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  1. Posted

    "Ramirez! Take your Team and Secure that Burger Town!"

    53676603743_fbd7a1fdfa_h.jpg"Ramirez! Take your Team and Secure that Burger Town!" by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53676837850_e2c958309e_h.jpg"Ramirez! Take your Team and Secure that Burger Town!" by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53676739459_b205f50817_h.jpg"Ramirez! Take your Team and Secure that Burger Town!" by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53675507697_9b0c4f2ff7_h.jpg"Ramirez! Take your Team and Secure that Burger Town!" by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53676739454_00b05a98bb_h.jpg"Ramirez! Take your Team and Secure that Burger Town!" by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53676739569_f1641f90f1_h.jpg"Ramirez! Take your Team and Secure that Burger Town!" by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

  2. Posted

    Orders from the Governor, Santo Domingo 1674

    53574295631_0ff07509b4_h.jpgOrders from the Governor, Santo Domingo 1674 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53574295686_1764efc7c4_h.jpgOrders from the Governor, Santo Domingo 1674 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53574620479_3bc8546c60_h.jpgOrders from the Governor, Santo Domingo 1674 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53573435892_7e0397a742_h.jpgOrders from the Governor, Santo Domingo 1674 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53573435912_3e2c7aba2c_h.jpgOrders from the Governor, Santo Domingo 1674 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

  3. Posted

    22 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

    Simply incredible!

    Thank you so much!

    6 hours ago, Feuer Zug said:

    Glorious temple to Athena. Another great work. Great details abound. Interesting choice of eyes for the musician.

    I greatly appreciate it! and I thought A blind bard would be a fun detail even though I know its the wrong century for him to be performing his epic poems

  5. Posted

    On 1/27/2024 at 12:32 PM, Jack Sassy said:

    Phenomenal build! Love the vegetation. And those natives blend in with the jungle so well. Good job! :pir-thumb:

    Thank you so much! I am so happy they did not disappear into the plants

    On 1/29/2024 at 4:18 AM, Max_Lego said:

    I wish I could build natural environments like this... This is awesome!

    I greatly appreciate it! and it is really not too complicated at all just parts intensive

    On 1/29/2024 at 5:55 AM, Feuer Zug said:

    Another brilliant scene. The dense foliage and the dark palette give it a sinister feel.

    Thank you so very much! I really tried to create that dark ominous feel associated the conquest of the Americas and I am so happy it was noticed

    On 1/29/2024 at 7:49 AM, Jeff of Clubs said:

    Some great stuff right there!

    Thank you so much!

    On 1/29/2024 at 7:47 PM, NOD said:

    Great diorama! :pir-love: I like the trees and many plants. It looks good as Conquistadors wade through the water.

     

    I always appreciate it! Im very happy the conquistadors look in the water as opposed to on top of it I was worried when I first began the build the illusion would not quite work

    On 1/30/2024 at 12:10 PM, Captain Braunsfeld said:

    This is great. So it made the frontpage - congratulations! :pir-huzzah2:

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    I am always so grateful for the frontpage thank you so much!

    8 hours ago, brimbolet said:

    Fantastic!

    Thank you!

  6. Posted

    Through the Jungles of Yucatan

    53489108672_f774d8fe15_h.jpgThrough the Jungles of Yucatan, 1519 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53490307644_8bc98a8186_h.jpgThrough the Jungles of Yucatan, 1519 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53490155303_d00255e59f_h.jpgThrough the Jungles of Yucatan, 1519 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53490155193_ba0aeb9ea8_h.jpgThrough the Jungles of Yucatan, 1519 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53490005846_f4ea65aac3_h.jpgThrough the Jungles of Yucatan, 1519 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53489108557_50a51dadac_h.jpgThrough the Jungles of Yucatan, 1519 by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

  8. Posted

    Merchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD

    53460231051_f6781a6642_h.jpgMerchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53460539509_71df267e09_h.jpgMerchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53459307487_45cc89a45e_h.jpgMerchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53460539314_26570fab3e_h.jpgMerchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53460230751_563f424180_h.jpgMerchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

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    53460539499_7361f2b1be_h.jpgMerchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53460641340_6f30f64adf_h.jpgMerchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53460641350_a66ac599e0_h.jpgMerchants of Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate 819 AD by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

