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    Port St. Brick, a constant WIP

    in Pirate MOCs

    Posted

    Great job. I admire the skill and time it takes to do these digital designs. I have seen plenty of digital designs that have provided valuable ideas for my building in the past. After all whether you built it for real or in a digital design by the time we see it here it is all virual (unless one of you scallywags has broken into my garage :jollyroger:) I have tried this in the past and I just don't have the patience or skill to pull it off. Sometimes I will mess around with it just to see if some technique will work.

    What next for Pick-a-brick

    in General LEGO Discussion

    Posted

    I would love to have a lot more color choices for roof elements...all the various peices not just the main slopes. I would escpecially like to see them in dark and light grey. I would also really like to have dark and light grey slopes 1 x ans 2 x in the 75 degree and the 50? degree (basically all the peices used for building rocks. I would really like to see many more dark red tiles and dark red bricks and plates same comments for dark blue peices. Blue base plates! Pirate them minifigure parts and accessories....especially and if they can only do a couple...shakos, epaullets, cannons and cannon bases. I could go on and on but I am sure others will add plenty more too.

    St. Elizabeth Parish Church - Port of Brick Royal

    in Pirate MOCs

    Posted

    I can't wait to see how your fort turns out!

    I am struggling a little with my plan for the scale of the fort. As I have it imagined right now it will occupy a space 9 extra large gray baseplates and sit on top of a high bluff...It has me a little intimidated right now to be honest. I may have to do some WIP posts to come in for some help. I just received 5000 2 x 2 white bricks yesterday and 10000 white 1 x 2 bricks. I am borrowing heavily from LBaixinho's star fort design so all due credit to him so far.

    wow wow wow!

    I love this MOC so much.

    Also, admiral tunic with the plane black hat (Commodore?), do you have different ranks based on tunic, epaulettes, and hat combinations? Because that is how I differentiate my different ranks.

    -Super

    I think it was Bonoparte who coined the term mini-figure illussion scale. I think all my buildings fall into this category at least to my eye. They are very large (for Lego) but not nearly large enough to be in real scale. I have been pleased with the scale but it is freaking me out about how large the final port may become. I had originally imagined it would be about 12' x 12' (including some water) but I could now see it becomeing twice that size...one day when I have more grey hair than I do now.

    I try to mix it up a little as well. I usually use the Admiral's uniform for any successful officer even a Post Captain if he has done well with prize money. I usually have Admiral's with the white and black hat and white epaullets and will give them a different color feather to denote squadron color. I usually only have Admirals in white gloves as well but I thought for his wedding Sir Horatio would put a pair on. They are also an obscure reference to a scene with gloves in the books and movies.

    My only suggestion would be the addition of a bell and little bit of stained glass behind the pulpit. Even in the new world, I would assume that a church of this size would have a little bit of stained glass imported from home. Perhaps a bit of snot work with sideways oriented trans 1x1 plates?

    Another good suggestion I gave a lot of thought too as I built it. I may yet attempt it but I could find no evidence that this church contained any stained glass.

    Thanks again for all the comments. My favorite part of the church as others have stated is the color scheme. It has such a caribbean feel. I can't take credit for that since it is a copy of a real church but I spent a long time looking through images before I saw St. Elizabeth but when I did I new immediately that I wanted it in my port.

    What is your EB Signature all about?

    in Community

    Posted

    Ive got a Redcoat Flag to show my support for that (the Best) side. I have a Tusken Raider waiving a Redcoat Flag to show support for Nateman's group and the Redcoats and I have a Horatio Hornblower quote about not over reacting to something as natural as a little fighting amongst the crew to help remind us that a little disagrement from time to time is a good thing!

    St. Elizabeth Parish Church - Port of Brick Royal

    in Pirate MOCs

    Posted

    Looks great! I especially like the inside of the church as it looks very realistic and the roof. Can this and your other buildings be made at the same time? That would make for one great picture.

    Yes. The East India Building, the Royal Commons (still need cosmetic changes), Government House, the Naval Storehouse, Passage Fort, the Capstan Inn and now St. Elizabeth Parish Church are all currently in existance. I have many more planned. I hope to start assembeling the port in the fall. It's a long term project. I've just recently started Fort Monck.

    It's beautiful, indeed!

    Just one question: did you build a churchbell?

    Great question. I haven't built a bell but I went back and forth. I probably will at some point.

    Thanks for all the nice comments everyone.

    The 1st Annual Redcoat vs. Bluecoat Tournament of Retribution

    in LEGO Pirates

    Posted · Edited by Commodore Hornbricker

    Yes mods turn up red, so that's me :pir-hmpf_bad:

    The tags, or ''small badges'' as you call 'm might be a cool idea, i will look into it. :pir-wink:

    @Commodore:

    Making 1 vig per week would be nice i think.

    Then people would have some decent time to build and the spectators and moderator have some time to grade it.

    I suggest voting is done by means of a poll, so that it is scientific.

    I would like to add that team members would not be allowed to vote in the poll, which we can check.

