Ratshot Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Buff up your bricks ye scally-waggs, for today we are having our very first Classic-Pirates.com Community Build! For all of you who don't know what a community build is: A community build is a building challenge open to all EB members. Basically, The staff/volunteers make a list of different buildings that would comprise a town of the late 1700's. Then, each person chooses a building that they would like to build. To sum it up, You will be building a pirate era town out of Lego. The Rules 1. The build will officially begin on January 4th and ends on the 15th of March. 2. The staff/judges reserve the right to revoke any entry that does not apply to the rules. 3. If you take a spot, tell us, (so you don't get annoyed when somebody else builds the same thing first). 4. Images no larger than 800 x 600 please, and a maximum of 7 per MOC unless you post smaller images (*) 5. Registration is open to any member, regardless of number of posts , etc. 6. Try to keep the violence to a minimum. 7. You must enjoy making MOCs (though this is a given) and be able to give, as well as take constructive criticism. 8. No LDD entries are allowed. All entries MUST be built with real bricks. 9. Spaces 1, 3 and 4 are 32 x 32 studs, spaces 2,5 and 6 are 16 x 32 studs and the others are 16 x 16 studs. 10. Registration will take place in this thread. 11. Post your entries in the entry thread AND in a new thread inside the Pirate MOC forum (this one is for comments and feedback). The description of your thread should be "EB Community Build". (*) When taking pictures, please take at least one picture from above your MOC, so that we can try to put them all together at the end. Also, please take them on a white background if possible. Don't hesitate to ask questions. The Golden Rule of this Community Build: Have fun Now, on to the building options! ALL SPACES ARE NOW FULL But don't fret! If you didn't get one of the places below, why not build a house or slum for this city? Let's see what ye got ya landlubbers! 1. Soldiers Fort - Duffman, 2. Dock Area (x2) - Frontbeast, Derfel Cardarn 3. Ship Yard/Boat Yard - Perfectionist 4. Lighthouse - maydayartist 5. Town Square - TheOtters 6. Market - VBBN 7. Torture Chamber - Emperor Claudius Rome 8. Tavern - Ratshot 9. Tavern - Bricknave 10. Doctors Office - Dr. Steve 11. Dentists Office - Christoph 12. House of Ill Repute - Thrash 13. Barristers Office - ZCerberus 14. Gallows - Lt. Col. Thok 15. Bakery - Admiral Croissant 16. Brewery - brickme 17. Blacksmith/Swordsmith - Admiral Ron 18. Gunsmith - Millacol88 19. Cannon Foundry - exotrator 20. Shipyard Masters Office - Captain Blackmoor 21. Government House - Captain Zuloo 22. Orphanage - badboytje88 23. Poor House (food/cloths/shelter) - L-space 24. Community Hall - Ryan_T 25. Slum Tenement - Commodore Hornbricker 26. Butcher - Darth Hawken 27. Church - Admiral M 28. House - General Armendariz, Etzel, martinsuper, stanley kbrick , 29. House - Ingmar 30. House - Grimmy 31. Fortune Teller - lisqr 32. River Trading Post - the Inventor 33. Inn - TheOtters 34. Stables - RampantDingo 35. Gentleman's/Officers Card Club - Joey Lock 36. Pirate Safe House - the wise ninja 37. Constables Office - Admiral Red-Hair 38. Volunteer Fire Brigade - JanSued 39. Masons/Sculptors Workshop - kabel 40. House Under Construction - legolooney 41. Fix-It Shop - pedro 42. Tinkers Workshop - Lalande 43. Morgue/Coffin Works - Waterbrick Down 44. Soldiers Watch Tower - Trexxen 45. Dark Seedy Riverside Alley - Sorien Guard 46. Prison - MrDarthLord 47. Admiralty House - Admiral M 48. Islanders Village (x3) - Steel Dragon, Steel Dragon again, kespa 49. Sugar Mill - michaelozzie 50. Plantation House - The Sarge 51. Pirate Treasure Cave - Kooberz 52. Coastal Cannon Battery - Admiral Woodhouse 53. Fort Powder Magazine - Almiralte Don Rodrigo 54. Soldiers Barracks - Alex the Great 55. Commons (cheap meals) - Pellaeon 56. River Bridge - curtisrlee 57. Tailor/Uniform Shop - Wouwie 58. Merchant Trading Company - CallMePie 59. Pirate Outpost - Tereglith 60. Grave Yard - Eskallon The map. Commonly asked questions.... Q: Am I allowed to use clone brands, such as megaBlocks, blocko, ect? A: Not at all. This is a Lego only build. Q: Am I allowed to use custom weapons, tools, ect. from store like Bickarms and Brickforge? A: Yes, you can if you want too. Q: Can I cut/modify bricks? A: You can if you wish. Q: Do the buildings have to be closed in or can they have open walls? A: All buildings (Like houses, Doctors Office, Taverns must be walled in.) Q: Which skin color minifigs will we be using, flesh or yellow? A: We'll be using both. Q: Are we allowed to use custom string/sail? A: Yes you can. Q: The base-plate, should it be completely covered with the building or could you add some empty land/beach/water/foliage/rocks? A: You don't have to cover the whole base-plate with the building, you can cover the leftover are with trees, rocks, flowers ect. Q: Does it matter what color the base-plate is? A: Not all, we don't want to restrict someones building limits with a color code. Credits.... First off, I would like to thank Zorro for giving us the thumbs up to organize this great project, thanks buddy I also would like to thank Commodore Hornbricker. He did a wonderful job designing the map and he also helped with the building list. Put your hands together for Egor folks! The following people deserve some recognition.... Captain Blackmoor: He designed the broken map, leaked the pics onto Brickshelf and helped fill in some of the details. Erdbeereis: I have terrible grammar so I asked Erdy if would help me with that issue, he to gave helpful comments. Captain Zuloo: Lots of helpful comments. SlyOwl (Whatever his name is): He made the cool picture of the builder guy. Admiral Woodhouse: He went out of his way to post the pics of the broken map. Thanks to all the Shipyardigans for putting a link in there signatures. Edited March 16, 2010 by Ratshot Quote
