AdmMatthew

Yes, they have the American Stickers I posted earlier... and as a matter of fact, I just got my camera back today.. I had left it at my aunt's house.. and so I'll post some pictures a little later..

Thanks for the suggestions everyone... I have changed the sterncastle's railing to white, and I've made the white flow a little better, I've also moved the cannons back. The window is light grey, because that's the only color I had... btw Anyway, SkaForHire: In my pirate "world" the 'Captain' (he's actually ranked Commodore) is a British Officer turned American. So, he took his British rank flag with him. I have a much larger British ship, the Atlantis II which I may take some pictures of if I get the time. (edit) the ship started out as the French Ship La Liberte which was in turned captured by the Americans expanded by 6 studs and painted green! :-D It still has the French nameplate on the back of the ship too.

With Continental Navy Stickers comes a Continental Navy ship, I don't have a camera right now, so this is the best I could do with my computer's iSight webcam. Any comments or suggestions for improvement before I get my good camera back are welcome!!

I use Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004, I used to use photoshop, but it was on my old computer, and Fireworks was the only Mac compatible program I had, not to mention I actually own the license to it... *whistles*

If you use basic "Avery Sticker Project Paper" basically any torso works, though printing that's not quite to the edges helps. just put them in Microsoft word, and line them up... tutorial: http://www.classic-castle.com/howto/articles/Torsos.html

Usually (at least here in America), the Continental soldiers are pictured in brilliant blue, white, and red uniforms, but from what I have researched... they were mainly brown or tan or some other not quite so brilliant color... so anyway, here are what I was originally working on (remember usa.png?) the American Continental... Navy? American Continental Commodore: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp...n_commodore.jpg American Continental Lieutenant: American Continental Marine: I may update the captain at some point... hope you like them... I'll have pictures whenever I get my camera back!

Avery "Ink Jet Sticker Project Paper" Available at your neighborhood office supply store, I've used this stuff for years and it fits most of my needs perfectly.

Islander King, 76%!

I can't find my good (8.0 MP 3x zoom) camera... so I took some pictures with my Cell Phone's camera, here they are: Royal Marines, Commodore Matthew, and a Lieutenant: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp.../0727061010.jpg A captain, and more Marines: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp...0727061010a.jpg A French LT, French Admiral, and French soldier: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp.../0727061011.jpg sorry the pics are so bad!

They're similar, but that's not RedBean.. this is RB's b-shelf gallery: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=blacksmith And if you're looking for any British/French stickers here's mine: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=193989

Red Bean has also made some nice POTC Stickers, you can view them here: http://www.minifigcustomizationnetwork.com...category/pirate I used the Barbossa and Sparrow ones and they turned out fairly well.

You can use plain paper or sticker paper (available in most office supply stores...) put as many as you want on a page in MS Word and then print them out... actually, here's a fairly good tutorial: http://www.minifigcustomizationnetwork.com/howto/901 I don't do all the spraying on a clear coat or anything... but still gives you an idea of what you need to do...

I've got them all printed out and on minifigs, I've just lost my camera!! When I find it I'll be able to post pics of my new ships, new troops, and new port/base thing!

I'll get pics of those at the top soon.. I was just linking those as examples of people using torso stickers. :-)

Well, I do... and quite a few other people... http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=195411 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=185606 http://www.saber-scorpion.com .... just to name a few... they're great for people who don't have enough money to get certain torsos, or for people who like to create their own!

I progressivly take easily repairable parts off the ships, no actual rules based war-games. :-$ Though, if I went to a LEGO Convention, Evil Steve's Pirate Game sounds fun...