    I was thinking about that last night. I was hoping by having judges we could get some traditionally non-pirate folks more involved but that maybe after a winning side is identified we could have a poll for a single MVP from the both sides voted on by all members? If we do that I would be willing to donate a Soldiers Fort set as a prize to each MVP (total of 2).

    I also would encourage some of our newer members to join as the building will be small scale and the primary purpose is to have fun. The team approach makes for less pressure and I am certainly open to expanding the building time. If we have a bunch of people we can keep it shorter because everyone will essentially have a week anyway before there's is due but if we have smaller teams we'll need to expand the time.

    Blue Coats, Red Coats, or Green Coats

    in LEGO Pirates

    Posted

    Seventh, they also had the help of Holland and Spain.

    Eighth, they lost to farmers and Natives thirty-something years later

    Ninteth, the they still think they that they won

    So I guess if I am understanding you correctly using this same logic it would be incorrect for the Western European Allies of WWII to claim that they won the war? :pir-tongue: I for one don't have a problem if the French and others who supported America over Britain want to put the American Revolution in their win column as well. Works for me either way as my family history traces back to both sides of that conflict :pir-classic:

    Blue Coats, Red Coats, or Green Coats

    in LEGO Pirates

    Posted

    My blue coats are Americans! You know, those guys with pitchforks and shovels that beat your amazing red coats?

    Well as an American I certainly can't fault you for that...I don't do that just because other than the revolution we were such a small factor on the seas during the age of sail and I like to have a somewhat loose tie in to history.

    The 1st Annual Redcoat vs. Bluecoat Tournament of Retribution

    in LEGO Pirates

    Posted

    Now that Martinsuper is back and clamoring for more contests I figured we needed a way to channel his enthusiasm before he goes on another one man rampage so I put together this idea I have had for a Redcoats vs. Bluecoats Tournament with the help of Captain Green Hair and super.

    The rules and details are below but this thread will serve as the sign up thread. We need Redcoat and Bluecoat team captains. For starters I will serve as a Redcoat team captain and martinsuper as a Bluecoat team captain but we can have multiple teams on each side depending on the level of participation.

    What we need from you is your name, whether you would like to be on a Redcoat Team or a Bluecoat Team and if you'd be willing to be a team captain. We'll see how many people want to play and then we'll work on putting teams together here (let's keep the Redcoat vs. Bluecoat banter out for now so we can focus on getting this going as quick as we can).

    Also if you are interested in serving as a judge you can sign up here.

    So here is how the Tournament will work:

    The First Annual Redcoats vs. Bluecoats Tournament of Retribution

    General purpose: The primary purpose of the tournament is to have FUN at the expense of the opposing side (Redcoats vs. Bluecoats).

    The Tournament objective: WIN by creating the funniest, most brutal, outlandish Vigs/Bigs representing your side causing the most humiliating, physical, emotional harm to the other side (as represented by their sides minifigures Red vs. Blue). Think like the old spy vs. spy comics. For the purpose of this game Redcoats and Bluecoats represent no national origin so pick which minifigure you like best.

    How the tournament will work:

    - It will be team based. We will have between 3 -5 members per team. This will depend on how many people sign up to participate so shoot for putting together teams of 5 but be prepared to have to downsize to 3 and spin off new teams depending. We must have an even number of teams on both sides so we will start with the goal of having four teams on each side.

    - Each team will alternate posting a Vig (i.e. Redcoats one day Bluecoats the next) until each member of the team has posted two vigs. Individuals on a team must alternate their posting so they don't post for their team two times in a row.

    - We can have multiple teams competing during each round if we have enough (except the final round of course).

    - Each team must have a name which contains their side (Redcoat or Bluecoat) and at least one other unique identifying word. Team names can not be more than 4 words long.

    - During each round a unique thread will be started in the Classic-Pirates MOC Forum by the Tournament Moderator (i.e. Tournament of Retribution - Redcoat Warriors vs. Bluecoat Soldiers - Round 1). The Tournament Moderator will be entrusted to flip a coin to determine which side goes first (Redcoat Teams will always be heads and Bluecoat teams will always be tails). Once determined the Tournament Moderator will inform the team captains of the order.

    - Upon being informed the team selected to go first has 48 hours to post their first submission. Once the first submission is posted the second team has 24 hours from the time it was posted to respond and they continue on the back and forth until all team members have posted two submissions. Failure to post within 24 hours results in the team losing that turn in the rotation and judges as asked to make a significant reduction in that teams final score.

    Tournament Moderator: We need someone (I have asked Admiral Zorro to serve in this capacity or help to identify someone appropriate) who is impartial on the subject of Redcoats vs. Bluecoats to serve as the Tournament’s Moderator. This person may not participate on a team. This person will be responsible for randomly selecting the opposing teams (if we have multiple teams on each side) that face each other in each round and randomly assigning which team goes first. The moderator will track the judges votes and declare the head to head winner and in accordance with the rules make preparations for the next round (if necessary). The moderator is entrusted to interpret the rules of the tournament and use his/her judgment on any issues not specifically addressed by the rules but must stay within the spirit of the tournament.

