Admiral Croissant

Drunk! Let's lecebrate! I guess the title was given by Big Cam or Captain Blackmoor. A few days ago I was in a certain mood when I came up with the genious idea of posting something in the Shipyard. I'm glad that forum is hidden from most members

The discription says: I don’t care what anyone else thinks, adding LEGO to any tattoo concept automatically makes it about ten times cooler. And I must say that it looks quite awesome! Not that I'd want one on my own leg, but this person earns respect! [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp] More LEGO tattoos can be found here.

They were probably deleted because one of their conditions is that pictures must have something to do with Lego. Perhaps you'd better upload the pictures to Flickr or Photobucket. Otherwise I think they will be deleted again. Nice pictures by the way! Especially the caravel

This is truely outstanding! Everything looks very neat and detailed and I really like the red deck details. The different colours of rigging also looks splendid, just as the yellow hoses above the side galleries. The only tiny thing that bothers me a bit is that you've only made the lower row of deadeyes on the crow's nests. Because they are yellow they draw your attention and then it just seems as there's 1 row missing. Outside of that it's superb Good luck on the sails! I can't wait to see it completed!

I like the design, and funny enough it's not too far from the truth. Louis XIV had a small fleet in his garden at Versailles. Here's a picture: Perhaps you already knew about it, otherwise it's a funny coincidence.

A bit late but Happy Birthday Taz! Hope you had a great one.

Happy Birthday!

[pid][/pid]220D New islands are still being discovered! Take this one, by Brickshelf member Legacek. SNOT water, a scary cave and interesting work on the foliage are some of the things you'll find in this MOC. More pictures can be found on his Brickshelf account. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

Unfortunately I don't have the time for this, but I enjoyed to watch it last time. What I can do, is blog this in the hope to get some opponents. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

It's a rather nice MOC I don't know what a real building like this would look like but this looks quite realistic. It would be nice to have some more background information about the building, but I like how it looks. The front, the roof and the cross are well done. I'd like to blog it. Next time you make a MOC, could you add a white background? That makes it more professional and seem like you made more effort to make good pictures. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

Thanks for all the comments so far! I'm glad you liked the review. Indeed it's a matter of personal taste for a big part. Some don't like too much detail, or are purist. Perhaps it were better if it was just as detailed as the official grey rifle. But when you're building a big army with custom decals these weapons are excellent. Unfortunately I don't own a Brickforge bayonet and this review was mainly about the musket and pistol, not about the bayonet.Still, I thank you for the comment as the Brickforge bayonet needed to be mentioned. I think the Brickforge bayonet looks better, but the U-clips are also very useful. And for some brickfilms, comics or dioramas it could be a nice feature that the bayonets can be held in the hands. Again, I think it's a matter of your own preferences

Yesterday I was very happy to receive a package with the finest non-official LEGO arms I'd ever seen. The new BrickArms musket and flintlock pistol are a must-have for every non-purist in the Pirates forum! In this review I'm going to explain you the reason why. This is how the weapons were sealed. In a box with a rather large piece of paper wrapped around them. And this is what the muskets look like on both sides: Muskets were used from the early seventeenth century up until the end of the nineteenth. They were slowly replaced by rifles during the Crimean war and the American Civil war. I've even heard stories of the Dutch still using them in WW2 due to a lack of money and proper firearms. A disadvantage of the neutrality we hoped to keep... Compared to this real musket I must say it looks excellent! The flintlock is clearly visible and the design is a great middle between the LEGO blunderbuss and a real musket. Here's a comparison with the official LEGO blunderbuss. I prefer the BrickArms plastic to the (new) LEGO plastic as it seems more sturdy and I like the edges more. The trigger is also far more realistic. But because the musket is all-brown it still looks like it could have been an official LEGO piece. And here we have the flintlock pistol. This is a great piece as well. This is the musket with different clips and bayonets. Which one do you like the best? From the top down is light grey U-Clip, soft grey and dark grey. This knife doesn't fit perfectly to the musket but it looks quite well. The LEGO cutlass suits quite well too, but it doesn't look very realistic IMO. Time for some experiments! Looks quite fierce doesn't it? I'm sorry, let's go back on topic. The pistols look nice with bayonets too. Even though the bayonet is quite large, the idea is more realistic than one would think: A random shot. Bluecoats with the new musket, Redcoats with the LEGO blunderbuss. And a close-up: A frontal view: And finally, a few soldiers between my own collection of musket bullets from the 80 years war. I don't have any complaints about the new weapons. They look great and are a nice variation to the blunderbuss. The reason of this review wasn't to encourage you to buy these weapons instead of official LEGO weapons. They are both of good quality, and they can be used for different MOCs. The blunderbusses still look great in a pirate scene, and for 18th/19th century weapons I would prefer the BrickArms weapons. So I can only give you the tip to obtain a pair of LEGO blunderbusses and a pair of BrickArms muskets. Then you will be ready to build any kind of pirate-related MOC Thanks for your attention and feel free to comment!

I'm on a boat! - I went on a boat trip this summer (without T-Pain) and I showed a picture of the boat somewhere. I think Big Cam gave the title.

Great that you're giving it another -improved- try! You have my approval. I'll see if we can link some small prize to it like a title or tag EDIT: Such a prize will be granted to the winner!

I'm sorry for my late response but I just returned from my holiday. Thanks for all the birthday wishes! I'll raise a glass croissant on all of you I've had a great day on a boat, with lots of presents, nice dinner, lovely weather and a party in the evening

NOO! What a nightmare! I know the feeling: *sigh... * It still seems more complete than the Vesta after her fall, but then again the Fourageux is much larger. It doesn't seem impossible to rebuild her but it will probably be very time-consuming. Good luck!

Yeah Ebay is always a rather cheap way to get minifigs, just keep a close eye on the relevant auctions and one day you'll be lucky

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There is room for improvement, but overall it's a nice ship. I also like the colourscheme. Is there any ship in particular that you're using as a source for inspiration? As a sidenote, could you please resize your pictures? Our maximum allowed is 800X600 pixles. Thanks in forward

That's truly beautiful! This rigging (and the rest of the ship) is certainly one of the best I've ever seen here. I like it that you're using light and black string, and brown masts with black yards. It looks very neat and solid. The only thing I'm not sure about is the chains below the platforms. They don't look very close to the real things IMO and that strikes me on an - outside of that- perfect realistic ship You could perhaps try something like this or this. But I'm very fond of the new deadeye technique! Expect this on the frontpage soon! [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

[pid][/pid]216D Our News Scout Horry has picked up his scouting job again, and he did some great discoveries! One of them is this Soldiers Outpost by Brick Vader, a member from another forum. More pictures can be found here A larger image can be found here, and here's a link to the original forum topic (in German). I think there are some nice features in this MOC, such as the water and the laundry. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

Good MOC. It's a nice intermediate form between the official LEGO one and the movie ship. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp] -along with the other recently posted Pearl.

That's a good find. I don't believe we've seen it before on this forum. I do remember a quite similar Black Pearl though, made by gatorzip02. Let's compare the sterns for example: I wonder who inspired who, or perhaps the builder is one and the same? IamF4u5t, I also edited you post to put in a link and a picture to make it look more appealing By the way, it's [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

In the future, when you quote something, please don't quote the image when the original one is on the same page. This makes the whole forum more structured and easier to read. I've removed them this time. Thanks in forward

Nice ship. I like how you did the stern and the railings on the poop deck. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]