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Okay, this is *really* just an attempt to get the Pirates board over 100
messages. This has a quantity is better than quality slant that is only true
if you are gaming are have a massive amount of display area.
The Armada Fleet
1 Treasure Galleon (Converted Redbeard Runner with 3 center sections)
1 Man-O-War (same, but the stock 2 center sections)
1 stretch Flagship (2 center sections)
4 Armada Flagships
1 Xebec (short Flagship)
1 Brig (Steve Jackson term - a bigger version of...)
2 Cutters (similiar in size to the Imperial Trading Post vessel)
Imperial Limey Fleet
1 Stretch Clipper (CC with center section - currently red hulled and in ruins)
2 Caribbean Clipper
3 Imperial Flagships
1 Brig
2 Cutters
The Corsairs (Heroic Privateers or Scurvey Pirates as appropriate)
2 Redbeard Runners
2 Schooners (stretched and double-masted RR)
1 Renegade Runners
4 Crossbone Clippers (in various states of improvement)
1 Brig
2 Cutters
Vikings!
2 Longships (found 'em for $8 on the top shelf at TRU, what the heck)
Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
Bruce
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In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> Okay, this is *really* just an attempt to get the Pirates board over 100
> messages. This has a quantity is better than quality slant that is only true
> if you are gaming are have a massive amount of display area.
>
> {massive fleet list}
>
> Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
>
> Bruce
Educate me, please, what, pray tell, is SES or BSB?
You should have seen my pirates before my garage burned down in
high school =)
-Earle "No more boats" Bishop
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> Okay, this is *really* just an attempt to get the Pirates board over 100
> messages. This has a quantity is better than quality slant that is only true
> if you are gaming are have a massive amount of display area.
Well, I'm afraid I'm #101. Arrrr. :(
> 1 Brig (Steve Jackson term - a bigger version of...)
Brig = Brigantine, a semi-standard class of warship (~16 guns).
> Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
Someone asked: Skull's Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda.
My fleet is primarily post-1870; it's three Fluyts (truncated Armada flagships)
and an ironclad of the Coles Turret type (but not like HMS Captain--I can sail
this one in a breeze), made of four center sections and bow and stern of the
fourth Flagship. I sometimes make another ironclad from the front and back of the
Time Vessel. However, I've ended up making waterline predreadnoughts and torpedo
boats--any of which could lay my ancient craft low. Damn the proletarianization
of the navy!
LFB.
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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKp74n.BDK@lugnet.com>) wrote
at 00:09:59
> This has a quantity is better than quality slant that is only true
> if you are gaming are have a massive amount of display area.
No MOCs yet, and many not even out of the box:
10 Armada Flagships
6 Red Beard Runners
3 Imperial Flagships
2 Black Seas Barracudas (BSB)
1 Skull's Eye Schooner (SES)
1 Renegade Runner
And some *pretty impressive* coastal batteries :-)
Also, more rowing boats than you can shake a thingy at.
--
Tony Priestman
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In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
>
> Bruce
My fleet is made of
6 BSB
4 SES
5 Clippers
8 armada flagships
i have a MOC and its a armada flagship with 7 midsections and cut yes cut
with a bandsaw so i have a 26stud wide ship.
matt morgan
p.s. bruce do you live in the L.A. area I am in west hills
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > 1 Brig (Steve Jackson term - a bigger version of...)
>
> Brig = Brigantine, a semi-standard class of warship (~16 guns).
I was using it in the sense of the term as Steve Jackson uses it in his Pirate
Game rather than an actual ship (I know, a Brig ain't a ship).
> > Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
>
> Someone asked: Skull's Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda.
> My fleet is primarily post-1870; it's three Fluyts (truncated Armada
flagships)
Not tubby enough (IMHO). Whenever I get an extra brown midsection, I can
return one of my CCs to its proper hull, which would release the red hull to
become a 1 center section Fluyt. They had fluyts post 1870? I thought they
were much earlier.
> and an ironclad of the Coles Turret type (but not like HMS Captain--I can sail
> this one in a breeze), made of four center sections and bow and stern of the
> fourth Flagship. I sometimes make another ironclad from the front and back • of the
> Time Vessel. However, I've ended up making waterline predreadnoughts and • torpedo
> boats--any of which could lay my ancient craft low. Damn the • proletarianization
> of the navy!
>
> LFB.