Admiral Croissant Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Great idea!! The bakery for me please! Quote
Captain Blackmoor Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Mmm... Do I smell Croissants? You can count me in Ratshot! I'm thinking on the Shipyard Master's office, while the torture chamber sounds great fun too... :pir-skull: I'll have a go with the Shipyard Master's office. Quote
Ratshot Posted January 4, 2010 Author Posted January 4, 2010 Done, it was rather obvious which ones you guys would pick Quote
Captain Blackmoor Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Now you say it... Indeed! Like I already knew about it! Quote
jansued Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) I'm in for the Fire Brigade ! And if you wanna have them responding, a 16x32 would be nice.... Best Regards, JanSued Edited January 4, 2010 by jansued Quote
brickme Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Arrgh! Me be wanting to build a brewerey. May you all get drunk here. Quote
Lt. Col. Thok Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 I'll try for something simple...I dibs the gallows! :pir-skull: If anyone has any tips on building these dastardly death machines, PM me. Quote
Eskallon Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) can I please take space 60/ Grave Yard Excellent idea as Pirates has become very populer with the new sets. Edited January 4, 2010 by Eskallon Quote
the Inventor Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 I would like to make "32. River Trading Post" the Inventor Quote
RampantDingo Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 I would like the 34. stables please. Quote
Joey Lock Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 I would like to try one of these three: 38. Volunteer Fire Brigade - 35. Gentleman's/Officers Card Club - 19. Cannon Foundry - So I would have to choose the Gentlemans/Officers Card Club. Quote
Admiral M Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 This is gonna be a great project, I can tell. May I try a church, please? Quote
Ratshot Posted January 4, 2010 Author Posted January 4, 2010 I'm in for the Fire Brigade !And if you wanna have them responding, a 16x32 would be nice.... Sorry, but it has to be as the map says. Keep registering Rat. Quote
Joey Lock Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Quick Questions, Whats the rules on Custom/Clone brand pieces? EDIT: And what is the base of this port. As in, Is it Bluecoat or Redcoat or Pirate? Because it will be strange having a Redcoat Fort and then a Bluecoat barracks next to it... Edited January 4, 2010 by Joey Lock Quote
Ratshot Posted January 4, 2010 Author Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Quick Questions, Whats the rules on Custom/Clone brand pieces?EDIT: And what is the base of this port. As in, Is it Bluecoat or Redcoat or Pirate? Because it will be strange having a Redcoat Fort and then a Bluecoat barracks next to it... Non clone brands but feel free to use Brickarms, custom figs ect. I can see your point regarding the factions, but remember that some members lack certain types of minifigures , so it doesn't really matter what type are used. (Except for buildings like the Islanders Village, Pirates Safe House ect.) Edited January 4, 2010 by Ratshot Quote
Admiral Ron Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 This is a great idea, allow me to make number 17, the blacksmith/swordsmith Quote
Trexxen Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) I'll take #44, the Soldier's Watch Tower. Hehe, this should be fun - my first community build! =D Edit: Oh hey, since this is also the questions thread, I have one: Does baseplate style/color matter at all? I know size does, but is there any standard part/group of parts being used for the plates? ~Trexxen Edited January 4, 2010 by Trexxen Quote
Captain Zuloo Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 Hoorah for Classic-Pirates.com's first community build! I'd like to take #21, Government House if it isn't too much trouble. Quote
Ratshot Posted January 4, 2010 Author Posted January 4, 2010 Edit: Oh hey, since this is also the questions thread, I have one: Does baseplate style/color matter at all? I know size does, but is there any standard part/group of parts being used for the plates?~Trexxen No standard parts are being used in this build, feel free yo use what you like Quote
maydayartist Posted January 4, 2010 Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Wow, this is an really great idea. I saved lots of pictures out of the castle community build. And same now in pirate will be fantastic. My first wish to build was the first, because of own interests to do it for myself. But on one hand it is given away and on the other the size limit does not fit my imagination of this one. So my other wish to build would be the lighthouse, is it still free?? Edited January 4, 2010 by maydayartist Quote
Ratshot Posted January 4, 2010 Author Posted January 4, 2010 So my other wish to build would be the lighthouse, is it still free?? Its yours Quote
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