Captainlegobrick Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 So early 2020 I started building this monster and it took 16 month of working pretty much 8 hours a day on it. Approximately 150.000 bricks used. its 3x4 baseplates (48x48) and tallest tower is a bit more than 1,5meter The idea was to make a pirate island with a fortress. But the fortress really grew out of hand. And the style also got a bit mixed up with castle and medival. It was my first real attempt to make a castle and I suddenly learned a lot along the way. The tall tower is based on the structure of the black smith set but I build it very tall. Any questions about specific parts or tecniques be free to ask! The caves, which is my favorite part is held up by those old 20x10 bricks. That way they can have a great span and still carry a mountain on top Some of the pictures are taken in a bit disturbing format but hope you will enjoy anyway, here goes: Quote
icm Posted December 13, 2022 Posted December 13, 2022 What an amazing build! It’ll take me hours just to appreciate all the details. Puzzled how you can work on this eight hours a day for sixteen months straight though. How do you find the time? Quote
Captainlegobrick Posted December 13, 2022 Author Posted December 13, 2022 1 minute ago, icm said: What an amazing build! It’ll take me hours just to appreciate all the details. Puzzled how you can work on this eight hours a day for sixteen months straight though. How do you find the time? I'm in university and it all went online doing pandemic. Might have prioritized building a bit too much though lol. So I was just listening over zoom while building for all this time. plus whatever time I could spare. Quote
Marooned Marin Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 I saw this, months ago, on your Instagram (I think). Also saw you pack it for shipment, I guess this is the castle that went with the Black Pearl to Brazil. Just amazing. I love the 'shark' silhouette You really don't fool around when it comes to building giant MOCs, it's impressive and definitely worth writing about on the Classic-Pirates.com in the near future. Quote
Feuer Zug Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 Masterful work. The size, complexity, and details are astounding! Quote
zinnn Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 Incredible! The treehouse is fantastic, the bears climbing it is a great touch (so are the banana monkeys!). It definitely needs a lot of time to fully appreciate it. Quote
PxChris Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 This is an absolutely incredible build! Quote
Captainlegobrick Posted December 14, 2022 Author Posted December 14, 2022 9 hours ago, Marooned Marin said: worth writing about on the Classic-Pirates.com in the near future. That would great and a big honour! Just let me know 🏴☠️ 6 hours ago, PxChris said: This is an absolutely incredible build! Thanks, much appreciated! 8 hours ago, Feuer Zug said: Masterful work. The size, complexity, and details are astounding! Thanks! I had two goals: big and detailed. And just let it free flow from there ☠️ 6 hours ago, zinnn said: The treehouse Thanks! I had the treehouse set and lots of leftover brown plates. So I collected some of the bricks used on the inside of the trunk. Then essentially build two treehouse sets on top of each other. Got pirate style interior in the huts too 🖤 Quote
Marooned Marin Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Captainlegobrick said: That would great and a big honour! Just let me know 🏴☠️ Oh do not worry, I will... You see, to make the blog-post even better, you will be tortured asked a hundred or so few questions during our cruel and disturbing Q&A session at the dungeon below Governor's mansion. #GoodTimes Quote
Captainlegobrick Posted December 15, 2022 Author Posted December 15, 2022 7 hours ago, Marooned Marin said: Oh do not worry,#GoodTimes Haha sounds good! Just bring it on 7 hours ago, Marooned Marin said: Oh do not worry, I will... You see, to make the blog-post even better, you will be tortured asked a hundred or so few questions during our cruel and disturbing Q&A session at the dungeon below Governor's mansion. #GoodTimes Quote
Professor Thaum Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 That's a provocation ! One more f**cking display ! Hats off comrade ! Quote
NOD Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 That looks great, an impressive Pirate Fortress! Quote
Brickander Brickumnus Posted December 16, 2022 Posted December 16, 2022 Damn! Absolutely Amazing! Do you have photos of the "harbor". And maybe a tour-around video? Quote
Captainlegobrick Posted December 16, 2022 Author Posted December 16, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 10:56 AM, Professor Thaum said: That's a provocation ! One more f**cking display ! Hats off comrade ! Haha yes sorry, but when you started bringing badges on the table I thought I better give it everything I have On 12/15/2022 at 11:53 AM, Cincinnati said: Incredible Thanks! 20 hours ago, Brickander Brickumnus said: Do you have photos of the "harbor". And maybe a tour-around video? Thanks! The Bay area was built in the beginning of the project. Lots of things I would have done differently now. But it still got it's Charm And a 15 minutes long video where I go through the details, while it was still being built https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc8mMx8n7TE&feature=youtu.be Quote
Professor Thaum Posted December 24, 2022 Posted December 24, 2022 On 12/16/2022 at 10:35 PM, Captainlegobrick said: Haha yes sorry, but when you started bringing badges on the table I thought I better give it everything I have I have this still badge ! Don't you dare come for more ! Quote
Fraunces Posted December 25, 2022 Posted December 25, 2022 Unbelievable build. Can't image the time and money put into this.. hats off matey Quote
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