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  1. Admiral Croissant
    Hilarious! I really enjoyed it! A very funny mix between a cruise in the eighteenth century and the insurance problems with live vests, and the pizza deliveries we are used to in our time I also had to grin because of the desperate face I make when it turns out there are no croissants left. But to be honest I would have liked frietjes met mayo too It was an honour to be part of the maiden voyage of this beautiful piece of ship-building. I hope she will travel far and wide, and it would be great if I could see her IRL some time.
  2. Admiral Croissant
    Sad to hear.. shows how even in these times with modern safety regulations such things can still happen. Fortunately enough most real valuable historic ships are in a dry dock.
  3. Admiral Croissant
    I'm sorry, but Classic-Pirates is not just an advertising platform for other websites. However, it seems to be a rather nice story, and pirate stories are always welcome here. We do allow you to post the full story here, and place a link to get some views on MOCpages as well. So if you want to, you can do that but for now I'll close this topic.
  4. Admiral Croissant
    Beautiful stern! But also the part just below the windows is quite brilliant Perhaps you could improve the bow a little by adding a figurehead or make the headrails end a little higher on the front below the bow sprit. Good luck on this project. Such a design can only end in an even better final product!
  5. Admiral Croissant
    Nice MOC! The colourscheme makes it look realistic yet the design is very classic Lego-ish. I like it. However, could you please reduce the size of your images? Our max. allowed is 600X800 pixles. Thanks in forward
  6. Admiral Croissant
    Which banner do you mean? Do you mean the one you see on the top of each page which changes during the day? In that case: yes, this was supposed to happen because we recently had a major forum update with a new skin and new images.
  7. Admiral Croissant
    Thanks for sharing this, Pirate journalist! I'll be sure to watch this episode, hoping to see more LEGO piracy!
  8. Admiral Croissant
    Beautiful ship! And you did a fantastic job on incorporating the MOC into a painting It actually looks more like a ship from the "Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij", like this one. But it's a fantasy ship ofcourse and I like how it incorporates some nice elements from different ships and times. Great job, and congratulations on your well-deserved Ship MOC Expert tag!
  9. Admiral Croissant
    And congratulations to Capt. Stabbin on becoming the new Pirates Regulator, and to Louie le Brickvalier on becoming Shipyard Master!
  10. Admiral Croissant
    Yes certainly! We're currently developing things further with a small team. There will most likely be 4 different factions (2 "imperials", 1 pirates and 1 merchants) and we've also chosen the faction leaders. In a hidden sub-forum we're currently developing their background stories, the maps and everything else. So that's where we're currently working on, and soon we'll spend more time on all the rules and how to play in this "factions-game". We're also thinking of faction tags and logos. I can't tell you much more yet because we're still developing and I don't want to spoil too much. The launch of this is depended a bit on Guilds of Historica and on the progress of the development but it seems to be somewhere in june. I'll try to keep you informed!
  11. Admiral Croissant
    I remembered something like that had happened, but couldn't find the exact post and wasn't sure.Still a shame, I really thought it was becoming one of the best LEGO replicas I'd ever seen. Very promising. However, perhaps you might still give it a try after you've finished this vessel. It could be a good training for some techniques, or for the rigging. Anyway, best of luck with this project! It's nice too
  12. Admiral Croissant
    Great to see you building these kind of ships again! This seems to become another nice project, but if you really want to make a LEGO model of USS Hannah, I agree with Kurigan that a custom hull could fit the original shape better. But if this ship is more "inspired by" USS Hannah it could just be a great ship MOC. By the way, how's the Endeavour coming along? Or did you abandon that project? I thought that was a very exciting project!
  13. Admiral Croissant
    Well look at that! What a pleasant surprise! Just when we're thinking about Pirate guilds TLG is thinking of a new LEGO Pirate set!
  14. Admiral Croissant
    Well there are lots of books about ships, but you could just look for images of "ships of the line" model ships from ships of the end of the 18th century. We also have an index with photos of historic and replica ships here in the Pirates forum.But as long as you look on the internet for ships of the line from the same period you'll find good sources of inspiration. As for the colourscheme, here you can see a Dutch ship (De Vrijheid) at the battle of Camperdown in 1797. The colourscheme is rather brown-ish, just like your model (here's a link, the image is quite large). Though of course with lego it's better to have some different shades of brown. As you can also see, the gun ports are red on the inside, so when you open yours, it's historically correct!
