Captain Braunsfeld

Thank you. Yes, I intend to continue to write strange/funny storylines.

Excellent ship, my nods to @boeing_787_8_dreamliner

The Royal Horse Artillery are practising. The guys are inspired by the British Royal Horse Artillery Helmets come via Shapeways and I had the torsos custom printed.

The storyline around detective Herlock Sholmes and his friend Dr. Sonwat has just been completed by Captain Braunsfeld. As part of the adventure Sholmes is apparently using one of those modern flying machines (see below) and does everything to uncover the secret plot of a masked villain ... You can find all of the fourteen chapters (starting here and ending here) in the LEGO Pirates Forum.

Yes, at least as far as I understood

Well, I showcased those drinks in this scene - did you see the food too? The cups & lemons are created by a guy here in Germany (https://www.patsonbricks.de). And here are all the drinks he's done so far. I came in contact during the last lego event we've done here in Cologne (bricks and friends). And I just had to buy those drinks. Probably they are not historically acurate but they look great

I just talked to the marquis. He is quite interested in visiting Maldria

Thanks. I assume that Fingergold is already dead and gone. But who knows You want to order bananas? What have you done that you have to fear the Marquis? Yepp, those drinks with the slices are great (they are a third-party product, however, not my creation). I am sure that Dr. Sonwat will take care of all required tax matters

Hooray for the winners! And a hooray for all the participants. There were so many great entries!

(This is where we left our heroes) In a palace in Pontelli. Everyone is there: our heroes, Albert & George, Mayor Sally, Colonel Brickinson - and even Professor Thaum has found his way were (maybe to make sure that his evil twin is still imprisoned...) Mayor (Sally): “Herlock Sholmes, you and your friends have protected the gold of Pontelli. Therefore, the city of Pontelli would like to express our gratitude. Please accept this great golden goblet as our gift to you.” Mayor: “Without your initiative and courage the Bank of Pontelli would have been robbed and many rich people would have been quite upset…” Herlock: “Thank you, madam.” Mayor: “And now a toast! To our heroes! And may Pontelli's trade routes become even more lucrative in the future!” (Everyone cheers. Somehow Sholmes manages to be the only one without a drink in his hands…) Meanwhile Alberto, George and the Marquis seem to get along quite well with each other. Dr. Sonwat to Sholmes: "Did you hear that? The Marquis is funding the development of a new ball-hover." Sholmes: "Yes, I heard that. They want to call it 'Enterprise' and they want to boldly travel to islands where no Eslandolean has gone before." Dr. Sonwat: "They want to travel to Oleon?" Sholmes: "But... Dr. Sonwat: "Yes?" Sholmes: "Why is our Marquis so fascinated by bananas? I do not get it." Dr. Sonwat: "Nor do I. It is a mystery to me." Then they all pose for the obligatory painting for the newspaper.... ... but Sholmes still has no drink. The party later gets more tempo after the Marquis has discovered a drum set... Later in the "The Crab and the Lobster" club (in Belson, Corrington): (Lord Fortescue, Dr. Thinkslow-Shootwell, Lord Rushinthought and our heroes) Sholmes: “Lord Rushinthought, we have good news: here is the Horse Race Money that was stolen from you!” Rushinthought: “Good Golly, Miss Molly, that’s what I call a nice surprise!” Rushinthought: "But how? Sholmes: "Later." Dr. Sonwat: "We also have the diamond that was stolen from Lord Fortescue!" Lord Fortescue: "Certainly, certainly. Amazing achievement. And I thought it was my butler Bean Sean." Dr. Sonwat: "Bauwn Shauwn?" Lord Fortescue: "Yes, Bean Sean. But I understand it wasn't him. Now whodunnit?" Dr. Sonwat: “Well, we took a ball-hover and then we hid in a gold depot that was about to get robbed and Hallcroft got painted, the Marquis fought with unbelievable speed and then suddenly it wasn’t the butler.” (Everyone looks confused.) Sholmes: "Let me summarize: The case was a bit complicated, I must admit. We caught the villain with the green mask who called himself 'Masfanto'. But he was in fact Wesbert Thaum, the evil twin-brother of Professor Thaum. But then again he turned out not be the main villain." Lord Fortescue (still slightly confused): "And who was the main villain?" Sholmes: "A woman." Lord Rushinthought: "That explains a lot. Thank you, my dear Sholmes." Lord Rushinthought: "Well, no good deed goes unpunished, err, I mean unrewarded. Here, have this diamond. And thanks a lot!" Lord Fortescue: "Certainly. And please accept this bag of money as my sign of gratitude." Sholmes (whispering to Dr. Sonwat): "We started with a bag of money and a diamond and we end up with the same." Dr. Sonwat (whispering to Sholmes): "Yepp, we could have skipped this part and just kept the loot. But that would have been indecent. We are after all honourable detectives." Finally, back at Quaker Street 9 ¾: Dr. Sonwat: "So what have you got, at the end of the day? What have you got to take away? Some money, a diamond and a glittering prize. Strange story behind us and confusion behind our eyes..." Sholmes: "Well, my dear Hisham. I see it clearly now. Patricia Sevenfish is the daughter of the infamous Ricau Fingergold. Just like him she has become obsessed with gold and this is why she planned to rob the Bank of Pontelli. After all, this is one of the largest gold depots in Eslandolea. I could have found out this earlier but I got confused by all those Celtic names." Dr. Sonwat: "Like Liamh Jeeves, spelt Leamh Jiamh?" Sholmes: "Yepp. Do not mention him again, the spelling gives me a headache." Dr. Sonwat: "We made a lot of money by solving these adventures." Sholmes: "Yes, but I will still send them my standard invoice." Dr. Sonwat: "Hallcroft Py would have loved that. Where might he and Patricia Sevenfish be right now?" Sholmes: "I don't know but I am still pretty sure about their coat of arms." THE END The story overview: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 (you are here)

