Marooned Marin

Hi, and welcome aboard Echos_Myron, I'm happy to hear that my old tutorial is still of use. As for your question, perhaps you could find something useful here:

Fantastic design, in every detail, I love it!

I like it. Thank you @huguberhart for sharing the studio file with us, that was kind of you and it gave me an opportunity to study the build from the inside out and come out with my own feelings about the overall build, and I like it. The effort is clearly visible and it shows all the way from the nice curvature, to the smart cannon and rudder mechanism. Indeed, the mechanism comes with the price of the interior, but most of us builders are aware of all trade-offs of our craft, it's a gamble which some are willing to take, but it should not be looked at as a flaw, in this particular case, the execution was admirable, just look at how nicely those gun ports open. It's a daunting task to build yet another Pearl, and live to tell the tale, when there are so many inspiring designs out there to be cross-referenced with, not to mention the real ship from the movies. And yet the design team succeeded to make something new and unique, something different from all other Pearls which sailed over the years through this forum, and that is why I like it. It's original in its own way. I give it solid 7/10, to elaborate briefly, price is too high, the name of the set is a spectacular miss, and lastly I'm not huge fan of rubber rigging. Out those three, actually only rubber rigging is design related, and who knows, maybe they wanted to use classic rigging like it the past but were overruled by upper management. The price and the name, and all the blame, should be laid at someone else's door. Unrelated to this design, I received many love here and elsewhere from the community for my stab at the Pearl, and I feel honored, happy and humbled to be referenced in the discussion, so special words of thanks for you reading this, you motivate me continually to try and do better with each new design.

If this was added to the forum banner, I would think it was a official set - it's that good and you've nailed it. Monkey, shark or a parrot and chest full of old coins would add that final touch, but that has nothing to do with the ship itself which is excellent.

@SpacePolice89 I'm fairly certain we have the same guy. Just yesterday I received replica sails for the Clipper, Trading post, and POBB (tattered sails version), from @custombrickstim , also known as Tim Begovic who hails from Austria. I'm in the process of restoring Imperial Trading post and Clipper back to full glory. Below is the comparison image of original Clipper sails, which are still miraculously alive after some 35 years, and new replica sails. Yes, the material is much softer in new replica sails, but this can be easily adjusted with use of some tough hair lacquer (don't buy the cheapest one). Anyone in need of replica sails, capes or stickers or anything custom for that matter, can contact Tim via email: tim@begovic.co, or via Instagram account: @custombrickstim where you can see some of his skilfully crafted magic.

What a beauty! So much details and use of vibrant colours makes this ship stand above pretty much everything I've seen in the last year, or more. Photography is great and I agree with all deviations in design you both made, it's much more interesting than original, awesome work!

I have found time patience to finish up Instructions, which are now are available on Rebrickable for anyone interested in this set. Now, I can finally move on to the next project, very likely a new ship LINK to Rebrickable

This is pretty cool! Great texture, I love it.

I have to say this is simply stunning. So many things going on, and motorized parts add extra layer of cool. I love the beach on the back, with poor Jack running for his life from pack of Islanders, and I especially love big Kahuka statue 🗿 Well done!

Thanks @Jack Sassy I hope your mighty ship is coming along. Any chance you will have it finished soon?

This is funny coincidence

6236 King Kahuka, also known as Indigo Chief's Throne, was released in 1994., and here is the modern redesign of the same, made and submitted for the LEGO Twist of Nostalgia challenge. DESCRIPTION Like the original, it's a tiny island with a throne but with the modern twist which includes a sacred treasure that has been hidden for generations. Rumor has it that the King has filled the caves throughout his realm with similar chests, all protected by a powerful voodoo magic against pirates and Imperial soldiers alike. To roam his realm, or simply go fishing in the clear blue waters around his island, Kahuka has at his disposal a stylish outrigger canoe (already seen on Tapu Island) Total parts: 250 - this was the challenge limit, do more with less, much like what we had with the Classic-Pirates Mini category for the last two years. INSPIRED BY "Unlike the lead figures from the Soldier and Guard factions, who tended to stick to the relative safety of higher-priced sets, the King was included in most of the Islander sets, including his own tiny 6263 King Kahuka. Kahuka was one of the few Pirates characters, along with Ironhook, Red Beard, and Broadside, to have his name featured in a set." This informative piece of writing comes from A Guide to the Pirates Mini-figures - Part IV, written and published by @Mister Phes and @TalonCard. This is a must read for anyone sailing this forum. Click here learn more - LINK 360° ANIMATION

Your your fantastic talent can be matched only by your persistence not to never give up! Congratulations @BrickPerfection

So much pirate/naval history is embedded in your hometown, it's great to see it put into your creative use. Any chance you could somehow arrange with Charleston officials to have this diorama permanently displayed somewhere in the city?

Great job for making the list of all Pirate related builds. I've missed some when I scrolled through all 300 designs.