No ironclads yet, kinda late for pirates.
Bruce
(made it over 100!)
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In lugnet.pirates, Tony Priestman writes:
> On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKp74n.BDK@lugnet.com>) wrote
> at 00:09:59
>
> > This has a quantity is better than quality slant that is only true
> > if you are gaming are have a massive amount of display area.
>
> No MOCs yet, and many not even out of the box:
>
> 10 Armada Flagships
> 6 Red Beard Runners
> 3 Imperial Flagships
> 2 Black Seas Barracudas (BSB)
> 1 Skull's Eye Schooner (SES)
> 1 Renegade Runner
>
> And some *pretty impressive* coastal batteries :-)
>
> Also, more rowing boats than you can shake a thingy at.
> --
Yes, I have to put the coastal town back together. You have me all hollow in
big ships!
Bruce
> Tony Priestman
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In lugnet.pirates, Matt Morgan writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
>
> > Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
> >
> > Bruce
>
> My fleet is made of
>
> 6 BSB
> 4 SES
> 5 Clippers
> 8 armada flagships
You certainly beat me on monetary value of your fleet! It just hurts too much
to pay $200+ for a BSB or SES when I paid that much for four RBR.
>
> i have a MOC and its a armada flagship with 7 midsections and cut yes cut
> with a bandsaw so i have a 26stud wide ship.
MOC? No bandsaw. I like the idea, though.
> matt morgan
>
> p.s. bruce do you live in the L.A. area I am in west hills
And West Hills is....? I'm more of in "East Hills" (Chino Hills).
Bruce
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
> > > 1 Brig (Steve Jackson term - a bigger version of...)
> >
> > Brig = Brigantine, a semi-standard class of warship (~16 guns).
>
>
> I was using it in the sense of the term as Steve Jackson uses it in his Pirate
> Game rather than an actual ship (I know, a Brig ain't a ship).
It's not a boat, either. :) I presume it's a simple matter of confluence.
> > > Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
> >
> > Someone asked: Skull's Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda.
> > My fleet is primarily post-1870; it's three Fluyts (truncated Armada
> flagships)
>
> Not tubby enough (IMHO). Whenever I get an extra brown midsection, I can
> return one of my CCs to its proper hull, which would release the red hull to
> become a 1 center section Fluyt. They had fluyts post 1870? I thought they
> were much earlier.
Indeed fluyts are far far earlier (c.17th-C.). The fleet is primarily post-1870,
but the fluyts and ironclads fall into an earlier era (Holdovers? Anachronisms?
Easy targets? You decide!). Sorry I wasn't clearer with my non-segue. I actually
think a sectionless Armada Flagship is tubby enough for a Fluyt, if built-up
properly--although maybe it's more of a cog, since it's hard to get more than one
effective mast on the darn thing. Either way, lyddite shells from _Indomitable_ or
the destroyers tended to make short work of 'em.
> > and an ironclad of the Coles Turret type (but not like HMS Captain--I can sail
> > this one in a breeze), made of four center sections and bow and stern of the
> > fourth Flagship. I sometimes make another ironclad from the front and back • of the
> > Time Vessel. However, I've ended up making waterline predreadnoughts and • torpedo
> > boats--any of which could lay my ancient craft low. Damn the • proletarianization
> > of the navy!
>
> No ironclads yet, kinda late for pirates.
True--but not if you try to build SMS Emden. ;) A pirate of the nationalistic
sort! Arrr. (Actually, Mueller wasn't bloodthirsty--too much of a gentleman to be
a "true" pirate.)
> (made it over 100!)
Go us!
LFB.
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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKpHLr.87G@lugnet.com>) wrote
at 03:56:15
> > 10 Armada Flagships
> > 6 Red Beard Runners
> > 3 Imperial Flagships
> > 2 Black Seas Barracudas (BSB)
> > 1 Skull's Eye Schooner (SES)
> > 1 Renegade Runner
> >
> > And some *pretty impressive* coastal batteries :-)
> >
> > Also, more rowing boats than you can shake a thingy at.
> > --
>
> Yes, I have to put the coastal town back together. You have me all hollow in
> big ships!
But you probably have me hollow in funds as a result! :-) Arr. Where's
me marauding cap? Pieces of eight!
--
Tony Priestman
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Man you guys have some hardware.
My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4
centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the
chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types.