  9. Posted · Edited by A_Goodman

    "Chess Ko Sebulba." Anakin Skywalker, 32 BBY

    53357661172_e0dd9a4c95_h.jpg"Chess Ko Sebulba." Anakin Skywalker, 32 BBY by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53357661207_cfc003f3b6_h.jpg"Chess Ko Sebulba." Anakin Skywalker Mos Espa, 32 BBY by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53358997535_a21d0168a6_h.jpg"Chess Ko Sebulba." Anakin Skywalker Mos Espa, 32 BBY by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    53358538896_346e43326a_h.jpg"Chess Ko Sebulba." Anakin Skywalker Mos Espa, 32 BBY by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

  13. Posted

    On 9/5/2023 at 11:39 PM, Marooned Marin said:

    @A_Goodman your wonderful build has been tag-frontpaged-2019.png:pir-huzzah2:

    I am always so appreciative of these! I have to ask however, does it really look digital? I know my pictures can end up a bit blurry but... hahaha

    On 9/6/2023 at 6:24 PM, hikouki said:

    I honestly couldn't stop admiring those palm trees! Great MOC, overall!

    Thank you so much! and I am very happy you think so those took quite a bit of tinkering over the years to figure out

  14. Posted

    On 7/31/2023 at 1:44 AM, Horation said:

    Well even that looks quite good, might I recommend trying something smaller as a test? Sometimes a good idea can be abandoned because of it's size and a small build is therefore more satisfying initially.

    I absolutely think a smaller ships as a test is a great idea, something along the lines of the the Nina or even the Santa Maria might make a good ship for the Conquistadors at a smaller scale than a full sized galleon.

    On 7/31/2023 at 5:16 AM, iragm said:

    An excellent build -- full of wonderful details.  The water is my favorite bit, I think.  I hope the galleon gets finished, I'd love to see it!

    Thank you so much, and I actually have a builder called Faebricks to thank for that water technique it truly is so good

  16. Posted

    4 hours ago, MstrOfPppts said:

    Apologies to @A_Goodman if I'm the reason you decided to pull out of the contest, though I guess it was the right decision.

    No apologies necessary in the slightest, this was a conclusion I came to on my own, I just figured a contest in which the MOC style is allowed but will be actively stressed as not what is intended for submissions to the voters wasn't the place for the build. As a matter of fact I am happy you strove for clarity for everyone entering the contest so those yet to submit their incredible builds will be sure of what is being looked for in their submissions.

  17. Posted

    On 7/29/2023 at 12:13 AM, Horation said:

    I must ask, are you planning a small galleon for these conquistadors?

    Thank you so very much and I actually started one a number of years ago, as you can see by the photos I did not get very far and I realized the approach I had chosen was not going to work long term so I had to scrap it. I hope to one day soon start again and hopefully complete it.

    49667217752_05081f3186_c.jpgLa Mariquita Bow in Progress by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    49611083206_caf6b3e6d0_c.jpgWIP Spanish Galleon by Nicholas Goodman, on Flickr

    And actually I totally agree with you about the olive green tree sticking out within the 'jungle' area. Initially I was just going to use those green/bright green plant pieces but it was a little to empty and by the time I needed to fill the gap, the trees I have with dark green leaves were a bit too large for the space and I didn't want to completely restructure the jungle as it was super delicate and time consuming, but I already have an idea for another MOC similar to this one where hopefully I would be able to try out a few new design styles for a dark and dense jungle I have thought up since I finished this one.

  19. Posted

    2 hours ago, Horation said:

    did you come up with that small boat? I like it quite a lot.

    Thank you so very much I certainly did, as a matter of fact it is a small early version of the design with one im more proud of being in this build, if you are interested. 

    Also my apologies for missing your comment, the base curves because I used 4 16x32 baseplates connected only by 1x2 bricks covered in 1x2 tiles, and it seems the tension created is just too much for the base plates to stay flat, I tried adding long support bricks but they were very distracting under the trans-blue tiles and i figured they were not worth it simply to limit the curve.

  20. Posted · Edited by A_Goodman

    On 6/16/2023 at 11:13 PM, Mister Phes said:

    Existing Examples

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    6 hours ago, Mister Phes said:

    All entries are supposed to be LEGO styled set creations, irrespective of the category.

