Ingmar

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  • Birthday 11/15/1989

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  1. Ingmar

    The Kraken attacks !

    Thank you Skipper, but the frigate in the harbour was a special scene improvised for the exhibition and, the red bricks have nothing to do with the non-tiled-area ; they are skates designed to make her slide on the sea of my diorama when it lowers. There are two snot rails on the blue surface which align with the red bricks. Concerning the masts, the frigate is shown as making a stop, that's why the seamen are dismasting her, and her sails are rolled up.
  2. Ingmar

    The Kraken attacks !

    Hi there, I don't often come to this forum due to the high quality of most of your creations I can't compete with, but I would like to introduce, just for you, one of my last Work In Progress. I'm the only one in my french lug in working with lego old ships of the line, and in applying the Captain Green Hair's technic, and I have built several ships by this way, but this light frigate, instead of being quite simple, was conceived with a particularity : she consists in two parts made to fit and to slide perfectly the one on the over, wich is nearly invisible on the pictures. The Espada (it is supposed to be a spanish frigate) was conceived to make part of a gigantic project of diorama. In facts, the scene is too big to allow me to put it in my room, that's why I have to wait to be in an exhibition to take pictures or videos, and the public usually likes it. It is also still a project ; much things are to be improved, but the mecanism has proved itself and I could take the first videos so that I can share it with you and extend the creation of Eurobricks. The scene represents a spanish flotilla standing near a mysterious island, when a kraken suddently appears close to the coast, and sink two frigates. The kraken's tentacles are animated, and the prow of the Petirrojo is in flames, buffeted by the monster, while the sea opens and sinks the stern of the Espada until she finishes into the mouth of the Kraken. OK, enough words, here are the videos : The sinking of the Espada, and you con see the whole diorama. The passengers of the Petirrojo trying to survive between the tentacles. Here, I introduce my waterfall system and a very small french army, before focusing on the cave I built beneath the island. And finally, additional videos taken during the tests, from several points of view. Well, that's all for the moment, I know that my ships are quite modest, due to the fact that I don't own a lof of amazing parts, but I hope my work stands noteworthy, and that you will like it. If you have any idea to help me in the continuation, it would be great to discuss about it right here. To go further, here is a small galery for the Espada : http://photos.freelu...aurent+B/Epada/ I had no time to make a movie of the scene, with scene edition and music of POTC, but I'll have it done one day Oh, and by the way, I apologize if my english is...strange Kind regards, LaurentB
  3. Ingmar

    2010 Community Build

    I don't dubt this will have great results with all the good builders working on. I'm not a moc expert but I would be glad to participate if still possible, by taking in charge a humble house (29 or 30). Fun and lluck for everyone, this is a pretty Christmas present Edit : If not, maybe I could help to fill the list up by taking in charge the sugar mill ?
  4. Ingmar

    MOC : Pirate Ship Charon

    Thanks for your feedback, feel free to comment every thing. It is a minifig I have invented by myself, there is nothing surprising if you don't find it anywhere ^^ The face is taken from an historic theme, I don't remember if it is from a medieval or chinese set. The flames are supposed to be thrown to the boarded ship, but instead of being an ordinary fire ship, mine includes several torches that can be blasted away by a fire-eater. But I also imagine that it is a way to create a large blazing reflection on the water, that could be dreadful for the other sailors. I agree with you and I would have been able to build a brig, but I just had one half-section for this hull, and I thought it was interesting to create a wonderful and unrealistic ship based on the disproportion between the boat and the sail. But I was also inspired by wooden model of a corsair sea cutter that has the same rigging.
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    MOC : Pirate Ship Charon

