Toltomeja

First, try to take better photos, or at least do something with the colours, using some graphic program, for example GIMP - it's free, and may be downloaded easily. Plus, using it is really simple. Please don't sulk, but I don't really like your entry - parts of your wall are either a mess or a boring gray wall. Frankly, the only think I like, is back side of your MOC, which is unfortunately shown only on 3 small photos. I can't wait to I see some bigger pictures. Anyway, good luck, and remember - the more you build, the better builder you become!

I think we can't change the rules entirely now, but can discuss some ideas for future contests. I don't say I want to be able to gain this point now, just want to help making the future rules simpler.

I like your model very much, and the best elements in it are trees! And the shapes of coastline by the water! I think you could only improve the rocks a bit - the "rock wall" is too flat, and also you could enrich it by making it 2-coloured, dark and light gray. I think comparing this with the Lego original set is senseless, hardly any Lego sets are better than AFOLs' MOCs, either because of unlimited quantity of parts in MOCs (unlike the original sets) or simply greater talent! Adding some more branches "towards camera" would be a good idea, if you havan't ran out of your leaves Good luck!

I like the rocks, especially the ones above, that are inverted. Congratulations on this, you've made it look really fine, the border line between bottom and inverted top is hard to spot. You've perfectly used two types of gray, and I see you managed to create a wonderful rock out of slopes, which is my favourite method. You also remembered to build some rocks sticking out of the water, which made the cave landmark esthetic and realistic. I'd enrich the water a bit adding some waves or something. The only thing I'd maybe nibble would be the black panel, but you ordered us not to do this, so I won't. The crowd of people at the entrance makes it yet better, thanks to the minifigs, our dear fellows, there's a lot of acction in it. I also like the details in the corner, at the first photo right. That torch and other stuff have proved, that you didn't forget about any nook of the model. Keep up the good work! Good luck!

Thanks very much for tips, I've changed it a bit =) I'm grateful for your help in grammar - here in Poland all books are written in a different way. The dialogues look like this: She looked beautiful. - I love you - said Frank - and I want to marry you. - Really? Not like this, like in English: 'I love you' he said 'and...' That's why I'm used to using dashes so often. I've just checked it in some books in English, of course you're right =) And about missing articles a/an: There were 300 words sharp, so I missed some of them not to write too many words with hope that nobody will mind it. BTW, were those all tenses in English created to kill foreigners cruerly? 1 past, 1 present and 1 future would be enough, and less confusing. Of course I don't blame you, but It's very hard for me to use them properly.

Well, Mister Phes, that are bad news for me. I've found out about the contest when the picture comment voting was over, so will I have no chance for all 3 points? Frankly, I don't agree with Matn. I think we should not be afraid to allocate 1 or 3 points to ourselves, because we have to give out the rest (4-5 points) to others anyway.

The only thing I think now is... ...Wow... ...and I'm looking at your MOC's charm and beauty in silence... ...and this silence continues... ...continues... ...continues... ...continues... ...OK, my shock and body&soul paralysis is over at the moment, so I may be able to write something now: The crocodile is nice. =D The house with nice inside and nice outside as well is nice. =D The water is nice and the quantity of tr.blue bricks makes me jealous - I have none. =D The plants is nice. And yes, quantity of plants makes me jealous too. =D The ladder is nice. =D The boat is nothing interesting, but I wouldn't do it better and I guess you couldn't do, because if you could, you'll do it, so the boat is nice. =D Your MOC is nice. =D The Dalma's fig is wonderful. =D I'd like to advise you something, to write some hints to improve your MOC... But here's nothing to improve. Good luck!

It's pretty fine, I like the colour of the water. It's very good that you didn't forget to put the ship on nice stand. The overall shape of the ship is very good, besides the stern - it's a bit too flat for me. You could also improve colours a bit, brown is a beautiful colour, but remember there are several types of brown in Lego. If you enriched your MOC with some more colours, it would be much better! I like the way you've made the prow. Those 1x4 plates were a good idea to make a subtle narrowing needed. I have no idea why the sails look like this - were they really to be golden? Their shape also surprised me. Good luck!

Please forgive mistakes and don't tell me it's silly. I know it's silly and I wanted it to be silly - 300 words' story simply can't be epic, so I created something original and different. BTW, It has 300 words, and not a word less or more. And a picture of Flying Dutchman and Woodchuck Norris, just because: ------------------- BeardLess pirate came to a cave, where a treasure was supposed to be hidden. He saw a levitating man with a strange animal inside. The man said 'I'm a flying Dutchman, a Bounty Hunter who wants to kill you and grab indecently big sum of money as a reward from your enemies.' 'And what's your teddy bear's name? Hahahaha!' 'Shut up, malignant miscreant! It's not a toy, but my weapon!' BeardLess could no longer refrain laughing. 'It's woodchuck Norris, a cruel and sinister killer who has slain more people, than you could count!' - and BeardLess heard his daemonic laughter. The cave was lit by a flash of lightning. 'Wow, that's pretty cool... How did you do this?' 'You see, an evil character without special effects like that is as menacing, as Teletubbies and their vacuum cleaner. ' 'Just...' but before BeardLess was able to end this sentence, the woodchuck had jumped onto his head, scratching it and pulling his hair. BeardLess threw some Deluxe Bahama sausage (Tesco, 2 shillings/kg) out of the cave, so that Woodchuck Norris forgot about his task, and started to wolf down the sausage, enjoying delicate, subtle flavour of garlic. But then, the gate at the entrance shut immediately. 'It's the point of no return, BeardLess! If Norris is too weak, you'll die of hunger here!' 'So let me just drink a glass of rum in the last day of my life. Want some?' 'Well...' Dutchman answered '...maybe a bit...' And before the sunset, when after having drunk several bottles of rum the Dutchman was completely drunk, BeardLess said, 'My dear friend, I've just remembered about an oven I forgot to turn off, so I shall go home before my dinnner get burnt. Adieu!' Dutchman smiled and said, 'Bye, fellow! Come on Wednesday!' -------THE---END------- Hope you like it!

