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Hi all,
This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about
every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
yellow!
The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
well. LMKWYT! Jon
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hi all,
> This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
> Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about
> every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
> The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
> section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
> standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
> plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
> carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
> well. LMKWYT! Jon
>
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
Jon -
That is very cool! I love the market and the items you've got hanging.
The Mariachi band is great. And the fort looks fine in grey, but we need
more pics of it. :)
I like the paved walkway as well.
And here I thought you just did Western. ;) Great stuff all the way around, man!
Joel J
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Hey Jon,
Very Nice! I like the looks of it! You captured a nice Spanish feel to
it. It's a good inspiration for the pirate island I'm working on. Keep up
the nice work! Also, some more pics would be nice! Especially of the state
house and the fort.
Tom
In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hi all,
> This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
> Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. • I used up just about
> every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
> The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
> section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
> standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
> plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
> carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
> well. LMKWYT! Jon
>
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
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That's the best realized spanish colonial town I've seen. I love the
creeping vines wrapped around columns, the grey tiled patios and the hanging
elements.
Where's Zorro? :-)
Bruce
Oh, I believe brick fortresses stood up better to cannon balls. Gave
without going all to pieces.
In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hi all,
> This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
> Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about
> every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
> The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
> section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
> standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
> plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
> carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
> well. LMKWYT! Jon
>
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hi all,
> This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
> Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about
> every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
> The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
> section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
> standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
> plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
> carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
> well. LMKWYT! Jon
>
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
That's a great town, Jon. Any chance of posting a street plan or way
overhead shot, so I can see how it all goes together?
Are you going to add a port section to, some docks, some ships. a warehouse?
Thanks,
George
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
First Things First, I realized that in my post it may seem like I am upset
at Frank. Not so. He is a god to me, and I just suck at Ebay!
Due to lack of space in my den, the city itself no longer exists. Some of
the buildings have been transplanted to Tan baseplates for use in my
upcoming "Zorro" creation. (an eerily prescient comment made by Bruce,who is
like a god to me as well)
The Fortress, and the Governors Ship "Los Tres Condores" still stand, and
I'll include more pics of the fort soon. The ship is posted on the same
page, just up one folder level. I didn't include it originally, because I
don't really have many pics that do it justice.
It's a beautiful ship, not huge, but larger than SES. I'm short one sail as
well. I tried to stick with the original Soldier color scheme, so I built up
the hull using brown bricks. I put two of the ships "boys" on the deck
struggling with a cannon. (they were originally kissing the gunners daughter)
I've found that many custom ships seem to be just the front and back
sections with as many center segments as can be found crammed in the middle.
Pile up a bunch of guns, and throw on a helm, and there you have it. The
ships I've always admired have been proportioned and balanced very well, so
I tried to go for a less is more feel, and add some details. There are two
decks, and when I get the chance I'll shoot photos of the interiors as well.
I'm not a photographer so I'll appreciate the tips you can pass along.
I can post some of the Storyboards that I based the town on (I had
originally, and somewhat overambitiously,planned a film) and they can give a
layout of the town in relation to the plaza and the market.
As far a docks and a harbor, I always wanted to build some to add onto the
town, but there was no room. I'll have to give it a go soon, but right now
I'm constructing an island for my islanders. With the prospect of having
the availability of "Enchanted Island" again, I may finally be able to amass
a force that could actually threaten an exploration party, or pirate crew.
With Limited space, it's hard to display everything (and I'm usually
struggling as to which theme to build on a regular basis)
This has been far too long and self indulgent a post, so if you are still
reading thanks for your time!
Jon
you can visit my Wild west page at www.stickybrix.50megs.com
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This is really great Jon. The whole town is full of character. The only other
thing I would like to see is an overhead shot, to get an idea of the layout.
Also maybe a little more detail of the individual buildings.
Well anyhow, it looks great,
-Jason
In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hi all,
> This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
> Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about
> every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
> The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
> section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
> standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
> plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
> carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
> well. LMKWYT! Jon
>
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
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Hi Jon!!
Your city is awesome, it's packed with details. I love all the little
things, the market especially. Very nice. And I second the call for an
overhead shot!
-Shiri
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WOW! Your sceens have some AWESOME detail! The fish, crabs, bottles!!!
Great job!
