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Hi, I just read the rules and they look like lots of fun I am not on Facebook otherwise I'd "like" it! I built a fleet a while ago for playing on the floor, check it out here: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47266&view=findpost&p=858545 http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=49275 It was originally made for Evil Stevie's Pirate Game, but maybe I'll give your ruleset a try When I was a kid I played something similar, albeit far simpler, on the floor, shooting the little cannons and removing any bricks and parts that were hit, it was great fun! One question: The rules for Ship Island state that a player can shoot the ship that's anchored there and it gets replaced with the next in line; isn't this a cheap tactic to get a better vessel? I mean, why would anyone not use this when buying a new ship? I'm looking forward to hearing more of this game. Edit: Also, how is initiative handled? Who moves first, and is there any way to avoid being not able to hit an enemy at all when he sails his ship in a way that puts him outside my arc of fire because he was allowed to move after me?

Clearly the work of Jason Vorhees.

Looks like a floating brick Seriously, the bowcastle (?) is very tall, and as a whole the ships looks massive, but that is more a problem of the standard hull pieces with a "correct" over-and-under-deck construction. Very nice colors (or lack thereof ;) ), good detail. I like it!

As found on theawesomer.com. Hope this is not a repost Builder's MOC page: http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/62542 Edit: Just noticed that creater Mike Doyle is registered here, so I hope he finds this thread and shares further insight into his projects!

The light green works great on a cemetary. Trees and tombstones are nice, too. What's the deal with the overly long stairway to the crypt, though? One suggestion I would make is to try and break up the edge of the scene by placing some more vegetation and/or topographic features like small hills near it, so that the background transition isn't as aprupt.

I would like to congratulate the three winners of both categories for their awesome work. They truly showed how much can be done with a) a few bricks, an interesting scene in mind, cool techniques, LOTS of motivation and love for detail! b) chreating a piratey atmosphere in their little stories and having the skills to tell it in a way that can be considered the best in PoTC fan-fiction! Hats of to you, gentlemen, for inspiring others to do as you did and go out of your way to present a MOC or story that clearly shows that you not only loved the movie(s), but also chose the perfect scene to show others your bricking or storytelling skills I would also like to congratulate ALL participants for their efforts. That only three members won does not mean your MOCs will be forgotten. These were all great ideas, be it small, last-minute designs or large sets with staggering amount of details. I hope to see more of your creations in the next contest. I think everyone can be counted as a winner when he enjoyed building a MOC himself or looking at it on the forums. There is, however, one gripe I had with this contest: There clearly were not enough Kraken sets. I love squishy tentacles!

I use off-white fabric I bought from a department store. It's intended use seems to be as a table cloth. IT works really well, has a nice color for a sail, and can be painted or printed on. Check out the sailmaking tutorial, in the last part I talk about some of the techniques I used: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3351

Fabulous work on pretty much everything. The cool rope bridge, the exterior of the house, the interior details, little cupboards... Those planks nailed to the tower look good as well. Good use of different tones of brown. The only thing I might suggest is to make good photos of the MOC when it is done (in daylight, without using flash). Happy building!

Overuse of Photoshop's noise filter detected! On the other hand, Bluecoats rock and are the only true non-pirate faction!

This section answers a a couple of your questions: Figures don't need to stand directly next to a cannon to fire it; crew actions are pretty much abstracted, so it doesn't matter exactly where each sailor is located on a ship. I agree, however, that it's much more realistic to have them man the cannons As for the number of masts, a ship with two or three masts will survive critical rigging hits much longer. There is in fact no hard rule on how many masts to fit on a specific ship class, so just do what looks right. As a rough suggestion, I'd say Class 3 and below has 1 masts, Class 4-6 has two and Class 7 and above has three.

I wish TLG would make tiny minifig Pickelhauben so Napoelon and Blücher with his Prussian Army could slug it out

It must have cost a fortune getting all those bluecoats, flesh-colored body parts and accessoires! Well done!

