Mister Phes

I've replaced the "or" with "and" as it makes more sense. Do we have a portrait of this Duguay Trouin fellow?

Brickshelf folders need to be moderated. You're getting the "Sorry, dynamic pages in the tags are not allowed." message because you need to click on the image again. In Brickshelf clicking on a thumbnail takes you to a preview image (not the actual image) so you need to click on that the preview image to access the actual image.

This is definitely the right place! The part I don't understand is the thread title "Duguay Trouin or the HMS Implacable" Are you asking us to choose which we think is better? Which doesn't seem a fair comparison since one is a a man and the other is a ship X-D

Put images in the first post man! Your thread will get more attention that way.

When I get some time later this week I'm a gonna go searching for that thread about the promotional treasure chest. Where's Oo7? He's good at digging up things like that.

The LEGO Group seems to base it's mini-figures on stereotypes which are easily identifiable. I.e. you take one look at the mini-figure and you can usually tell which nationality, theme, genre, etc. it's supposed to represent/belong to. The LEGO Group incorporated stereotypical Hispanic facial features into the Imperial Armada mini-figures and adorned them with stereotypical Spanish armament like morions and cuirasses which are usually associated with Conquistadors. It seems rather confusing as to why they'd do this if they wanted to depict a different nationality. Also the very name "Imperial Armada" suggest they're Spanish because Armada is a Spanish word. Obviously it's been adopted into the English language and could refer to a navy from another nationality but Spanish and Armada are rather synonymous. Being something else would only add to the confusion of the sub-theme's identity.

Do not apologise Mr oDDerFisken for you have done well to share these creations with us. I'm not even sure if the treasure chest is the one I'm thinking of so someone will need to confirm that for us.

Wasn't that treasure chest officially released by The LEGO Group as a promotion? There's a thread about it somewheres...

Bonaparte and Matn are right - buy Western sets! But Pirate sets are still better X-D

And you know what they say about red heads X-D

I wasn't suggesting Oo7's MOC was in violation of the rules or it wasn't a suitable entry, I just thought I'd make an observation which I'll be taking into consideration when voting. Afterall this is the Pirate Halloween Contest so the piratishness of entry is an important factor for me.

Mr. Oo7's entry is marvellously built and spookily atmospheric but I'm failing to see its relation to Pirates aside from the setting being around about the same period.

With money There's a thread about whether Western is better than Pirates. But since I'm the administrator of a Pirate LEGO Forum I'm going to say Pirates!!!

Just buy all the LEGO Pirate ships anyway...

I've always thought I getting display cases, but why do you say "acrylic" over other kinds of materials used to construct display cases?

I like the contrast between the black roof and yellow sand: They both really accentuate each other.

There are no dragons in Pirate sets so that's not usually an issue...

Always remember to feed the monkeys otherwise they become cantankerous and annoyed the mini-figures. Needless to say this disrupts the overall harmony of your set if the mini-figures haven't had a good night's sleep because of the monkeys.

Errr... The Caribbean Clipper was released till 1989...

Thanks for the educational link!

You better tell them at once! X-D

Will you be adding mini-figures?

No I didn't. I just meant indexing the thread as a reference. Yes, I can see it how brick walls really benefit the space themes X-D Poo to the other themes - I want a tutorial on how to make walls for Pirate MOCs! The other themes can get their own bloody tutorial. :-P

What's a "proving ground" anyway?