Roadmonkeytj

Thanks... This all started to "fit" a 48x48 scene... Then the scene expanded to 64x64 so I completed the whole ship lol not just the stern. Thanks... I wonder where I got the Idea from??? Lol .... it's a lot of hinges and curved tiles but I think I like the effect Thanks I tried to give her a bit of width as the base started fairly narrow... Hopefully she will see no squalls then lol Thanks! She is quick... Might just outrun the peashooters from your "target ships" lol

Haha love it... Well played indeed

Ohh what sorts of nice vessels you have in store ... Welcome back

A large Artisan "Das Rathskeller"

This is well done... At least if my crews ever get captured in Kings Harbor they will have proper trials lol

I really like the way you worked in to rats!

Very nice indeed... Where did you source the decals?

Those look great... I like how you showed the breakdown! Is that a dekalb seed industry on your siding?

@Drunknok I learned this from my mother a "horticulturalist" which is technically science which your faction is ever so good at

It's important to add that Poinsettia also grows in other less popular commercial varieties such as white, yellowish orange and the most fascinating to look at blue! A bit of knowledge: the plant needs an uninterrupted period of darkness to bloom however if you "trick" it's light cycle by artificial means (covering) you can make it bloom several times a year!

Not if the mortar fire comes from its stern! Mwahahahaha. Another great little gunner I worry you might need a bigger pearldiver to keep the rudder in the water due to that large caliber cannon.

It's amazing what gold can build even in a new settlement! I love so many details of this building... But I agree I would have rather seen a brickbuilt door for the front

The colors work well and there's a lot of subtle details everywhere that really make the sense of multiple things happening all over the estate. Great job.

The thing to remember is Black Flag is open to all factions - effectively making the "pirate faction" redundant... Why not join one of the major three for their benefits and still get to play pirates? So the rulings may seem "skewed" towards the Sea Rats but it should be this way as the Sea Rats are the pirate faction it is why we joined the pirate faction... Why should it be just as hard for us to be pirates as the law abiding citizens of other nations? You were never privy to any of the behind the scenes talks but to give examples without details - I joined the very beginning of 2018, from the very first TMCRA that I participated in through the next 6 turns I had to scramble and explain away IC and out of why my ships shouldn't be taken nor my captains hung (essentially ending my play of the game). The Sea Rats actually lost several good players over this (we've gained a couple back as a result of these rules). All in all the rules for piracy should be skewed to the pirate faction. They could have said its for pirates only; but then we would loose the awesome stories of pirate's steeling ships with rowboats! I do want to thank the committee for taking this in the right direction!

May the wind be in your sails, the tides in your favor, and the plunders be bountiful!

Nice one indeed...

I would be curious to see how "add on" sets for the current trains would do... So right now you buy an engine and two or three cars. With the add on you buy another set of cars for the train at a price minus the cost of the engine. I'm not saying it would save the train industry but just in what I've heard at shows... Most Lego users "can't" MOC... That is they feel their brain can not create without a set of instructions in front of them. I feel that's why the "complete" sets sold better because it told them what to do

Bricklink my friend bricklink

I'm curious what made you choose to use the floating cradle with shock absorbers?

Oh sure now you post this lol... Well I was inspired by the little tipper car but I have issues with short wheel base cars so I modernized the mechanism and made it sit lower (the bucket is structural to the car) with the heavy use of technic bars with stop bushings I was able to come up with this design I moved the gearing to the top of the car so I could make it sit lower. You simply drive it through a set of gear plates and it tips the gear on the other side will right the car Edit: I just realized I left the idler gear in on the reversing gears this should be removed I will fix the renders at a later time. The return side should be two 6 stud half beams without the 8 tooth idler gear instead of the 7 stud with idler. This the correct gear configuration: Challenge Accepted lol

I actually seen one of these for sale on bricklink the other day and considered it!

Ohhh that looks good in "scenery" I really like this engine and my favorite is the tender... Because of the shape but the Lego lines brings it home lol

That's a great way to present a boat... Good story! The jewel is the ship it's quite impressive... I like the way you included the side cargo holes

Nicely done indeed... Seeing Jason's big boy in person was impressive... But I can say I was just as wooed by his American with well hidden pf components.. I would enjoy seeing yours pulling the 25 car trains as well!

Such a lovely shaped target for the mortars