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Yeah, thats the difference between my "sailors" and my "marines". I have about 12 now, I hope to have about 40 before the year is over.

Can I see some with black pants? I have been watching a lot of old movies lately and have been seeing redcoats with black pants. -Super

I totally approve of the way you deal with redcoat spies. Way to go!

I will do it this weekend, is that alright? -Martin

Well, here is the family photo. I havent gotten a good pic of my redcoats yet. This includes my harbor police, black coats, soldiers, sailors, and marines. (left to right) I will also be expanding my calvary to at least ten. I based them on the Croatian Alcari Jousters.

Thats one of the reasons Im going to break it up. Because if I dont make the sidewall that big, then there won't be enough "room" on the baseplate for a third floor. My new design will look like this. So, this new fort design will still have gun emplacements, but it will also be a seawall to cover the harbor. It will also no longer have a third tier, but rather be a two level. The black box is the crane.

What are they without US?! I guess you guys cant use my fort now....

Oh I agree 110% that paypal is way better. But they only respond once you have spend the money. When you find someone on Ebay scamming, and you report it without being scammed yourself, you would think that ebay would want to protect their site better?

Admiral Ackbar says: "ITS A TRAP!"

Yeah, most of my cannon is at my parents house where I have my actual display setup. I plan on going with the old style cannon for the whole fort. I wanted to use blue bases for all my cannons, but I only have three and ordered a few more. They are hard to come by. -Super

Are we really doing this again? I mean, do we not get enough jobes at each other in the regular forums?! I think BLUE.

Vig. 79c Hello again. I feel I get to present my first somewhat "serious" MOC, FINALLY! This is Fort St Kendra! I know there isn't a St Kendra. My fiance said I should name it after her because she had to put up with me while I was building this. So she gets the name on this one. This fort will be at the channel mouth of my port. The fort will be on one side, and the lighthouse on the other. As you can see, unlike some forts, this one does not have quarters, cabins, or other sleeping areas. It is strickly a gun emplacement, and the fort crews change every 8 hours on a rotational basis. The cabins will be in the port, somewhere safer. Also notice that every cannon area has its own officer and can run idependently of the others. Without further adeu, let me show some pics, and give brief descriptions. Side View or Channel side view. Sea Wall side view. Crane View Front View Command Area Crane, yes the basic design is stolen from Soldier's Fort, but I liked it. The crane will reach the dock that will be behind the fort, and it can reach every level. Comparison shot. So, this is what was in my mind and needed to get out. Honestly, is this good enough to bring to brickworld? I know we need more pirate displays, I just didn't know if this was good enough. Furthermore, after brickworld, I am going to take this apart. Instead of one fortress on a 48X48 plate, I am going to make this into a fortress/sea wall, that is built over three 32x32 plates instead. The main reason is to get the triple tear design like this, you lose A LOT of common bricks inside. I was almost sucked dry of 2X4 bricks for this project. -Super Ok, I just realized I didn't post this in the MOC forum, can someone move this for me?

Everyone should own an Elderado Fortress!!!

I reported him but they didnt seem interested.

I had a run in with a guy named Franklin_Delano_Bluth I don't now if that name is 100% right. But a few of his auctions even popped up on the ebay list! So what he does is list a bunch of cool old sets and says if you bid on multiple he will give deep discounts. So he might list an Eldelrado fortress, a Black Seas Barracuda, and then a bunch of smaller sets like Sabre Island and the Brig. Then, right before the auction ends, all the big sets disapear, and only the little sets "finish". A few weeks later, he will have another set of auctions, and those same big sets will be listed again. He uses the big sets to get attention to his small sets and jack up the price.

I dont like any of them, but Brickbeard has the best torso for soldier making. -Super

I know that tiling makes MOCs look cool and all, but I dont feel right about it at all. How are my mini-figs supposed to stand? I for one will never submit a ship or fort with a tiled floor, and if that means I never win anything, so be it! SAY NO TO SNOT!

My first MOC ship is going to be the BRIG Niagara, which Perry transferred his flag to during the battle of Lake Erie. So, nice to see Perry.. but don't build the ship before I do! Very cool! -Super

After all the hours I spent organizing my pieces I don't think I will ever let anyone play with them, especially the old version of myself! I never realized how much easier and faster it was to build MOCs once the pieces were organized!

Are you going to use them same design or modify it? My main reason for doing it was that I really didn't have any other use for old the old and new pirate captain torsos I was accumulating. I just got two more old torsos, so that means more harbor police! Maybe Ill have them man my Harbor Sentrys.

I think the "new gold" epaulettes look great! If you want an officer, just give him the old yellow ones, it will stand out enough to make a difference. Maybe use a new govenor torso as your officer?

Now I understand. I cut back on beer because I have been working out more, maybe thats why my MOCs havent been turning out as nice?! LOL Again, very nice guys. Its so nice that I dont want to build anything again because I would feel embarrassed! I will have to assemble a mighty fleet of 20 Caribbean Clippers and hunt this redcoat down...

You know, besides the Chicago Cubs, I don't think there is anyone I hate and love more than you Zorro.

Dude.... I'm the black sheep. Maybe you haven't been around long enough?

I like it because its some of our better known members talking about their LEGO hobby out of the context of a thread on the forum. I also like it because we get to know more about the people we are talking to. I think that some of our newer members (such as myself) hope that one day we get a behind the helm interview, so we are all very interested and spend time reading them as they are released. Besides, you stop making behind the helm, we are taking your camera away from you. Then your sig-fig is nothing more than a bluecoat officer. So unless you want your distinct personality stolen away in the night... you will continue to make behind the helm... OR ELSE.