Well, I don't think the colours are such a problem. I wanted it to look not only realistic, but also esthetic. And don't forget I don't have an infinite number of bricks!

The MOC is very fine, Good job! The best thing of the whole model is the bridge and the trophy on it! I also like the rocks (despite quite regular structure, which I usually dislike ), especially plants on it - I noticed you've connected them in a very original way!. It's very impressive, that you managed to create a bone cage which looks so good, and is strong enough to hold minifigs. Good luck!

The entry shows the scene of Jack Sparrow arriving at the harbour by his almost sunk ship ( Youtube ), built in maxi scale: - overall height of the MOC: 74 cm (2.4 feet = 29") - Jack's height: 53 cm (1.7 feet = 21") You can see the upper-part of the ship, with sinking sails and a flag. For those, who don't remember the scene well: Sparrow is standing on the only part of his boat being over water, and arrives the harbour with a little step, which is shown in my MOC. If I miraculously won the contest, I'd choose the Mill. Hope you like it!

The beast's stomach is absolutely fantastic! Tentacles are very well done, and putting the water surface over the ship's bottom gives an impression of reality. By the way, the man with beard on the 4th photo looks like a pixie for me... I love Kraken's stomach and things in it! And these DkRed plates inside... They make it look yet more realistic! The tentacles ar great, those round "dishes" are a perfect imitation of suckers. I'd only maybe improve some back and bottom parts of Kraken's body behind the mouth. I advise you to use more slopes instead making a vertical wall there. Plus, in the upper part, just behind the mouth, there are some studs, and I think you must add some slopes or at least plates there - if Kraken is so beautiful, why spoil it by leaving such parts uncovered? However, I like the part of the body with the blue dome (what the hell is that? Remove it!) inclined different angle than the rest. The space inside the ship is very well done and full of details. I can see lot of figs, and every one is doing something else, making every deck interesting and full of action. It's also esthetic at the aspect of how it was build. That lots of barrels, chains, tools, rolled carpets... it stunned me because most of builders put not enough details into their models. Even the columns are adorned by some bags hanging on them! The water is a bit too flat I think, especially a huge monster is struggling in it. I don't tell you to make 6m high waves, but at least one plate high. You made wonderful bubbles and foam around the tentacles, so it won't be a problem for you as a builder. I miss an overall photo of everything - including monster's mouth! I'd like to see how it looks! And advice: I'm not sure if the stony background of the first photo is a good idea - it suggests the scene is placed in the desert, and next photo with ship is absolutely different. Good luck!

I like the walls structure, but I'd use different colours (dk and lt gray) or at least different colour of sticking bricks - black on black is hard to spot. I also like the people going towards the scaffold, guarded by the soldiers. The place where the bodies lay is next fine place in your fortress, but I think they should have more varied poses, corpses hardly ever have such poses before being laid in coffin. The scaffold is quite ordinary, but I noticed some interesting details, especially at the bottom. But why the hell is one of the hangmen holding a coin? What I've paid attention to is also the cannon at the tower. Simple, and good looking as well. I love Beckett's fig in the tower! His face expression is like he was thinking: "What's this camera doing here? Stop spying me!" You could find some more original minifigs' heads in your big box, chest, safe or wherever you keep your vast collection of bricks - the soldiers look a bit like clones with the identical 3626bp01 faces. The gray floor is a bit boring, but the wall around and the tower is OK. Good luck!

I see you've used all your golden parts, from C3PO to such things as a roman soldier's helmet, and also the Indiana Jones' crystal skull... I like it and consider as a great, humouristic feature of your MOC. The water is very well done, those scattered tiny parts make a natural impression of wavy water. The rocks behind are also pretty fine. Pity you haven't added a normal overall photo, only that first one I don't like - unlike other photos! The next surprise for me was levitating Will - had he drunk a barrel of Red Bull (Red Bull gives you wiiiings!) at the Fancy Dress Party at Elizabeth's, or was it only joy after seeing the treasure which made him fly?. If I was to improve something, I'd make the rocks a bit different - using some slope parts instead of normal bricks. Good luck!

What a surprise! I was just looking at all the entries, and what do I see here? You've shown exactly the scene I've created! Well, my MOC is "a bit" bigger and showing only Sparrow, but still almost the same. You'll see it soon, I'll probably show it tomorrow, just after having prepared the photos. I see you've tried to make it look exactly like in the film. And I must say you succeeded! Especially the minifigs are akin to the characters in film. I love the nigger boy's fig! But now, let's have a closer look... I like the shape of the platform - I don't like perpendicular edges everywhere, if it's possible. I'd maybe also add some details at the platform, and on the water as well. I'd also improve or even remove the piece of sandy land and remove the black frame. Water would be enough! Anyway, well done. Good luck!

I've got some questions (please answer them soon!) 1. How do I tell you my Facebook account name? Do I have to write it in the MOC thread? The same about the mailing list bonus point. 2. To claim your Facebook point you may be required to post a verification image on the Classic-Pirates.com Facebook Page wall. This may be required one or more times throughout the contest. Does it mean I won't have to do anything, until I'm ordered to verify my account? 3. I'm a mailing list subscriber and I liked your FB page. It gives me 2 bonus points. But will they be added to my score, or do I have to allocate them in voting? If so, why shall I get them, if only full score of 3 points lets me save them? Can anyone explain it to me?