For the limited choice if bricks, it's a good MOC. Nice colors, too. Now go and make a sail for it ;)

VERY hard to decide which entries NOT to give points to So here goes my vote: hammelgeier - Attack of the Kraken - 1 Point (Incredible accuracy & detail for it's scale) George G - MAELSTROM - 1 Point (Dynamic scene realized with two tiny micro-scale ships and some blue plates!) Matn - Tia Dalma's Shack - 1 Point (Captures the movie scene's atmosphere perfectly. Great detail. Tia looks kinda angry, though ) Captain Genaro - Welcome to Port Royal Mister Smith - 1 Point (Great movie scene captured in an instantly recognizable way) Yatkuu - Encounter at the blacksmith workshop - 1 Point (Another very dynamic scene with the added bonus of a great floor technique) I wish I had more points to give, there were many more MOCs that would have deserved them! Sorry!

I'm looking forward to your next MOC. As for the sails, check the sail-making tutorial in the tutorial index if you haven't already done so, it's worth it. Keeep up the good work!

Nice mood and lighting. The subtle colors and ambient light make it look like it's set on a moonlit night.

I guess it depends on the level of detail you try to achieve. Cobblestone roads would be very "period", and for a very good looking scene you could make every single stone from white, grey, dark grey round 1x1 plates (There are a lot of MOCs that use this technique). A low-tech version could probably be built using just large grey plates. Put some structures, hills or other stuff on the roadsides to break up their straight shapes. As for hills, I would just use a lot of green plates and bricks and put em together in an irregular fashion. Put some bushes and other plants here and there to break up the stark blocky shapes of the slopes etc. I suggest you look at some of the larger town/port style MOCs in the Pirates MOC forum to see how others constructed their roads. Getting inspiration is always a good way to start a new project

It's the revenge that the ship's captain will have on his adversaries that is black, not the ship itself Seriously, this is a pretty massive vessel. I hope you are not one of those guys who builds a giant model and then realizes it doesn'T fit through the doorway Are the sails made of paper? If yes, -1 for that detail! Make some proper ones from cotton, now! If no, then +1 for extra effort. Edit: Oh, and don't trip when you carry it around!

Works very well. I think using as many SNOTs as possible on the background scenery makes it even more believable.

Needs moar tentacles! Otherwise a nice build with good, thought-out techniques from what I can see. Regarding any similarity issues, I guess there's only so much you can do with this particular scene without going too far away from the movie

+1 for a great not-quite-microscale scene! Really dynamic action and full of details. Even the little sailor is instandly recognizable. The Kraken itself looks very good with it's tentacles full of suckers, and the ship breaks in half and gets pulled asunder just like in the movie. Cool!

Looks very dull to me, too much black. The movie version was mostly dark colored as well, but here I think they should have used at least one other color more prominently to break up all that blackness, especially with those black sails and masts. Only two cannons? (There seems to be a hole for a third one, this is apparently the same issue as with the Queen Anne's Revenge.) Lame! While I think the QAR is really good-looking, I have to say that I am pretty disappointed with this set as it is pictured here. Having Davy Jones and the hammerhead-shark-guy included with the Black Pearl also might mean we don't get a Flying Dutchman All in all, the Black Pearl MOC build by one of the forum members (sorry, can't remember his name) was far superior as far as I am concerned. Especially after he rebuild the ship's bow.

Cool SNOT technique, good amount of detail in that scene. Since most things have already beeen commented on, I will focus on a few that attracted my attention the most. The little ship in the distance (?) gives a cool illusion of depth. This is the first time I have seen this concept in a MOC, so props to that, as they say :D (If it really is supposed to be a tiny ship floating there for whatever reason, please disregard that!) The crabs are really nice as well, although I think they work better when looking from a distance, where their red carapaces can't be seen as the construction helmets they really are. What is that thing floating on the water, bound to the tree with a string?

Title should probably say "Animal Life in port" The leg pieces as wavy water look weird to me, but then again I also remarked that in your previous MOC thread, so it could be just me. The smoke sure is innovative and was the thing I immediately noticed. Good job on that! I pity the poor guy who has to sweep the streets every week and pick up all those bird droppings! Maybe that's why that man leaning out of the windows looks so upset