Torpid Energy Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Greetings to the Classic Pirates community! I have had my eye on this forum for a few months and recently joined. Posted below are pictures of my small and humble lego collection of bluecoats. (I also have a plethora of redcoats as well, but I have a predilection for bluecoats. ~Don't take this personal to all the redcoats fans.) Now I present you the photos of a fort and ship the bluecoats currently reside in. The fort the bluecoats currently reside in- you could say it is a WIP that is on an undetermined hold- brick shortage. Top view The moat A bird's eye view Some Troops Group Photo The ship Currently, stockpiles consist of: 30 Bluecoats 22 Redcoats 1 Ship (Modified Lego Brickbeard's bounty) 17 Cannons 4 Horses Current projects: Currently finishing another fort/outpost, of behemoth proportions Trying to construct a frigate based off of captaingreehair's guide Ambitions/aspirations: To acquire an army of bluecoats to rival something similar to Dirk72, my shopping list is to amount to 200 bluecoats at very least. http://www.classic-pirates.com/mocs/armies/dirk72s-imperial-army-moc-dirk72.html Build a grandiose flagship consisting of 60 cannons (3 gun decks per side, 10 cannons per deck) Build a lego version of Paris, France in the late 1700s time period.(Napoleon era... I have a pool [snooker table] to acquiesce this endeavor.) Film a lego pirates film of superlative quality consisting of 20ish minutes at the very least. (720p at very least- yes, I have the affinity of experiencing headache inducing, tear jerking, camera shaking, stop motion jerking videos of lego.) Hobbies include: Exotic cars Firearms Lego Saxophone Flying Airplanes Skiing Misc. A lot of people ask me,"Why Lego?". Well, to be honest, that's a good question. I always enjoyed playing lego as a child, and the habit never really died down, the contrary being it proliferated. I just like to build cities and armies etc. It's as close as owning a city and an army in real life without being a dictator or emperor While Legos are expensive, it is a hell of alot less expensive as firearm and ammunition, skiing,boating or flying. I hope the community enjoys this contribution to the forum, I hope to share the same joys and experiences as the rest of you guys! My MSN -feel free to add me: torpid_energy@live.com Edited January 2, 2011 by Torpid Energy Quote
mobricki Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 This is a nice start! I like your ambition and I'm looking forward to seeing your 60 gun ship! It's a shame it'll be a Bluecoat ship I guess I'll just have to blow it out of the water with the Britannia! Are you going to try to make a modern Paris or make it look as it did during the Napoleonic wars? Quote
Torpid Energy Posted January 2, 2011 Author Posted January 2, 2011 This is a nice start! I like your ambition and I'm looking forward to seeing your 60 gun ship! It's a shame it'll be a Bluecoat ship I guess I'll just have to blow it out of the water with the Britannia! Are you going to try to make a modern Paris or make it look as it did during the Napoleonic wars? I'll make a Paris during the Napoleonic wars. Funny remark about bluecoats, touche! Estimated cost of all my projects would be well over $2,000 USD but I don't mind a bit. It's a terrific investment, lego never loses value and only goes up- that is, if it is in good condition. Quote
Tazmaniac Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 Your 200 blue coats will put a good dent in your $2000..... I hope you have your cannons already cause they are not cheap either, but it sounds as though you know what your getting yourself into. look forward to seeing your moc's as they evolve and glad to see your a pirate fan and a blue coat one at that and welcome to the forums . ps. you cant access much at all untill you have a few more posts but given time you'll get to change all that jazz. Quote
Torpid Energy Posted January 2, 2011 Author Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Your 200 blue coats will put a good dent in your $2000..... I hope you have your cannons already cause they are not cheap either, but it sounds as though you know what your getting yourself into Yes indeed. Wish I had a time machine to go back then and stock up. Edited January 2, 2011 by Torpid Energy Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Welcome to Eurobricks! It sounds like you have some ambitious plans, I'm sure you'll find a lot of reference on the boards, I wish you all the best with it! Quote
Erdbeereis Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Welcome to the forum Torpid Energy! I'm looking forward to seeing some of your ideas when they are finished. Quote
venios Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Welcome to the forum Torpid Energy! I'm looking forward to seeing some of your ideas when they are finished. He used mega bloks. He used mega bloks. He used mega bloks. He used mega bloks. Quote
Captain Becker Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) Welcome to EB,thats a nice little fort you have made, but i dont see any doors leading inside of it, how they can get in to the fort if there isnt any dopors? And the ship is looking also good. Please give us more images of her when you are building her Keep us updated He used mega bloks. He used mega bloks. He used mega bloks. He used mega bloks. Where do you exactly see any megablocks if i may ask? Captain Becker EDIT: Now i saw that door, i may need new glasses Edited January 3, 2011 by Captain Becker Quote
Brig. Brick Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 welcome to eurobricks! It's great to see a new bluecoat, especially if one of your goals is to create a large army ....Torpid Energy, memeber of the bluecoat fire nation-clan Quote
Torpid Energy Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) Yes, I lament upon an inspection of the heavily oxidized blocks, there were blocks without the lego trademark on them What an embarrassing first MOC. Edited January 3, 2011 by Torpid Energy Quote
Peppermint_M Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Sorry to be a little bit of a pedant, but Lego logos on bricks never run in a circle, that grey brick has the "sugaring" (as I call it) symptomatic of older Mega Brands bricks, I have a substantial number suffering from this issue. As such, not matter how childish and silly the manner in which the accusation was posted, it is far from lible, merely a statement of fact. (Lible being written defamation) Just chill a little, they are all toy bricks in the end! Quote
Erdbeereis Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Alright, calm down everyone. There's nothing wrong with using one or two clone brand parts, so even if that is a Megablock, we'll still accept you. Venios, that post was very immature. I don't want to see any more posts like that, OK? Quote
Torpid Energy Posted January 3, 2011 Author Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) Sorry to be a little bit of a pedant, but Lego logos on bricks never run in a circle, that grey brick has the "sugaring" (as I call it) symptomatic of older Mega Brands bricks, I have a substantial number suffering from this issue. As such, not matter how childish and silly the manner in which the accusation was posted, it is far from lible, merely a statement of fact. (Lible being written defamation) Just chill a little, they are all toy bricks in the end! After closer inspection, it did indeed reveal a few bricks were megablox. Sorry about that, in my haste I often don't sort them out. My bricks all reside in a big bin which has some garage sale bricks inside indeed. Hilariously enough, in a picture I used when I thought I used legos turned out to be a megablock. My condolences to all. Edited January 3, 2011 by Torpid Energy Quote
venios Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Sorry I was told that I couldn't use megabloks. I was told by captain Hornbricker. Quote
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