Captain Braunsfeld
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Thanks for the kind feedback so far. Here are some more pics: Another parade of Prussians... I was trying to do a pirate home where the pirate has turned his boat into the roof: It is located at the back of the whole scene, so you can't really see this on the other pictures. Spot on! This is what they are meant to be (black - red - golden). Fighting Napoleon! Many questions, let's try to answer: 1) Mixing fleshies with yellow minifigs: my son did that 2) Sky in the background: Yes, this is something that I plan to develop. Saves a lot of time in photo-editing. 3) My oldest son (turning 14 next month) is entering the dark ages and less and less enthused about lego. My younger son (11) was the one who populated this harbour scene! So, he was the one to put up the parade of the black coats (and he invited our Dutch soldiers and other Prussian troops as well). This is how we did the first shoots of the scene. Then I asked him to remove most of the troops, keeping mainly the redcoats and then we did the second series of photographs. Yes, we work together sometimes. The pier was a joint collaboration. Biggest praise for me is when at least one of my kids is interested in the model and starts to play with it. And I cannot tear down things without discussion and joint agreement. (I have to promise to improve things!) I hope I have answered all or at least most of your questions.
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[pid][/pid] 253A Ahoy, I've been working on a harbour for quite some time. Now I can start to show the pictures: After the modification of Olivander's Gringott's Bank also got transformed (just a bit) to fit into the scene (same story by the way as with Olivander's: Nobody in our family has ever played with Gringott's). On the very right of the scene you will find MOCs I have presented before: .. and we also tried a parade of the Blackcoats: (which are meant to be Prussian). So, please give a drum roll for the harbour scene... ... and share your feedback with me! (@Sebeus I: This is the harbour scene I was hinting at.)
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Cool. Rocks are great! Water is excellent!
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Very good, my fellow captain! My favourites are: - the yellow ship (working rudder!!) - the tan ship (lots of cannons!!) I could not figure out what the names of these two ships were. Also, I remember having seen the other ships in the forum - did I miss the two I mentioned? Great idea to do a video. It makes a lot of things much clearer, like access to the captain's cabin, etc. Brick on!
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I sure hope we will be able to congratulate to the results of your exams. But now back to business: Of course, I could not resist clicking the link - and THIS IS GREAT! I also like your solution to the common "stairs problem" (always too big for our ships, but alway needed or missing...). Is this going to be the longest post in this blog? I will be looking forward to your updates.
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MOC: The New Egyptian Museum has opened
Captain Braunsfeld replied to Loves Houses's topic in LEGO Town
Nice! Must surely fit in well between the other modular sets like the Corner Café etc. I was wondering about the lions on the outside, as they are available in tan colour as well. Would it look ok if you swapped the colours or would something be missing as the lions are now emphasized? Brick on! -
[MOC] USS Poseidon - Minifig Scale First Rate Ship of the Line
Captain Braunsfeld replied to shiplover's topic in Pirate MOCs
Great! I probably would not have enough bricks to copy this! Excellent. Cannot wait to see the finished model! -
Yes, I have: Maybe I should do a film... The fotos might be more confusing than helpful. The whole set is very packed.
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[pid][/pid] 251C Ahoy, I was interested in building a harbour scene using a good old raised baseplate. Unfortunately you cannot see a lot of the harbour but for some bits of water in the middle, but I am quite happy with the way the buildings have turned out: The whole set is modular (which I have forgotten to prove by taking the appropriate pictures ). At the back side I have allowed for a cross-section approach to the buildings to allow for access and playability: Ok - Sebeus I : this was not the harbour scene I am working on. And the next post should be a ship again.
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I have modified the QAR and it turned out well. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89866&hl=momod Ok, I took some. This is one of the cannon's I've been using for recent ships. Another one: And - you may want to close your eyes now - here is an attempt at some field cannons: They were meant to be somewhat "Napoleonic" but they look like being taken from WWI and having been repainted... But the first two were the ones you were asking for.
