CaptainMoore

I have just finished building it today. I agree with most of the details mentioned by dilligan above. It is a truly beautiful set, packed with details. It is also really large so check if you can display it. Mine sits next to my Barracuda bay and I'm in love with both of them. I would have loved to get officially designed minifigures for it, but the selection fits well. I had hesitated a lot to pull the trigger due to its price, but I'm happy to have bought it. It brings fresh air outside of the usual forts, islands and ships.

Season 2 sets have been announced https://www.lego.com/fr-fr/themes/one-piece/about

I actually was thinking of trying to part a cheaper Imperial Flagship with white hull, I would need to check what it could look like

I like the coloring, but were there any ship of this period with a white hull? (Except the Armada flagship that Lego gave us)

The Scarecrow from 75685 could be interesting as a shipwrecked soldier

She looks so good My wallet is anxious, but I definitely can't pass on buying it.

At least the cannon molds are safe for now with this set

What about using the Umpa Lumpa torso as orange imperial ?

Ah, that's sad. I get it

She is a beauty! Congrats! Even if I get that it comes from respecting the original color style, I find the black figurehead a bit sad and dark for the merchants. Maybe a yellow color, complemented by yellow on the flexible tubes behind, might be worth trying? I'm not sure that it would be better though.

@BrickPerfection contrats! She is a beauty I hope that the price will be in my reach, but it's already selling it good that you say that the building experience should be great.

Would my answeron the thread about switching the sails with the old one work for you?

Not a fan of the hair either, but the rest looks nice.

I'm juste a little disappointed by her hair, it's not new. Maybe not in this color but I definitely have seen it in yellow.

Based on the leaked picture of the CMF 27, we are going to get a pirate woman with a cockatoo.