You brought the highland games to Rivendell!

Some strange but funny things have found their way into our pirate game "Brethren of the Brick Seas": @Bricksbypidy has introduced some "Highland Games" there - check them out in the LEGO Pirates Forum!

And I always hope that some people spot the hidden references My pleasure. Thanks. I guess that Patricia and Hallcroft are happy too Thank you. Some things will be covered in the upcoming closing chapter. Well, I need to thank my readers. Actually, the idea of tricking the Marquis with a banana was one of the early comments in the storyline. And I liked that idea

That's a fine sloop. My only problem is that I can't put it on the frontpage next Wednesday

(This is where we left our heroes) Sholmes and his companions rush to Pontelli’s airfield to catch Ms. Sevenfish before she can escape through the air. When they arrive the ball-hover is already airborne. Some Pontellian crocodiles watch the scene from the side. Sholmes (shouting): “Miss Sevenfish. Give up. You are surrounded!” Patricia Sevenfish: “Oh, hello. I would be surrounded if I was on the ground, Mr. Sholmes: but it might have escaped your attention that I am already up in the air.” Sholmes: “Where are Alberto and George?” Patricia Sevenfish (raising the pistol): “They ran when I showed them my little friend here. And so I came into possession of this fine invention.” Patricia Sevenfish (now holding a diamond): “Is this what you are after, Sholmes?” Sholmes: “Lord Fortescue’s diamond, I assume?” Patricia Sevenfish: “The very same.” Ms. Sevenfish pockets the diamond and produces the pistol again. Sholmes: “This confirms my assumptions.” Dr. Sonwat: “You said, you had no idea…” Sholmes: “Miss Sevenfish. You might have a one-shot pistol but there is five of us. And we have the Marquis and he is armed!” Ignoring his wig, the Marquis leaps forward and grabs the mooring rope. Miss Sevenfish: “How amusing.” Miss Sevenfish (waving and then dropping a banana): “This will be an interesting test!” The Marquis reacts immediately: before the falling banana has passed him by, he lets go of the rope, grabs the banana and lands safely with it on the ground. The Marquis is very happy and seems less interested in the further development of the story. Sholmes: “What was that? What kind of magic are you capable of?” Miss Sevenfish: “Seeing and observing.” Before she can continue, Hallcroft Py has jumped forward and grabbed the end of the mooring rope. Patricia Sevenfish: “Hallcroft!” Hallcroft Py (pulling himself onboard): “Patricia.” Sholmes (to himself): “This is getting out of hand…” Sholmes (loud): “Hallcroft! What are you doing there?” Patricia Sevenfish (holding the diamond again): “Ah but Mr. Sholmes, now you disappoint me - isn't it obvious: he’s joined my side.” Dr. Sonwat (to Sholmes): “I think I can stop them. I had some special changes made to my hat.” Sholmes: “Like what?” Dr. Sonwat: “It now has an iron ring under the brim.” Dr. Sonwat: “I will throw it to disable the ball-hover.” Dr. Sonwat takes aim and throws his bowler hat! Sonwat’s hat hits Ms Sevenfish’s hand which is holding the diamond – … and knocks the diamond out of her hand. Patricia Sevenfish: “That was unexpected…" Hallcroft Py (shouting down): “Stop that! Somebody could get hurt!” Patricia Sevenfish: “Don’t worry. I am not