In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hi all,
> This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
> Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about
> every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
> The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
> section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
> standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
> plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
> carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
> well. LMKWYT! Jon
>
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hi all,
> This is my first attempt at a large scale pirate creation. I call it Puerto
> Bonita. It is a Spanish port city in the Carribbean. I used up just about
> every white and yellow brick I own to build it. It would be bigger, except
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
> The city has a main plaza, a public market, a statehouse, and a residential
> section. I didn't build the fortress out of White and yellow like the
> standard fortresses, because I can't see a fortress made of red brick and
> plaster holding up under heavy bombardment. Plus, the pirates of the
> carribbean fort (and we all know how accurate that ride is) is grey stone as
> well. LMKWYT! Jon
>
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4724
I'll add my voice to say: wonderful, wonderful stuff. So many charming
details... and your characters are great, I don't think I saw one
out-of-the-box person, and all going about their business in their own way.
Elena is my favorite - the ruffled skirt, the white gloves... ah. How did
you make her scarf? I'd like to see some "portraits" of the citizens.
Cheers, Heather
--
Heather Patey
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
LUGNET Member #490
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> Elena is my favorite - the ruffled skirt, the white gloves... ah. How did
> you make her scarf? I'd like to see some "portraits" of the citizens.
Wow, thanks for the compliment! The scarf came about as kind of an accident.
I was looking for a way to make some "respectable" ladies for the town (lego
seems to think one wench, who I happen to adore in all of her disrepute, is
enough woman for the entire carribbean) so I used the torso piece from the
paradisa bathing suit. It is however backless, and while I happen to
appreciate that type of dress, wasn't the idea I was going for. I was
looking for a way to cover the back, and the red castle cape came to mind.
The collared effect it added to the front was a stroke of pure luck, and she
has become my favorite female minifig!
Thanks again Heather! Jon Furman
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> ...so I used the torso piece from the paradisa bathing suit. • <snip>
> and she has become my favorite female minifig!
My fave fig also uses the paradisa bathing suit. (Scar, of course)... <grin>
koinkeedink? I think not...
-Shiri
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I love cross polinating from theme to theme, and since the paradisa theme
has some great "female" (quite sterotypical) features, I always go there
when I'm looking for detail ideals. I also use several belville and scala
implements, I hope that Lego continues in the direction they are heading in
(mini-fig wise), by giving us some females in less traditional roles.
although female warriors were historically few, I like the Princess Storm
fig. Not all the midevil ladies were "in waiting" and I love how you made
Scar so Uber-tough, yet sassy and feminine!
I always appreciate the compliments of people who's work I admire, thanks
for your comments Shiri, It's very encouraging! Jon
> My fave fig also uses the paradisa bathing suit. (Scar, of course)... <grin>
> koinkeedink? I think not...
>
> -Shiri
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> I love cross polinating from theme to theme, and since the paradisa theme
> has some great "female" (quite sterotypical) features, I always go there
> when I'm looking for detail ideals.
Definitely, I love taking pirates and even town pieces into castle. Of
course, I'm a little close minded in that I stick my creations to a mostly
Castle era. :-) But I definitely want to have MOCs for other themes when I
get the money to invest in them...
> I also use several belville and scala
> implements, I hope that Lego continues in the direction they are heading in
> (mini-fig wise), by giving us some females in less traditional roles.
Likewise! However, they should also correspond to that by appropriately
marketing to girls. Girls *don't* just love dolls and faires. Minifig scale
towns and castles with a less violent slant would be great.
> although female warriors were historically few, I like the Princess Storm
> fig. Not all the midevil ladies were "in waiting" and I love how you made
> Scar so Uber-tough, yet sassy and feminine!
Thanks! Part of what made Scar that way was the awesome reaction I got from
everyone on lugnet, and the image that sort-of formed itself... I love her
myself, but I'm not so sure what *she* thinks about *me* - I've already put
down tons of her plans to murder this or that character or to take over that
realm... <grin> She must be furious at me... waving her fist at me every
time I turn around... ;-)
> I always appreciate the compliments of people who's work I admire, thanks
> for your comments Shiri, It's very encouraging! Jon
Hey, you just complimented me back, so we're even. ;-)
Have a great day,
-Shiri
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I apologize in advance for hijacking the thread about your wonderful MOC,
Jon, but...
=)
In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> yellow!