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Great. If someone needs a reference on how to take the Eldorado Fortress to the 2010s then THIS IS IT! Congratulations, this is outstanding. The seagull, the waves, the beach, the rocks - and the fantastic fortress. And the cross-section through the whole building is also very fine indeed!
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Red beard runner on steroids!
Captain Braunsfeld replied to Captain Golden Hook's topic in Pirate MOCs
Hey, you've used custom rigging. Hats off to you! Ah, triple guns! Very "Pirates of the Carribean" Good Job! -
[pid][/pid] 251A Ahoy, I've been working on something recently that has been neglected for quite a while but might come to (new) life now: a pirate house (I think of turning it into a gun shop). As you can see, this is based on the TLG model of Olivander's shop. I was quite fond of building the Diagon Alley set but - a bit to my surprise - my kids could not have cared less about that set. Nobody in out home has ever spent a single second playing with the three buildings (or at least with one of them). (... but they do play with Hogwarts, etc.) Still the design was fascinating, well done. So I figured it must be about the colour scheme. I kept the roof "as is" and added that standard pirate/red coat building colour scheme. And this will soon find a place in the harbour scene that I am working on. (Next post will be a ship again)
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(my version of cement mixers)
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Oh, I see. I thought it was a cement mixer .... SCNR Wanna take a look at my "British mortars"?
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Hi, not much space left for the stern. I am usually stuck with almost all other parts of the ship... The stern: From my point of view the stern does not have to be curved inwards like the rest of the ship. You may want to put a window to the left and the right, um, I mean, to starboard and larboard. Then everybody does that same approach by putting the back windows in slopingly. I tried a curved approach once which might look ok with your ship. However, it needs more space! http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89555 But, as always, if I would touch that ship of mine right now, I would build a lot of things differently.
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Ah, more pictures - very good. The crew looks good, great individuals. And the balcony at the rear (that's probably not the correct nautical term, but this is not my first language, so...) is also well done!
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Hi "TheLegoExpert", yes the cannons are sort-of my design. Most likely inspired by some other guy's work. I am experimenting with custom cannons every now and then. You'll see some in most of my ship models. I'll try to take some pictures to post them.
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I'd buy the HMS Marianne as well - how much do you charge? You said "This will be the last update for a while" .... oh dear, not really? Just, when it's getting interesting? Looking forward to your updates (even if it might take a while)
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Great stuff. Fantastico! Would like to see more!
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Very good!! First MOC? Then I will be eagerly awaiting the following ones.
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Ok ... "Kurbrandenburgische Marine"... I learned something there. Are you saying that that ship is actually called "Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde" = Fritz William on horseback ??? Great Joke. We might come up with other suitable names for frigates like "Prince Henry on a stool" or "Napoleon goes shopping" or so... There is always something that history can teach us. Forgot to say: The ship looks good! (And I noted the Prussian flag)
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I am also very fond of the hats. There's a company in the Netherlands (am I allowed to mention their name here?) who does 3d printing. And one of the designers there does custom lego hats of the Napoleonic era. I have painted them following the way my father painted the plastic "Royal Horse Artillery" soldiers (made by a UK company) for me in the seventies. .. and one hat is the usual bicorne (maybe it was black and my wife added the white bits, thanks!). Thanks for blogging this!
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@MATTEO1130: A brig! Wonderful. I am fine with the "late 1600" classification as well. @Hectorin: Yes, I could add some pictures, but the model is currently stowed away... And once I touch it, I will start to change/improve things... and then time will go by. Ok, let's see what I can do for you next weekend. @Sebeus I: You like the colour scheme, ok (me too)... but you have said almost nothing else. You're probably not signing in on the slope-based-approach....
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Dear Captain Golden Hook - you will be happy to hear that TLG have used grey barrels in their recent Star Wars sets (e.g. Mos Eisley Cantina - there is one in there...) They actually look a bit better than mine (which are "old dark grey" and hence a bit brownish).