InkTank Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 Avast ye scallywags! My name is InkTank and I am a Lego Pirates fanatic. I wanted to say 'hi' and that I have already found these forms to be a treasure trove of information and entertainment. I hope to be a regular around here and thought I'd introduce myself. I have been collecting Pirates for a few years after a long hiatus (since I was in my teens?). I actually started collecting pirates around 2004 or 2005, long after the original Pirates line was discontinued. Of course, that makes me an eBaby when it comes to my collection. But hopefully with the new sets I'll be able to add even more ships to my fleet. I have a few of the big ships and have built them stock a few times (Skulls Eye Schooner, Redbeard Runner, etc.) and have a few other ship set off to the side for hopeful "piratization" (7416 Emperors Ship, 4768 Durmstrang Ship, etc.) In addition I have been gathering a small army with a few red coats and bluecoats. I'm still undecided on what to "do" with them in terms of force selection. French and British? Two generic opposing Lego forces? Two seperate units of the same army? Hopefully I'll find some input and answers here. Plus I'll be sure to post some pictures. Anyways, thanks for reading and see you on the boards! Ayarrr! Quote
Joey Lock Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 Ill pop in and say this should be in the Hello My name is... Forum But, Welcome to Classic Pirates! We hope you enjoy it! They really should put the Introduction forum at the top of the page... Quote
InkTank Posted April 28, 2009 Author Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Ah darn, I was looking for something like that. Of course, I pretty much have only lurked here in the Pirates forum so I hadn't thought to go further out to to the main forums to check. Well, so it's not a total waste, here are some older pics of the army (armies?) I am gathering. I have some more recent pictures I should be able to post later. I am mostly going for squads of 10 men with one Sergeant per squad and a Lieutenant in charge of each platoon (and a higher ranking officer over them). Still trying to dertermine how to indicate a Sergeant. Perhaps the new shakos could denote the Sergeant in each squad. Edited April 28, 2009 by InkTank Quote
Captain Zuloo Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 Wow, that's some army, it even seems that they have collected a couple of totom poles as trophies! Welcome to the Eurobricks Pirate forum, and of course Classic-Pirates.com! I assume you've heard of the Classic-Pirates.com blog run by myself and the The Crew that showcases daily, news, announceements and MOCs? If not, run over and check it out - a daily stop for most LEGO Pirate fans: Classic-Pirates.com Quote
Hound Knight Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 You have quite an army already! What are those towers of heads though... Quote
Joey Lock Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 You have quite an army already! What are those towers of heads though... Deserters... You leave, You die. Quote
InkTank Posted April 28, 2009 Author Posted April 28, 2009 Ahh, sorry about that. Just a few members lined up for recruiting. Actually, I bought a bulk of heads (bulk heads?) from Bricklink to use when the heads that came though any purchases weren't the generic, happy Lego head. I intend to have a generically happy army eventually! I also bought a bunch of white Snowtrooper backpacks to use as all brown seemed too drab. I do find myself leaning towards the red coats in terms of making sure they have all thier equipment and armamants. Now to figure out a eppalute color scheme for the blue coats. I'm leaning towards brown or white. And I certainly do know of the Classic Pirates blog site. It's how I found the forums way back when. ;) Quote
General Armendariz Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 A nice army! And welcome to CP, I too have big armies so.....watch out! Quote
Capt. Kirk Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 Avast ye scallywags!My name is InkTank and I am a Lego Pirates fanatic. ... --> Welcome to Eurobricks and CP.com... In addition I have been gathering a small army with a few red coats and bluecoats. I'm still undecided on what to "do" with them in terms of force selection. French and British? Two generic opposing Lego forces? Two seperate units of the same army? Hopefully I'll find some input and answers here. --> Most and if not all of the members see the Blue Coats as The French and the Red Coats as The British. --> If you gone use them as two seperate units in one army,... from time to time someone will notices that it's not "correct". --> But everybody is free to do what he/she want with his/her minifigures (even painting, burning, ect). --> By the way1 - you can also use decals to create diff. units... more information you find here. --> By the way2 - there is also a Index Armies... one of the mods will maybe add your army in this topic. --> By the way3 - if you want to use a sig. banner you can find them here or you can create your own one (just don't oversize it please). Quote
Erdbeereis Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 Welcome to the best LEGO Pirates website known to man InkTank. I look forward to seeing you around. Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Avast? Never will you stop me! Welcome to Eurobricks, there's always room for another Pirate fan in here! It seems you have more Redcoats then Bluecoats, that is not a good development. I've moved your thread to the proper forum, so all our members can say hello to you. Quote
InkTank Posted April 29, 2009 Author Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) Ahh, much better. Thanks for the move. Well, here are the assembled forces as of last night (trying to keep the blues and reds even): And the beginnings of Fort Brickton (harbor fort for Brickton Bay). This is the WIP while I use the red and white bricks of a house set to layout the shape and then work on a corner deciding how many bricks I'll need. I'll likely go with grey or white bricks for building. The shape of the fort: A corner in progress as I figure out the structure: And a look at the technic pins to hold it togehter. I'll likely build it on seperate baseplates and use the pinds to connect it all (and all designed before the new modular pirate sets too): Edited April 29, 2009 by InkTank Quote
Commodore Hornbricker Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Welcome Aboard! This is a great pirate site. Always fun to have a fellow army builder in our presence. You have a very nice army. I like the fort. The star fort seems to be the flavor of the month. I like the color scheme should be interesting to see it completed. I use the blue coats and red coats as part of the same forces. Blue for naval officers red for ground forces. Most here seem to favor the blue as French and red as British but to each their own. Quote
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