And you could most certainly shake a thingy at my fleet of row boats.
Pictures gentlemen - more pictures! My imagination is getting its neurons
in a twist over the sorts of port scenes one could create with two or three
1st raters.
Lord help you all if I can get some (small) parts of your fleets under my
guns ;-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
Tony Priestman wrote in message ...
> On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKpHLr.87G@lugnet.com>) wrote
> at 03:56:15
>
> > > 10 Armada Flagships
> > > 6 Red Beard Runners
> > > 3 Imperial Flagships
> > > 2 Black Seas Barracudas (BSB)
> > > 1 Skull's Eye Schooner (SES)
> > > 1 Renegade Runner
> > >
> > > And some *pretty impressive* coastal batteries :-)
> > >
> > > Also, more rowing boats than you can shake a thingy at.
> > > --
> >
> > Yes, I have to put the coastal town back together. You have me all hollow • in
> > big ships!
>
> But you probably have me hollow in funds as a result! :-) Arr. Where's
> me marauding cap? Pieces of eight!
> --
> Tony Priestman
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Chuckiem wrote in message ...
> i have a MOC and its a armada flagship with 7 midsections and cut yes cut
> with a bandsaw so i have a 26stud wide ship.
This I gotta see.
Make no mistake, I believe you completely. I just gotta see it!
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> In lugnet.pirates, Matt Morgan writes:
> > In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> >
> > > Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
> > >
> > > Bruce
> >
> > My fleet is made of
> >
> > 6 BSB
> > 4 SES
> > 5 Clippers
> > 8 armada flagships
>
> You certainly beat me on monetary value of your fleet! It just hurts too much
> to pay $200+ for a BSB or SES when I paid that much for four RBR.
I plan on counting my fleet this weekend, but I'll try and make a shot
at it right now. I've bought a lot of parts, and haven't built much yet
(well, actually I have built quite a bit, just not enough).
Incidentally, if one is patient, one can get ships for reasonable
prices:
1 6286 SES (paid under $200 from SetZilla)
2 8285 BSB (paid $160 for one, $50 for 80% of another)
3 or 4 6271 Imperial Flagship
3 or 4 6274 Carribean Clipper
3 or 4 6268 Renegade Runner
2 6250 Cross Bone Clipper
6 6280 Armada Flagship
2 6289 Red Beard's Runner
3 6277 Imperial Trading Post cutters (1)
5 6493 Flying Time Vessel
2 ? Viking Long Boats marauding from the land of Mege Bloks
3 5976 River Expedition
2 6560 Diving Expedition Explorer
(1) 2 complete sets, one extra cutter (found a nice eBay lot of castle
and pirate stuff)
Parts Bits:
1 6289 hull set
2 or 3 6280 hull sets
1 6280 center section
2 or 3 6271 hull sets
many 6285/6274 hull sets (about 7-8 center sections)
2 to 4 5976 hull sets
many 6 wide cutter bits
many 4 wide cutter bits
Stuff supposedly on the way:
1 6277 Imperial Trading Post cutter
I really need to get down to the coast and check out what pirate history
is to be found (I live in North Carolina where there was a fair bit of
pirate action).
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
>
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> > I was using it in the sense of the term as Steve Jackson uses it in his • Pirate
> > Game rather than an actual ship (I know, a Brig ain't a ship).
>
> It's not a boat, either. :) I presume it's a simple matter of confluence.
It's a thing that floats and has sails. :-)
> > > > Still lacking SES or BSB. Sigh.
> > >
> > > Someone asked: Skull's Eye Schooner and Black Seas Barracuda.
> > > My fleet is primarily post-1870; it's three Fluyts (truncated Armada
> > flagships)
> >
> > Not tubby enough (IMHO). Whenever I get an extra brown midsection, I can
> > return one of my CCs to its proper hull, which would release the red hull to
> > become a 1 center section Fluyt. They had fluyts post 1870? I thought they
> > were much earlier.
>
> Indeed fluyts are far far earlier (c.17th-C.). The fleet is primarily • post-1870,
> but the fluyts and ironclads fall into an earlier era (Holdovers? • Anachronisms?
> Easy targets? You decide!). Sorry I wasn't clearer with my non-segue. I • actually
> think a sectionless Armada Flagship is tubby enough for a Fluyt, if built-up
> properly--although maybe it's more of a cog, since it's hard to get more than • one
> effective mast on the darn thing.
