Bjornu

It could be a part of my new MOC but unfortunately I broke this one up already. Greetz Bjornu

Thanks for the Title ! you cracked me up! About the Swivel: It is balanced because the leg piece is pretty tight towards the bucket. But the swivel stays up pretty well IMO. There is only one thing that you have to do. Put some soft clay in the bucket mound to let the round stud stick into the bucket. Otherwise the swivel breaks up in two Greetz Bjornu

To be honest I have no idea. They are official lego pieces and I do have four of them so far. maybe someone else can help you find which brick this is. Greetz Bjornu

yeah and buying 8 buckets to just paint them would be a pricey customize

I Do agree this prototype worked out very well. I was thinking about your system and made up an idea to make it move! Maybe you can make a sort of system just like the Lego Bucket. On the bucket there are two small studs that have to be placed in the holes in the handle. Imagine: gluing your Swivel/handle on the bucket-handle and put two smaller studs on your swivel. Then it's able to go up and down! I've posted my Lego design in another thread. You can check it out HERE Hope it helped you. Greetz Bjornu

Looks great! I have only one comment on it: Try to make the hinges next time so you can move it up and down. Would be great! Greetz Bjornu

Looks good. I like the Idea for a custom "base plate" where you can pose some minifigs on. It's a good way to put a small display in your room. Greetz Bjornu

You could attach 2 smaller ones to make one larger or attach 4 together to make a Catamaran? Greetz Bjornu

The quality and style indeed looks like a Battlepack from TLC. A well placed Blogg IMO Greetz Bjornu

I'm looking forward to see all the process in this MOC! Great project Horry! Greetz Bjornu

It looks great indeed. I just liked how the builder also thought about the surroundings(the coconut). Great MOC and it should not be forgotten that fast, therefore I think a blog is well placed Greetz Bjornu

I like the idea of these rafts! Tough isn't it a lot easier to just carry the rifles instead of mounting them on the ship ? greetz Bjornu

The design, it looks so natural and so perfect. It´s a beautiful vessel, a feast for the eyes. Greetz Bjornu

Indeed, I was also watching the movies Red Cliff for some inspirations on the Fortresses

I got this set for my birthday from my girlfriend. When I had torn the wrapping paper I had the same feeling as when I was a little child. I'm an AFOL now, but STILL have the same feeling when you get a new set with this huge amount of playability. I hope my children ( once I have children) will have the same feeling when I'm buying sets for their birthday Greetz Bjornu

Now the scene of the knights that say Ni appears in my mind again Great Vignette, I love this scene! Greetz Bjornu

All these designs are really great! Maybe a New thread could be made for this: Low Budget-good looking trees ? Greetz Bjornu

I think Stacking many green plates would make a nice large hill. You could also try to make just a very colorful hill of all colors you have before ordering the exact pieces. When you´re done you can count each piece and buy them at Bricklink or something ;) Well, thats how I would do it...

That is true indeed about all these MOCs. But what I want to focus on is moving the Eastern Pirates to the Lego-Caribbean instead of building the big Fortresses like the ones in Japan. By the way, I would like to use the term "Eastern" instead of Chinese, Japanese or Korean. By picking one faction only, I believe I'm limiting myself. Therefore I call them the Eastern faction, a clash of bandits/militia/deserters from all over Lego-Asia that found their new Lord and are now trying to find their own luck in the "new world". Taking their home technologies/architecture to the "new world" and mixing these up with the European; Bluecoat, Redcoat, Armada and Pirate technologies and Architectures. By adapting to their new surroundings they may become strong foes I hope this is something you guys will like/ find interesting Greetz Bjornu

[pid][/pid] 131A Hello everyone! It has been a while since I posted a MOC here.. Due to a stressful period at school and lots of other things to do, I couldn't finish my scheduled Introduction of the new theme. Now I had some spare time I finally could finish my Pirate Junk. About the new theme: I would like to introduce the new Pirate faction: The Eastern Pirates and their ranks: I will be building more MOCs with these guys once I'm able to make time for it. Then I made up some new Cannons/ Mortars for the new pirates. Introducing the -Eastern Mortar, firing cannonballs and bombs the size of a grapefruit. -Eastern large Mortar/ Cannon, firing cannonballs and bombs the size of a grapefruit and large iron hooks/spears to grapple enemy vessels. And of course the Ship you all came for: And ofcourse the video I always include: Well, I hope you enjoyed this introduction. And ofcourse feel free to comment about the MOC and the new Pirates! Greetz Bjornu EDIT: A part of the new Story that will hook up with the storyline of Bjornu: The pirate junk sails towards the coasts of the blue coats. There the pirate lord finds a gold nugget and is so fascinated by the fact he just found gold on the "new world" that he decides to stay. Unfortunately he doesn't know he landed on someone else his lands... On the way to the island he already captured some of the Fishermen that sail around the coast he landed on. Because he decided to stay he signaled the other 8 Pirate junks that were behind him. There a new story begins, the lord decided to build a big fortress on "his" new world. Unfortunately it wont take long until the first battle is about to start with his new enemy.... How is this story going to end? You'll see in the Next MOCs !

I thank you for the Blogspot. I hope the Classic-Pirate members will like the upcoming Easter pirates MOCs. Unfortunately I have to add something to your statement "It's refreshing to see some Eastern Pirates sailing these waters." They may be sailing the seas for now, but soon....soon... they will land and establish bases, colonies and fortresses on the Blue-coat/Red-coat territories Greetz Bjornu

It´s like you have read my mind and where doing the same like me. Like you, I only bought the $5 set that included the black ninja and some grey knives. My opinion about the Ninjago theme is: TLC rather wants to teach children the ninja's were fighting skeletons in: tanks, motors and other rare vehicles than learning the children that the Ninja's and Samurais really existed just like our European knights. By adding: Muskets, pistols and cannons they showed the stereotype Ninja and Samurai didn't only use Katanas, Bows and Spears. They rather make sci-fi popular sets than giving a child the ability to fantasize about history. Because I had a great time as a child fantasizing and mixing up these sets I want to do this again. Therefor I started last month with the Eastern Pirate Theme. I hope the MOCs will be in the favor of the Classic-pirate members Greetz Bjornu

Too bad I don't have these... As a Child I only wanted the Red ones, So I only have the red ones now But thanks for the Suggestion! If you have any more suggestions, Please post them here Greetz Bjornu

I'll let my lego crew drink a proper cup of tea on your achievement Mr. Cam ! Greetz Bjornu

Thats true Tiberix, the sails are painted with patches on purpose. Only Red sails wasn't looking spectacular IMO. At first I wanted to paint the Bull logo on the sails but after I drew some logo's I didn't succeed. So I drew some patches and painted them on the sails. You'll probably will see more Eastern Pirate MOCs from me once I have some good ideas again. I'm going to start an suggestion thread soon, so maybe you can do some suggestions ? Greetz Bjornu