I am probably the last person who should express this, especially since I am
about to go into a "lego-hibernation" for a few months and therefore Castle
Blacktron's full unveiling will be delayed by at least that much, but what
does Frank do with it all? It's not like I have seen the guy share something
as splendid as Puerto Bonita...and if he doesn't share something pretty damn
cool AND soon, then I DO kind of resent his competition with "true" builders
for elements! He must budget in excess of $1k a month for lego or something,
AND for what...?
The only relief I found was to play "jack-up the price" with Frank by
searching items by bidder -- "ffilz" and then doing the obvious (and I
invite others to play this game also!). Sometimes I had the benefit of
winning the items instead, especially if Frank was bidding by proxy only.
And in case you wondered, I did actually try to reason with him once and
arrange for things so that we would not compete against each other
pointlessly (presuming we were the two most likely to bid something up) --
but he wouldn't back off of anything. So that's how Frank ended up on my
eBay s**tlist...he does annoyingly bid certain items up to a ridiculous
price, and seems to be on some weird quest to own 10 of everything Lego ever
made. All that comes to mind is the word "sublimation"...if he has to win
at those prices, let him win! He seems to take some perverse pleasure in his
large lego collection and eBay habits anyway...
But this kind of stupid auction competition also just makes me mad at TLC
for not making bulk better and a lot more quickly. This is probably the
wrong time to bring up Sanjay's "Secrets of Bulk Ordering", but if one
rereads the thread one discovers that Lego Direct's current offerings are
appallingly bland compared to what some people have been lavished with bulk
order wise previously. And I don't even resent Sanjay's score, but why can't
bulk ordering be handled in "something" like the manner Sanjay described? I
have had cause to recently discuss these matters with another "serious"
builder, who shall remain nameless, and we both agreed that one has to
wonder at our personal motivations for sticking with this silly hobby --
what, with TLC's bulk ordering STILL being so paltry.
For myself, I am spending a lot of time reevaluating my position on Lego and
playing lately -- I don't have to be the biggest fish in this Lugnet pond,
but I do want to be able to build what I want to build without having to
wait forever to get the needed elements through competitive auctions like
eBay, or even at collector prices on Brickbay, Baylit, etc. When one
scrutinizes one's Lego spending and so on, it does beg questions...
...my personal questions have a LOT do with traditional art techniques and
materials. People may ask why Craig Hamilton has disappeared from Lugnet.
Perhaps we should ask why he was ever here to begin with? Anyone with
traditional art skills should have their head examined for playing with
these bricks at this cost and level of frustration. Ah well...
I am reminded of how much fun it is to just draw with paper and a common #2
pencil! Hear me, TLC? That's fun...!
The first rule of business is to K.I.S.S. -- Keep It Simple Stupid! Keeping
it economical wouldn't hurt you any either...
Hugs and kisses,
Hop-Frog
(just when you thought I had become a kinder and gentler Hop-Frog! NO!)
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Marchetti writes:
> (just when you thought I had become a kinder and gentler Hop-Frog! NO!)
Yes, I *was* starting to wonder about that! :-) Glad to know you're back to
your irascible self, it wasn't the same with the new you around.
In defense of Frank, I know he's trying to build up a rather large fleet for
the pirate game at BrickFest. I'm not sure of exactly how large but he WAS
muttering about "filling the largest room at George Mason Uni with ships and
islands" in his sleep at INNs of America when we went to the non-wedding. SO
he's not buying just for himself.
And, yes, my wife has intimated that I do need my head examined along with
"the rest of that lunatic gang you hang with". Frank's not married.
On the topic of bidding stuff up out of spite, that's just plain mean. I
know you were kidding and that you really bid to the level where you are
comfortable and no farther... so I won't press the point.
For example I just bid on EVERYTHING that Jotnjab put up in his "classic
lego" auctions, but they all were fire and forget bids, I won't be upset if
I get outbid on most of them.
Take heart, Forbes Magazine confirms that the average price for collectible
stuff on eBay is trending downward. Sharply.
++Lar
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richard marchetti wrote:
>
> I apologize in advance for hijacking the thread about your wonderful MOC,
> Jon, but...
>
> =)
>
> In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> > Frank Filz always outbids me at the last second whenever I try to get more
> > yellow!
>
> I am probably the last person who should express this, especially since I am
> about to go into a "lego-hibernation" for a few months and therefore Castle
> Blacktron's full unveiling will be delayed by at least that much, but what
> does Frank do with it all? It's not like I have seen the guy share something
> as splendid as Puerto Bonita...and if he doesn't share something pretty damn
> cool AND soon, then I DO kind of resent his competition with "true" builders
> for elements! He must budget in excess of $1k a month for lego or something,
> AND for what...?
