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Lovely build, both inside and out. That pie reminds me it is time for my beakfast, so i'd better log off now!

Brilliant build, and really good photograph that shows it off in crystal clear detail. I wish I could take pictures this good! The fishing smack is beautifully built, I always admire builds that don't use the Lego pre-formed ship hulls. I have no idea how you have build that swept, angled gunwale but its a very sophisticated technique that looks awesome. Just one tiny niggle; mixing yellow and flesh coloured minifigs in a single build looks a little odd.

This is a truly epic build! Great work. Lovely plough. You have taken a build that was already brilliant and made it even better. Willem is going to be a rich guy once he gets all that cotton to market. However, it is really difficult to capture such a big build in a photo, a lot of detail gets lost, so I think a couple more close up shots might be good.

'So may I introduce to you, The MOC you've wanted all these years, Captain Braunsfeld's Lonely Hearts Club Band!' But what would you do if they sang out of tune? Great little model, it made me laugh out loud. Really well executed,although I'm not sure about the bag pipes! John's huge trumpet is genius.

The vegatation is brilliantly done, and this is a great choice of topic; no sailing without rope! Nicely done depiction of rope making too. Just down the road from my house there was an 18thc. rope yard, they made ropes up to half a mile long! Not sure how many studs that would be...

20160310_192446 by Chris Warburton Brown, on Flickr Above: John Hawksbrugh reads Philip Janszen's letter challenging him to a duel, during an angling trip near Port Raleigh (This is John Hawksbrugh's reply to a letter sent to him by Philip Janszen challenging him to a duel.) To Philip Janszen, supposed gentleman, wherever he may be Dated this 13th day of March in the 616th year After Empire Port Raleigh Sir, I received your letter this very morning from the mail boat Argonaut, and am replying in haste as the boat leaves again in a few hours. When the Argonaut docked, I was on the point of departing for a day's angling with my new friend Lt. Howard of the Royal Engineers and some other gentlemen, and so I opened your letter while sitting on the tranquil banks of the River Flynn just outside Port Raleigh. I must admit Sir that I was somewhat surprised by the fierce tone of your response. Upon calm reflection, aided by the soothing waters of the river, I have realised that I may have been somewhat rash in calling you an 'Olean turncoat'. I therefore withdraw this comment and offer you an apology for it. However, your remark that I had been 'under Lady Winifred's skirts' remains a slander on the name of a most gracious lady, and continues to call into question your status as a gentleman. Unless you offer me an apology for this calumny, I am fully prepared to engage you in personal combat as and when you should make your way to Port Raleigh. I should warn you, sir, that I have already engaged Lt. Howard as my second, and will be taking instruction in pistol shooting from him and in swordsmanship from that most excellent gentleman Master Kenner, in anticipation of your arrival. I look forward to your arrival here, if you have the stomach for the fight, and to receiving full satisfaction for both my and Lady Winifred's honour. I remain, sir, your undaunted and determined foe, John Hawksbrugh esq. (NB: This little MOC was inspired by Wencelaus Hollar's 1647 engraving Angling, turned at 180 degrees.)

What town wouldn't be enhanced by a property like this one? Great build and an intriguing new story developing here...I look forward to seeing the next instalment.

Poor Rick! Looks like it might be a while before his daydreams can come true, but who knows what fate has in store for him? Great use of the same scene for two linked builds, nice minifig placement and great photography.

Brilliant hats! I want one! And the instruments are pretty cool too. All together a lovely little scene with an original story.

'I considered each regiment having different facing colours like in the British practice, but without custom torsos I think it's too difficult to do in Lego. In my mind, the epaulette colour denotes the company, dark green for light, white for line and red for grenadiers. Therefore my examples are from the same company. Blue facing and epaulettes for marines (blue = water!)' Thanks Ayrlego. To clarify, when I asked about facing colours, I actually meant epaulettes, not cuffs, which as you say would be too difficult to customise. I think the problem with your choice of colours is that white is one of the rarest Lego epaulette colours but line companies are the most common soldiers. This will make it difficult for me to replicate your colour scheme. I appreciate your uniforms aren't definitive but it would be nice to have consistency in Corrington armies. So I guess I'll be sticking to marines and volunteer companies for now, which is fine for the new colonies anyway. Maybe I'll visit Bricklink at some point and stock up on white epaulettes! Anyway, I love your work on these guys, they look magnificent! 'The light dragoon feels like he is from a slightly earlier time period.' Well shakos weren't adapted in European armies until 1800 anyway, and even tricornes until 1690s, whereas the first colonial explorations were in the 1500s. So if we are comparing years in BoBS world to our world it all falls apart anyway, I think its better not to think like that but just to go for a generic 'Age of Sail' style in all our minifigs and buildings.

