QuartermasterRobert

You have earned my envy, Bonaparte! Egypt looks just lovely.

Eh, by the looks of this topic it would seem that Voyage Century Online is the better. Speaking of it, I need to fire it back up, I haven't been online in a month! Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties and a trip to see my girlfriend in CA has been eating away my time...

Mmmm, I suppose you have a point. I shall edit and re-evaluate my reveiws. I really should stop typing on first thoughts... (especially when they take so long to type they're worth putting more input into )

Wild West getting a return to!? Count me in!

I've always been partial to Ironhook myself. I also prefer him with both his legs, so he's less of a Captain Redbeard recolor. Dude was easily the most badass looking. He had island fortresses and dared to fight with just a torn blouse and a knife!

COMPREHENSIVE REVEIW TIME. Because I'm just that awesome. IMPULSE CLASS: Batbrick: A decent impulse, but there's nothing notable about it. Plants are redundant and the use of a franchise piece (Crystal Skull) sorta kills the "officialness" of it. Bluedog: Not to be mean, but this I felt was the worst entry, period. The skeleton is missing an arm and has fire for a hat, and the one arm it does have is black. Unless it's meant to be charred up, it just doesn't look good. Dragonator: A modest inpulse, it's main weakness is that it is simply upclassed by similar entries. Dreamweb: Another decent entry that is mostly upclassed. Dunno about the use of green fences and the large yellow plate though. Dufrense: Makes for a clever MOC, but looks rather unoffical. The skeleton is too morbid and his design doesn't look very professional. Duke: a very good entry, good for army building, and the shipdeck idea is cool. However, it lacks any real charm, and you never entered any other things like it to show any sort of series to this idea. At best we would just get a never ending shipdeck Dukeschunke: Nothing too impressive. The sail and barrel seem out of place. Erdbeereis: This doesn't look very "impulse" to me. More like a portion of a small set. Faramir: This too is too morbid and not very TLC looking. Also, the use of Achoo throws me off some. Fat Tony: His entire collection looks VERY MUCH like something TLC would do today. However, the impulse set didn't get my vote. Felix the cat: Too morbid, unprofessional looking, construction looks flimsy. Fluyt: Similar to Erdbeereis. Looks more like a portion of a small set. Hollisbrick: This one really dissapoints me. I see no consistency, or theme, or even a basic design to this entry. Jamtf: A good idea, but something just overall seems off about it. Maybe the shelf. Jaudeau: A good entry! However, like Dragonator, this one is upclassed as well... Klaus-Dieter: Basically the same as Jamtf's, but with overall worse design. I dislike the use of the brown epaulettes, and the fact the Blackjack Hawkins figure is otherwise unmodified is also lackluster. Doesn't look much like a merchant either. LuxorV: Another decent but nothing notable entry. Almost seems a bit TOO small though. Majek: This entry is a good idea but the execution seems too hodgepodgy. Matn: A good entry, very official looking, but is sadly upclassed by other entries. oDDerFisken: Good idea, but looks woefully put together. oo7: Another favorite of mine! I would love to see new legs done in 1600s leg hosing. However, the figure just looks weird without his breastplate. Phred: A good entry, but VERY un-official in idea. Slave or not, a black plantation worker is just something LEGO would never make, ever. Also, the use of Baron Von Barron's torso seems a bit odd. SirNadroj: Good idea, love the chickens, but not much else to it. Skipper 24: Mediocre entry, with odd use of obvious Star Wars parts. Skullossus: Should've been fleshed out into a small class set. Also, the minifig looks weird. SlyOwl: Good entry. Too good in fact. WE HAVE ENOUGH KING KAHUKAS. TinyPiesRUs: The one that gets my vote! It came down to a battle of the photo, and TinyPie's is the winning one! Good impulse design, and a good show off photo lets you see every detail of the set. Soldier, cavalry, and artillery! Vincent Cheung: Very well made and funny, but looks more like a MOC than a set. Whitefang: Outclassed by most other entries, and the capfire looks weird. MY VOTE GOES TO: TinyPiesRUS SMALL CLASS: Dufresne: I love the canoe, and the set looks well made. But the photo kills it. Roasting a soldier!? Totally what LEGO would never do! Dukeschunke: A decent entry, but looks too much like a clone of an older official set Erdbeereis: Cute, but not very set looking. Again, it look like a MOC! Fat Tony: My vote for small goes here! The boxart is well made and again, this seems like a direction LEGO would take the pirates in this day and age. Plus, it just looks cool. Hollisbrick: Too plain. It's simply a tower on an island! Potential to be a great MOC, not so much a set. Jaudeau: A great entry! However, like Dukeschunke's entry, it just seems too similar to older sets. Legolas: A good entry! Battle packs are good! However, it should have been fleshed out with more than just a brickbuilt cannon. LuxorV: Much like Hollisbrick, this one looks good but also boring. Not very official looking. Majek: This one is just weird... almost seems to be in line with modern LEGO, but something just feels off.... Phred: Jaw droppingly awesome! However, the photo coudl've been a better one, and while I LOVE the idea of the "Revolutionaries", I feel that the turtle sub would just feel weird with Pirates. SirNadroj: This one's too ununiform. Fabuland head, achu torso and legs on seperate figures, and a bad background. I do love the King Kahuka face thing though. Skipper 24: Alot like SirNadroj. WAY too crazy and un-official looking. Skullossus: This one is cool, but the Mermaid could've been better made. The pirates need better designs as well. SlyOwl: Another close one! Looks like it'd fit right in with older pirate sets. TinyPiesRUs: A decent entry, but doesn't really stand out. MY VOTE GOES TOO: Fat Tony LARGE CLASS: Axle: Bad photograph and clumsy looking island design. Dufrense: A good entry! Love the lighthouse, and this photo is good. Duke: What was a good entry gets blasted by a poor photo! We can't see any of the details here! Dukeschunke: Good entry, but rather underwhelming. Don't the imperials have enough small boats? :{ Fat Tony: Again, another near perfect entry for all the same reasons! This time though he didn't get my vote... FelixtheCat: Just too violent to be LEGO. Also, poor entry photo. Fluyt: One of the better entries! And again looks old school. Jason: This looks more like a MOC than a set. But I do like the skull. Jaudeau: My vote goes here! It fits classic pirates, can be new pirates, and looks both real and fantastic at the same time! Very official looking too. Kaboom4: Shouldn't this one be disqualified? Too many figs. Also, a whole lot of parts used in a very small area... Majek: Ok entry. The soldier looks weird. The backveiw photo however I like. Matn: Almost too simple! While I like this entry, it seems too bland. And the naked soldier is just weird. Nikola Barthory: Had potential, but I can see a heavy use of random white parts instead of just using consistent sizes. It also looks like a poorer version ot Matn's entry. Phred: Love the design of the crew, but the string rigging throws me off some. SirNadoj: Fabuland! Hilariously workable, but I doubt LEGO would do this now. Skipper24: Too chaotic! And the trees are weird. Can't tell what's what here. Slyowl: A good entry, but the Fabuland figurehead is just... weird. Too weird. TinyPiesRUs: Good entry! I love the Aztec designs, but I feel this gets too specific for LEGO. Maybe if they were Islanders... TQMaster500: A really good entry. The hinges are a sweet deal. However, I find that the attacking pirate ship to be weird. Love the use of the Wild West covered wagon top though. Vadim: Bad photograph, and a weird sail. Could've been cool, but it just doesn't make it in the end. MY VOTE: JAUDEAU. WOW, that took a long time to type up!

