Wes

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  1. Wes

    ESPG has disappeared!

    I have two things: - A print of the rules - Permission from Steve Jackson to improve upon them I can make a new ESPG site if needed.
  2. Wes

    20th Mold

    Ooh! I love the rifle!
  3. Hey fellow AFOLs, I normally stick to the Pirate forum but I found a good deal on Toywiz I figured the military builders would like to hear about: Toywiz is selling the Toy Story LEGO jeep on sale for $2.99 here: http://www.toywiz.com/legotoystorygreenjeep.html It's not a whole set, just the Jeep. So if you want to enlarge your motor pool without shrinking your bank account too much this looks like a good option. Hope you found this useful, thanks.
  4. Wes

    10210 Imperial Flagship - UPCOMING SET!!!

    This is beautiful! I love it! Very playable and it looks great. Isn't this the first ship-rigged (3 masted) Lego Pirates ship ever, too? I thought I was all done with getting large ships but I will be buying this...and I think I'll be Brickbeard's Bounty too now.
  5. Wes

    New Cannons' Ranges

    In the USA, the original dark gray (shooting) cannons were quickly replaced with the intermediate, inoperative (black handle) cannon and then the non-shooting cannon (with the emblem on top). Now, with the Pirates back in production, we have a new cannon--the pearl dark gray ones...but did LEGO reduce the spring power in order to meet USA safety regulations? Before I fired it, I figured the new cannon would shoot further because it had a newer spring...but this was not the case. In testing one of the new cannons, I found it has only around 50 to 60 percent of the range of the old shooting cannons. I'm glad to have shooting cannons back, though.
  6. Wes

    General A's Big Bluecoat Army

    Pssst...one of your flag bearers has an upside down flag. :P
  7. Wes

    The Capstan Inn

    This is OUTSTANDING! I have wanted to make something like this for the longest time but I haven't been able to get far. Your MOC is inspiring and really well done. Great job!
  8. Wes

    HMS Rochhester

    I would have the flags flying the opposite direction...if the wind is in your sails, your flags will fly forward, not aft.
  9. Wes

    My First Ship, WIP

    The reality of Lego Pirates, however, is that the vast majority of ships built are too small to even rate in anything but the lowest class under the old cannon-based class system. The class system from Evil Stevie's Pirate Game is much more applicable for our needs. Here's how it works: Class 1 - Small brick-built hulls like the small ship in the 6277 Imperial Trading Post Class 2 - Large brick-built hull or narrow (12-wide) with no center sections Class 3 - Narrow hull with 1 center section or wide (16 stud) hull with no center sections Class 4 - Narrow hull with 2 center sections or wide hull with 1 center section (Caribbean Clipper) Class 5 - Narrow hull with 3 center sections Class 6 - Wide hull with 2 center sections (Red Beard Runner, Brickbeard's Bounty) Class 7 - Wide hull with 3 center sections (Black Seas Barracuda, Skull's Eye Schooner) Class 8 - Wide hull with 4 center sections
  10. Wes

    Next Contest?

    Not all of us are willing to deface our minifigs, Wellington.
  11. I would definitely NOT want to see: - Any new type of monkey or any non-natural creature (give us cool minifigs, not useless animals) - Zombie pirates or ghosts (the less supernatural the better) - Minifigs vs Monster sets like the Vikings (A wonderful key feature of the Pirates theme is the core fig vs fig dynamic between pirates and Imperials).
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    My First Ship, WIP

    CREW: Class x 6 or 7. Your ship appears to be a class 7 (three hull middle sections) so that's 42 to 49. MINIMUM CREW: - 7 to manage the sails (equal to the ship's class) - 2 per cannon - 1 captain
  13. I'd like to see: - Mid-size narrow-hull ship for Imperials (blue torso version) like 6271 $49.99 - Modular coastal town with tavern. Think something like Sail n Fly Marina crossed with Medieval Market $99.99 - A small merchant ship like the one in 6277 - $9.99 to $14.99 - Jungle Island - something like Enchanted Island, with traps, natives, caves (could re-use Indiana Jones temple guards
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    Return of the Spaniards

    While I like the idea of variety, I would much prefer more actual pirate ships, ports, and scenario islands than a new imperial armada faction. I agree that Imperial ships should feature a blue version of the new (red) Imperial Soldiers.
  15. Wes

    Bluecoat in LEGO Battles trailer!

    I would love to see figs with this blue version of the new Imperial Soldier torso. I really like the red one -- the design of the torso doesn't need to be changed.
  16. Wes

    Proof of Imperial soldiers being french

    For Bluecoats and redcoats, I go by the Lego version - the Imperial Soldiers (blue and new red) and the Imperial Guard are just different uniforms of the same anti-pirate faction. They're just "Imperials," not French or British. I do, however, use the Imperial Armada guys as a Spanish themed opposing faction since they're so different. It would be interesting for the person at Lego who was responsible for the blue to red color change to explain the logic behind it.
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    My First Ship, WIP

    One of my drunken pirate minifigs has just pointed out an important feature: There are at least two barrels of beer(?) aboard! Already you're ahead of the game in the crew morale department! The ship is very spacious on the deck. My ships are never so roomy, they're packed with masts and guns until there's barely room for the figs! There's something to be said for the cargo space you'll have.
  18. My Imperial Soldiers (blue coats only) use dark gray rifles and revolvers (from the Western theme) but my pirates and redcoat Imperial Guards and Imperial Soldiers (new red coats) use muskets. I have recently started equipping the new red Imperial Soldiers with bayonets using the double U clips and (unmodified) Damien Blades from Brickarms. For variety's sake, I also have one of my pirate crews machetes in place of swords. There's also a couple pirates with daggers and the occasional short sword. A couple bluecoat admirals have katanas for the range/intimidation factor although the normal cutlass remains king. Some of my sailors also carry axes for cutting lines in battle (freeing ships from being tied together) - in Evil Stevie's Pirate Game, an axe is an automatic success at line cutting.
  19. Wes

    How many cannon do you have?

    I estimate about 50-60.
  20. Wes

    Vintage Minifig V3 contains a BLUECOAT!

    Link: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?S=852697-1
  21. Wes

    A Brickshelf Find.

    I love it! So much awesome in a small footprint.
  22. I'm bidding on the "LEGO 6267 PIRATES GUARDS LAGOON LOCKUP MINIFIGURINES" and the other 6267 currently on ebay.
  23. Wes

    [LIBRARY] Sails

    http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10076
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    New imperial guard uniforms

    All Lego literature (including the set names themselves) from the 2009 series refers to the new redcoats as Imperial Soldiers, and never as Imperial Guards. From the flag thing, it's obvious that the (blue) soldiers, guards, and new red soldiers are all the same faction, just evolving over time.
  25. Wes

    Your First Pirate Set!

    First Pirate set I ever encountered was a totally disassembled 6274 Caribbean Clipper. I remember liking the bluecoat fig designs very much. My first Pirate set I ever owned was an 80% complete Eldorado Fortress my mom got me at a yard sale. For years, I only had 4 bluecoats and 1 or 2 redcoats and no ship parts -- I built some pretty impressive ships out of 2x4 bricks. It wasn't until my Lego renaissance that I started my collection - I gave away my giant Lego bin and all my previous sets to my younger brother and built up a new collection that was almost all Pirates.