I seemed to have mentally skipped over that "sectionless" Armada Flagship.
Yeah, that can be tubby, though I put two lateen sails on it and try to
visually lengthen my mid-sectionless AF. A wide front/stern would be a true
tubby cog, though I have often refered to the stock Crossbone Clipper as a cog
(extremely derisively).
Bruce
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In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
> I plan on counting my fleet this weekend, but I'll try and make a shot
> at it right now. I've bought a lot of parts, and haven't built much yet
> (well, actually I have built quite a bit, just not enough).
> Incidentally, if one is patient, one can get ships for reasonable
> prices:
>
> 1 6286 SES (paid under $200 from SetZilla)
> 2 8285 BSB (paid $160 for one, $50 for 80% of another)
> 3 or 4 6271 Imperial Flagship
> 3 or 4 6274 Carribean Clipper
> 3 or 4 6268 Renegade Runner
> 2 6250 Cross Bone Clipper
> 6 6280 Armada Flagship
> 2 6289 Red Beard's Runner
> 3 6277 Imperial Trading Post cutters (1)
> 5 6493 Flying Time Vessel
> 2 ? Viking Long Boats marauding from the land of Mege Bloks
> 3 5976 River Expedition
> 2 6560 Diving Expedition Explorer
I was figuring you either caught or passed me by now. I keep seeing that
number of transactions marker behind your name on eBay skyrocketing. With the
load of stuff from MA #12 I'm getting (and Auczilla X, but I'm not holding my
breath), I should be pretty much set for my current fleet beyond I could use a
few brown center sections and of course, the two big ships. Shore
installations could use an El Dorado Fortress. Other than that, I'm
concentrating on figures (just added 25 bluecoats, so hopefully I can actually
man those Caribbean Clippers).
I did get those black wide bow pieces from the Amazon Expedition from that one
guy, by the way. Haven't figured out how I'm going to use 'em yet, though.
> (1) 2 complete sets, one extra cutter (found a nice eBay lot of castle
> and pirate stuff)
>
> Parts Bits:
>
> 1 6289 hull set
> 2 or 3 6280 hull sets
> 1 6280 center section
> 2 or 3 6271 hull sets
> many 6285/6274 hull sets (about 7-8 center sections)
> 2 to 4 5976 hull sets
> many 6 wide cutter bits
> many 4 wide cutter bits
>
> Stuff supposedly on the way:
>
> 1 6277 Imperial Trading Post cutter
>
> I really need to get down to the coast and check out what pirate history
> is to be found (I live in North Carolina where there was a fair bit of
> pirate action).
Not a lot of it here in Southern California (beyond the software variety). We
do have mock pirate battles occasionally in Long Beach (I learned to sail in
Alamitos Bay in Long Beach). Didn't they begin recovery of one of Blackbeard's
ships in North Carolina?
Oh, your two Dark Forest Fortresses are boxed up in the trunk of my car waiting
a visit to the post office. Look for 'em next week.
Bruce
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> Man you guys have some hardware.
>
> My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4
> centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the
> chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types.
Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them as
miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
yours.
>
> And you could most certainly shake a thingy at my fleet of row boats.
>
> Pictures gentlemen - more pictures! My imagination is getting its neurons
> in a twist over the sorts of port scenes one could create with two or three
> 1st raters.
My mother-in-law is getting a digital camera. Perhaps I can borrow it in
return for fixing her computer.
> Lord help you all if I can get some (small) parts of your fleets under my
> guns ;-)
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
> PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
Arrrr, you be not wantin' to be squarin' off wif me massed fleet. Port Block
be doomed and me men'll have thar way wif the horses (Arrrr, they be a confused
lot).
Cap'n Redbeard
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> Okay, this is *really* just an attempt to get the Pirates board over 100
> messages. This has a quantity is better than quality slant that is only true
> if you are gaming are have a massive amount of display area.
snipped list of ships...
The Perilous Pirates' Fleet
Imperials:
1 Imp Flagship
1 Caribbean Clipper
1 Cutter
Several dozen rowboats
Armada:
3 Flagships
Pirates:
2 Red Beard Runners (one heavily modified)
1 Renegade Runner
Several rafts
600 rowboats (or so it seems when i try to store them)
United Plates:
1 Heavily modified Flying Time Vessel (U.P.S. Enfield)
Merchantmen and Misc.
