Captain Dee

Beautiful table. I love how well the camera focused on that shiny chrome gold coin! The whole scene looks nice and the grouping of minifigs looks really good. And the parrots' conversation is a perfect way to write it!

Sir Dee hates dancing, and therefore the ballroom is quite small, so... Ten times? Have you been spying on me? I haven't decided on the exact floor arrangement quite yet. The gold inside the center of that design will be swapped for white, and the patch of dark red inside that will probably include some black. Goldfinger strikes again!!

Your "ok" builds are fabulous by my standards. Anything in particular that you aren't happy with? I quite like the color scheme, especially the dark orange and light grey. The vegetation is good and I really like the effect you've created with the water. Good group of minifigs, too. My one complaint is just that the seagull and the light grey elements (pretty as they are) almost get lost on the edges against the white background, while the black base just jumps off the screen at us. Perhaps making the upper level dark grey, or some darker color/tone, would provide a sharper contrast instead, unless it ruins the overall look? Or perhaps a colored background, which I realize you never really do? Just a thought. Approved for the Glory of Corrington.

Section of ballroom floor. Please forgive the use of gold jumpers, rather than tiles -- I will need lots of attachment points for dancing minifigs.

That's quite a collection of minifigs and a very busy scene. The buildings are nice, and I like the interiors, but that beautiful wall is probably my favorite detail.

I really like the decor in this room. Both the curtains and swords on the wall look cool. All these builds to increase ship limits... what's going on...

I picked up on what it meant after having seen a few, but I have to agree with you regarding what it sounds like. I mean, there wasn't any better way to describe it?? C'mon now. @Classic_Spaceman That's perfect!

@GREG998 I think it has to do with past news topics in that sub forum being overrun with non-news, nonsense, baseless speculations, dumb arguments etc to the point that the real news was lost and buried; and that this (drastic) approach was deemed necessary to make the news topic useful, especially when there are "discussion" topics for all that other chatter; and considering that it seems nice warnings just weren't working anymore? At least that's the impression I get. As for the OP, I never get logged out that I can tell, but then I tend to log out if I'm going to be off for a while...

Nooooooo. If it appears that your invitation to the Great Ball originally read "Great Fall," then it's because, um, well, it's because there was a... a... a typo! Yeah, that's what it was. Next!!

He's obviously just preparing to take a saltwater bath, and taking his ducky along. Y'know, to test for sharks. Another fun little build. Perhaps the height of the dock is a result of, like, low tide? Did you intentionally leave out the typical brown from among the goods? It sure creates a stark contrast to the dock that way. And what piece is the wine bottle (goblet) resting on? Is it just resting on a tile? Ah yes, the typical Eslandolanican outlook on the world.

Nice build and excellent figure posing. And the faces on those noblemen are perfect! Good job with the story too. It sounds as if adventure awaits.

Crossed cannons as wall decor... that's a new one on me. I like your use of the black heads in the barrels; too bad you have to break up the curves with the blocky parts which I assume are necessary to mount them to the wall? I like the figure posing and broken section of wall, particularly the way Captain Argentum is rushing out over top of it. But for a newly promoted Commodore, he sure does spend a lot of time reading the classifieds! If you consider mowing grass artistic, then yep. Oh wait. That's the upper case kind. Oops. Hehe. No, seriously, this illustrates the story well enough.

Nice interior presentation, and creative way to complete the required build. I love the gleam on those cannonballs; it's a pity those pieces aren't small enough to actually fit into the cannons. On the subject of lighting, I would've swapped the position of the captain and the sailor he's talking to, just to get him out of that shadow where we could see him better!

@merc Perfect! I've seen it numerous times but never knew the source. LotR has provided lots of good minifig parts, torsos in particular. Thanks.

Absolutely! Could you perhaps ID Lyle's torso?

Yep, you're back!!

The big one will go in the ballroom, and multiples of the small one will be in the dining hall (and perhaps elsewhere). I haven't decided about the mid-size one just yet...

"Where is the Big Chandelier?" Sir Dee wondered.

I'd like to see your take, if you could make it different and unique. Go for it!

Fun build and great use of that genie minifig. "I'm here to help you dude. You ain't never had a friend like me."

@Kolonialbeamter you're backkkk!!!!

Splendid. One question: is the good Constable's wife the blond and his daughter the brunette, or do I have it backward? As for DUPLO, I've never given it a serious look. I went searching without much hope for LEGO mirrors and found 2 items: the (real?) mirror from a modular or something, and the DUPLO piece, which is available with the pearl gold "clock frame" base. So naturally I bought a few of the latter. But yeah, the compatibility is nice!

@Ayrlego Absolutely! I will try to accommodate them all. Sir Campbell will be... difficult! I'll see what I can do. Love that dress combo. I haven't seen that torso matched to that skirt. But I will probably leave the standard arms in place.

Oh no... terrible timing on my part. I assure you I won't be finished by then. Interesting looking challenge at any rate.

Until very recently, it had been almost 5 years since I last shopped on Bricklink. And I've bought very little from brick-and-mortar stores for several years. I've long wanted to do a project like this, and it takes more parts than I already had, so... Sometimes I wish I had friends or family that I could buy and share parts with. It would be easier that way, so long as everyone didn't want to use the same things at the same time!