Fraunces

Before the the Lothario decided to join the Sea Rat expedition to the unknown lands, he and his two brothers had a discussion in the captains' quarters of the Octopus. "Lothario," Jacobo said "it is time to expand. We have no clue to where our father is or what happened. I want to go on the expedition, but I think it is wise if we split up for the time being. I know some sailors in the Sereen Qay who are willing to make a doubloon with me on trading some weapons." Alfie and Lothario looked at each other and nodded, this has been coming for some time. Alfie responded: "I'll travel with you to the Sereen Cay where we will get you a ship. I will stay there and try to enlarge the family business on land." Lothario knew they needed to split up, if they ever wanted to create a sizable business. Alfie and Lothario Fraunces traveled as planned to the Sea Rat village, which was still fairly new. With the help of some connections they bought a class 3 trading ship, sailed over to the settlement to sell to the brothers. After a new crew had been mustered, the ship took of on her first adventure under a new captain. Alfie stayed in the Sereen Cay, fascinated by the tales of the Corlander explorer which never returned from the main island. ~~~~~~~~ Just in time for the MRCA The presentation is not very well as I am always struggling to make good pictures with my phone. Need to invest in a decent camera sometime. If anyone knows a good tutorial on how to make quality pics with a white background, please share.

Awesome ship, looks just right if you ask me. Lovely story to go along with it. The tavern scene is great but is there no way to get the shadows out of the walls (it reflects in LDD)

me too

very cool warehouse, I was just about to build something similar (Anno 1602 2nd age warehouse style), this will be a very positive inspiration

I always like the WTC monthly but this edition you kinda just use to crap over your fellow Corries.. Keep it nice and fun for the loyal readers who don't care about internal struggles.

Happy new year and I wish all of you the best and i'm hoping for many high quality BoBS MOCs this year!

I like this one as well, the details and minifigs compose a very real picture

Awesome Dome. This basilica looks stunning. Probably the biggest building in that part of the Brick Seas right now.

I agree with the AoE recognizers, AoE II (the conquerors) has always been a huge inspiration for me to build and I can see the Aztec watch tower in this build Very cool

very nice MOC! Good idea to keep in mind

@Roadmonkeytj I agree with Bregir, I see where you got the inspiration and they look very alike but your version is a bit fat :p

Merry Christmas everyone . The stats are fair enough i'd say

As @Kwatchi said, diplomacy in a MOC, quality built and a very good story based on the in-game lore, very very well done.

Cool basement inn, I like it a lot!

Agreed!

The names backstory makes the built much more alive. The build looks good as well

ONE OF US ONE OF US Awesome build by the way. Saw it on Flickr already but really neat port, ship and minifig (posing)

Very well done, you keep pumping out HQ MOC's as if it is childsplay

The standard lego door, the architecture around it makes it believable as a bank. But I don't have a better solution for you on my first though to replace the door..

The caves and design are awesome! Only the front door I don't like..

there is hope!

Colours, rigging, design and story all very well done. I agree with the rest, you are a truly gifted shipbuilder

Second that! Fun build

Awesome how this worked out! Really well done. I love how the mini-version of the Octopus looks like btw

Hahahaha quite shocking to be honest, one moment I was reading my LEGO-Pirates fanbase forum, the second moment I was confronted with bad language, fear, horror, sex and realistic and extreme violence that may be repulsive to players!! (source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_European_Game_Information )