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That's my kind of MOC - keep it up. -Cook

Got a small Bricklink order today - a few mast sections from the Armada flagship, and a bunch of parrots. I have also redone the original building with new log bricks, and have redone the interior, the inner roof support, and have tagged some ivy to the sides of it. The black mast sections that were supporting both buildings have been replaced by brown ones, and I also put some chains over a couple of them. Both floors still need tiling: The black stairs piece will be replaced by a tiled brown one: Ivy vegetation: The outpost: -Cook

Here's the interior with the back roofing torn off - I also added a chandelier and a map plaque on the second floor wall; I took the tiling off of the main dock and used it to finish the flooring of the first and second floors. Here you can see the bed more easily: Close-up: I will overhaul the first building and its interior/roof over the next few days, and then place the minifigures. -Cook

Well, I've been able to do some more work on the new structure tonight - here are some updated photos. Crazy roof: Tiled most of the first floor with planks - I'm waiting on a small order of about 200 more brown tiles to finish the flooring of both buildings: Fire beacon with fire: The right side - changed the awnings: The back; the first floor looks a little spacious and boring, but I plan on adding plenty of minifigures to it in the next few days: The second floor brothel - I wish I had a better photo of this - there's actually a really detailed bed, a stool, and two dressers in here (this also obviously needs tiling, and I dropped a roof brick in here): Enjoy the photos; I think that the first building needs some sprucing up compared to this new one. -Cook

Here's an update; built up the new structure and added the rope bridge: The right side of the new structure: The front of the new structure: Some nice details: Rope bridge close-up: Zoomed out: Fireplace: Enjoy the photos; I'm still waiting on a huge order of bricks that will allow me to build the second floor and roof of the new structure. -Cook

It's absolutely beautiful - I'd put $2000 to it right now if it was available LOL! -Cook

Here's something I've been working on for the last couple of days; it still needs a lot of work, and I'm planning on adding a second structure to the right portion of the baseplate scheme, along with some rope bridges; the from tower I took from "Lord of the Rings" - it is a fire beacon for pirate vessels, and will go along nicely with the mammoth ship that I plan on building in the next few months. Anyway, here's some photos of it (forgive the mess - it's trashed with other bricks). Chaining a skeleton to the tower proved to be very difficult - lots of bad words before it was done LOL. The back: I need to change the stairs piece to a brown one - I just ordered a bunch of bricks from Pick-a-brick, and will have more photos soon; I also need to add furniture and tile the interior with brown tiles (wood flooring): Here's an easy way to make a REAL rope bridge from 100% LEGO parts, although it is only just over 10 studs in length: The ventral studs trap the net and prevent it from slipping off of the tiles: -Cook

Hello! I am an American who loves LEGOs and hopes to be on par with you Europeans in his designs - it's nice to be a part of this forum - your artwork is wonderful and I am honored to see it. -Cook

I'm glad you all like it - I'm right now building a crazy huge pirate outpost with a fire beacon - will have photos in the next few weeks. In a few months, all of you will be able to see a ship that I have been planning for quite some time - a pirate vessel more than worthy of the "Imperial Flagship" that's currently available from LEGO. -Cook

Hello, I am new on here - I've been a big fan of LEGO sets since a very young age, and plan on building some much larger pirate scenes in the coming months - here is my meager pirate scene. http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/8540/piratevillage1.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9565/piratevillage2.jpg http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2976/piratevillage3.jpg http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/756/piratevillage4.jpg http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3579/piratevillage5.jpg And here is another small outpost with a WIP sitting next to it: http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6489/piratevillage6.jpg A close-up of my first outpost: http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5184/piratevillage7.jpg A little bit wider view: http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3271/piratevillage8.jpg Hope you all enjoy the photos.