2 Crossbone Clippers (none of my self-respecting Pirates would use them)
1 Viking Longboat
2 Dive Boats
1 RBR bow/stern hull sections - empty
1 Crossbone Clipper hull - empty
Hmm, not as much as I thought when it gets put down on electrons...
SteveC
Perilous Pirates
http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
>
> > I plan on counting my fleet this weekend, but I'll try and make a shot
> > at it right now. I've bought a lot of parts, and haven't built much yet
> > (well, actually I have built quite a bit, just not enough).
> > Incidentally, if one is patient, one can get ships for reasonable
> > prices:
> >
> > 1 6286 SES (paid under $200 from SetZilla)
> > 2 8285 BSB (paid $160 for one, $50 for 80% of another)
> > 3 or 4 6271 Imperial Flagship
> > 3 or 4 6274 Carribean Clipper
> > 3 or 4 6268 Renegade Runner
> > 2 6250 Cross Bone Clipper
> > 6 6280 Armada Flagship
> > 2 6289 Red Beard's Runner
> > 3 6277 Imperial Trading Post cutters (1)
> > 5 6493 Flying Time Vessel
> > 2 ? Viking Long Boats marauding from the land of Mege Bloks
> > 3 5976 River Expedition
> > 2 6560 Diving Expedition Explorer
I probably could also count my 2 or 3 6057s. Also like everyone else,
more rowboats and canoes than you can shake a stick at, plus numerous
pirate rafts (or bits thereof).
> I was figuring you either caught or passed me by now. I keep seeing that
> number of transactions marker behind your name on eBay skyrocketing. With the
> load of stuff from MA #12 I'm getting (and Auczilla X, but I'm not holding my
> breath), I should be pretty much set for my current fleet beyond I could use a
> few brown center sections and of course, the two big ships. Shore
> installations could use an El Dorado Fortress. Other than that, I'm
> concentrating on figures (just added 25 bluecoats, so hopefully I can actually
> man those Caribbean Clippers).
You should see Auczilla X winnings pretty soon. I got mine yesterday
(that's why the 6289 hull set is on the "have" list and not the "comming
soon" list, as well as a 6280 center section, and a bunch of sails).
I've been seeing several lots of sails, and of course am still working
on figures (I need to count those also). I also need to count my cannon
and figure out how many shooting cannon packs to get from Italy (does
anyone know, does S@H have a non-shooting version of the cannon service
pack?)
> I did get those black wide bow pieces from the Amazon Expedition from that one
> guy, by the way. Haven't figured out how I'm going to use 'em yet, though.
Guy in a generic sense I assume (if I recall, that was Julie Krenz). I
wish Steve would put up more pictures of his ships since he should have
a 10 wide ship made from those parts). A good starting point would be to
just upsize the 6277 cutter.
> > I really need to get down to the coast and check out what pirate history
> > is to be found (I live in North Carolina where there was a fair bit of
> > pirate action).
>
>
> Not a lot of it here in Southern California (beyond the software variety). We
> do have mock pirate battles occasionally in Long Beach (I learned to sail in
> Alamitos Bay in Long Beach). Didn't they begin recovery of one of Blackbeard's
> ships in North Carolina?
Yea, there's been some activity. I've been so busy lately that I don't
read the paper very thoroughly so I've probably missed a few articles.
> Oh, your two Dark Forest Fortresses are boxed up in the trunk of my car waiting
> a visit to the post office. Look for 'em next week.
OK, thanks.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Man you guys have some hardware.
> >
> > My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4
> > centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the
> > chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types.
>
> Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them as
> miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> yours.
Well, "using" is a relative term... So far I've just been "accumulating"
(hoarding?)...
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
>
> I plan on counting my fleet this weekend, but I'll try and make a shot
> at it right now. I've bought a lot of parts, and haven't built much yet
> (well, actually I have built quite a bit, just not enough).
> Incidentally, if one is patient, one can get ships for reasonable
> prices:
Oh, I'm patient for the most part. My Imperial Flagships cost $30, $45, and
$55. Caribbean Clippers were $60, $65, and $75 (my most expensive ship).
