Elusys Ra Arwal

When I'm getting this set I'll leave the sails in the original box and won't touch them, I'll make my own. On the wreck I will have all broken sails, so that makes more sense. As colours, maybe I will still make them red and white, but using faded colours, a lot of darkened places so to show off the time and weather damage

It works very well without the second floor. So, did you guys try to see how much it would cost so far??

Yep that's the palm piece and it was kinda difficult to find it in black, but I managed... though for the ancor, since I don't understand why lego doesn't make those gray pieces in black, I spray-painted them and they came out perfect and now the anchor looks nicer and less awkward colourwise...

It is understandable that you are going to work on your own projects, though I'm glad to learn that @Brickander Brickumnus will work on the base. I thought you added light through photoshop or something similar, because in my renderings they never shine that much. Maybe you're also using a darker background so it accentuates the effect and I didn't notice it in mine? You're using stud.io right? Maybe there's some other setting in the rendering panel that creates this "shine effect", like a certain lighting positioning or something else that makes the digital light refract more on those parts specifically?

@Stoertebricker haha that was funny! Anyway a week ago or something I saw on bricklink that curved piece very cheap and in huge quantity, so I could really buy it and maybe I will just because it could be useful or i could try and add it there just to see the effect, but having it built for real, the black one is better because it is not a really imposing colour. One modification I would really do but I have yet to find a decent way to make is to change the bow. As you can see other people suggested to build it out of bricks to make the curve of the ship more organic instead of abrupt, though I tried with regular and curved slopes, but I am not really satisfied because the design of the planks of the lower section are of course not much replicable, so I am still wondering if to leave it like that or what. I also thought to make a "mask" out of paper and to stick it with a very light and non-disruptive glue, so to make the progress of that line more natural.. but I think this will be the last resource, if nothing else comes to my mind... @victorycount The cannons you see in these pictures are not the final design I used - actually I'm going to post some more pictures about the cannons - because the final part I used was a very, very old type of brick, which I bought, and it didn't really connect to the new ones very well at all and the reason is because being it is several decades old, the size of the studs and holes have changed millimeterically, compared to the newers parts. This is the old set of cannons, small and large: BSB-BP Merger (final 1)_14 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr and here an intermediate version in grey plus the definitive version of the large one in black: BSB-BP Merger (final 1)_58 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr

It does look very nice. Seeing the torches and lanterns on adds a lot to it. Are you guys going to make an alternative version with a brick-built base?

I haven't updated this post in a long time, although the ship was finished and built in real life by November 2019. Therefore, in a series of posts, I will publish what I have done and afterwards also some pictures of it in real life. Unfortunately, because of this pandemic, I couldn't go to the models store and buy ropes, blocks etc. to rig the ship properly, so I resorted in using an ugly cord just to use it as a prototype for where everything should go. For the sails, I will make them using paper first and then, when I can, I'll buy the appropriate textile, because it needs a certain scale and weave count to be somewhat "accurate", but I'll discuss this matter at a later time, posting also some photos of how a couple of modelers approached the making of sails, even if they're kind of elaborate to make (in their way at least). Here there's a different view of the interior, which was starting to be completed going towards the stern section: BSB-BP Merger (final 1)_02 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr BSB-BP Merger (final 1)_03 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr And here a complete view of the lower deck: BSB-BP Merger (final 1)_46 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr At the far right of this picture you can see a brown bar sticking out, that's the rudder, and at this time I was considering making it functioning through the use of cables that are linked to the steering wheel, as you can see in this drawing. rudder sailing ship 18th c by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Making that would have prevented any access to the cabin and lower deck, so I avoided it...

Yeah, it was hard but I loved the challenge, though it was a bit easier just because there were several more pictures from different angles I could use for reference to build it. Then, when I got the published instructions, it was fun to see where I did "wrong", but I really loved the challenge nonetheless That's why I said you two are doing an excellent work, because it is and it requires lots of patience and interpretation.

Amazing! It is coming along VERY well! Bravi!

Back in 1970 Niels Milan Pedersen created the first minifigures with the features we know today and, according to Lego, it was decided when the figure was created that it - besides having a yellow face with a neutral happy expression - would have no sex or race as these would be "determined by the child's imagination and play." source: https://www.thelocal.dk/20200224/creator-of-denmarks-iconic-lego-figure-dies-aged-78

I like the colors and the brick sails, also the small detail on the window, that was very inventive!

I wanted to try and merge forbidden island with this bay and maybe use as few pieces as possibile, (I had to create a baseplate for the old set though), I haven't really joined the two baseplates, just "smashed" one into the other to see the overall look and where I wanted to place them both. The way I did is one of the two options and I think it is the most logical, given the large space left by the middle-section of the ship, though I was considering removing the old gray staircase and use the brown one on the right, since it basically go nowhere and it is pointless to have that thing there anyway. Pirates of Barracuda Bay_mod3 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Pirates of Barracuda Bay_mod3_2 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Pirates of Barracuda Bay_mod3_3 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Pirates of Barracuda Bay_mod3_4 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr I need to refine and maybe reduce the size of the base for forbidden island and remove parts of the pirate bay to fit them together, plus I need to finish the tavern on top of the staircase on the left and also see if I need to modify further the prison of FI. I was also thinking about making it anew and update its stile to match the current set, but that would mean "getting rid" of the original set, which I don't want to... Also all of this would be possible if and when those curved tan bases will be available on bricklink, otherwise I'd need to change into plates every one of those, so to have a similar beach all around the place.