    Note the superficy of the main sail, cut in an old black tee-shirt. Each broadside is are made to care six canons on two rows. Skull and bow canons complete the menacing shape of the ship. The use of official military flags is one of the stratagemes used by my pirates in order to get closer to the ships they're hunting. When as near as possible, Tony Oil-Spitter just have to blow on the torch in order to throw a destructive fire that can burn the hull, masts and crewmen of the target, so that the boarding is just an additionnal task ; this strategy is inspired by the fire-ships. During the battles, fire-ships were thrown to a man-o-war in order to neutralize it as fast as possible, and even if it just consisted in an old downgraded ship put in fire and pushed by the wind, it was one of the most feared weapons, because it was, obviously, able to transmit a devastating fire to every wooden ship. The captain of the ship, Sir Surscout, is a renegade corsair decided to obtain a ransom thanks to his last hostage, the Empire Princess, captured on the last ship he sunk. Captain Brickbeard was downgraded to a pilote job, but his alliance with Surscout seems to hide something unusual since he uses to be a solitary sea-hunter. The main mast is very high for the shortness of the hull, as a consequence, the stability of the ship can be endangered. Captain Brickbeard, Sir Surscout and Princess Adelie, wish you were not disappointed by the exposition of the Charon. Anyway, they don't accept any visits onboard.
  6. Ingmar

    WIP The Making of a Fleet

    There are lot of very good elements on your ship, particularly the blue color scheme that is very well assorted with the lion theme, the fences with white cones, do you aim at putting them on the whole lenght of the ship ? I also like the way you succeded in curving the deck with beautyful tan plates, and the stern is quite original, with a wise amount of ornaments. Moreover, I'm in love with the little door you put in between the stairs, this detail is very charming. But about the stern, I think the two sides are a bit one strange, juste because of the sloped bricks that surround the windows of the second cabin. It gives a squared aspect to the cabins, it is a little pity. Good luck for the following, I will carefully watch for your progress ;) Humbly, Ingmar
  7. Ingmar

    WIP The Making of a Fleet

    Really incredible, the white colour scheme seems to be perfect, will the 9-mid sections frigate have two rows of guns ? Keep on updating frequently, it is a geat pleasure to follow the construction of your project
  8. Ingmar

    Who is he ?

    Bad is the less we can say of course, we easily understand why the fig is not appreciated by afol, and I agree with them...I remember several other promotional collections we could find in Happy Meals, and it was not so bad I think. Thank you for the clarification ;)
  9. Ingmar

    Who is he ?

    Good evening everyone, excuse-me for disturbing, or if this is the wrong place, or if I'm a noob, but I have to say that I made some research and didn't find anything, that's why I wanted to put the question on the forum...The fact is that I made a quite surprising discovery last time I bought a lego batch in a bric-a-brac sale : I did'nt care about this fig, thinking it was an ordinary plastic character mixed up with the bricks I had bought, looking like a hybrid between a knight and Darth Vader, until I saw the lego logo on the back : I can't see the collection this fig belongs to, but I'm curious and would like to know your wise opinion about the unidentified object... Humbly, Ingmar.
  10. Ingmar

    Me and my fleet on the move

    That's fun, I saw your pictures on BS yesterday, before the forum ^^ You have a very large collection, that is quite impressive, and I particularly like the last picture with the wide range of colours that we can found on your sails. But I was also surprised by the upper-right ship of the sixth picture, that looks like one of my old ship that was called Hermes, and that I had to rebuild. I have to say that I love your work on the figureheads too !
  11. Ingmar

    WIP The Making of a Fleet

    I really can't want to see your project once it will be finished, your fleet will certainly be amazing, one ship based on the CPGBH-like model is already very nice, but six under the same flag can't be anything else than wonderful. I am really optimistic for your work, and I won't miss any of the pics you will post, I keep myself posted how the MOCs of the forum are, it is a kind of Christmas just for the eyes ^^ Good luck, humbly.
  12. Ingmar

    Dutch VOC ship the Prins Willim, minifig scale!

