janhansson

I have updated the first post with my final version. I sort of ran out of energy, so the update over the version posted on the 5th is just the round water plates.

Regarding this rule - My 6235 Buried Treasure remake was posted two days earlier than that, and was started in late July I think. Does this mean I can not enter it as a small set? I think there are others who also started on small sets prior to the 6th.

I actually considered this, but I think there are several scenarios that can be played out with this: The pirate hiding or retreiving the treasure chest. The pirate being shipwrecked or left by the other pirates to live the rest of his days on this tiny island (living on coconuts) The pirate fighting the monkey over the treasure (maybe too silly ) (At least it is no worse than the original set, I think) Regarding the golden coconuts - I think it is the other way round, that the pirates hid their treasure on the island with the golden coconuts to help them not forget the location.

Thanks for the comments and suggestions! Regarding the sails, I have blue and red flags that I can use. I will not be able to get hold of tan flags or black flags in time. White flags in the current mold does not exist (I do have two old ones). What do you think of the below versions? The red and white is closest to the coloring of recent pirate ship sails I guess... I think the pirate needs the knife (it replaces the sabre he had in the original set), but there is a plate that I can change to a gold bar.

Please note this is a Mini Set entry . I decided to build another entry, and felt like trying to make a small raft. So I built a remake of 6234. My build has exactly 50 pieces.

Thanks for your comments! In my original design I had intended for the treasure to be buried lower into the island, thus I needed the additional height. However it did not really work well, and since I have scaled away the lower layer there is too little room to completely hide the chest. The overhang over the azure plates is the main reason I am going to change to round plates instead. The geometry will be the same as in my render a few posts up.

I think I need to keep the modern monkey, so I have replaced the slope it is sitting on. The only remaining wet sand (dark tan) is where the pirate is digging. (Please ignore the azure wedge plates for now. I have ordered round ones, that will fit the island like in the rendered image.)

Thanks for your suggestions! Here is the different monkeys I know of and have in my collection I used the monkey to the far left (same as in the Eldorado fortress set), and that one is the darker of the two new ones. Then there is the gorilla from 40530, but it cannot hold onto a weapon. Finally there is the classic monkey in Reddish brown or brown, but those are long out of production. Are there any other pirate-friendly monkeys that I am missing? As for the rocks, I agree that there are too many colors. I will look into that. (I think I had some idea about algae on some of the rocks, but even then it is a bit too much for a set.)

With 50 pieces I could still build it like this. (Wrong monkey, I blame Stud.IO ). Thanks! I am short on good corner slopes (or actually wedges in this case), so I will need to wait for a Bricklink order first. I will investigate how best to make the base round. We will have to see what version that I stick with in the contest. If we do get a small set category I might go with the above, otherwise probably the bigger one. (I intend to build both of them anyways )

A recreation of 6235 Buried treasure using 50 pieces - final version. 6235 (together with 6245) were the first pirate set I bought back in the day, so it is a bit nostalgic :) The pirate has come to dig up the treasure buried in 1989 maybe? I extended the sand into an island, and I imagined that the little green leafs from back then would have grown to a palm tree. There is still a monkey. Although a modern one, it still wields a sword...

I will post at least one more entry, hopefully today. A small remake of an old set this time :)

Again thanks. I have removed the jib sail, and have updated the initial post with some new pictures.

Thanks again for all the good suggestions! I have narrowed down the white line and continued it around the entire hull, trying to get the bow a bit more curved in the process. There is now a figure head (and I decided to name the boat "The jolly skeleton" after it). I tried adding the jib sail from the Eldorado fortress' boat (basically the only official LEGO sail that could work). I am not sure how well it works, since it has a different color, but it may be realistic to think the pirates stole it from another ship. Please let me know if you think this is better than having no jib sail. Finally I turned the flag the right way, thanks for pointing that out.

Thanks! Regarding he hat: I tried building it in two different sizes, and this is the one that worked best (the other one was way too small instead).

Thanks for the kind comments!

