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So Technic figures are not allowed here? What about Fabuland guys?

Just curious, does spending the bonus point for your own entry still require claiming of all three bonus points?

I'd like to claim my two bonus points for: Mailing List VERIFIED Picture Challenge Vote VERIFIED Total: 7 Points

Ok, my bad I did swap the meaning of critic with what we've been doing lately - giving feedback. Sorry for that, one can see my brain's on holiday ...

But the point (in my opinion) of the creative critics is to try and get the debate going and maybe even enhancing the entries. There is almost no point in writing the critics now since they won't get much reply especially not from the authors because they can't change the entries anymore. In other words if someone would've written his opinion and even if it was very well written and long, if author and most of other people wouldn't agree with it and nothing is changed in any of that critics direction it's not such a successful critic then? Or is it anyway? Because someone could then be stating huge critical facts in directions that author never wanted to go - completly changing his story in a way the critic wanted. Would he still be after the reward even though his critic did not make much sense?

^^ My thoughts exactly ...

Although I'm not to fond of the mini scale creations, I think this one is really well done. The idea for tantacles is really cool and the ship is done nicely! I'd only suggesst removing the Krakens head since it was not seen until the last scene in the movie. If you are for the accuracie of the movies that is, not because the head wouldn't be done good enough. I'd love to see something similar in the minifig scale, but I understand it's hard to get enough pieces to build a cracken that big ...

Wow, this is far better than the first thing! Don't forget to update the first post with these pics (since I think those are the ones used to link to from the voting thread). When I suggested making the Endeavour bigger I had in mind something like 3 studs :) But I know it's hard to find pieces that are 3 studs wide to connect everything and to create the curves. Still I think this version is better then the first - it was just too tiny ... Also the destruction and flying parts looks great. I also like how you removed the cannonballs "paths" - that's not possible creating the MOC in real :D

As said, it can't be worse than the official one. Anyways the MOC is really nice and clean and I too miss some detail on the fontain. I think some imitation of moss could be included - some green bricks or the small leave pieces. Also I think it's a bit tall. it's been a while since I've seen the movie, but as I remember it, it was just a bit taller than human beings. Now waiting for the POTC wave 2 of LEGO, so you can enhance the MOC with some Spaniards!

I wanted to take a shot from behind the crowd to get Barbossa and Elizabeth in focus, but my crappy camera always made the close guys in the crowd blurry. I know it's usual for things out of focus, but this one was really bad so I did not decide to post any of those pictures - The "Was your father Will Turner" picture is missing :D Sadly I can't make any improvements to it since I'm leaving for holiday ...

Well now that you're a member things get easier around here. No more missed opportunities and always up to date on what's happening. This is your first competition and there's many more to come, especially if you're not just into pirates theme, then there's another one almost right after one finishes. I'm hardly waiting for the collectible minifigs series 5 competition! Ok, sorry for this useless and off topic post for this thread. :D

I've already stated my opinion in the previous topic announcing this competition, I'll be shorter this time ... I agree that voting for yourself is a bit odd, but as far as I remember it's always been present in this part of forums to give it more Pirate feel. So I'd at least suggest to cut the bonus points you can give yourself to one - if you get all the bonus points. However I think that the majority of the entrants are mature enough and I encourage them not to vote for themselves. I won't since I feel more like a bluecoat ... I must say that you are lucky you could even enter the contest. Usually the contest rules on Eurobricks state, that you have to be a member of Eurobricks before the contest even starts. About the bonus point for voting, I kind of agree it's odd, but that was one of ways for getting people to vote for the previous competition, which sadly not many did and the results were kind of funny. Well try to explain how do you imagine voting for an entry in a competition that is already over? :D Firstly, yes all the stories will be collected and linked in one new voting post. At least that's what they do with other competitions. As for the entrants votes, I'd say it would be stupid not to vote, as they always do. Again here I encourage everyone to vote as soon as possible to avoid giving impression of voting for your own interest. Anyway that can still be done by voting for yourself and the entries that you think are the least probable to win. But from my experience here from the past I think always the top entries win. Of course some have different tastes but in general it all comes to an average opinion. Let's just hope that as many members vote as possible, which will make the competition as fair as possible for everyone regardless of some e-friend and bonus points. May the best entries win!