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    I created a secret forum for the rest of the development and added a few members so the decision-making will be easier/faster. However, we'll take your ideas into account and I think we will sometimes open up a poll for some issues. Thanks for bringing up ideas, and new ideas are still welcome.
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    What a masterpiece! The sails and rigging are superb! And it even has a beautiful custom-made flag! This is truely a state-of-the-art MOC with only the best of techniques. It will be very hard to improve this -if possible at all. Let's have a look at this ship afloat:
  17. Admiral Croissant
    I think you could work some more on the bow, compare it to model ships from that period for example. Have a close look, for example at the headrails, which you attached to the bowsprit. That being said I really like where this MOC is going. The colourscheme is quite original and looks great. I believe it was quite usual for Dutch ships at the close of the 18th century to have this colourscheme (except for the red gunports), and perhaps also for other navies. The details on the deck are also nice so far. Do you also intend to make the interior of the ship more detailed? For example with some beams and lanterns?
  18. Admiral Croissant
    Well done! Great quality, good music and sound effects, and I also like the fact that you see the trees moving in the wind. It's also funny to see the minifigs making short sounds but speaking no real language. Yet it's clear what they mean. Clever
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    I'm afraid I'll have to agree with MstrOfPppts and SkaForHire. I think we should just have some simple basic rules and a great story. Outside of that the focus should be on "building an imaginary world" with a lot of freedom and creativity IMO. But don't get me wrong, I really appreciate your extensive reply!
  20. Admiral Croissant
    I've brought up the discussion about the relation with the Guilds of Historica in the staff forum. I'll let you know what happens. Personally I think we should start with no more than 3 themes to assure active leadership. Perhaps it would be cool to have some kind of government for which members can work. They could ask permission to start their own voyage of discovery or colonial settlement or small war, or ask for an assignment. All on a rather free basis (not too much time-restrained). I'm not quite sure what would be the best themes/guilds.. Perhaps a Blue team, a Red team and a Pirates theme would work the best, but in a way that every blue torso could be used for the Blue team and so on. The islanders could play some role in the colonial settlements and with enough success become a seperate team..?
  21. Admiral Croissant
    Excellent. I've seen some very good points already: There should be a storyline. A good story, but also easy to understand. In spite of the storyline, there should be a lot of freedom to develop different characters with their own sub-stories. We should start with about 3 factions, each consisting of different "themes" like pirates/privateers, navy, land based, islanders, etc. It should be easy for new members to participate. Further development with a few dedicated members in a new sub-forum can be serviceable (and will be created). Now, unfortunately I don't have time to visit the forum this weekend, so the sub-forum will probably be created sometime next week. In the meantime, don't hesitate to continue the discussion here.
  22. Admiral Croissant
    Congratulations to all the winners! And Bonaparte thanks for organizing this It's been a while since we had a builing contest here and it's good to see this much enthousiasm!
  23. Admiral Croissant
    Quite a lot of replies already, that's promising! I think we can continue with the development. I'll try to make a new "secret" forum for everyone who wants to help with this, and then we can decide on other things, like how many/what factions we want.
  24. Admiral Croissant
    Hi everyone, As you may or may not know, there's a very popular thing going on in the Historic Themes forums for quite some time, called "The Guilds of Historica". There are different groups of MOCers (guilds) who compete agains each other in an imaginary world with a great storyline. I've already had quite a few suggestions from members who'd like to have a similar thing in the Pirate forums. So I thought, before we start anything, I'd like to get an indication as to how many people would be interested, and I'd also like to get suggestions as to what such a Guilds thing would look like for the Pirate forums. So if you have ideas and/or of you'd like to participate, post a comment!
  25. Admiral Croissant
    Non-Standard Pirate Sets 3840 Pirate Code (LEGO Games, 2009) 6299 Pirates Advent Calendar (2009) Review #2 40158 Pirates Chess Set (2015) (Review Needed) 852750 Pirates Tic-Tac-Toe (2009) 852751 Pirates Chess Set (2009) DKPirates-1 Brickmaster Pirates (2009) Official MOD Port Royal Instructions (PDF format) w/o Pics port_royal_mod.lxf Pirates T-Shirt Alarm Clock Other Miscellaneous Pirate Related Set Reviews 70810 Metalbeard's Sea Cow (2014) Link to First PostContinued in the next post.....
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