Thanks for the kind comments and additional ideas. See the end of this post for some pirates! I have added a few modified bricks into the bastion walls now. For example: I will have to consider this for a bit. I could add a few things, but there still nee to be some room if the soldiers need to chain more pirates down there. OK, here comes the pirates! I first thought to build a raft, but then I found some pieces that seemed to want to be part of a boat, so I built that instead! First the crew And here is the boat itself '

I thought the pirate captain 40504 might need some company, so I modified a 40649.

Thanks for all the feedback and interesting suggestions for improvement. I have made some changes - I have included some images below my answers. The lighter tan is supposed to be small bastions built by stone and earth. I considered light and dark bluish gray as well as white and yellow, but I felt tan felt more natural. I have made some changes to get the roof more sloped. The tower can now be taken off, to better show the guardroom. The masonry bricks have been replaced. I tried switching the water color to light blue. I added an underground storeroom. As it seems it also doubles as a place for the soldiers to "forget" prisoners. (There is not enough height underground to fit a normal cell door, but I think this works.) I will build something for the pirates, but it still remain to be done. The soldiers probably cut down all palm trees to not obstruct their cannons, but I have added a little more greenery on the ground level. The updated fort from the front with the updated masonry and roof. (And the water is a lighter blue - is this better that the earth blue base plate?) The backside The guardroom A ladder leads into the underground. The combined underground storeroom/dungeon.

This MOC is not a remake, but rather a new creation. An artillery fort that guards the entrance to the harbor. I have received a lot of good suggestions for improvements, and here is the final version (The original version is hidden in the spoiler at the bottom) Since we did not get the old lieutenant in the new fortress, I decided that perhaps he was sent off to command some other fortification (as was the case in many classic sets like Sabre Island for example). De Martinet is a bit interesting to recreate as in the comic book he has long black hair tied into a queue and sport a moustache, while as a minifigure he has redish brown short hair and a beard. Since the dual molded hair-tricorn combos currently do not give the option for black hair I decided to go withbrown hair queue and moustache. The set also has three pirates. The dock is at the front of the fort To get any further you need to pass through the tower. The lower floor also acts as a guardroom. (The tower above can be taken off for a better view) After passing through the tower there is a stair up onto the works. Here there is a ladder up into the cannon tower. There is also a ladder into the ground. This ladder end in a dark corridor, that leads to a storage room. Since the fort has no proper cell, the soldiers also chain their prisoners down here (and apparently forget them at times). A treasure chest are also kept safe here. The pirates have a boat called "The jolly skeleton". They are searching for the treasure, not knowing that the soldiers have already claimed it.

The skeletons in the Barracuda Bay set got me curious what an (imperial) skeleton army might look like.

Wow, this will be on the top of my list of things to look for.

I decided to build a small supply depot for the imperial soldiers/blue coats. At first I thought to limit the size by using a 8*16 base plate (same as in the Armada sentry). However I thought it was a little too limiting, so I changed to 16*16 instead. The place has a bit of an crowded feel, but so would a real supply depot I think.

Not a very good one, but I have one video of the cannon being fired http://www.janhansson.com/lego/moc/cannon/test.mp4

I have been thinking for a while if it would not be possible to build something akin to bb0039 (but larger) from some "Brick, Round Corner 2 x 2 Macaroni" + some more. Back when I was a kid in the 80:s I modified an idea from the Idea book LegoLet's Build and Play - with your Bricks where a rubber band powered contraption could set speed to cars. I turned it into a "super cannon" capable to throw out duplo bricks. Now I got back to that idea, but wanted to refine it a bit. I had an idea to put a spring inside the cannon to make it look nicer, and work more like bb0039, but the technic axle would not stay connected to the other bricks unfortunately, so I got back to using rubber bands. The cannon may still misfire and throw out the internal mechanism if too much power is applied, but if handled carefully it works quite well. Governor Broadside looks quite happy about the new cannon, but his soldiers seem a bit dissatisfied with having to carry the heavier ammunition...

My first sets were Buried treasure, Harbor sentry, and the figure pack (6251). Back in the days I think I liked the Harbor sentry the most, since it was the cheapest way to get a cannon.