    Tournament Judges: Judges need to be impartial on the subject of Redcoats & Bluecoats and should have a wicked sense of humor and a high tolerance for the absurd. Judges can not serve on a team. We can have up to eleven judges (but it must be an odd number). After each member of each team has posted two submissions in accordance with the rules the judges through PM or other means will determine the winning team based on the purpose and objective of the Tournament.

    - Building techniques and quality should have no direct bearing on the voting but those types of factors may of course indirectly affect how well a judge feels the teams overall work meets the criteria of the tournament.

    - No voting for your friends just because they are your friends - you're a judge for crying out loud (exceptions to this rule will be made if the judge can produce evidence that a bribe was paid that no reasonable person could turn down).

    - The winning team will advance to the next round (if there is one) and the process will repeat itself until a winning side is identified.

    - Because the Tournament is seeking to identify a winning side vs. a winning team it will be over when a side wins EXAMPLE: If in the first Round three Redcoat Teams win and only one Bluecoat team wins then the remaining Bluecoat team will face the top rated Redcoat Team (as determined by the judges from the 1st round. If the remaining Bluecoat team wins that second round then they will face the next highest rated Redcoat team from the 1st round (as determined by the judges) in round three and so on. Once there are no more teams from a side remaining the other side is declared the victor.

    - Each individual judge may determine their own methodology for rendering their decision but must select a single winning side in each team faceoff.

    - The judges may talk amongst themselves about entries and may or may not decide to have some uniform methodology for evaluation.

    - Once the teams have submitted their required two entries per team member and the submissions have ended for that head to head completion the judges have 48 hours to post their individual decisions. Judges are encouraged to be as wickedly funny and brutal as possible in rendering their decision but need to specifically declare their vote for the winning team.

    The Rules for the Teams & additional direction for Judges: There aren't many.

    - Lego only with the exception of aftermarket products (Brickforge, etc.) which are allowed.

    - It's not about building, it's about funny story telling through the use of Lego depicting senseless violence and other nonsensical behavior toward Redcoats or Bluecoats but build as much or as little as you need to.

    - Each individual submission can have up to three sequences (3 images total per submission) like a little comic strip depicting a sequence of events.

    - Each image must have text associated with it. The text can be dialog of the characters or a narrative description similar to what would be found in a comic strip or a combination. Judges may deduct points if they feel you provided too much or too little dialog but no value is to be assigned to how good the dialog boxes look.

    - You may use avatars if you wish in your submissions but the judges are not to assign any additional value to the use of avatars on either side. The use of avatars is limited to the avatars of members who have entered the tournament as team members (not judges or the moderator). Participants on a team agree by joining the tournament to have their avatars abused in whatever way other teams see fit to abuse them.

    - Participants can use any other Lego factions, themes, sets, etc. as they see fit as long as at least one Redcoat and one Bluecoat appears in each submission submission.

    - Redcoats include both old and new redcoats with one exception. Because there are no new bluecoats the new governor will be playing for the Bluecoats in this game.

    About Spectators: Spectators are asked to :

    - Not post about the building techniques but rather about how funny, gross, outlandish the submission is.

    - They are encouraged to discuss and expand on the story as it has been presented in funny and outlandish ways.

    - They are asked to only post on the most recent submission in each head to head competition.

    Prizes Bragging Rights

    EDIT CGH: signing up can be done untill the 26th of July!

    WIP: Town

    in LEGO Town

    Posted

    Great layout. You have done an excellent job of producing an eclectic mix of buildings, vehicles and scenes within the layout that provide for that diversity that you need to make a big display look real. As was said above I like the raisers as well. That is an idea I have been contemplating with the large display I have been working on. I think what people don't realize who haven't attempted a large design such as this is that the real hard part isn't the buildings and the vehicles it is in creating the space and setting in which they all occupy. I have spent a tremendous amount of time thinking about how I will attempt to address that issue as I progress. You have provided my with a lot of good reference material here.

    The MOCpages CFOL group

    in Community

    Posted

    I am not familar with this group specifically. I've seen it and know of its existance but that is all. I hope the Mod's will leave this topic open because I don't interprit to be about religon at all but rather how ones non-lego interests play out within the AFOL community.

    I like EU ban on topics of religon and politics. I think there are plenty of other places we can all go to have those conversations.

    My personal view is that when you come to an AFOL site your primary interest while at that site ought to be Lego...Lego then Starwars...Lego then Pirates...then music or god or whatever else the rules of the site allow. Those may not be how you order your real life priorities but when you come here you are choosing to make Lego the primary priority. That said I don't have a problem with people choosing to form there own MOC Pages group where they want to express their religous beliefs through Lego. I think it is a shame if they are insulting others but with a topic like religon offending others is an easy thing to do intentionally or unitentionally but I would think if their group clearly defines what they are about and represent and you disagree then you ought to stay away from their group. If their groups purpose is to express their specific beliefs through Lego and you don't subscribe to those beliefs then stay away but to be offended is like saying "I don't believe in religion and then going to church and saying it offends you. These specialized groups may not promote unity within the AFOL community all the time but that isn't their intended specific purpose.

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