I thought it would require less tiles, though I forgot how big the set is. Nonetheless a beautiful effect. Thanks for the info!

I understand... I was thinking to get this set around Christmas time, and so I was wondering if it may go on sale, but yes, you both make valid points.

Do you guys think there will be some sort of sale in the following months for this set? Or its price will stay the same until it is retired?

@Robin_IV I like that. So you made an underneath layer of tiles of different colors and on top you added transparent tiles or colored ones? And in any case, doing such thing in real life, would it cost a lot?

I'm done with the reconstruction of this set. Here are the pictures and the stud.io file: Pirates of Barracuda Bay_22_mod1 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Pirates of Barracuda Bay_21_mod1 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Link to the .io file https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnjD_3iOHS04jE7q8E6jupKBZlgx?e=pdkP3v Enjoy!

My first small mod as in color scheme, to bring it to what it was originally is to substitute all the white slopes to reddish brown ones and change the white 1x2 on the lids and the 1x2x2/3 slopes into dark brown ones: Pirates of Barracuda Bay_15_mod1 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Pirates of Barracuda Bay_16_mod1 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr In the following pictures, instead, I have done something different that I suggested before, that is leaving the ship with its original white color and create additional panels with foliage and scrap-wood on top so to use it to cover the ship in its docked version and take them off to use as pieces to build something else on the island once the whole ship is removed. So the story would go like this: the ship would look like an actual wreck, or something made out of wood found anywhere, until they decide to put it to good use and build an updated version of their former ship, which is the assembled one, once everything's removed... Pirates of Barracuda Bay_17_mod1 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Pirates of Barracuda Bay_18_mod1 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Pirates of Barracuda Bay_19_mod1 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Pirates of Barracuda Bay_20_mod1 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr I think this last solution could have even been easily proposed in the actual package and have a big extra bag full of some more parts (together with the parts provided to make the ship model) to attach these extra panels and build some structures on the emptied island...

wow thank you! That's great :)

I finished decoding and building in stud.io the other half of the Barracuda bay, and also I did something else, I changed the colour of the midsection to reddish brown for the white slopes and dark brown for the little white parts underneath the cannons lids. I purposefully left out the bow and I also deleted the mast and the rigging, because, beside the fact that for many the ambivalence of this build, more keen to "let's rebuild the BSB", rather than "here is the pirate bay made out of scraps, though you have some hulls parts here and there that, if you want, you can try and build some ship out of it", I think the colour scheme was one of the big issues being too white and colorful, rather than darker and toned down. Hopefully you like it and maybe gives you ideas to mod it in that way.... PS: I was even thinking about making some more "scrap parts" like the one on top of the tavern entrance and attach them to the sides of the ship, leaving just the cannons lids out, but I forgot to do it, though I might do it and leave the regular colours of the middle section as they are. Original Colours: Pirates of Barracuda Bay_14 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr Modified Colours: 1. Right side view Pirates of Barracuda Bay_15 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr 2. Left side view Pirates of Barracuda Bay_16 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr

1. The upper deck problem lies only for the mast part, you have to detach the rigging in order to access it, both in shipwreck or complete ship form. 2. You can't really remove the windows because they've been built to support the cannon lid, removing the frame makes the part very easy to fall off. (I know that because when I built my MOC I didn't put a longer plate underneath those things and I had to order parts to modify it to circumvent that very problem) 3. You could do that, but then the cannons would be squeezed together, their wheels would be touching, plus you have to remove the part that functions as a door to the tavern, plus on the back there are some arches that also need to be removed. 4. It could be done but you need to rework it quite a bit. I'll attach a picture as soon as the render finishes, so you understand what I mean... ...and here you go! http://Pirates of Barracuda Bay_13 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr

Thank you guys! I can't wait to be done with it, though I don't think I will before April 1st... But once I'm done I'll share the file so people can modify it. Thanks, I was going to finally share here the result, but good spoiler there hehehe -------------------------------------------------------------- I'm sorry many people are questioning what Lego made in the end because of a "lack of resemblance" with the original submission. I think the problem lies on the color scheme and the cabin being too curvy. Because all in all the tavern part, even if it has angled walls, it is enough square and closer to the original (main mast aside). The other half of the build has a very prominent Bow and cabin that make it seem like a different piece, even if both original idea and final product have each part where it should be, such as: Bow with a mast on the left side, tall building with one window and a door underneath with stairs in the middle and a lower square building for a tavern on the right.

What if I tell you all that in the past couple days (that is the whole day of yesterday and today) I've been working on recreating this beauty in Stud.io? Because I just finished the first half of the island where the mid-section of the ship (the tavern) sits! Now I'm working on the second half of the island, where the bow + captain's cabin are located so to speak. I'll update this message with a couple of renders http://Pirates of Barracuda Bay_07 by Guglielmo di Napoli, on Flickr

That ship is here https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/142961-shipwrights-guild-hall-wips-feedback-and-advice/&page=2 ;) Btw I love that thread, very insightful!

Your work is stunning as usual, Congratulations!