Tropical ports and islands display from Reading Brick Show 2025

[Franco Clarke]

Last weekend myself and @berninhr took our latest display to the annual Reading Brick Show. Following from last year's Toulon effort, we decided to harken back to the classic pirate style with an Imperial port and tropical island. 

 

Here's an overview from one end. Due to the length of the display it is awkward to get the whole thing into a single shot. 

 

This end was dominated by the mighty 64 gunner, returning from last year's display. 

 

Behind the ship was located Berninhr's port, containing a mix of custom buildings and altered sets to create a bustling town.

 

From the bow on angle we can see the Redcoats rowing out to board their flagship, whilst smaller vessels ply the waters around the port.

 

One of these was the newly completed Rattlesnake sloop, making its first appearance. Berninhr's primary contribution was the glittering brick-built sea, finally replacing the blue cloth we'd used in our previous displays.

To add some more life to the sea, I added this whale off the bow of the sloop.

However my main build was this tropical island, with inhabitant village.

Taking inspiration from the classic sets, I made use of parts not available back in the 1990's to add greater detail and depth.

 

The centrepiece was this Kahuka statue, based on the new Roger Redbeard figure. 

However, the main new development for this display was the addition of motorised features, which are best seen in video form.

As always this show is great fun, and we intend to take the display to the STEAM show later in the year too. I have more pictures on the Flickr, let me know if you fancy any shots of any particular details.

Edited yesterday at 05:11 PM by Franco Clarke