    As it unfortunately seems my submission will become a casualty of these rule clarifications I wanted to quickly present an argument in favor of my MOC style remake of 6292 Shipwreck Island. Although it seems that all entries are supposed to be in the LEGO style, as is clear by the images above 2 out of the first 3 examples presented for category 2 of acceptable remakes, shown on the first page of this thread, contain brick-built bases utilizing a parts intensive water design fairly similar to the one I used. Compared to the image of the build in the center which is reminiscent of the recent Pirates sets, the two using the tiled water technique would never be considered Official Lego style yet were prominently shown as potentially acceptable submissions, had they been built during the period of this contest. I argue that my submission does exactly what the contest intends it to do "show [LEGO] how it's done" or at least how I wish they would do it. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

  21. Posted

    6 hours ago, Marooned Marin said:

    You made an awesome re-make of highly overlooked classic-set which fits nicely within the second contest category. Best of luck! :pir-thumb:

    I so greatly appreciate that it means a lot, and also thank you so much for clarifying the contest rules and requirements, I am grateful to learn I didn't totally miss the mark! 

    6 hours ago, iragm said:

    regular green leaves would really improve the color of it.

    I completely agree especially as the original set used that standard green color for the palm trees, unfortunately I keep my very small collection of palm fronds in that color in a bag and was not able to locate it over the course of the build process.

     

    16 minutes ago, Rogue Redcoat said:

    (like where did the second pirate show up from)

    Thank you very much for the suggestions, I actually had looked into somehow submerging the boat into the water but the 2 or 3 designs I had tried really looked quite strange so I figured it was better to leave it on top despite its somewhat out of place positioning. As for the extra pirate, interestingly enough it is an updated version of a third minifigure included in the original set from 1996 that for some reason was left out of the box art photo, just one of a few mistakes such as the green pants on the Armada soldier which were actually gray in the set.

    14 hours ago, MstrOfPppts said:

    I'm not sold on the brick built sail ... the original would fit in perfectly

    I too am not huge on the brick built sail style, unfortunately my original cloth sail from the set has become a casualty of time and I was not able to find it for this recreation. I had considered the Silent Mary Sails however I convinced myself that the vibrant red and white striped sail was such a defining characteristic of this set that those more realistic dark tan cloth parts would not bring the same nostalgic familiarity I was going for.

  22. Posted

    On 7/24/2023 at 4:33 PM, Elephant Knight said:

    That is a wonderful shipwreck!

    Thank you so very much!

    9 hours ago, zinnn said:

    it's an amazing shipwreck!

    Thank you! and there is a hint of a beach back there I will try to upload a photo showing it soon

    7 hours ago, Captain Braunsfeld said:

    I did not even know that this set existed

    The ones with monkeys are very good hahaha this one could have definitely benefited from one!

    7 hours ago, Fraunces said:

    Wow. Amazing work. Every detail is right there in your remake just much better. Great work.

    I so greatly appreciate it!

    3 hours ago, iragm said:

    I love this -- instantly recognizable as the original set, but an upgrade in every way.

    I really appreciate it! and it seems I somewhat missed the concept for the contest as I never thought of doing a build 'lego-fied' but instead as all out as I could. Either way despite not being able to win I am always happy to get in the mix of the awesome pirates community. As for the stability of the ship it is surprisingly sturdy as it has a strong spine running along the length of the ship, the only truly fragile piece is the bow section above the crocodile head which is truly attached by one stud but luckily it holds pretty well.

  25. Posted

    On 6/12/2023 at 10:40 AM, Feuer Zug said:

    Another incredible scene. Lots of details all around the scene. The half-track isn't even the highlight of this, but the actions of the minifigs (and their facial expressions).

    Thank you so much! and actually the vehicles are both from Brickmania but I am very happy to hear you like the facial expressions recently I have tried to add storytelling with them and I am glad I was able to achieve that with this moc.

    On 6/19/2023 at 1:17 PM, Legosim said:

    Oh wow, this is really excellent! So much cool stuff going on.

    Thank you so much!

    On 6/19/2023 at 7:26 PM, TheBeeze said:

    Excellent work as always my friend!

    Always so greatly appreciate my friend!

    On 6/20/2023 at 1:19 AM, Professor Thaum said:

    The broken reddish brown part is really nicely used. I keep some for hat kind of purpose.

    The base for the house is a masterpiece (angle, layers)

    Hahah it always is great to give those pesky parts a second life, and I thank you so much for that the base and placement was a bit tricky to get right but I really like how it turned out!

    On 6/20/2023 at 6:38 AM, Crazy bricks said:

    Wow - this is phenomenal. Can't believe how much detail you packed in here.

    Thank you so very much!

    On 6/20/2023 at 11:11 PM, SATSOK said:

    AWSOME !!!

    Tons of details and wonderful blend of color in it !!!

    Thank you !

    1 hour ago, ParmBrick said:

    Nice diorama, very detailed! Love the story behind! :thumbup:

    Thank you so much, I am very happy to hear the story was able to be seen!