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Sorry Pirate4life, but I can barely even see the pictures because they are so darn large. The maximum size is 800 x 600 pixels, or else the entry will be disqualified. I'll give you a link to a re-sizing tutorial. Re-sizing tutorial. Paint.net is a free photo editing program that I would highly recommend for the job.

Beautiful entry Fat Tony! Your idea of taking pictures in semi-darkness is very different, but creates a spectacular effect. I imagine it must have been difficult to get it perfect. How exactly were you able to get such clear shots in darkness? The glowing effect on the flames is also brilliant, and I wonder again how you did it. That curved and cobblestoned wall is absolutely fantastic, and is one of my favorite parts of your entry. I also enjoyed seeing all of the little scenes and action, especially the man "putting out the fire". The arches have great detailing on them. Did you use regular 1 x 2 bricks? One thing I'm not a big fan of is the mix of fleshie and yellow heads, but with an entry as beautiful as yours, it's almost irrelevant. My award for most hilarious part of any entry I've seen so far, goes to your "hat re-seller". That's just plain funny. Is there anywhere I can go to see more close-up pictures? Anyway, fantastic work with this, and good luck in the contest!

Nice small entry LegoKing! The idea is very funny and reminds me of the new Soldiers' Fort set from the new Pirates line. I really like how you made the soldier recline a bit, and also the nice little tipped hat. Nicely designed jail cell as well. Some improvement ideas: 1) I'm not sure if a parrot would be on the jail cell, since it would probably be inside somewhere. Of course if it's an outdoor jail, this suggestion does not apply. 2) It might look nicer if the black parts of the cell were grey or dark grey, as the black makes it slightly hard to see the interior. 3) Maybe add a barrel on the left side of the pathway? 4) I'm not sure about this, but it might look better if the front of the cell included one or two more layers of the bars, because I think it would be nice to see more of the inside of the cell. ================================================================== Those are just minor points though, and I think you did a very nice job with this. Good luck in the contest!

The entry looks very nice now! I would recommend deep-linking your pictures though, so viewers don't have to click on the links to see them. Here's a tutorial on deep-linking for you. Tutorial Good luck!

I love this entry. What I love the most about it, is that is uses cruelty in a totally new way. I mean, pirates swinging from mast cutting each other up? That's what I call creative. Besides the brilliant idea, the entry is also very well built. The tiled planks look beautiful and the little section underneath with the drunken pirate is a lovely little detail. Integrating the trans-yellow tiles into the floor rather than just letting them rest is good. Nice job with the barrel flipping that piece upside-down. Lastly, the mast is very nice, especially with the little section of sail and the rigging with the pirate swinging on it. Improvement ideas: 1) The area under the swinging pirate looks ever so slightly bare. Perhaps adding a small barrel or something might be nice. 2) I think a parrot on top of the mast would add a great splash of color. However these suggestions are certainly not important. ======================================================== I think you did a wonderful job with your entry Chrispockster. It certainly is one of my favorites in the small division. Great work and good luck!

Haha! Now that's a nice MOC. The rushing water looks great, especially how it slopes. Perfect minifig and racoon as well. Fantastic work!

I don't think the minifig heads are bothersome, but I think it would look quite a bit better if they were all the same. To me, the two are a bit like oil and water, they just don't mix no matter how hard you try. But don't worry about changing it if you don't want to. It's your entry after all. One last thing, you have 7 pictures in your entry thread, and you are only allowed 6. Of course you can still post a link to a Flickr page if you want.

Oooh! I love that belltower. The white bricks look so much better now that they are cleaned up a bit, and the new pictures are also much clearer. I think you did a very good job considering you had some limitations brick-wise. Nice work and good luck!

Very nice small improvements Nich Atri! The added details on the skeleton look good and the addition of the crab is a welcome change. Great work and good luck!

I think you have a pretty good entry here samthelegoman. It has lots of action and good cruelty and blood effects, plus nice mean-looking minifigs. However there are quite a few things that could be improved upon. Some improvements you could make: 1) One main thing that I don't like, is the mixing of fleshie and regular yellow minifig heads. It just doesn't look right, and I'm sure you probably have enough yellow heads. 2) I feel that the room is a bit lacking in the details department. There's nothing really in it besides the weapon chest and minifigs. Some things that might be nice additions are: a desk for the Governor, a cabinet and a table with some maps on it. Of course these are just a few ideas. 3) If you have enough, it would probably look nice to put tiles on the floor. 4) The first picture is the only one that will be judged, so make sure to take one that includes everything. Your current one cuts off quite a bit of the picture. 5) Your pictures seem to be quite small as well. The maximum size is 800 x 600, and making them that size would make it easier to see as well. 6) Instead of taking pictures of each of the minifig groups, it would probably be a better decision to focus on more close-ups of the actual entry. You can see all of the minifigs perfectly fine in the main scene. ================================================================== Overall, I think you have the makings of a good entry, one that with a few improvements, could turn out beautifully! Good luck in the contest!