Renegade Runners were $35 (store bought a few years ago when I was toying with
the idea of a pirate ship game and my first Pirate purchase), $31, and $15. I
might pick up one more of each, but only for the right price (cheap!). All the
RBR, AF, and CBC were at the TRU close-out prices. MA 12 will drain my
big-purchase cash for a while. Maybe after the Christmas induced high-bidding
is over, I can lay away enough cash and find a reasonably priced SES or BSB.
Bruce
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them • as
> miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> yours.
I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the
travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has
got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual ........
> Arrrr, you be not wantin' to be squarin' off wif me massed fleet. Port
Block
No doubts there.
> be doomed and me men'll have thar way wif the horses (Arrrr, they be a • confused
> lot).
Port Block is full of men and horses. No women. Nothing at all confusing
about the men and horses getting along well together <nudge nudge ;-) ;-)
say no more!>
Richard
Still baldly going...
Visit Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
>
> > Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> > should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them • as
> > miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> > yours.
>
> I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the
> travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has
> got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual ........
I wouldn't depend on Steve Jackson showing up, just snag the rules, get some
people together (or shang-hai the neighborhood kids) and play. Steve Jackson
Games is often represented at the local gaming con, but The Pirate Game seems
to be associated with science-fiction conventions.
> Port Block is full of men and horses. No women. Nothing at all confusing
> about the men and horses getting along well together <nudge nudge ;-) ;-)
> say no more!>
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Visit Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
> PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
nervous. ;-)
Bruce
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On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at
20:15:29
>
>
> No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
> nervous. ;-)
Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
Or sheep.
--
Tony Priestman
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Tony Priestman wrote in message ...
>
> Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
>
> Or sheep.
Sheep? That would be a joke about New Zealanders, no?
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Man you guys have some hardware.
> >
> > My fleet is based on just 4 RBR and 3 AF. That gives me the Agamemnon (4
> > centres), the Pequad (2) the something else (2) that hasn't made it off the
> > chocks yet, and two little AF based raider types.
>
> Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them as
> miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> yours.
Nor does mine--for some reason, I can't build an attractive sailing ship. I always
end up having to stuff a funnel on it somewhere.
> > And you could most certainly shake a thingy at my fleet of row boats.
Mine too. And your thingy would most likely sink them.
> >
> > Pictures gentlemen - more pictures! My imagination is getting its neurons
> > in a twist over the sorts of port scenes one could create with two or three
> > 1st raters.
>
> My mother-in-law is getting a digital camera. Perhaps I can borrow it in
> return for fixing her computer.
I'm going to try to hijack my mother's thousand-dollar sony digital camera for a
month between Thanksgiving and New Years'--in the hopes that it'll be a mighty
spate o' building for yours truly. I can dream! I also dream of getting my own
"cheapie," maybe under $200 with insanely low resolution (352x284 or somesuch).
> > Lord help you all if I can get some (small) parts of your fleets under my
> > guns ;-)
>
> Arrrr, you be not wantin' to be squarin' off wif me massed fleet. Port Block
> be doomed and me men'll have thar way wif the horses (Arrrr, they be a confused
> lot).
_The Art of War_ makes that one of its central tenets--not the "manhandle the
horses" thing, but "don't hit them where they're strongest". Wheel out the long
carronades and circle 'em with sloops! Arrr...1588 all over again.
I can perhaps understand the horses--after all, there's only one pirate wench.
LFB.
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> _The Art of War_ makes that one of its central tenets--not the "manhandle the
> horses" thing, but "don't hit them where they're strongest". Wheel out the • long
> carronades and circle 'em with sloops! Arrr...1588 all over again.
>
> I can perhaps understand the horses--after all, there's only one pirate wench.
>
> LFB.
Them carronades be throwing a big ball a short ways. Good fer poundin' in
close. "Long carronades" be what they call an oxymoron (I be an eddicated
pyrate).
Cap'n Redbeard
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Tony Priestman wrote:
>
> On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 20:15:29
> > No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
> > nervous. ;-)
>
> Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
>
> Or sheep.
> --
> Tony Priestman
Have you seen the Gungan Kaduus (sp) for 2000?
SteveC
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
> > _The Art of War_ makes that one of its central tenets--not the "manhandle the
> > horses" thing, but "don't hit them where they're strongest". Wheel out the • long
> > carronades and circle 'em with sloops! Arrr...1588 all over again.
