Kwatchi

What? None of us do that. Late to the reply (yes, I also thought this was a new colony post @Ross Fisher), but I have a few old fart's bits of advice. 1) Build a small house. Seems a bit silly but if you are thinking of jumping into the pirate era you might as well see if you like building in the style. A residence is pretty much faction agnostic, so no loss of time. Gives you an excuse to do some internet snooping of caribbean architecture. Roofing is going to be your most likely hurdle going forward, so it is good figure out how you will address it early. 2) Accept the fact your first attempt at a ship may be <expletive>. Hulls require some very specific bricks which you may not have in your collection. Sails and rigging require at least 50% of the effort to do right and it does not come easily. Case in point: My first ship build stretched my collection to its limit at the time (classic space and castle bricks were not helpful) and came out "blech". It apparently had handkerchiefs for sails, no tumbledown to speak of, and made the cardinal sin of using black for the hull (which is awful for showing detail in pictures). But you can read down that thread and you'll see the support I got in the comments - this community is very supportive and will try to help you improve. A lot of us actually just have small collections in a plastic tub, so don't feel you need to invest into a dedicated Lego room in order to play in this world. 3) The tMRCA was/is the heart of BoBS in my opinion. Having your creation actually accomplish something in a 8 year old persistent game world is a strangely rewarding feeling. It does have some draw backs though (e.g. like your new ship sinking on its first cruise. Happened to my brother twice). The game system rewards "big" builds and churning out as much as possible. This tends to skew your thinking towards needing to go quick and big to "compete", and that is when you bricks run out and you start making sacrifices of quality. I fell into that mistake at one point and regretted it later. So this will make me a hypocrite to state this, but build smaller and worry about the game stats afterwards. Or even better, grab a piece of paper and write out a story outline and treat your MOCs like movie sets for each scene rather than game pieces. A big, historically accurate mcguffin is great ofc, but a great tale is far more memorable. My 2 ill gotten coin

I've always loved the idea of Stormhaven being a community located in a marsh (a pity @Mike S moved on from BoBS, as he had a great vision for it). It's the only COR settlement I ever built in for that reason. @LM71Blackbird's MOC does the locale justice though. What a fun little build. Congrats!

I look forward to the related mine MOC. “Commence operation... “Vacu-Suck”!”

A great start! At this point, I guess we can say that COR as a faction has a distinct architectural style.

LOL That is dedication. I bought the new castle last week, so I'm waiting for what I will from now on refer to as my 'Pity-Blacktron' to arrive. (PS: So many sheep... my deep seated envy hates you)

A great concept for a MOC and very nice execution. Great job! Q: What is the TMNT shell representing? I can't figure it out.

Lovely

I appreciate the effort that went into the storytelling. You have done a great job here.

Lovely.

Lovely build

Whoa Nelly! That is a lovely ship that is going to ruin someone's day/MRCA. Hopefully not mine.

This is war profiteering, I say! A lovely MOC too.

I have no idea why, but I found this hysterical this morning. Congrats on the Fort scene. The recognition is well deserved.

That's a beauty micro scale building Nod. Well crafted! Glad to see the FTA is still going strong as well.

Holy Hannah, that is a gorgeous ship MOC... and flying the right colours too!

A very lovely scene (which the background sets off nicely) and a great photo. I keep coming back to the brick work - i appreciate the effort you put in and it pays off..

That is a lovely scene/build. Nice work.

Anyone know if this torso has a code assigned to it?

I'm late to the party, but congratulations on a great build!

Welcome

Yes. Those are lovely trees.

This got a chuckle out of me. And I enjoyed the gothic horror architecture twist on High Town. Wish I had thought of doing that - it makes a ton of sense.

I have a bad feeling about this.

Great story and presentation Professor