Fabulous ship, everything about it is perfect. Wth minimal rigging and simple sails, the xebec is a great ship to build in lego. You've done it full justice here. Amazing work, I am in awe of your skills!

This is amazing. The keys and pipes are just fabulous. Such clever use of Lego pieces, totally beyond my imagination!

Approval from me! A fun little build. I hope none of these parrots have been nailed to the perch?

Great use of binocular pieces for guns, and ice ceam for smoke. Sails look great too. BoBS has so far had very few micro builds, almost everything has been to minifig scale, but for ship to ship combat this scale really works well. Nice work! Its just a shame you haven't built them for real!

Great build, it is lovely to see all this ordinary daily living going on alongside the grand ships, the piracy and the exploring. Not sure I like the idea of SNOT on a bakery floor though; I guess these guys haven't passed their health and hygeine exams?

Nice build, great story and really good storytelling with the photos. Chilling ending as well. Of course it all worked out well in the end, but the early history of British and French settlement in the New World (before about 1650) was something of a disaster, with starvation and native spears a regular threat and the settlers themselves deeply divided on religious and political grounds. Most of the early settlements failed. Indeed serious problems continued well into the 18th c. (e.g. The Darien Expedition). So actually this is much more typical of that early history than most of the 'happier' builds posted here.

The stern view is lovely, very atmospheric. A small boat but a nice wide hull for the 'six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch'. I notice that the crew are wisely wearing helmets to protect against those inevitable monkey banana-throwing incidents. Hopefully Capt. Tallyman's wig is well padded for same.

I love the roof, it gives a real feeling of a huge building. It reminded me of the medieval stables (now cafe) at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire. But the drain is a bit clean, could do with a bit of mould and stuff!

Lovely minifigs, fills out the military background of Corrington very nicely. I especially like the inclusion of the cavalry. I look forward to seeing local militia/volunteer company uniforms develop as the colonies grow. I found out just last week that the suburb where I lived raised a volunteer rifle company in 1802! Can I ask a question for clarification? Does Corrrington follow British 18th c. practice in giving each regiment different facing colours (so your light, line and grenadier figures are from different regiments), or do the facings differ between companies (so your figures are from a single regiment)?

Nice build which would certainly dominate any town or island. Looks the part as well; a fortress rather than a mediaval castle, and a great colour scheme. And I love the green soldiery. By the way, in preparation for my current build I have been looking at lots of beach pictures and discovered sand can range from dark yellow to pure white, so that seems fine. For me the only weakness here is the sea, but as I am only starting to learn how to create Lego sea myself, I can offer no advice, sorry!

Great build, and a pretty realistic view of 18th century garrison life in peace time I reckon. Some of the stories from the early Amercan military outposts are fairly shocking; duelling, brawling, drunkeness, insubordination and open conspiracy against the government. 'A few tiles mixed in with the sand would improve the look generally' says Garmadon. But it looks fine to me; I don't know why so many builders here are obsessed with loads of texture? We have plenty of beaches round here which are just miles of plain flat sand (shameless plug for Northumbria's tourist industry!).

Although we are close to naming our new islands, the map is looking very empty of place names. I have a suggestion for naming rivers, mountains, bays etc: following British Imperial practice, the 'discoverer' (i.e. MOC builder) of any new geographical feature other than an island should be allowed to choose its name. Could be named after its physical appearance (Sugar Loaf Mountain), a member of the royal family (Augusta), a desirable attribute (Concord), the discoverer themselves (Drake's Bay), a local or national hero (Washington), or maybe even a member of their own family. Hopefully this will give everyone some incentive to starting filling in the blanks on the map. What do others think?

Awesome beach house, my daughter says she would really like to live there. My other daughter loves the pet penguin and wants one. I especially liked the creepers up the side and back, and the cannon in case the mother-in-law wants to come over for dinner. We all agree your hair is amazing but we think you need a matching moustache.

I like this idea of building a ship without actually building a ship. As I own no special Lego ship pieces, this is somehting I will have to try myself if i am ever to have anything bigger than a class 2 ship. When that time comes, i will take my inspiration from your example!

Welcome ZaneKane, I hope Sir Simon won't be a stranger for long! Lovely little scene to introduce your sigfig. I vote 'New Corrington' and 'Cocovia'. Are others familiar with the Telly Tubbies: Lala, Dipsy, Tinky Winky and Po? Which one will Tomsche want to name the next island after? Dipsyland, Tinkywinkyland, or even Poland...as if anyone would ever call a country Poland!