> >
> > I can perhaps understand the horses--after all, there's only one pirate wench.
> >
> > LFB.
>
> Them carronades be throwing a big ball a short ways. Good fer poundin' in
> close. "Long carronades" be what they call an oxymoron (I be an eddicated
> pyrate).
Ahhh heck. You're right. What am I thinking of? Not culverins--those are old
bronze art-deco cannon, though they were long...I think that may be the term used
to refer to the long-range chasers as well.
LFB
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
>
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> >
> > > _The Art of War_ makes that one of its central tenets--not the "manhandle • the
> > > horses" thing, but "don't hit them where they're strongest". Wheel out the • long
> > > carronades and circle 'em with sloops! Arrr...1588 all over again.
> > >
> > > I can perhaps understand the horses--after all, there's only one pirate • wench.
> > >
> > > LFB.
> >
> > Them carronades be throwing a big ball a short ways. Good fer poundin' in
> > close. "Long carronades" be what they call an oxymoron (I be an eddicated
> > pyrate).
>
> Ahhh heck. You're right. What am I thinking of? Not culverins--those are • old
> bronze art-deco cannon, though they were long...I think that may be the term • used
> to refer to the long-range chasers as well.
>
> LFB
Long cannons were simply refered to as long cannons, or long (shot weight).
E.G. Long 18s, long 12s, long 9s. Long versions of a shot size were
considerably heavier than than non-long version, so often they were reserved as
bow-chasers or stern-chasers.
I'm not sure if Culverin somehow indicated construction method, or if the term
was attached to an older style (bronze with external ribbing?).
Bruce
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > Ahhh heck. You're right. What am I thinking of? Not culverins--those are • old
> > bronze art-deco cannon, though they were long...I think that may be the term • used
> > to refer to the long-range chasers as well.
> >
> > LFB
>
> Long cannons were simply refered to as long cannons, or long (shot weight).
> E.G. Long 18s, long 12s, long 9s. Long versions of a shot size were
> considerably heavier than than non-long version, so often they were reserved as
> bow-chasers or stern-chasers.
>
> I'm not sure if Culverin somehow indicated construction method, or if the term
> was attached to an older style (bronze with external ribbing?).
It was an older style, originally, but I think the term enjoyed something of a new
genesis in the 19th century--but in what context, I'm unsure.
As for my fleet, well, I have a few things up, now that my old B&W scanner is
working again:
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/indomitable.html (HMS Indomitable, the
battlecruiser.)
http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/steamer.jpg (The steamer I mentioned before.)
Better detail pictures of everything forthcoming, now that I have a decent camera
*and* a scanner...arrrrrr.
LFB.
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Mr L F Braun wrote
> As for my fleet, well, I have a few things up, now that my old B&W scanner • is
> working again:
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/indomitable.html (HMS Indomitable, the
> battlecruiser.)
>
> http://www.msu.edu/user/braunli1/steamer.jpg (The steamer I mentioned
before.)
I like it! I like it fine!
HMS Indomitable is the finest example of the art that I think I have seen.
If anything, I think its enhanced by the B&W. Not only does it reduce the
pic to very realistic colours, but it also gives it that WW2 reconnaissance
shot feel.
And the Torpedo boat looks cool too - can we see some more :-)
Richard
Still baldly going...
Visit Port Block at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> If anything, I think its enhanced by the B&W. Not only does it reduce the
> pic to very realistic colours, but it also gives it that WW2 reconnaissance
> shot feel.
Thanks for the kind words--and for mentioning the B&W as a positive.
I'd wondered about that possibility (which has the added benefit of
offsetting the odd colour scheme of those early ships) of "aging"
the photo--if possible I'll try to "sepia-tone" the next batch to
make it more of a WWI feel than a WWII, since the pattern-ship is
the actual HMS Indomitable of 1909, *very* loosely translated from
its 1921 appearance.
> And the Torpedo boat looks cool too - can we see some more :-)
I have to get some more film (from the "bad camera," of course)
developed, but once that's done, there should be plenty. It's
three rolls, so there should be a few useable pieces there. The
better colonial cruiser, a few more sailing ships, and a later
(c.1930s) cruiser will also be on those. Hopefully by the weekend
they'll be up.
best,
LFB
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Steve Campbell wrote:
> Tony Priestman wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> > 20:15:29
> > > No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
> > > nervous. ;-)
> >
> > Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
> >
> > Or sheep.
