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Really enjoying watching this ship progress, from digital plan to reality. I especially love the uses of the curved bricks. They are brilliant pieces underused by most ship builders. Keep it up, can't wait for more.

Outstanding. Well written with powerful imagery and still a sharp witty ending! Bravo

Thanks for the really mature feedback guys! I wont let you down. i'll post the next draught in this same thread and ill love to have you critique it again as this was really helpful.

These photos come straight from a a photo album release by TLC on Facebook about 4 minutes ago. Thought i'd share them due to their high quality. If they are too big let me know and ill delete the post! Couldn't load Inuit, Luberjack and Zookeeper A couple of them wont load for some reason so go to the Facebook page and see them yourself Click Here

thanks for the positive feedback! i've got a while to trim it so i should be alright!

Still got to chop it down as it is over the word limit, but white fang inpsired me to upload a draught and get soem feedback! When Jack first mentioned the fabled ‘First Brick’ Gibbs had just snorted in an attempt to stifle his laughter. It wasn’t that the old pirate didn’t believe in the super natural, after spending so much time with Jack he had got used to it, but the tale of the First Brick was one even Gibbs couldn’t bring himself to believe. Supposedly when the world was first built all those years ago one of the founding bricks had been lost and swapped by a block from a different world, not just a different place but an entirely different universe. The preposterous nature of the story hadn’t discouraged the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow, he was convinced that he knew its location and was determined to travel to that other world, after all as Jack had put it, “what man is more free than one who is not restricted to just one world?” Although Gibbs still wasn’t convinced he was happy to humour his good Captain for the sake of a good adventure. After assembling a crew the buccaneers set off across the seas. Eventually they arrived at the most unassuming spit of sand in the Caribbean and after anchoring the Pearl, Gibbs rowed a small dingy while Jack stood heroically at its bow. The island was no more than a few metres long with one solitary palm tree at its centre, and there on its side next to the tree was a simple rectangular red block with a flattened cylinder at one end. Jack swaggered up to it and span around, “You were saying Mr. Gibbs.” The old sailor shook his head as his mutton chop facial hair creased into a reluctant smile. So now here they were, just moments after simultaneously touching the brick, still dizzy from the trip. They both stood up to find themselves below deck on some sort of vessel with a variety of weapons all pointing at them being wielded by strange yellow faced pirates. Jack paused as his eyes darted around taking in his surroundings, then smiled and lent into the barrel of a pistol being aimed at him by the toughest looking pirate, Jack’s hands parted into a half curtsey as he proposed one of the most useful words he knew, “Parley?” Word Count: 377

That's some tasty plunder! Can't wait for the contest!

Sergio Robledo-Maderazo ‎- [Jack raises the fish and slaps it upside the head ceremoniously.] "'Aqua de vida!' ... Hmm... Let's see... 'Parlay?"' 2 Points Made me chuckle. It was one of the funny parts of the film and the idea of it being done with a fish appeals for some childish reason. Its the kind of thing that jack would do, he means to do something spectacular but ultimately it doesn't work and he's just holding a fish. Nikolay Kuznetsov - The ordinary end of Jack's parleys. 1 Point I liked this one as it was one of the few captions that was an actual caption rather than whatever jack was saying. It was also quite witty and made me smile.

Brilliant work, I have the set myself, what i love is how you've taken elements from it but then completely revamped it. You've upped the scale of the set and it's great. The details are brilliant as well! Keep it up!

Just revisiting the Indexes and was reminded of this magnificent build! Im blown away every time. Any plans for new ships??

Im sure many of you are already subscribed on youtube to LEGOCLUBTV. If not i recommend it. The channel usually release videos aimed at kids but occasionally there is an interview with a designer or a preview of an upcoming set. Thought i'd share this video as I couldn't find it anywhere on the forum and its pretty helpful in explaining the idea behind the new 'Master Builders Academy' range. Hope you like it!

Totally agree, once they've been designed by the Game designers, the leap to bringing them into plastic is much smaller. I would definitely pay for these!

Excellent, thanks!

Brilliant, i'm quite a keen historian when it come to this era of naval warfare. Good to see someone doing it justice in a tutorial. Really like this. Keep it up and thanks!

Agreed, just outstanding! Im in awe!

I have this problem too, i regret my name choice simply as it has lego in it, and it sounds lame! Can anyone confirm JimButcher's comment about gaining the ability at Knight level? Thanks folks

Liking all the suggestions but the set I want to see most is... Ultimate Collectors Edition Black Pearl Similar to the HUGE millennium falcon set. I think the same size and detail aimed at the Pearl would be mind blowing. I assure you I would be the first in line and would happily pay rip-off prices for it!

Cant wait to get this! I want to animate the sequence in stop motion! Love the review, thanks!

Great review and great set, i was most impressed by the little things like the new bucket, sword and jack doll. Brilliant. Can't wait to get my hands on this set!! Thanks for the review!

Great work, really wanted to get my hands on this but The Sun had sold out by the time i got to a newsagents Oh well, neat little review - i will probably end up buying it off bricklink.

Nice one. I really like the colours and attention to detail. Could be improved with a little curve of the hull but its still an outstanding build! I feel this one photo doesn't do it justice, chuck a few more of the interior shots from flickr on here! They are great! Keep it up

looks great so far, i cant wait to see how it develops!! im a big fan of the historical side of that era so it'll be nice to see how this goes!

brilliant, i love cross-section MOCS. lot of action here, especially like the rolling of the ship!! keep it up! :D