Thank you @Xfing for your praise. You are right, this was inspired by sets with the raised baseplate, where I struggled to squeeze as much as possible inside to maximize playability. ________ @Yoggington @NOD @Fraunces @MstrOfPppts @Jack Sassy @SevenDeadlyStreamers @Yatkuu @Rui Miguel @thewatchman @Elephant Knight @Horation @RabbiT_CZ @Autumn @Ben S @Math Wizard @FGMatt @CaptainDarkNStormy @Captain Braunsfeld @Filibbooo @A_Goodman @Andy-Roo @Barbatos @-DoNe- @Brendan McGnarley @Yperio_Bricks @Oky @SpacePolice89 @Black Falcon @zack-ta @MandoLando @Quotenotto @BardDandelion @F1stzz @YellowFrog Dear all, a month ago you have all helped me to win Classic-Pirates Infamous Steve contest. I'm still under deep impression of that experience. Now I ask you to help me once again. Voting on Bricklink Designer Program is now open, and with your support we can try to make Tapu Island an offical LEGO Bricklink set. The competition is fierce, exactly 300 great designs are fighting for only 5 winning spots. Under the strict Bricklink guidelines limited use of "Pirate" parts has made some serious drawback for Tapu Island. For instance, I could not use Islander minifigures. Also, cloth sails are off limit. I've made necessary changes to meet all the requirements and here you can see Tapu Island BDP-version. If you can spare two minutes of your time, place your vote and write the comment under the comments section on BrickLink page. Comments are almost equally important as votes, even if you write Cool, nice design. Voting lasts for 10 days, until 18th October. Click, vote and write your comment. Thank you! P.S. Thank you @SevenDeadlyStreamers for being the first to start the ball rolling! You are a legend! VOTE and COMMENT HERE

Beautiful! You'll have my support!

I love the wooden, brown/reddish-brown, pier. This was a frequent complaint by many, but you did a great job in this expansion with it. One of the best expansions/mod of the set I've seen so far. Welcome to the forum @Swashbuckle Studios.

Excellent as before. I really enjoy your awesome work and history lessons.

Yeah, that's what I had also. Forbidden Island is now in passed down to my nephew, while the Clipper is dissembled and patiently awaits my long planned remake. I agree with you, it's stunning how much both sets provide (in terms of play) with so relatively small amount of pieces. It's one reason why I love so much the [SMALL] category competition this year and the last, where it was an object to do as much as possible in given piece limit, to focus on the story and play and not the sheer size of the build.

Thank you @The Undo ______________________________________ DOWNLOAD FULL COMIC IN PDF HERE After being rejected on LEGO Ideas, since Islander's Island overlaps with prohibited Pirates Bay/Ship Island concept (although I'm not sure how in this case) I decided to give Tapu Island a run in the upcoming Bricklink Designer Program - Series 6. Unlike LEGO Ideas, BDP-program comes with somewhat strict framework regarding the parts and minifigures used. In a nutshell, designers are allowed to use only parts and minifigures which are in production, or will be in the near future. In my case this means: no Islander minifigures, no Pirates minifigures, no cloth sails! Besides that I was required to replace some plates and bricks which do exists now but their production, in that particular colour, came to an end. For instance, wedge plate in medium azure I needed to change to regular square plate etc... Not to go any deeper in that matter, you can read more about parts and BDP-series inside this blog-post on Classic-Pirates.com. CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN Instead of Islander's canoe the raft is added, with plastic sails (no cloths are allowed) New two characters, Lighthouse keeper Steve (Infamous Steve great great grandson) and Willy (his grandson). New 50-pages to the original story which explains in detail the newer version of the Island, and two new characters. (see prologue, and extra three chapters at the end) Apparition was transformed into black skeleton, but is still the main villain of the story. NEW DESIGN YOUTUBE VIDEO STORY SYNOPSIS After reading a scary Pirate story about the local “allegedly cursed” island, grandpa and his grandson indulge in some harmless pirate role-play on the very same island. All the fun and play came to an end when a violent storm broke out and forced two wannabe pirates to take shelter inside a dark and perilous island’s cave. Little did they know that the curse was not merely a kid’s bedtime story, but a real thing! Welcome to Tapu Island! PROLOGUE (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 1 - The King's Merchant (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 2 - Déjà vu (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 3 - The ISLAND (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 4 - The STORM (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 5 - NOT ALONE (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 6 - The CAVE (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 7 - The APPARITION (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 8 - KING KAHUKA (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 9 - The OFFER (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 10 - SWEET REVENGE (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 11 - The PLAN GONE BAD (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 12 - ENDGAME (CLICK ON SPOILER TO SEE) CHAPTER 13 - The CURSE OF TAPU ISLAND (Epilogue) CHAPTER 14 - The Adventure Continues CHAPTER 15 - Return to Tapu Island CHAPTER 16 - At Night They Come I hope you all understand and approve necessary changes, and will show your support when the voting phase comes. DOWNLOAD FULL COMIC IN PDF HERE

No, no, the blog-post didn't came in that way, you even highlighted the point of pirates parts in relation to rumoured retirement of ElDorado Fortress. I only say this because people sometimes have tendencies to jump to conclusions, often dividing into forms of camps, us vs. them, and here that is certainly not the case. Even in BrickLink sub-forum where new parts pallet is discussed among designers, here and there you can feel that impression coming from new designers, as if people running the operation decide about the parts where that's not the case. In every YouTube video, BDP crew highlights that point and again it completely misses some people. I am looking forward to new Gonnies ship because that is excellent opportunity for LEGO to bring back into production some of the much needed Pirate parts, which should be then made available inside the future BDP programs.

You have turned it into a interview. But it's important to highlight here, for someone who maybe skipped through new blog-post, that BrickLink Designer Program is not some "evil branch" of LEGO which has agenda with Pirates, they simply operate and comply with parts which are available and/or planned for production in the next year or two. BrcikLink is doing really amazing work with BPD program, and I like the whole concept far more better than LEGO Ideas.

It works like a charm. Thank you so much for this honour @Captain Braunsfeld

Oh I got really creative, but I don't want to spoil as you'll find out soon enough. Let's just say the adventure continues and extra 50 pages of comic book will explain everything. These will be available I think next week.