Updated the first post with some better pictures ... hope you guys like it! Captain Genaro: Using a SNOT technique was my first idea as I've done it on a smaller vig. But I happened to realize I don't have enough blue basic bricks and even those are older and have some nasty teeth marks in them, so I decided to go with ordinary plates!

This really is one hell of an entry! Recognizable and also clean. The characters are very nicely picked and just out of curiosity I'd suggest you put this boat further to the dock and the second one on as well. Just to see what you'd come up with the characters! Good luck in competition!

Glad you guys like it. The roof is not attached to it, but it fits on top of it perfectly. It has studless plates in each corner that sit on each other on different heights so it doesn't move out of position. I don't have any more golden pieces apart from some really big ones. I think there is enough gold but it's mostly in the corner behind Barbossa not seen clearly in this picture. And 'the first attempt' is part of the title, not meaning there will be a second one. It's the first attempt of pirates trying to lift the course in the movies :D I added that so the title is distinct to your entry. More pisctures are coming, but sadly it's all cloudy here at the moment. Hope it gets sunnier along the day. The positioning of Barbossa and Elizabeth is all right since the crowd is in focus in this picture. Wait for more pictures ...

This is my version of isla de la Muerta from the first movie. It represents the first time Barbossa and his cursed crew tried to lift the curse with the wrong person. Finally the weather today was nice and I managed to take some pictures. Here is an overall view of the scene. Please don't mind the black plates on the side, they prevent the light from coming in through the tiny gaps between the rocks. They were just used for photo shooting. And I really liked Yatkuus idea of creating a short comic though his Photoshop skills are far superior. Here's my try! Hope you enjoyed it! P.S.: just for information; I prefer LEGO sets to any video games ...

Ahahaha, the human kid to the rescue! Nice touch there with this joke. I really prefer this version to the first one, it makes all sense and everything is connected. Just a quick suggestion would be that yellow soldiers could play dead when thinking a kid is approaching and you wouldn't need the rope and mast action. Just in case if you want to add something or describe something more in detail. Although that part is not unnecessary, it could be left out, because the kid idea is really awesome! Also at the end it's not clear weather Jack said “Oh, bugger.” or is that what you as a writer say. In either case i think it can easily be left out. Damn you all, there's so many good entries, it'll take me a week to decide which one to vote for. Great improvement and again good luck!

Hey this is an interesting entry. I like the design and the idea also the realization is quite good. I'd only change the canons. Instead of the round studs and the light placers, I'd use a 1x1 brick with a technic hole through and put the technic pins into them. I also think the middle ship should not only be taller but also a bit longer and wider then the other two. For you it won't be hard to do a little fix here and there, since it's all digital. Didn't know digital entries are allowed though. I see I haven't checked the rules for a long time ... and now my entry is almost finished! Good luck in the contest!

Yes but the captain's cabin has a unique globe piece and printed bottles plus some other usefull bricks. I too find this set very useless especially for the fact it includes Jack and because there are no generic pirates / civilians!

This is a great idea for a MOC. I was about to do the same thing, though on the 32x32 plate but then I realized I don't have a brown head for the little guy and knowing how picky AFOLs around here are I changed my mind. I like how you made the piers join under an angle, but I'd really make them wider in your place. There was quite some room in the movie. Also I'm not too fond of the plate you've used. It has gaps and looks unfinished. I think It'd look better on a square plate if you have enough blue tiles that is ... Nice little vignette and good luck in the contest!

Hey greg3. I must say that this is currently one of my favorite entries! It's really well written and unique in more ways! First it's the already mentioned focus of the story on the redcoats, which is a very smart move. Second (my favorite) is the fact that on the contrary to all other entries which try to describe as much as possible in the limit of 300 words, this entry describes actually a total of 3 dialogue lines which probably happen in less than a minute, but in such a detailed way that it really makes the reader satisfied! I really don't think there is much to add to the story. But as I've mentioned before not being satisfied with the usage of parenthesis, I must mention that I'm not too fond of using the ellipsis either (...). I think that this is rarely used in literature and can easily be replaced by dot, comma or simply left out in some places. I think though ellipsis does have its meaning, the story is read more fluently without them. At least not with so many. Another thing I'd like to note here is that I really like the picture. Of course the edit could be done better, but it gave me straight the foggy feel. I'd only use a darker blue filter over the whole picture - before the mist - to make it look more like it's lit by the moonlight at night. Current picture looks like there's a sunset light coming from the right - the yellowish tone on the leg of the private (bottom right). Nice entry and good luck in the competition!

