Marooned Marin

Wow, that's a real honour! It is always an extreme pleasure to be featured on Classic-Pirates.com, and I'm looking forward to reading both posts in any order when they come along. I'm glad that you still find time and energy to maintain the blog and the forum. We need to get you immortalised in a Pirate LEGO set. Hmm… I'll keep that idea for the near future, I'm thinking trying my stab at BDP. And yes, I do have the requested image in higher resolution. I'm sharing with you a link to my Google Drive where I've added both versions (front and back), and I also included clear renders so you can easily add some other background if this one looks too dark. Your skills in graphic presentation are beyond me, and if you feel inspired, by all means, do what you like. LINK TO THE IMAGES

Thank you @MKJoshA for a frontpage, it's a great honor and pleasure to be listed there! You know, as a kid growing up in 90's, I also never owned BSB. I was lucky to get Forbidden Island and Caribbean Clipper. Perhaps that's why I'm building ships now, trying to compensate my childhood. Thanks for your feedback! Thank yee, it's a pleasure to read words of positive feedback! Yes, this was actually something I got most critique in past where I opted mainly for brick-built cannons, so I made a note to-my-self to incorporate real shooting guns in my next design. Thank you kindly for your feedback! I never enjoy doing interiors, but I even less enjoy the idea of a ship with unused space. So much potential for play and added value. I understand that in many cases you can't have both, and many ship designs require that you sacrifice interior for a sturdy structure, or rudder mechanism. It's one of those unfair trade-offs of life. In my case, I'll always opt for the interior. Grazie Capitano Thank yee for your kind words! The organ was thrown in at the last moment. I had this unused space and no idea what to put there. Then I thought if Davy Jones can have one, why not Captain Hook? Luckily, there is one sequence in animated movie Peter Pan (1953) where Hook plays a piano and tricks Tinkerbell to betray lost boys secret location... It's such a great movie. I was luck to have the best mentor during my rigorous training the Shipyard not to make that mistake in photography But, there is an image you are looking for on the LEGO Ideas link you provided, here it is: The Revell scale model would be extremely hard to replicate in LEGO, but it looks beautiful with all those curves and colors!

Not long ago, when you shared your version of The Inferno from Gonnies, you made a deliberate twist to the original and I remember seeing that and thinking, yeah... I know how he feels, because I was doing the same with this ship. Those designs featured in the movies just don't cut it for me. Thank you for you positve feedback! Means a lot to me. Always happy to hear your thoughts Jack, and I'm happy to hear you like it from all sides. I received surprisingly lot of critique for making a "false cannons", even though in trade-off we get spacious below deck. In any case, I'm glad to see you nodding the approval. Thank yee for sharing your thoughts! You nailed it on every point in your short summary. This was actually my first "fantasy" ship design, and for some time I was not sure how to pull it off, so I leaned as much as I could on traditional look (minus the stern in shape of the skull). I was quite happy with the first version of the hull when I saw that you don't actually see the skull, or even guess there is a skull on the stern until you look from behind, so I picked up work from there and happily arrived with this final design. Thank you for your constructive feedback! I appreciate it. Just imagine poor Captain Hook living and trying to survive Australia, the most dangerous country in the world. He would be out of his mind. Thank you for your positive feedback! I can only say thank you for your positive feedback, for any designer to hear comments of praise is the reward worth all the effort.

INTRODUCTION The Jolly Roger was a three-masted galleon anchored around the coast of a faraway island of Neverland. It served as a base of operation for Captain Hook, Mr. Smee and the rest of the pirates. We all know the story, but do we know the ship? First images, then details. INTERIOR & DETAILS To ensure maximum playability and allow easy access to the ship interior, the ship features a removable quarter-deck, a fully furnished captain’s cabin, a separate captain’s sleeping quarter, a spacious crew quarter, a prison cell, a kitchen with a rat, and one deadly gun deck. QUICK INFORMATION Parts: 3751 parts (without minifigures, ropes and sails) Dimensions: W: 25.9cm L: 75.6cm H: 58.7cm Weight: 2627 grams Difficulty: Hard Build (+14 years) Type of set: For Display & Super-light Play IMPORTANT: Model does not float ABOUT THE DESIGN I decided to go against a remake of a ship featured in one of Peter Pan's motion picture movies. Partly because building a brick-built version of a real ship puts considerable constraints on creativity and freedom to play, and partly because none of the featured ships in those movies looked half as interesting. With that settled came the daunting question: what should Captain Hook's ship really look like? In short, it must be a three-masted galleon, and it must look menacing, and that was my guiding line. INFLUENCE& INSPIRATION The initial idea for the stern came from the skull panel on LEGO 6286 Skull’s Eye Schooner, which was quickly toppled by Captain Barbatos Charon Chest (read more about it HERE). I think @Barbatos did an amazing design, and the idea of the ship with a "skull" stern stayed with me for several years. So I began with only a rough idea of what I wanted, a three-masted galleon with a huge skull on its stern, but no cut-and-clean way of how to get there. The start was slow and discouraging, but parts kept on coming, and at some point the ship took a life of its own, came alive, so to speak, and I was left there only as a mere spectator of bricks and plates coming together. VIDEO TOUR BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE

The lamp effect looks amazing, as the rest of the ship, especially the curvature from bow to stern which is nicely displayed on top-view image earlier. Awesome stuff so far!

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.