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SlyOwl

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  1. Great! You could reverse the ice-cream monster's face too! Oh, and your son needs his nappy changing again
  2. I can use them easily enough, but all 13, when in different colours? I guess it's my fault for buying them, when I should have got something more useful instead (like 1x2 yellow grille tiles )...
  3. New Cave Racer pictures! Thanks! I think I'm getting better at landscaping
  4. Spades. 5 brown, 4 dark grey, 3 black, 1 bley. And I don't even need them. Ever.
  5. Thanks! Pirate vs. Islander Round 3 coming right up! Yes, I considered resuing it to make that scene for the E-Klocki contest, only I don't own any Indy As for snakes, if I'd put the heads into the body, I would only have been able to fit two, and I wanted GORE! Oh noes, it has sneaked in! I try to use brown, light brown and dark brown/reddy brown together to give texture, although I guess just a speck doesn't work.
  6. Thanks! Can someone please change the title - it's embarassing
  7. Achu has killed Kahuka and now rules the tribe.
  8. Nope, I missed it because I was away But I'd have been Bidder 7 for sure!
  9. Um...right click on the picture and select "copy image location", then paste this between two IMG tags. I think you're clicking on the image and using the URL as an image location - this doesn't work As long as you want, but bear in mind that if it is very long many people won't bother reading it
  10. Myah, if I hadn't been away I'd have won one of these for sure! And I don't care about shakos or amassing an army of 100's of Imperials - just 7 or 8 with tricorns: enough to do a battle diorama. There's a few down below I have my eye on :pir-skull:
  11. Yup, you guessed it, this is to show off my brand new red technic ball joint! Supports edited out Can someone change the title to Jungle Cave Race? Thanks
  12. I like! I had quite a lot of trouble getting the size right for mine - but you got this spot on! Yes, it is, although this contest has slightly different criteria, for example the open wrench is replaced with a spade and there are a lot of animal attachment rules. I'll post my dioramaramaramarama tomorrow once it's photomographed
  13. SlyOwl

