Marooned Marin

Well I like it! Many nice details in this MOC, I especially love the window with arches and the vine. Any images of the interior?

Darn your are good! Beautiful!

@CaptainDarkNStormy your most forbidden island has been on the Classic-Pirates.com

Nice write-up @Mister Phes on this subject (published on the Classic-Pirates) As for your question at the end, "Should Classic Pirates be reporting on them?" , yes... I think you (we) should. And we should have topics for a healthy discussion about them inside the forum.

What a beauty, It's far better than V2! I especially like how you inclined the mast rigging, looks rather well.

This is one incredible build! Also, I love the drain plug, so much fantastic details here, and great photography.

@Julius your fearsome ship has been on the Classic-Pirates.com

Hey look, an affordable Lion Knights' Castle on the beach! Good looking MOC and excellent photography. If you can, take more close-up photos. Qustion @Medel , is the hut furnished inside, got any images?

It's not a boat, it's a ship, and strange one indeed, but despite that, it's a marvellous looking build. Now, where did you get the green helm? I didn't know they came in that colour.

@Cincinnati your beautiful island has been on the Classic-Pirates.com

Nice looking row boat, and excellent photo! Thank you for sharing the behind scenes images.

This is a nicely done redesign of the original, and I like the palm tree. Also, excellent photography. I love the water around the island, but I would like to know does the island fit on the original base plate?

Thank yee, but I can't take all the credit for writing since our beloved Governor @Mister Phes somehow always finds time and energy to improve my poor grammar and add that fine final polish to every article. I would be lost at sea without him. I'm glad you enjoyed the blog-post, and hopefully it will bring more viewers to you channel.

@VaneStream your formidable vessel was on the Classic-Pirates.com Keep up with the awesome work

Thank yee very much! I consider HMS Midway to be the best of your ships, but for others who are not familiar with your awesome shipbuilding record so far, here is yours Black Pearl. I like the left version better. Can you tell me which one ended as the final? Left one, right?

My top picks: “Imperial Outpost” by Legobouwer and “The Driftwood Gangs Hideout” by Moccer Mommy

Thank yee, and the answer is yes, as soon as I make sure everything is right with the design, I plan to produce and offer building instructions to the world (June/July). Like before, Eurobricks members will will get special 25% discount code. I'll let you know when it gets available

You are almost there! Keep at it! Any chance you have images from other angles? It would be nice to see the stern view.

Nice! It feels like one of those old pirate sets, but looks completely new and modern. Well done!

Thank yee @Yperio_Bricks @Viper Knight @Fraunces and @BrickGirl Oh yeah, about the comic... I just love that scene in the movie and (while avoiding real work) got an idea for perfect introduction for my MOC. Then it is decided, I'll go with the patched sails, and hopefully manage to produce something similar to this.

@tongesbricks your wonderful LEGO Ideas project was by the most prolific blogger (not me!) on the Classic-Pirates.com Check it out!

Oh what an honour to be on a frontpage again! Thank ye @Captain Braunsfeld , and if you recall form the movie, the monkey's name is Jack Your thoughts Captain, patched or battered sails? Same question @A_Forest_of_Lego (thanks for comment ) Found him, and they do look good but I suspect they are made from paper. I am also drawn more to the patched version, and I will think about how to do it (while I wait the missing parts). I also have to mention I'm in need of the POTC minifigures, and oh boy they are expensive on Bricklink and Ebay. Any suggestions? Anyone?

Thank yee Captain! Your kind words bring joy to me heart! You really studied everything in detail Thank you for your excellent summary, and constructive remarks. I agree with you, and I'm also bothered by slightly awkward transition of the sloped sides below the cabin, but every other alternative I tried (and I tried quite a number) didn't work with rest of the ship, especially the stern... so at one moment I had to chose lesser evil. I still have one idea, but I need to try that on the real build, hopefully it will work. As for the rest, I'm glad you noticed all the small details and you approve what you see. Thanks! Thank ye @NOD, it's always pleasure to hear positive comments from a ShipExpert like yourself. I too love the lanterns on the stern, they seem somehow wicked and give a ship more sinister feel. Thank ye Chris, and thanks for promotion on Instagram! You are the best! Now, question for all of you @CaptainDarkNStormy @F1stzz @NOD @PxChris : what do you think, should I go with battered sails like in the first movie, or normal patched sails?

And so, I give you another Black Pearl MOC! In my defence, I never really wanted to do the Black Pearl, seeing as there is no shortage of Pearls inside this forum and elsewhere, but I didn’t have a choice, they forced me to do it! But who could do such a horrible thing to a humble MOC designer? Well how about two persistent, annoying but all the while lovable nephews who just happen to be in love with the Pirates-theme? That’s who! And now, the digital renders of the forced work so far. ABOUT THE DESIGN As many designers before me, I tried to mimic the real Pearl as much as possible, with deliberate exception of the main deck length. Here I decided to make a big step away from the original because: 1) The distance between the masts looks too wide for my taste and thus I feel the overall ship looks slightly out of proportion. In movies this is hardly noticeable, as our eyes are fixed on the constant action frame after frame... but during the design phase, this issue readily pops up like a Jack-Sparrow-in-the-Box. Here is a broadside comparison against the artwork of the real Pearl, made for Disney by concept artist Jeremy Love. 2) Shorter mid-section ensures that the overall size of the ship is still within ‘playable category’ – meaning my 10year old nephew can still pick and carry the darn thing, and make swooshy sounds. I think that’s a good measure to have, if you are a ship designer and you are aiming to build semi-playable ships. Here is a size comparison with the new Black Seas Barracuda, which most of you probably have. ARMAMENT The Black Pearl carries 22 cannons: 12 on the gun deck and 10 on the upper deck. Its full broadside contains 11 cannonballs. Like the original, the Pearl has no chase guns in her bow or stern, which gives her a tactical disadvantage, while her high speed only partially negates this handicap. To maximise playability, and allow easy access to the gun deck, large section of the upper deck can be easily removed. More of the same applies for inclined quarterdeck, under which we find Captain Barbossa drooling over some 16th century Apple products. INFLUENCE & INSPIRATION Here I want to highlight two Pearl designs which had a big influence on me during this project: Black Pearl by @-DoNe- , and Black Pearl Project by @papacharly. Both are terrific designs and light-years better than clunky hideous official LEGO Pearl (if I dare to mention that shipbuilding blunder of the decade... whoops, I guess I just did). Thank you both for sharing your work inside the forum. THE REAL BUILD Digital design phase is for now finished, but I consider this still as [WorkInProgress] until I make the obligatory exciting test-build with real bricks. The total piece-count without minifigures is 3020, and going through my brick storage I managed to gather ~1600 usable parts. Now all that remains is to find and obtain the rest of the parts, test the cursed thing and show it to the world. I hope it will be ready for release by July/August of 2023, just in time to celebrate 20th anniversary of the POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

For someone (me) who mostly builds ships, this is extremely valuable and helpful tutorial worth several re-reads and much closer study, especially since I'm thinking about switching to the land-based builds soon. Thank ye for the time and effort you set aside for making this.