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This is a great set. I like how the walls are built up around the outside. There are so many useful pieces you could use on this set to build other structures. I also like having the two oar boats 5 blue coats and an admiral. Duke

3/5 Cheap way to add pirates . Otherwise the pieces are not all that useful. Duke

5/5 This is a great midsized set. There are many pieces useable to make larger forts. There is a good amount of people in it too and it came with a cannon. I just wish it came with red coats instead. Duke

5/5 This is a great ship. She is the largest of the non-pirate. I am not a big fan of how the rigging comes into the middle of the ship rather than the sides, but hey it

I gave this set a 5/5. I bought this set in hopes of using it in the future to fool pirates the same way they did in Master and Commander. One day the Dame du Loup may get fooled by this very raft giving me the weather vane. Duke

I totally agree with my bro here. The armory should be smaller than the main fort. I can

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If you look closely at this picture you can see a skylight behind the steering wheels. It is even funtional, giving light to the inside of the rear cabin. How cool is that? The barrel on the top of it is how the ship is steered and it also turns the two steering wheels in front of it. *sweet* Duke

ZCerberus Excellent fort! *y* *y* This new fort will be a great improvement over the old one. I like how you used the white slope pieces on the walls to make an indent and the overall color scheme of the fort. I also like the detail of the rocky area around the fort. I think the color of the gray figures looks good. Are there going to be cannons coming out of the lower holes? This is very true for most every Lego fort out there. The real forts of those days were quite powerful carrying many and very large cannons. In most cases a good fort should be able to easily fight off several large ships. *sweet* Duke

Bonaparte I like what you have done with the BSB. *y* *y* The second deck and the additional cannons really help out the original set. The only suggestion I could make is if you wanted to, you could make some smaller MOC cannons or carronades to go above the non-MOCers. *sweet* Duke

Bonaparte You are continually making a magnificent ship even better. I am impressed as to how this ship is turning out. I too may have to "steal" some of your ideas. I like how the stern looks with the way you used the prefab hulls. Where is your folder? Do you have a flag I could use for Great Britain from around 1800?

Captain Attack Nice ship so far! *y* Like others said, you seem to be a quick learner and are very resourceful. You are doing an excellent job building a pirate ship with the resources available. Keep up the good work and welcome aboard the Pirate Forums. *sweet* Duke

Congratulations Bonaparte on your promotion. You have been a valuable asset to this website. Keep up the good work, and I wish you the best of luck. Duke

Here is a mortar me bro designed. This can also be found at the MOC cannon index. I too would like to build a bomb in my fleet, and this is how I plan to build my mortar. I hope this helps. Duke

Your ship is Magnificent! :'-) I like your tumblehome effect and castles too. The entire thing looks very proportionate. Excellent work Bonaparte. *sweet* She shall prove to be formidable at sea. Duke

Wow! I must have missed your latest picture. I see you have done some vast improvements Mr. Tiber. *y* *y* I can

This is to say the least a wonderful MOC! *y* *y* I really like all the buildings. I, like many, especially like the working windmill. The horse stable and the dormer on the warehouse are fine pieces of work too. I hope you don

Very nice Vessel! *y* *y* I am fond of the Imperial Flagship and will also be building a very modified version. I especially like the rear of your ship and the use of blue shudders. The cannons are a bit closer to each other than what I would have done, but a very nice vessel indeed. The white railing looks nice and I like how the rest isn't overly blocky in the process of building it up. *sweet* Duke

Overall I think you are making a very nice vessel. *y* *y* I like the color scheme, but does the real ship have yellow on the sides? I am glad you are putting more space between the cannons, as I feel that will make it more realistic. *sweet* If I were to be picky here are a few things I would change. As you heard from others the front is somewhat blocky and facets could help a great deal. As for the hull you could add some inverted slopes whether it be 1x2x3 or 2x2x3, or whatever, closer to the bottom to get the tumblehome effect. Then maybe some regular slopes to bring it back in if you have the space. From your first pictures the forward mast could go further forward moving the capstan behind it. I agree with Aaron Morse that the 4 x 4 round pieces under the rear mast don

Mr. Tiber You are building a nice vessel. *y* *y* I am curious to see what it looks like in some updated pictures. I don

I had the same issue with having a short bowsprit when I was building the Xebec. All I did to legthen it was add this piece from the Star Wars B-Wing . Then I added a black lance to further lengthen it.

