BrickPerfection
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It's a beautiful MOC VOC galleon! Thanks to the color scheme, it's really reminiscent of the Batavia! I like that the stern is angled upwards! Great job on the sails too! I know it's not easy if you do them by hand. To be completely faithful to your inspiration, you'd have to make the entire hull curve upwards towards the bow and the stern, but especially the stern. Can't really do that with hull pieces though.
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Embark on an epic voyage with thePrivateer Frigate Fortuna — a swift and graceful 18th-century warship crafted for daring expeditions and high-seas adventure. This stunning 4,000-piece model is perhaps the closest a LEGO® creation has ever come to a historically accurate sailing frigate from the final years of the Golden Age of Piracy. Pre-orders start on February 16th, 2026! https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-7/2609/Privateer-Frigate-Fortuna
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Fortuna comes with a treasure chest too... The crew has been thoroughly upgraded of course, but the chest is still there; and it still holds gold coins!
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Marvellous! You did a mighty fine job with the background, Mister Phes! Hits right home with the inspiration and I love the arrangement of all the elements! Sadly, the BDP program features only plain white backgrounds; that keeps it "fair" so that no set is advantaged or disadvantaged by background design. Unfortunately it doesn't; allow for this sort of flair and world building that we all know and love from Classic Pirates! For context: The render is of the version submitted to BDP Series 7 but was never shown before. Mister Phes designed the amazing background artwork!
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Yeah, I agree that Series 7 pictures are not quite as good as those from Series 6... I won't use that backdrop anymore. I sent you a link to a render of the Series 7 version from January 2025 that I have never shown. There aren't many changes compared to Series 6. By early January 2026 the official pictures for the final models should be out; that's what you used for that beautiful edit of the Thieves of Tortuga. They should be easy to work with and much higher quality than anything that I can produce... Photographing my MOCs has been a lifelong struggle
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The unpredictable Privateers, sailing under the flag of Bluecoats, Redcoats or their own! I'm so grateful for these new torsos! They look so sharp with dual-molded legs and tricornes! The model is completely finished, but what was shown at Fan Media Days isn't the latest version. I think this is the first time that BrickLink has shown BDP models at this intermediate stage. Honestly it's a bit surreal that my ship was shown to Fan Media in Billund, Denmark. There's two 5264 clips missing at the headrails, they're meant to be connected; probably forgotten during the test build. Good spotting there! Indeed, getting the shrouds to be just the right tightness without bending the masts was a whole project in itself! Like so many other things with this ship. You're very correct, there used to be a skylight above the captain's cabin, but it was removed to make space for a storage chest. That became necessary because I wanted to be able to store every Minifigure utensil & weapon somewhere on the ship, and the number of Minifigures has increased as well. Fortuna has always had chaser guns.
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Here's a few screenshots of Fortuna's intermediate prototype that was shown at Fan Media Days in Billund, Denmark - taken from Bricksie's video that I linked above!
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What a pleasant surprise to see the prototype - please note this is not the final model - filmed at Fan Media Days in Billund (starting at 10:18): The most noticeable change are the Minifigures, again not final - but a good indication of what will be included.
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[BRICKLINK] 910053 The Thieves of Tortuga
BrickPerfection replied to Retrocity's topic in LEGO Pirates
Thanks for quoting the estimated sale number from stonewars, Yperio! Much appreachiated! I quite like the new system of flexible limits, especially given that sale starts at 3am here in Australia! I really enjoy the thought of not having to get up in the middle of the night to secure a high-demand BDP set The sales for Thieves of Tortuga are pretty solid as well, which gives me hope (I got one as well!) -
[WIP] HMS Victory in mini figure scale
BrickPerfection replied to brick_models's topic in Pirate MOCs
Mighty impressive build! Oh, I saw someone just bumped it to ask how things are going... as much as I am impressed by these huge ships I have seen far more being started than finished. What a tragedy! I'd hope this one makes it though, it's already far along and life is long... -
[BDP] "Coconut Cape" by BallisticBricks
BrickPerfection replied to Mister Phes's topic in Pirate MOCs
I''m really glad that Cocunut Cape has made it in Series 8! I will be getting one for sure. The lighthouse building is super well done with the bright light orange colour and white accents It will be interesting to see what minifigure selection makes it into the final set; the armour pieces are already removed from the BDP Series 9 palette, and perhaps there not even available for this one; we shall see! It would be awesome to see some minifigures that look like armada soldiers There's a couple of plain areas on the plates, perhaps the designer can add a few stones there, a couple of waves would be nice too. Oh, and hopefully the stairs can be reworked a bit so that minifigures can stand on them... -
Thank you so much! I'm sorry for the late reply, I was actually super busy refining Fortuna. I'm extremely pleased with the improvements, but cannot reveal anything for now. Yes, feel free to use that photo! If you want to have the full history, you could start with that and have the ships that I built for Classic-Pirates and the Pirate MOC Forum as the next stepping stone before the BrickLink Designer Program! Unfortunately, Captain Green Hair's Build a Frigate tutorial is missing as a result of Brickshelf being down. Fortuna is registered for Brickbuilt Sydney (May 31-June 1), and hopefully I can show an updated model then. I was thinking of doing a side-by side comparison of the models from Series 5, 6 & 7 and the pre-production model, but I'm not sure when I can pull this off - it depends on getting permission from BrickLink and the BDP Team. Brickbuilt might be just a tad early; we'll see! The other thing that I was super keen on showcasing is custom fabric sails, and how you can make them to look more realistic than e.g. the productions sails of the Endurance. Ideally, I could have a thus customised Fortuna at Brickvention Australia 2026 where BrickLink would also show the model as an upcoming set. Thank you, I'm pleased to hear that!
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Thanks for bringing it up! Sure, go ahead! Please list me as BrickPerfection though.
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Ohh, yes of course! That picture is perfect actually, showing all three ships that I talked about. From left to right: Concordia (competed in Series 3 & 4), Minerva (Series 4 & 5), Fortuna (Series 6 & 7).
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Cheers! The Timeline isn't quite accurate - Concordia from Series 3 is an entirely different ship with a different hull shape and techniques etc. I physically built three ships in total over my efforts for the BrickLink Designer Program: Concordia (Series 3), Minerva (Series 4), Fortuna (Series 6). So as I said, Concordia is entirely separate. Fortuna was rebuilt for Series 6, which involved a new and more part-efficient technic frame to free up more pieces for detailing. The hull shape is unchanged from Series 4, but still you would consider it a 'new' ship because the internal structure is different.