and bring some camaraderie missing from sailing the MOC forum alone. Occasional build challenges to push YOUR own limits, with rules I'm happy to expand on. An alternate fantasy history, in a world apart from ours. As far as this universe would go, I would personally draw inspiration from a world similar to PoTC, where sea creatures exist, magic and voodoo, lore and legends. Set in a time of trade, piracy, adventure and mystery. While maps exist, not EVERY island has been found, some coastlines might not be fully understood, and some waterways or bayous remain unexplored. A statue of the God of The Oceans/Poseidon abreast of a large trade port, a sorcerer from a far off land, an impending black fortress by the sea. If there is one thing LoTR got right on film was making a truly believable fantasy world, gritty harsh and real. We create a map of the world and sufficient enough backstories for each faction, we establish a look and style for each faction, at the most basic level including colour guides. If you want to participate, a sigfig or new character that fits into this world. Whether they be the leader of an army, captain of a tug, merchant king, or fishermans wife, everyone belongs somewhere. Some ideas for factions/groups: Warring nations of man, maybe a departure from red vs. blue (In the classic sense); Feuding kingdoms/Empires. Mythos, creatures and vikings. Pirate lords of the realms/seas More importantly I would like to take the chance to open up a round table here, as this is essentially a great exploratory thread, before we take it to PM, flesh it out, and make another post. I would like to stress that I'm not looking to put any stress on anyone here, however, I'm not prepared to wait until GoH is over to discuss, as I think it really can be participant run. Thoughts, ideas, concerns? -
Just an idea to make things kind of more interesting...
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Yawgmoth's topic in LEGO Pirates
Of course we would not compete or even run concurrently with GoH. I would like to put out there, however, that I am not looking for challenges, nor prizes. They are a great way to encourage, and reward the community, however it certainly would benefit from running after the initial Historica run (More free time from current members) . Something like that would be amazing in time and draw an influx I'm sure. What I WOULD like to see is more of a backstory between our mocs, and themes where they can grow in their own universe and separate from our own history. Napoleon53 made a fantastic map a while ago and while it exists in his basis of a fan fiction, as inspiration to me, was amazing to see. Instead of having standalone ships, forts, island hideouts etc, giving them a PLACE in a world we can create, grow and foster could do nothing but good. Obviously, it would foster more talk between members and push everyone. Everybody has done this in their own head at one point or another, but sharing a collective dream of a new realm, new seas and monsters sparks my own imagination. I know some of you are participating actively in GoH and it's great to follow these stories and character arcs, I just think that we could bring some of that magic with us here. Hopefully I'm not alone in this and I'd love to hear everyones thoughts -
Just an idea to make things kind of more interesting...
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Yawgmoth's topic in LEGO Pirates
As far as merging the two threads, I'd opt not to and just keep this one open. Although the other thread does have some good information, the title alone would make it hard for anyone to find, apart from the fact that the discussion of pirate historica is OT for the thread in question (Golden Age MOC/Napoleonic discussion) Before this thread gets locked I would like to request that it be kept open for discussion and ideas. Obviously the crew and staff here have discussed the future and concept of the idea, in what must have been a fairly internal discussion, but perhaps we can have a productive brainstorming session and bring some fresh ideas to the table. If not we can alway's wait it out, but inevitably a thread will be made that would require merger anyway KB -
Just an idea to make things kind of more interesting...
Kookaburra Bomb replied to Yawgmoth's topic in LEGO Pirates
I think the general consensus is that while there is interest in doing a pirates themed GoH, it is running (at least) until the end of the year. This topic has been brought up once or twice and really it comes down to time that's available. Competing Alongside GoH would be silly in my own opinion as there wouldn't be nearly as many participants. I, myself, would certainly be interested in doing a pirates themed universe with backstories etc. One issue is that when it comes to ship mocs they take a fair bit of time to finish unless you have all the parts or are modifying something you already have. The other issue is accuracy, in that a lot of builders strive for historic accuracy in their ships, which might be a hard mold to get out of as far as challenges, and styles for guilds in a pseudo history. I think as a whole if it was approached like GoH, but maybe a few hundred years later, to the point where arms and culture is significantly different, it could be amazing. As far as interest goes, GoH fills a special void. Lord of the rings, Game of thrones, Dungeons and Dragons, you name it, have always been these other worlds and existing mythos. Pirates don't necessarily have that pleasure. That being said, the idea genuinely excites me. Reds, Blues, Pirates and EITC or some such would be great, flag combinations on ships, affiliations, trade, maps, stories all could be in a POTC type history (Fantasy based I mean). Where would you like to see something like that go? What are your ideas? We could always plan for the future, that, or you could make slightly older period ships and just enter GoH now -
Help with identifying parts/sets!
Kookaburra Bomb replied to WhiteFang's topic in General LEGO Discussion
Bricklink will be able to help with most of what you are looking for as far as torsos and heads. As for the latter question, a quick look through didn't show me any for the joker henchman face but a quick google search revealed a Dark Knight figure set which did have that head. Good luck with the rest and happy bricking!