injured – and this was not my only diamond…” The diamond has landed right in front of Herlock Sholmes. Sholmes: “Ok, now we’ve got all of your loot.” Patricia & Hallcroft remain quiet as if to say “We don’t care!” Dr. Sonwat: “All I wanna say is they don’t really care about us.” Sholmes: “Looks like it.” Hallcroft Py: “I don’t like sand.” Patricia Sevenfish: “Me neither.” They stare in each other’s eyes. Hallcroft Py (sighing): “Patricia!” Patricia Sevenfish (sighing): “Hallcroft!” Sholmes (shouting): “Hallcroft Py, think about your future! Do you want to become a criminal?” Hallcroft Py (shouting back): “I am sorry, Sholmes, especially after all you have done for me. But I will stay with Patricia.” Sholmes: “You will be found guilty. Isn’t that terrible for an upcoming accountant?” Hallcroft Py: “Most of today’s crimes are committed by bankers and accountants anyway…. It’s my destiny!” Hallcroft Py: “Farewell, Mr. Sholmes and Dr. Sonwat. And Marquis. Thanks for helping me. And Mr. Sholmes, one more thing!” Sholmes: “Yes?” Hallcroft Py: “Do not forget to enter your expenses in form XVa when you do your taxes!” Sholmes (speechless) The ball-hover starts to drift away in the breeze. Dr. Sonwat: “At least we have the complete loot from our last adventure.” Sholmes: “Yes. One more case closed. And they will marry.” Dr. Sonwat: “Their family-coat of arms will be a no-brainer.” Pontelli Guard: “Shall we round up the usual suspects now?” Sholmes: “No, not this time.” Dr. Sonwat: “Let’s return the stolen property to the rightful owners.” Sholmes: “Yes.” (to be continued) The story so far: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 (you are here) Chapter 14 (epilogue) Yes, there will be a closing chapter. But when you have come this far, you have essentially seen the story. And here you have the other Goldfinger-element that you have been waiting for: the dangerous hat! Except that it is used by one of the heroes and not by the villain. "I don't like sand" is of course the pinnacle of George Lucas' romantic writing. I just had to use it here. This chapter is actually quite long but I felt that we already had a suffient amount of cliff hangers, so I hope you will appreciate that!

I am sorry! I have toyed around with the plot for some time, but the only interesting way to get back to Ms. Sevenfish after the scenes in the Bank of Pontelli was having her being behind the plot all the time. Again a fine summary. You'll see. I'll post the next installment in a second.

Great job - I love this too. One question: The curtains are hanging on the curtain rod - but where is that attached? Or are the curtains not really hanging but supporting the curtain rod?

Great job with the minifig heads

Fine plantation with a fine background story to it

Congratulations! (There is a monkey, so I could not resist )

This is a nice tavern for the town of Ceniza Bajo. They offer lots of drinks (unless the monkey steals too much of their supplies ...) You can find more pictures of @Yperio_Bricks' creation in the LEGO Pirates Forum.

You made good use of that vidiyo torso!

Fine designs. These houses will make a great port city. The best thing for me are the boots!

Really fine redcoats. I think you are the expert here for that topic

Fine MOC, quite high, actually. I hope they are having a great time on the island