Your Fleet and its Size 1) What is the name of your Fleet(s)? (ie: The Golden Tresure Fleet) Her Majesty's Caribbean Patrol -- Port Royal 2) What is the size of your fleet (s)? (just the number of watercraft in your fleet (minus standard rowboats please, though if they are modified and you want to include them then go right ahead) 1 Royal Navy Frigate 1 French mid-sized ship 1 Pirate Vessel 3) How many standard LEGO ships do you have in your fleet? (IE: Skull Eye Schooner, or other lego sets) 1 Durstrang.. 4) how many MOC (my own creation) ships do you have in your fleet? 2, the HMS Atlantis and the La Liberte 5) Please list your Non-MOC ships by type and number. 6) Please list your MOCs and tell us a relative size comparison. (ie: it is the size of the Imperial Flagship, and carries 4 cannon, or something like that) HMS Atlantis- built on "Red Beard Runner" base, but much larger 21 guns La Liberte- built on the smaller base.. not sure which set it's from 6-10 guns 7) number of sailors and officers (pirates have officers too!) in your fleet? Royal Navy- 1 Governor 1 Commodore 1 Captain 2 Lieutenants 8 Royal Marines 12 Royal Navy Crewmen 8) your favorite mini-fig in your fleet, and who is the commander of your fleet? My Sigfig, Admiral Matthew 9) How many ships to you have up in dry-dock? (Ie: in the process of building, and or what kind of parts do you have just lying around to build ships? for example I may have 2 small hulls and 2 large hulls lying around... and have one ship in the process of being made) 1 new hull is coming in! 10) Do you wargame with your fleet? yeah! Final Tally 1) out of all your collection combined, what is your strength in: a) Ships - 3 b) Men -30+ 2)What is your collection goal? 4 or 5 ships 3) Are there any sets that you are hunting for in the near future- not really 4)favorite set? The old Imperial ones 5) Construction plans? What have you started or planning to start in the near future? I'm getting a new hull in the mail, so something with that 6) Links to any of your creations or something you would like to share 7) Do you have a MISB Navy or Army? if so go ahead and list it here! 8) Location of your Lego Universe: (ie: the legoribean...) The Caribbean 9) Where are you really from? USA 10) Any sort of brief discription you want to give of your collection, small backstory, or other about your collection? ~Later

Well, you need several things, 1. Image editing software to make them. (though, Microsoft Word can be used to print them out) 2. A reasonably good color printer 3. Sticker Paper, available at your local office supply store. First, you pick what images you want to print out, then you put the sticker paper in, and then cut them out and paste them onto the figures. There are some other methods, like just using a gluestick to attach them; or the high-end method of getting water-slide decals made.. which look a lot better, I just don't have the ability to make them.

Has anyone noticed that LEGO's Duplo Pirates sets look strangely similar to the POTC Ships? ...the Black Pearl.. "What ship that was not crewed by the d****** would have black sails?" and.. ...The Flying Dutchman glowing pirate ship?

In the thread about my "two ships" several people brought up the accuracy of the French Stickers, so after a bit of research I have created several stickers for everyone to use. They are 500 dpi based on Anthony Sava's template. British Captain/Admiral/High Ranking Officer: British Lieutenant: British Marine: French Captain/Admiral/ High Ranking Officer: French Lieutenant: French Marine: Pictures are thumbnails Pictures of these on minifigs and aboard my new ships will be posted soon!

Yeah, I designed the "USA.jpg" first, then I used a torso template over it to make the rest. That link to the French Uniforms will be very helpful, because since I have to rename the ship, it won't be that much trouble to redo the uniforms. also, I finished re-designing the Atlantis, and I may take some pictures this weekend if I can find the time. Though, the ship's been changed so much I might as well get it a new name too.

On the name of the Le Freedom, yup, that was just me not knowing French. La Libert

Yeah, I did make them, here they are: British Red Coat: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp...stickers/uk.jpg British Naval Officer: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp...tickers/usa.jpg Some army builders: French: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp...kers/french.jpg *note: the 4 'pirate' stickers aren't mine, they are Anthony Sava's and Red Bean's British: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp...ngland_army.jpg Print out at 500 d.p.i. on Sticker paper, cut'em out and they should look quite good. I have the original .PNG file for the British Naval Officer if anyone would like it to modify. Also, the Technic Beams on the <i>Le Freedom</i> is simply because I don't have anymore standard masts, I hate them too.. and the Pirate flag on the back should be the small French ensign, it's just been capture by Pirates at the moment. After I got done building the fort I noticed on the history channel that "Spanish Port" looked alot like it, so it is officially "Spanish Fort" If you'd like more pictures of it, i'll take some more later!

Hey Everyone, I dug all my pirate stuff back out after seeing the movie, and since then I've built two ships, the HMS Atlantis and the Le Freedom First the Atlantis And the Le Freedom More Pictures can be found here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=193955 Sorry for the blurry pics, I was working in bad lighting conditions. Comments or suggestions welcome!

That Renault Car is great! I've also been working on some F1 Cars.... and the only one that's even remotely presentable is my BMW-Sauber Car (I got a BMW for my first car, so I made a BMW first) I'm really wondering how LEGO plans to continue marketing just Ferrari F1 Cars... it's getting rather old. anyway, here's a deep link: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp...MW-Sauber/1.jpg And here's the gallery when public: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=184992 If anyone would like the stickers they can be found here: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mattcorp...-bmw-decals.jpg