Well darn, I DID get ripped off. 20-something cent off BrickLink? DX

Yes, but my cashola supply is limited, and if I can get a superior deal I will always jump on it.

I have two, so to speak. Both are edits of official heads. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x222/sirnadroj/1-51.jpg Can someone PLEASE do this head, but in brown/african/wtfever? Nextly... http://media.peeron.com/pics/inv/custpics/3626bpx3.jpg Can someone do this face, but remove the headband (and possibly the hair) and have it frowning? I don't want a SEVERE frown, something more on the lines of an "unimpressed pout".

Thanks for all the replies you guys. I got myself an oldschool figurine for such legs now, but the deal was about 5 to 8 USD, and examining the prices on bricklink, I'm wondering if I got myself ripped?

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x222/sirnadroj/1-51.jpg Referring to the bottommost piece of the minifigure. Saw it in the Lego Pirate contest that's going on, and wow, does it work well for an alternative to a 2x2x2 slope for a female figures skirt. Thing is, I've NEVER seen this piece in my LIFE. So who knows anything about it?

I demand more screenshots of this lavishly decorated interior.

Well Mister Phes, I'd say you yourself is a good nomination. You are intelligent, friendly, and overall have a love for LEGO pirates. I think you'd do some good work. Another person I'd consider is Mr. Bonaparte, he too is intelligent and friendly, with a great understanding of history and good skill with the bricks too. Plus, who can deny the awesome sight that is his Napoleonic Army?

This model looks like a "real" ship, but made in a "official" Lego set style.

Floor plans, as in you map out how the MOC will look on grid paper before actually making it, because many parts of this look too well made to be on the fly. Some level of preplanning seems to have been needed.

I'm just curious, but do you draw out floor plans for this?

I don't paticularly care for those sorts of RPs, to be honest. Story driven just needs a well made sentence. It doesn't even have to be a LONG one. Just... use some common sense.

Rules for story driven RPGs are basically "write like a mature adult". Fleshed out and descriptive sentences do wonders.

From boards I go to, RPGs are more story-driven than the conventional "dice and map" games. Basically, each post is like writing a part to a book. We could try that.

Sabre Island, holy crap. I need to find my camera now, but I doubt my entry can best what some people have entered into the Large categories...

Don't flared barrels make them good blunderbusses though?

Alot of Castle and Adventurer accesorites work well with pirates. Sextants, maps, compasses, ext. Castle provides you with extra swords (not cutlasses but hey), and the brown/wodden axes (NOT the dark grey poleaxes) look good too. Backpacks, shovels, picks, treasure chests are good too. For treasure, anything that's a transparent color works well for gemstones. The Ninja line of sets can make some good Asian thugs and pirates with some creativity, and provide you some blackpowder guns in black as well as brown.

The screenshots on the site originally turned me off seeing it branched a bit away from historical accuracy but your character is making me reconsider! Looks cool.

Those are SWEETSAUCE. Want moar.

Best. MOC. Yet.