    I don't think so, the flames looked quite powerful when I saw the pictures of the fire. I'm not an expert, but in my opinion, even if the hull seems to be intact, the inside damages may be critical and the flames probably fragilized the structure. It is a great pity to see the stern totally destructed with only some parts of the floor remaining...Well, thank you very much for the pictures.
  13. Oh no, I'm really sorry, I have no problem for watching the video, what a noob I don't understand what happens... Well, I just have to delete the thread if it doesn't work and everyone says the same thing, sorry.
  14. Broadcast some days ago on the french TV news, I present you this interesting but quick report about the technic used by the conceptors of the assembly line for the A380. The last aircraft of Airbus company is the most imponent plane ever built, and for his mass-production, new and great building sites had to be constructed and in order to project themselves into the universe of the factory and the space of the machines, the designers worked on a 1/50 model of the assembly line, that is to say on the minifig scale. But this is not a game or an accessory ; the model was useful for the distribution of the surface and for the spacial projection. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb85mb_qu...-france-jo_tech The subject is quite surprising for this TV show that has one the worst quality, but that is the most popular for this market. And of course, the model is beautyful, the tallest I have ever seen, and also very nice with the quantity of engines that makes it amazingly realistic and serious. I hope you feel the same surprise than mine
  15. Ingmar

    MOC : The Story of L'Archiveur

    Dear all, I'm currently working on HMS Rose, the building is quite difficult because I don't own anymore a lot of parts, overall the tan ones for the decks, whereas this ship will be much smaller (2 masts), but it will be finished in a few time. I had other pics for L'Archiveur, from the point of view of the crewmen and continuing talking on the story of the ship, I thought it would have been quite fun to post them now, because it is quite far-fetched : Captain Beaufort is watching to the sea, he still doesn't know how to consider his premonition, but he feels that something weird is hidding in his boat, a bad feeling, something like a voice, suggests him that his ship is heading to an aventure much more fascinating and mysterious than what he and his crew were expecting. Master Lançon was the first crewman in guessing that something was wrong with Captain Beaufort and his mind ; since yesterday on the morning, it seems that this anxiety disturbs him and that he holds the ship's course, worst and worst. Boatswain Le Goff is a very popular, kind and warm character on L'Archiveur. He likes learning some tips to his fifth son, the crewman Gérard, when he's not joking with another of his sons. But this friendly aspect doesn't eclipse his heroic past ; he fought in a lot of battle and were rarely injured. First officer Vidal checks the course and has spent the night wondering what was happening around the Wheel, but he just has discovered that they were deviating from the way decided by the map, that's why a hard discussion is about to begin on the main deck. Second officer Jar Jar Truc is a mysterious character on the deck ; nobody knows how he really incorporated the crew, because someones tell that he would be the twelth son of boatswain Le Goff...or not. Nethertheless, everyone know that when you can see him runing round the decks, it means that he's looking for someone in order to tell a bad new. Between the bell and the capstan, Master's mate Plume is in great discussion with forman Leonard, they are trying to plan a strategy for the boarding of HMS Rose, while some of the crewmen discretely stare at them ; they never remember who of the two is the Le Goff's second son. Soldier Bernard is going for a morning walk, he uses to go around the whaleboat in order to talk with Pierre, the yeoman of the sheets, one of his old friends because they knew each other thanks to Le Goff's family. Yeoman Pierre is cleaning the whaleboat, he's not very interested in a lot of things and is not a passionnating man...Well, he's not dressed up to the nines either. Soldier Rousseau is a very proud, romantic and brave young man, so young that anyone in the crew is really sure he is an adult (someones even tell he's a woman...), but overall, he's interested in the navigation arts, he uses to stay on the bow in order to learn the sky maps with an astrolabe he inherited from one of his father...Yet, we're sure that this father was not Le Goff. Soldier Villette doesn't know what he's doing here, he spents his days watching to the skies and dreaming about the mysterious horizon, imaginating the curves of a gigantic monster that would bring him into a wonderful world hidden behind the mist layers, not so far from the Remote Empire from Outer Seas. Of course, his dreams assisted me during the building of the ship ^^ Soldier Tulipe is the Le Goff's eighth son and...Well, no comment... Mr Squelette seems to be having fun with two other subofficers, but don't ask me what he's doing here, he already was in the cabin when Beaufort and his men boarded. But since then, he didn't move and seems to be quite friendly... As friendly as Mr Squelette, Ingmar