> > --
> > Tony Priestman
>
> Have you seen the Gungan Kaduus (sp) for 2000?
And if you're feeling *dangerous*, you can always wait for the 2000 polar bears
and dinosaurs...
Arrrr, that be makin' REAL men of ye!
LFB
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> >
> > > Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> > > should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them • as
> > > miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> > > yours.
> >
> > I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the
> > travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has
> > got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual ........
>
> I wouldn't depend on Steve Jackson showing up, just snag the rules, get some
> people together (or shang-hai the neighborhood kids) and play. Steve Jackson
> Games is often represented at the local gaming con, but The Pirate Game seems
> to be associated with science-fiction conventions.
If anyone's near NJ, I'd give it a go.
LFB.
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
>
> Steve Campbell wrote:
>
> > Tony Priestman wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Bruce Schlickbernd (<FKsLLt.s0@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> > > 20:15:29
> > > > No pirate babes?!? Port Block, where the men are men and the horses are
> > > > nervous. ;-)
> > >
> > > Reminds me of a joke. Thank goodness there are no LEGO camels :-)
> > >
> > > Or sheep.
> > > --
> > > Tony Priestman
> >
> > Have you seen the Gungan Kaduus (sp) for 2000?
>
> And if you're feeling *dangerous*, you can always wait for the 2000 polar bears
> and dinosaurs...
For any New-Zealand or Scotland-based Pirates, I have made a LEGO sheep out of
commonly available parts...
J
--
sakura@mediaone.net is Jeff Johnston http://www.io.com/~jeffj
LEGO Want List: http://www.io.com/~jeffj/LEGO/wantlist.txt
LEGO Trade List: http://www.io.com/~jeffj/LEGO/tradelist.txt
LEGO Geek Code: SP+ CA +++ (375/6075) PI +++ #++ S--/++ LS++ Hal M+ A++ YB73m
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Jeff Johnston wrote
> For any New-Zealand or Scotland-based Pirates, I have made a LEGO sheep out • of
> commonly available parts...
Gadzooks! No! Please! What next? A Lego packet of three? A Lego tube
of -
This has gone far enough!
And out of commonly available parts no less. There was a time when decorum
was maintained. Some things were regulated by good manners or at least kept
(mainly) indoors. These young people, making Lego sheep out of commonly
available parts. And for Pirates!
Terrifying. ;-)
(Please excuse all the exclamation marks. I'm not very good at moral
outrage. I'm a bit out of practice. I don't think I've actually been
morally outraged since about 1975. Apart from my reaction to last weekend's
appalling Australian republic referendum. And don't get me started on
that.)
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
>
> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
>
> > In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > > Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> > >
> > > > Ah, but you are using Lego in a fashion more to the conception of what it
> > > > should be: build and display. Wackos like Frank and myself are using them • as
> > > > miniatures for gaming. I assure you, my stuff doesn't look half as nice as
> > > > yours.
> > >
> > > I aspire to become a wacko. I'd front up and join in the game, but the
> > > travel is a bit of a bore. At this end of the information decade, there has
> > > got to be a way for Pirate Wars to go virtual ........
> >
> > I wouldn't depend on Steve Jackson showing up, just snag the rules, get some
> > people together (or shang-hai the neighborhood kids) and play. Steve Jackson
> > Games is often represented at the local gaming con, but The Pirate Game seems
> > to be associated with science-fiction conventions.
>
> If anyone's near NJ, I'd give it a go.
>
> LFB.
Let's see where we all are. Maybe we could find a centrally located
hotel where we could convene and Pirate our Arrrrses off. (Sadly I'm
limiting this to the continental US of A. A central location that
included our Aussie mates would be in the Pacific somewhere.(1) That
would take a lot more planning and a LOT more Spouse Butter.)(2)
I'm in Newport News, VA (lower right corner)
SteveC
(1) NOT that meeting in Hawaii would be impossible. But if I go to
Hawaii I'm not planning to lock myself in a conference room for days at
a time with a bunch of people like, uh, myself...
(2) Spouse Butter is a Registered Trademark of Spouse Butter Substances, Inc.
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Hey all,
I've updated the site a bit--added more ships of various sorts, and
fixed bad attributions. I've got some good ones of the destroyers
coming on Sunday!
best
LFB.
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