Wow.... Certainly one of the best entries up to this point. So much action, stunning buildings, really just too much stuff to list. The cobblestoned path is fantastic and the large thing in the middle of it (monument?) is perfect. Your buildings are just superb with the smoke and flames as well. Frankly, I could go on and on about all of the beautiful things in your entry, but then I'd just be repeating my adjectives over and over. The only things that could be remotely improved would be to add some more bloody bodies and some white plates in the water to look like waves, but even without any of that, you entry is an A+ Outstanding work and good luck! (Not that you need it... )

Some people are just sick.... I can't believe that people can be so crazy when it comes to sales. When you really think about it, $100 here or there doesn't make much of a difference in the long run, certainly not enough to kill. What a sad world we live in. My area at least had no trouble with fights or anything, everyone seemed very well-behaved

Not that is a whole new level of cruelty... Your entry, besides all of the cruelty, is actually very well-designed. The tiles in the house look lovely and all of the great little details like the rat in the roof, the plants climbing up the wall, beautiful lanterns in front and the little windows. There's not really anything to improve as far as the actual entry goes in my opinion, but I think that the pictures are a bit blurry and yellowed. They certainly don't look bad, but if you have a spot with a little more light, it might turn out a bit better. Your white background looks perfect though. Fantastic work with your entry, and good luck!

Welcome to Eurobricks Chrispockster! That's a pretty great first post you have there. Tons of great action, nice cruelty, lovely fire effects on the buildings and perfect plant and animal life. You did a good job with the SNOT water as well, especially with the flailing man, which is a great little detail and good bridge design, one that I haven't seen before with the long tubes. My absolute favorite part though are those beautiful bird in the trees. I'm a sucker for brick-built animals and these do not disappoint! Do you have any close-ups of them on your Flickr page? Some improvement ideas: 1) The water looks slightly empty... Perhaps you could add some white, or even clear plates mixed in with the blue for a little more detail. You could also maybe add a boat with a sailing islander in it. He could be fishing or something. 2) Since it is supposed to be a jungle, I think the right side could use a few more trees if you have them. 3) Maybe add a monkey crawling around somewhere, like on a roof. ========================================================================== Even without changing anything, your entry is beautiful. I always like entries with nice color, action and wildlife, and your entry has all of those plus more. Great work on the entry and good luck!

Beautiful finished product Capt. Kirk! Nice work on the pictures, they look great. The only thing I would recommend doing now would be to use the second picture as your first, because that's the one that will be judged, and I think the second picture shows the entry the best. Fantastic work, and good luck!

Lovely improvements Rover! The added tiles make it look much smoother and enjoyable to look at. That dripping blood effect is brilliant and very cruel. Last minor ideas: 1) Did you ask a staff member to make sure the overlap is allowed? I think it's probably fine but you might want to make sure. 2) A rat might look nice in the sewer. ======================================================================== I think it would be even better with a story, and if you need a bit of help, I would be willing to. You could write a little one and I could help you with the spelling and such if you'd like. It's up to you though, it's fine even without a story. Anyway, I think your entry was already very good pre-improvements, and now that you fixed it up a bit, it's fantastic. Great work!

I'm making some good progress now on the courtyard. I made a fountain in the center and I must say it turned out wonderfully if I do say so myself. I should have it done sometime in the next week.

Now that is hilarious! The comic was just funny a can be, and the overall design of the entry, while not perfect, still looks really nice. Nice idea with the cheese slopes as waves, I may have to try that out sometime... Great work Captain Green Hair!

Woah! Now that's a lot of blood... The rocks are gorgeous, and in a great cliff shape. You have a nicely tiled beach hiding in the blood as well. That's a very intesresting bird, but it fills in the spot well and looks quite nice. What type of bird is it? Some improvements you could make: 1) First of all, I think that the blood is too much. I know that contest calls for cruelty, and the idea is great, but I think the sheer amount of it blocks quite a bit of the rest of the entry. I would recommend keeping some blood, just use a bit less. 2) The revolver and rifle don't match the time period too well. If you have them, using a musket for the rifle and a pistol like the ones found in pirates sets for the revolver, would be a much better fit. 3) If you take away some blood, it would leave some room for a crab or something on the beach. 4) I definitely would put hats, or at least hair on the minifigs without them. I feel that this always looks better. 5) The first picture is the one that will be judged upon, so makes sure it includes everything. Your current one cuts off the bird. 6) Could you perhaps write a small story for your entry? That always makes an entry more exciting, and it also make it easier to understand what's going on in the entry. ============================================================================= I think that you did a very good job with your entry, and if you take away a bit of blood and make some other minor fixes, it will stand a much better chance. Good luck inthe contest!