Hi operrier. I must admit this is another promising entry but for my taste it lacks connectivityonly. The idea is great and jokes as well as the instructions booklet reference to real LEGO are also a nice touch. But even if you didn't tell us it's a cut from a longer script I think it's clearly noticeable. The thing is that you have a long intruduction with the rescue part, and then there is a big hole and then the arrival at the QAR. There's too much you're trying to tell. The introduction as always is needed and it's in place. The rescue description is good for the humor and it fits into the story as a nice detail. But then the arrival at QAR is in my opinion too far away (timeline vise) to be included into the story because there's too much empty space in between, where we don't know what happened. Have in mind that for a short story you have to do significant changes to an almost 2000 words long script if you want to tell us everything. I'd keep the story as it is even with the QAR part but would consider these changes: First take the prior advice to write in a more active way - this will clearly give you more words. Second, shorten the introduction a bit and feel free to leave out some unimportant things. In some places you have whole sentences describing single facts, which could easily be replaced by an adjective or a few words in a previous sentence. For example your first paragraph could be changed into something like this: Jack Sparrow was silently sailing in a rowboat through the night. He was guiding himself with his compass which was pointing to the place where his old friend Brickbeard was held prisoner. It is unimportant for the story where Jack sailed from and that he borrowed the BSB from Brickbeard. Also the fact that the compass shows the thing you want the most is clear to anyone familiar with the POTC series and therefore not needed. Not seeing anything in the night is also a simple fact that can be spared for the sake of word count. Third: describe the escape a bit more. Even if it's not a long fight like in your script. That would add the missing part to the story - what happened between the prison and the boat arrival to the QAR - and give it more conectivity. I'd also shorten the ending a bit with something like Bricbeard asking Jack what or preferably who was he thinking about when watching the compass before thanking him for bringing them to the QAR. Therewith you could get rid of the last sentence which explains what people could've figured out from the Brickbeards question. Sorry for tearing apart your story a lot, but as with previous suggestions feel free to use these or leave them. I just think that this is a very good idea and a nice first draft, but needs more work to get an excellent shor story from it. Either way good luck in the competition!

Nice entry and you beat me in realising the same idea. I'll still post my version (still under construction), which will be from the first scene in the cave, where Elizabeth's blood didn't work. I do agree with things mentioned before. Will and Elizabeths position is a bit off. They should be fighting the undead or you could remove the undead and place Jack and Barbosa into different position with the guns ... Also the first photoshopped image really does the creation no justice. It's fuzzy and not clear. Better put on the non shopped version of the whole MOC. But about the monkey, I do find it interesting with the fleshy hands and it does not bother me a bit. Some prefer yellow and some prefer flesh, but you really can't combine these two colours or the MOC gives you the feeling of beeing rushed or unfinished. Great work and good luck in the competition! P.S. I noticed you missed the word 'Entry' in the subtitle, so ask a mod to edit it for you.

Quite an interesting design you've got here. Although it is clear that it is built from one set, I think it can still be improved. If you're insisting on staying with one set bricks then I'd just add the custom rigging as mentioned, and turn all the masts around, so that the sails are in front of the masts! Else you could also change the color of sails to any othe colored LEGO pieces you have and maybe add some technic pins for cannons.

Hey JuliBlue! Although I think you chose the easiest way of writing an entry (No dialogue and writing in first person) the entry is still very good and unique, since noone's done that before. It is just that, there is not much to say contstruction vise, apart from some minor gramatical changes Bricks4Fun already mentioned. I'd just add here I'd finish the last sentence like this ... prepared to meet death with a cutlass in my hand. I didn't count the words, so I don't know how you're doing. As for the content part, I think there's too many real fans of POTC movies rather than only LEGO fans (including me) and therefor are disturbed by facts that were not in the movies instead of imagining that in LEGO world anything is possible. Therefor I too would change the Black Pearl with the Flying Dutchman. It's one of the ships everyone is eagerly waiting for, but noone survived to discribe how it looks like. I have no other problems with the content. Even if you leave the Black Pearl in it could easily sink the Imperial flagship, since I presume after a big fight with QAR it was heavily damaged! And about the classic pirates, I do think the 2009 line should also go into that group, but let the moderator answer you this one or ask in the competition rules to be sure.