You have an excellent ship. I really like how you kept the hull size to cannon ratio realistic. *y* *y* Some people seem to try to cram as much gun-power onto a ship as they can. I don

Your Fleet and its Size 1) What is the name of your Fleet(s)? I�d like to claim to be England 2) What is the size of your fleet (s)? 14 complete, plus 3 docked 3) How many standard LEGO ships do you have in your fleet? 13 4) how many MOC (my own creation) ships do you have in your fleet? 4, but only one is complete. One is barely started. 5) Please list your Non-MOC ships by type and number. 1 Imperial Cutter 2 Emperor�s Ships 1 Cross Bone Clipper 1 Renegade Runner 2 Armada Flagships 1 Imperial Flagship 1 Caribbean Clipper 1 Red Beard Runner 2 Black Seas Barracudas 1 Viking Ship 6) Please list your MOCs and tell us a relative size comparison. 1 MOC complete and is 12 studs wide. 2 MOCs using 16 wide hulls in dry dock 1 that I am planning to model very closely to the HMS Victory in minifig scale, in dry dock 7) number of sailors and officers (pirates have officers too!) in your fleet? 544 total 155 Red Soldiers 128 Blue Soldiers 7 Red Admirals 2 Blue Admirals 135 Red & white striped shirt sailors 27 Blue & white striped shirt sailors 18 Red & black striped shirt sailors 31 Blue shirt with golden horizontal bars sailors 11 Armada Soldiers 8 Females 13 Pirate Captains 9 Other various figures from the era 8) your favorite mini-fig in your fleet, and who is the commander of your fleet? none 9) How many ships to you have up in dry-dock? 3 10) Do you wargame with your fleet? I will be soon!! Your Army and Fortifications 1 Imperial Trading Post 1 Eldorado Fortress 1 Lagoon Lockup 1 Cannon Cove 1 Sabre Island 1 Viking Fortress 1 MOC fort with 27 cannons 1 Fort Legoredo Final Tally 1) out of all your collection combined, what is your strength in: I have over 100 Lego cannons, plus about 40 MOC cannons. I also might have a strength in men and ships. 2)What is your collection goal? Pretty much unlimited, but I�d like to have at least one of every ship plus eventually a 1st rate ship of the line to proper scale with the correct sized harbor to hold it. 3) Are there any sets that you are hunting for in the near future set: More Emperors� Ships 1 Armada Flagship 1 Imperial Flagship 1 Caribbean Clipper 1 Skulls Eye Schooner 1 Enchanted Island 1 Islander Catamaran 1 Imperial Outpost 1 Pirates Ambush 1 Shanghai Surprise 4)favorite set? Imperial Flagship and the Imperial Trading Post 5) Construction plans? What have you started or planning to start in the near future? Finish MOC ships 6) Links to any of your creations or something you would like to share These are both my brothers, but I made them. http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...?showtopic=7798 http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...?showtopic=6762 (the catamaran) 7) Do you have a MISB Navy or Army? Nope 8) Location of your Lego Universe: (ie: the legoribean...) The Mediterranean and the Caribbean 9) Where are you really from? Wisconsin, USA 10) Any sort of brief discription you want to give of your collection, small backstory, or other about your collection? I have a huge box completely filled with Lego sets I haven�t put together yet. They are mostly Castle and Western though. I also have quite a few castle sets, including all the Dragon Masters and some others. I also have several Western sets, but mostly just the big ones.

Since the Islanders represented by Lego seem to have paint, this MOC may benefit from painting the sail. I may later paint the sail and further mimc the original set, Islander Catamaran #6256. *sweet*