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That's weird, it works on both my phone and my PC. Even when I'm not logged in to Instagram, the video plays just fine...
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Absolutely! The truth is, I save most of my heads without eyepatches for soldier minifigs. Well, for anyone who is interested, I have just uploaded a short video to Instagram, showing how various sections of the ship are removable for easier access, AND how the ship's wheel turns the rudder, so check it out!
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Have you heard that there's an upcoming Harry Potter set no. 76440 which is going to be a new version of the Durmstrang ship? I bet it's not going to use the 4+ hull, like the previous one: I'm expecting either standard hull pieces or a smaller, brick-built hull. Anyway, let's wait and see if it's worth the attention of us Pirate fans.
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Thanks! I just really wanted to use those sails in a MOC finally, and since they're white and dark red, I chose dark red for some of the bricks. Actually, it's a pity LEGO didn't produce hull pieces in dark blue, which would fit nicely with the dark blue rowboats which they did make. Who knows, maybe I'll try a dark blue custom hull in the future. Thanks! I will make a short film showing how it works, but basically, it's the same principle as in historical ships. Check out this image from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship's_wheel#/media/File:Wheel_and_rudder_assembly_(fixed).gif
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I think I saw one or two before, I like this colour, really glad LEGO adds more colours for the hulls! Thanks! Thank you Sir! The medium nougat was my first choice, and dark red was used to match the sails! Thanks! The figurehead was initially a minifig, but the dragon works much better in my opinion, I'm glad I switched them.
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It's been a long, long time indeed since I last posted a ship with skull and crossbones and a crew of bloodthirsty pirates. Somehow, in the recent years I tended to focus on various factions of soldiers. Well, no more of those boring uniforms! Allow me to introduce you to the Kiss of Death! I also really wanted to use official LEGO sails, so here they are, and they come from the Brickbeard's Bounty set, well except this ship uses more of them! Some more photos... The ship's wheel actually turns the rudder in a historically-accurate fashion. I am planning to post a film showing how this works at a later time. The gun deck. The ship has 12 cannons and I used almost the entire remainder of my cannon supply to arm her. I guess it's either time to buy some more or to go custom in the future! The captain's cabin, as usual. Here you can see the rope moving the rudder. As mentioned earlier, a film will be provided soon to show this in action. I have also uploaded the ship to Instagram, so feel free to check her out in there as well! Also, let me say that I managed to finish the build just in time for a pretty large LEGO exhibition, in which I will participate in less than 2 weeks. Any comments are obviously welcome! Thanks!
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Good to see it here! I saw it live at the Olomouc exhibition. I was the guy with the pirate ships, not so far from where you were stationed. It really looks good in the flesh! I also happen to know that it won the best MOC of the exhibition contest (with some tough competitors)!
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Is this the one shot against my background? Anyway, good job and congratulations about the frontpage!
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You're not the only one. 😁 I complained about this ship many times in here. It was a big ship, the largest back then. I also liked the sails. And the crew of course. But the rest is rather disappointing. The rotating cannons are just silly. And they make the deck look empty. The BSB had so many more cool details in comparison.
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The best pirate ship? 7075 obviously, it has the best hull. Wait, it's not even on the list? Seriously, the Barracuda Bay ship is the best-looking one and she got my vote. But it does require some conversion, especially inside, from the shipwreck-turned-into-a-house, to an actual seaworthy vessel with guns and everything.
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Does the system still work? It's kind of funny how I am still number six after over a decade of not being a blogger. -
This is all a very interesting insight, and it kind of confirms what I have been claiming for a long time: LEGO is trying too much to make most of their ships resemble their first one. Anyway, your topic seems like perfect timing to me, as I'm currently working on a ship which I'm trying to make a bit more realistic compared to my previous MOCs, and the website which you have mentioned is a great source of useful images (actually I think I might have stumbled across that site a few times already).
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[ENTRY] La Serpiente - remake of 6280 Armada Flagship NOW UPDATED!
Dreamweb replied to Dreamweb's topic in Pirate MOCs
My ship (all of my ships actually ) just got a new home. The image is just a thumbnail for the full film which shows both display cases. Since Instagram embedding doesn't seem to work anymore on Eurobricks, just click this link to see the film. -
[CONTEST] How can we make future contests BIGGER and BETTER and MORE EXCITING?? 💥
Dreamweb replied to Mister Phes's topic in LEGO Pirates
Exactly. In order to have top quality pictures of a real build, you need a real photographic studio and whatnot. When you work digitally, you just make some cool renders and you're fine, and it's easy to add custom backgrounds and other fancy effects. Also, there are things like dust, cracks, etc. - this happens to real bricks, even if you're super careful about them. This especially concerns the old ones, and there are a lot of useful bricks which can only be found in vintage Pirate sets, and not in new ones. And don't even get me started on old sails and what could happen to them. Digital models on the other hand will always look brand new, perfect, almost sterile. That's another reason why those two kinds should never compete against each other. -
[CONTEST] How can we make future contests BIGGER and BETTER and MORE EXCITING?? 💥
Dreamweb replied to Mister Phes's topic in LEGO Pirates
What can be done to make future contests better? I know I'm in the minority here, but my answer is: never mix digital entries and physical builds in the same category. This just isn't fair and will never be. I am aware that someone in one of the entry threads stated something like: "Allowing digital entries lets the people who cannot afford real bricks participate in contests too". This is obviously true, but it works both ways: It also forces the people who cannot/do not use digital building software to spend more money and/or time to make their real builds, in order to compete with those who make their entries basically without never even having to move away from their comfortable chair in front of the computer. I don't see how this can be fair either. I know there are many people who build both digitally and physically. I personally know a few who start digitally, and then when they know the necessary pieces, they stand up from their computer and build the real thing. I have much respect for them. But I also know there are quite a lot of 'old school' AFOLS (myself included) who never learned how to 'build' digitally and probably never will, because they are too busy with, you know, that thing called building with bricks. In my opinion, the best and really the only fair way to go is to make separate categories for digital and real entries. That way everyone would be satisfied, and there would be no need to engage in unfair competition. I also remember that Eurobricks did organise some contests with exactly these rules in the past.