    Pier WIP

    Seagulls - is that yellow clip for "mine" really necessary? The skeleton arm can clip onto the shaft of the trans-cannon or half of the clip can slot into the hollow sud at the top of the trans-cannon I like the other too - sort of a giant killer seagull In general, Lego animals are simplified in most areas, but have "key" elements of detail that a child would draw: for example, there is little moulding on the horse piece's legs, whereas it still has a textured mane. Compare this to MicahBerger's horse, which has less detail on the mane, but is overall more reallistic: Oh, and I'd suggest using black flagpoles in the drain - they wouldn't be made of stone and it gives some better contrast
  14. One day left (plus extension time, although I may dock a vote each for RC and WS) people!
  15. I don't know where you are from, but an SES with 2 days left for £5? I'm on it! Yes. As phred said, try to elaborate
  16. Could work for bubblemogum too Scala tiara?
  17. Does anyone know their names? The black one is called Bonsai (serves Bandit Chief Kendo = bad) and the grey one is called Ito (works with Kata and Dojo to serve Shogun Gi-Dan = good), but that's all I know. The green one is the Emporer's guard? Anyway, I likes the red one - it sums up the whole theme in my view.
  18. Ayzbak. That's nice. Um...what about? My review: Impulse Category: Batbrick - Feels more like an Adventurers set, but great value for all that vegetation! BlueDog - Very classical (reminds me of Skeleton Crew), although I would have liked a 2-armed skeleton with both arms white... dragonator - A fine Imperial impulse - perhaps a few cannonballs? Dreamweb - Great concept, although I would think the baseplate is a little large for an Impulse - maybe just a 6x6 with only one curved railing? Dufrense - A fine entry, well balanced too. I'd have liked a cannon base (I know they don't come in yellow, but it could be incorporated into the terrain as sand/rock, and then used as a cannon in an alternate model) too. It would look great in the Aqua Raiders line. Duke - This would be great as a modular set, whereby you can buy a "base kit" which comes with masts, a prow and stern, and then get individual sections like this one to vary the length of your ship. dukeschunke - Very nice set, although another sail pointing forwards, like in Enchanted Island, would look better, in my opinion. Would I see a Jolly Roger if I looked at the sail from the other side? Erdbeereis 1 - Harr harr! Drink up me hearties, YO HO! Some food, maybe... Faramir - No headdress or cape? Nom, nom, native animals! And reverse the feasting for double the fun - can the monkey and parrot eat Achu? Fat Tony - I preferred your original, but this is great. A rectangular plate, although less aesthetic, would be better for MOCing. FelixTheCat - Low playability, but hilarious Fluyt - Classical, thieving monkeys, pooping Imperials and steadfast parrots. Reverse that. hollisbrick - Classical again, although it would look better with some more accessories on a plate - it looks a little odd for a set, although reallistic, to have chests built into the sand. jamtf - Lovely collecting set, just the way Impulses should be - a minifig with accessories to expand the line. jaudeau - Classic Imperial, very nice too. An animal? Klaus-Dieter - Another well balanced entry, with plenty of tables too LuxorV - Pequeno, even for an Impulse. Innovative rat, though Majek - Excellent! Well put together and a vast improvement on your original. Matn - Reminds me of some of the older Castle and Town sets; a coffin could have worked well here, but superb all the same. oDDerFisken - A fine update on classic Pirate sets - now we get a sail on those pathetic little rafts! oo7 - Very nice, and the first time I've seen a banana in a Pirate set too. Nice legs, if not your own. phres - Beautiful overall, although I feel a dog would fit in well, for some reason. I'm not sure about the Fabuland wheelbarrowmaphone though... SirNadroj - Wouldn't it be nice to get a (live) chicken piece? Seperated hands = no go, although the rest is good, if peaceful. To war! Skipper24 - I'd love multiple versions of this set with different coloured sharks! And a nice telesope too. SlyOwl - No votes, and deservedly so Skullossus - Very eerie, although black hands? TinyPiesRUs - Well balanced, although I'm not a big fan of using reversible faces with hats that don't cover the back of the head... Vincent Cheung - Very funny! The parrot reminds me of the chicken leg in Troll Assault Wagon, but I would have liked too have seen a slightly more developed bed - with sheets e.t.c. WhiteFang - Great fire, big improvement of classical ones. Smoothly constructed. So my vote goes too oo7, partly out of sympathy for his large class missing out, but also because it's great overall. Small Category: Dufrense - Very Islander-esque, and well constructed too - especially the boat! Dukeschunke - Reminds me of something? Only better. Erdbeereis 1 - Oh look, a banana Looks more of a MOC than a set (bubbles in sea), but beautiful nevertheless. Fat Tony - Great art work, great set, although I'm not too keen on the Pirate vs Ninja theme - no debate over who would win hollisbrick - Reminds me of the opening to POTC2 for some reason - very atmospheric, although Castelish... jaudeau - Please put in a prison round the back! Another one that reminds me of something... Legolas - Fantastic army builder! A tree/pirate would have been nice too... LuxorV - Jail from the outside, craftshop from the inside... Would go well with the Blacksmith's Shop Majek - Looks like Adventurers, plays like Pirate! phred - UCS! UCS! SirNadroj - If the crocodile mask is not a Fabuland head, but fits over a minifig head instead, you have my vote. You know where the drill is. Skipper24 - The vegetation is a little odd, but worthy nonetheless! Monkey raft ON! Skullossus - Dark, dark ship! Closest we'll ver get to a Black Pearl Nice figurehead too. SlyOwl - You're winning? Oh noes, Hinckey will be after you TinyPiesRUs - Nice boat, although a few panel walls and plate rooves could really spice up the dock and balance out the set. My vote goes to phred, as I would love to see a UCS line of Pirates - taverns and docks to the scale of the modular town buildings, ISD size ships...this is just the start, people! oo7's large class would fit in here too, with more detail in places. Large Class: Axle - Inconsistent, but fine sails and playability... Dufrense - Great terrain using few pieces, and a giant whitehouse lighthouse - good transition from a square base to a circular one too Duke - Looks more like a MOC - perhaps less concentration on landscaping and put in a small ship - the Pirate has lit a fire to be rescued, but it's an Imperial sail that appears on the horizon! Dukeschunke - Reminds me of something... A slightly shorter middle and this is perfect. No action features though? UCS! Ton Fatty - The ship is great (rear sail?) but the island looks a little contrived - too boxy... FelixTheCat - At last! Someone apart from Cap'n Greenbeard is eating Mr Tiber! Falling boulder too? Fluyt - Reminiscent of the older Imperial sets, in places, and well constructed. That freestanding arch really gives the impression of a town behind the docks, and gives MOCing possibilities off the back. Jason - I love this. Great use of the large skull. Could use an Imperial enemy, some more action features and a little more colour (use this baseplate?). Fantastic. Dwarf pirate too jaudeau - Reminds me of the POTC rides at Disney - lots of detail and drinking and madcap angles give this a great feel. But I can just imagine brushing past this and all the flags e.t.c. falling off kaboom4 - Really a MOC, with too many minifigs - create a thread after voting has finished, please? Majek - Like jaudeau's, madcap port action! Especially the skeleton on the roof Matn - Nice colour scheme, if the building is a little blocky...nice collapsation... Nikola Bathory - Another somewhat blocky build, but the box art wins you a cookie (something about it I just can't place my finger on...), as do the BSB windows. phred - UCS! UCS! SirNadroj - No wudder? And Fabuhats fall off? And really well made? Skipper24 - Madcap action in the jungle. Pure madcap. SlyOwl - Note to self: You're better off building sets in one afternoon (Small Class) than in a week (Large Class) TinyPiesRUs - The crystal headdress wins you a cookie. Very TLC, although green baseplate? TQmaster500 - Pure hugeness and multitude wins you a cookie. But the ship needs some work, as does the dock. The canoe with outrigger is nice, but needs a better sail Vadim - V is for Viking. Pirate nonetheless, and a UCS contender. All that brown So my vote goes to Jason - it's big, mean and a little Indy-esque, making it a superb resurrection of Piratism. And no longer will only Crownies be able to tower over the vertically challenged And commiserations to oo7, who I would have voted for had he been here Thanks to those who voted for me!
  19. Hi! If you're looking for big sets with lots of detail and parts, then these will be for you: Cafe Corner Market Street Green Grocer All 3 are modular and compatible
  20. You've got 9 days for them to arrive, and a week of possible extension time, so that really should be enough. Otherwise you'll be disqualified
  21. Don't we all? We shall see. If it's a BL/PaB/eBay problem, then sure, as it's out of your control. Just PM me when you've got it done, although I'll set a week maximum on extension, as 15 days is almost certainly enough to get an order in
  22. SlyOwl

    Pier WIP

    Looking good! As for seagulls... And my very old one... MOC on!
  23. Thanks! Odd that, considering it's a custom! It's Flex from Alpha Team Mission Deep Sea with the headset and goatee brassoed off
  24. Great stuff! I especially love the house! Although I would have thought there should be more bloody meat around, not just drumsticks and dead Fabulanimals - I mean the stuff you see in a butcher's, with meat on the bone: red and white. I wonder what Walrus meat tastes like? On another note, I do intend to do some more FabuMOCing, it's just that my supply of Fabulanimals has run out I've only got Charlie and Sinner, but I intend to get another with my next BL order (whenever that may be) and then I'll MOC on!
  25. Ye olde thankee! Um...I don't understand...-you may be referring to the studs you can see between the bricks as 1x1 round plates, but I didn't actually use any
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