I do actually build occasionally. In fact, to be honest, one of my
problems right now is that I really don't have enough space to display
everything I've got built. I predict I will be building more in the
future. Believe it or not, but my purchasing is slowing down. One
measure of this is that I'm actually rapidly diminishing my pile of
unopened sets.
> The only relief I found was to play "jack-up the price" with Frank by
> searching items by bidder -- "ffilz" and then doing the obvious (and I
> invite others to play this game also!). Sometimes I had the benefit of
> winning the items instead, especially if Frank was bidding by proxy only.
> And in case you wondered, I did actually try to reason with him once and
> arrange for things so that we would not compete against each other
> pointlessly (presuming we were the two most likely to bid something up) --
> but he wouldn't back off of anything. So that's how Frank ended up on my
> eBay s**tlist...he does annoyingly bid certain items up to a ridiculous
> price, and seems to be on some weird quest to own 10 of everything Lego ever
> made. All that comes to mind is the word "sublimation"...if he has to win
> at those prices, let him win! He seems to take some perverse pleasure in his
> large lego collection and eBay habits anyway...
Believe it or not, I do actually let some people alone on bidding. I
don't remember the details of what I was bidding on when you asked me to
not bid, but I don't recall that I've bid on very many things you have
lately. There are other names I see a lot, and leave alone (unless I
REALLY REALLY want the item). I even will occasionally work a deal with
someone else to split a lot. Of course more often, another person will
e-mail me about splitting a lot, and name exactly the parts in the lot
which I was after.
There are certain things I'm questing for, and I'm willing to pay for
them. There are other things I could take or leave. There are a lot of
items that I'm basically done acquiring for now (Pirates for the most
part, though I may occasionally jump on a red soldiers lot now and then,
and as I've realized what parts the cutters for the Pirate Game use,
I've considered a bit more mast purchasing, octagonal walls, castle
stuff, town sets, and lots more).
Besides, I'm not looking for 10 of everything, I want 20 of
everything... No not really. There are things I want a lot of because
I've got all sorts of plans in my head for things to build, some rather
vague, others rather specific.
A large part of why I haven't been building much is that I decided that
I really needed to get my sorting under control. Like I said above, I'm
definitely winning the battle. My unsorted sets pile really is
diminishing. Of course I'm sure it will jump again in January when I
start hitting the clearance sales again, and there are 2001 sets that I
want to acquire bunches of, but I really do expect my eBaying to slow
down, though I'm always opportunistic. There definitely are some older
items which I want.
As far as bidding frustration, believe me, I've been on the other side.
When Serious Collector was a going thing, I basically gave up on bidding
on Train sets because Larry kept coming in and bidding more than I was
willing to pay.
Frank
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> But there's a bloke in this one who seems to be making a bit of a r
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=47146
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> Oar is he?
I believe that is the worst series of Puns I have experienced in a newsgroup!
Seriously, how badly do we need a minifig guitar?! I'd love a couple, they
would work in almost every theme. My cowboys need one, as does my castle
Bard. Nigel, Derek, and David St. Hubbins desperately await their gear as
well (now that I've got my Female soccer set, St. hubbins has hair too! Jon
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
>
> > But there's a bloke in this one who seems to be making a bit of a r
>
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=47146
> >
> > Oar is he?
>
> I believe that is the worst series of Puns I have experienced in a newsgroup!
> Seriously, how badly do we need a minifig guitar?! I'd love a couple, they
> would work in almost every theme. My cowboys need one, as does my castle
> Bard. Nigel, Derek, and David St. Hubbins desperately await their gear as
> well (now that I've got my Female soccer set, St. hubbins has hair too! Jon
Hmmmm, cut off about half the oar handle, heat it and bend part of that
back, trim the lower blade a bit....that might make a servicable lute for
Castle. Any non-mode methods of faking a lute/guitar by anyone?
Bruce
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Hello Bruce,
On 05-Jun-01 you wrote:
> Any non-mode methods of faking a lute/guitar by anyone?
Maybe try this: join diagonally a 2x2x1 round flat plate (without studs)
with 3x1x1 plate. It's the easiest solution, not a perfect one, but I find
this better than using an oar, or cutting the Lego... I think that
sticker with hole and strings would help here a lot.
Bye,
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