Overall, I think you did a very good job with this entry GloriousShadow. That straw roof looks beautiful, I need to try that in a MOC sometime... Lots of exciting action going on as well, and you included a nice amount of cruelty, using a flag for blood is a nice idea that I've never seen before. The explosion effect on the white wall is perfect and adds so much to the entry. Some improvement ideas: 1) I'm not a big fan of the dark red as blood, especially on the man with the dark red torso. Perhaps you could change it to red or trans-red. 2) The first picture in the one that will be judged, so I strongly suggest taking one that shows everything. 3) Your 3rd picture is quite hard to see, because of all the shadows, not having a white background is fine, but definitely try taking it when there aren't so many shadows outside. 4) You probably don't have the right pieces, but if you do, changing some of the weapons that don't fit in well with the time period such as the rifle and revolver would be great. Of course you could also remove them altogether, which I don't think would look too bad. 5) The SNOT water looks great, but it doesn't seem to match up exactly with the shore, as there's a little gap. It's hard to tell how to fix this from the picture, but I think it would be wise to put it right against the beach. 6) If you have a scared head for the man on the right side dangling off the wall, using it would look fantastic. 7) Some more hair or hats for the minifigs without them always adds a lot in my opinion. 8) The purple man on the ground could use a little more blood, since he's cut in half. ====================================================================== Nice job with your entry! It has tons of great elements to it, and I think that if you fix some of the minor problems, it would be fantastic. Good work and good luck in the contest!

I think that you did a nice job with your entry. The buildings are lovely, the brown building's roof is superb and so is the fire. Your palm tree is nice as well and adds a lot of color where it is. Lastly, great work with the minifigs flying off of the buildings and road. It really has lots of exciting action. Some improvements you could make are: 1) You definitely should deep-link your pictures. The tutorial Zorro posted will certainly help you with that. 2) The red pieces on top of the palm tree look very out of place. If, you don't have the appropriate green pieces, just not putting any on the tree would work fine. 3) Your water lacks a bit of detail. I would suggest tiling it all, or just leaving it un-tiled. Adding some white plates or tiles placed randomly near the shore would look nice as waves. 4) Some more plants and animals would be a welcome addition. 5) Tiling some of the exposed studs on the white building, and on some other areas, would give your entry a much smoother look. 6) Some more blood and dead bodies would add cruelty, along with filling up your entry a little. 7) Adding some more boats in the water if you have them would be great. ============================================================= You've done a good job so far, and with a few more touch-ups, it will be even better! You'd better hurry though, only 1 more day until the end. Good luck in the contest!

Now the pictures are up, but you need to make sure and resize them, or they will get disqualified. You also need to make sure it's built on an 8 x 8 plate for the small division.

Much better Zorro! I love all of the little added details, like better color on the lantern and adding a snake. Nice little pathway as well, I think changing the non-immured minifigs to armada soldiers was a very wise move. Great work!

I am now the proud owner of a $60 ISD! The line at Target was incredibly long, and Target only seemed to have 3 or 4 on the shelves, and by the time I got in they were gone. However, like Slimninj said, they had quite a few more in the storeroom so I managed to grab one. It seemed to be a very popular item, as quite a few people were carrying them out. Overall, a good experience for my first Black Friday! It certainly was hectic though. People running all over the place, crowded aisles, and just plain crazy! Everyone seemed to be in a good mood though, and no fights broke out! My Target never had a clearance on the Castle sets... When was that?

That's a really nice entry LegoJoe! It has a nice large amount of action and lots of great detail. The minifig hand straw roof looks fantastic, especially the black "scorched" parts. Nice rocks, SNOT water and blood effects as well. Lastly, good usage of the new pirate minifigs and pieces, like the cannon. Some improvements you could make: 1) I think it would be nice to mix some white plates in the water to represent waves washing against the rocks. 2) A few parts of the rock wall look unfinished at the bottom, as the studs are still showing, whereas on the rest of the rocks they are not. Perhaps you could just tile this area, or use cheese slopes. 3) The soldier who is running off the cliff looks like he is wearing his hat sideways. Of course you may have been trying to do this, but if not, it would look better if the hat was turned to match the head. ====================================================================== I think you did a wonderful job with your entry LegoJoe. It really matches the contest theme well, and looks great. Good luck in the contest!