Posted March 22, 20186 yr Previously:The Buccaneer's DreadSinking of the ShurikenBurglars! Captain Nordau Our mysterious Garveyan smuggler whistled along as his little sloop sliced through the calm sea. It was a fine, cloudless day somewhere near Terraversa, and it so happened that just one day before, the notorious pirate Unrigged Nordau had had the good fortune to sink an Eslandolan ship somewhere in the vicinity... a ship with a chest on board... "Aha! Shiver me timbers, now what's this?" exclaimed our smuggler with a wink to no one in particular (he was the only one there), as he caught sight of a little sand bar sticking up out of the ocean, with a half-sunken object up against it, doubtless driven there by the waves and tide. "I thought so." And shifting course, he made way for the island, leaping out and drawing a pistol from his coat the instant the sloop's keel grated on the sand. He looked around in curiosity and caution. This chap was enough of a pirate, anyways, to know that you should always look twice if there happens to be a skeleton leaning up against the tree beside you. (In this case, however, it was only the remains of a poor marooned Mardierian who had been there long before the chest ever arrived). But, as the saying goes, better safe than sorry. Having concluded that the skeleton was merely a coincidence (not to mention its obvious aesthetic necessity - our smuggler was a adept at all the classic pirate stuff and probably knew exactly what was going on; a treasure chest is nothing if there's not a skeleton nearby) and that the confused frog posed no real threat, he carefully hauled the chest up onto the sand, and popped it open. "Capital, capital," he ejaculated, "the very ticket! Now, if that ain't just the thing." He slipped his hand through the treasure, quickly, before snapping the lid shut again and heaving it into the sloop. "1,000 Doubloons," he muttered under his breath... And a couple of fig-less shots: One last overview: A continuation of this story (I've got way too many going at the moment ), explaining how Captain Nordau got a hold of 1000 of my doubloons besides the 6000 from Kai. I'll be licencing this little sloop too and sending it out as a Black Flag (under Unrigged Nordau, of course), and will certainly be continuing this story when I get the time! ... whenever that might be I've also got that duel story with Titus, and the other mysterious Captain guy, and one or two other things up my sleeve that have got to get done, but...! Thanks for viewing, C&C are welcome as always!
March 22, 20186 yr Nicely built and narrated! The landscape is very well built and the little sloop is really cool!
March 22, 20186 yr That's a very nice one... the ship is great... The island and the water are very well done. ( for the story) Nice touch, the parrot and the small ape ! Edited March 22, 20186 yr by Professor Thaum
March 22, 20186 yr Excellent build Garmadon! The water is very well done, though I worry that your ship would be stuck in such shallow waters! Everything about the build is excellent, and the story is fantastic as well. I'd like to see more of the underwater parts of your build. Do you have more pictures?
March 22, 20186 yr This is really neat, great job with the water and with the underwater part too! The sand being lower than the water is really interesting but I guess it's conceivable that the waves are rolling in at the moment and will roll back out shortly. Great work on that little boat!
March 22, 20186 yr Very nice little boat and water scene ... I love the detail given under the water ... My only wish is that it were a brick or two deeper and the island rose more out of the water. But beautiful execution and awesome story
March 22, 20186 yr Fantastic little build. The underwaterpart, though (or because?) hardly visible stands out the most. Wonderful.
March 23, 20186 yr Neat build Garm! I like the boat, the seawater, the tree and the seabed The story was very well told, i really enjoyed the read, especially this: On 2018/3/22 at 9:10 AM, Garmadon said: a treasure chest is nothing if there's not a skeleton nearby
March 23, 20186 yr Cool build! I really like that water/underwater technique/structure. Nice job with the boat, too. And a fun story! all around!
March 24, 20186 yr Author Thanks all! On 3/22/2018 at 4:19 AM, Professor Thaum said: That's a very nice one... the ship is great... The island and the water are very well done. ( for the story) Nice touch, the parrot and the small ape ! Thanks Professor! Who can pass up the chance to get a monkey in a build? On 3/22/2018 at 1:17 PM, Mesabi said: Excellent build Garmadon! The water is very well done, though I worry that your ship would be stuck in such shallow waters! Everything about the build is excellent, and the story is fantastic as well. I'd like to see more of the underwater parts of your build. Do you have more pictures? Thankee! Yes, it is pretty shallow - but as it happens, I don't have all that many tan slopes (and besides, I think it might just look a little odd from underneath if it was 3 bricks tall) But never fear, Captain Nordau is a fabulous navigator! No, unfortunately I don't. Kai's run off with her beautiful camera for a few months, so I'm stuck with a thing that thinks the shutter button is the signal to become blurry and out of focus I just had to keep snapping in hopes of getting a few good pics, but closeups are very hard and low angles (like under the water) are just about impossible. On 3/22/2018 at 1:53 PM, Bart said: lovely build, I like the seafloor and the small ship. Thanks mate! On 3/22/2018 at 4:49 PM, Kai NRG said: This is really neat, great job with the water and with the underwater part too! The sand being lower than the water is really interesting but I guess it's conceivable that the waves are rolling in at the moment and will roll back out shortly. Great work on that little boat! Thanks Kai! I was obviously heavily inspired by W. Navarre's build from a while ago (remember this thing?), so, although I tried out some other heights, I ended up just going the same as him. I was really happy with the little sloop, though! On 3/22/2018 at 6:02 PM, Roadmonkeytj said: Very nice little boat and water scene ... I love the detail given under the water ... My only wish is that it were a brick or two deeper and the island rose more out of the water. But beautiful execution and awesome story Thanks Roadmonkey, glad you like it! I actually started with the island higher out of the water, but somehow it really just looked... wrong, strangely. So I went ahead and did what looked right over what might be more realistic Glad you enjoyed the story too! On 3/22/2018 at 7:19 PM, Elostirion said: Fantastic little build. The underwaterpart, though (or because?) hardly visible stands out the most. Wonderful. Thanks Elos! Really glad that you liked the underwater addition (it was built to be all viewable) even though I wasn't able to take better pictures of it down there! On 3/23/2018 at 11:50 AM, Bodi said: Neat build Garm! I like the boat, the seawater, the tree and the seabed The story was very well told, i really enjoyed the read, especially this: Ha, ha, well, that was why I put the skeleton there myself, to tell the truth Thanks mate! On 3/23/2018 at 5:00 PM, Capt Wolf said: Cool build! I really like that water/underwater technique/structure. Nice job with the boat, too. And a fun story! all around! Thanks a lot, Capt Wolf! It was a wee bit of a challenge to get the water to hold up (a couple of bigger sea creatures down there helped hold it up ), but overall it worked pretty well!
March 25, 20186 yr 3 hours ago, Garmadon said: ...I was obviously heavily inspired by W. Navarre's build from a while ago (remember this thing?)... Of course, first thing I thought of!
March 27, 20186 yr On 25.3.2018 at 4:03 PM, ArchitectureFan said: Excellent! I like the way the treasure chest has sunk in! I second!
March 28, 20186 yr Author On 3/25/2018 at 11:03 AM, ArchitectureFan said: Excellent! I like the way the treasure chest has sunk in! On 3/27/2018 at 3:50 AM, Captain Braunsfeld said: I second! Thanks guys!
March 29, 20186 yr Stop raising the bar Garmadon! You are making some of us plebes feel inadequate. Gorgeous build btw.
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