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Yo ho ho, a pirate's life for me!
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Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:59:27 GMT
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Aye!
I’ve always been a fan of pirates. Prior to Lego’s official Pirates line I was
forced to create my pirate figures with non-Lego material. I leave out the link
to those customized figs here.
Anyway, in 1989 Lego came up with real pirates and I was instantly hooked.
However, in the long run these official Pirates minifigs are getting somewhat
boring.... always the same naked men with printed striped shirts... So now I
tried to build new pirate figs that are a bit more elaborated. I’m sure others
came up with these Ideas before, but here are mine:
My first attempt had been this figure that was inspired by Captain Jack Sparrow:
And here’s the whole posse:
I found it wasn’t to easy to find fitting minifig torsos that looked suiting to
caribbean pirates from the 17th to 18th century.
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of cocoa!
Jojo
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| (...) No pun intended JoJo? ;-) <snip> (URL) look really good, but not a hook or peg leg among them (not to mention a macaw)! And I need a wharf rat to sneak into the pic... oh, and while I'm at it, how about a wench or two:-) JOHN (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Ahoy there! Your post appeared just in time! (...) Ha! :) Poor pirates, with those striped-shirt tattooes on their chests... (...) »snipped links« Very nice. I especially like the way you used plastic minifig capes for sashes. (...) Sweet. The (...) (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Jojo, I think I'm in love with the rubber band and cape sash. I can see many uses outside pirates for that. You have definitely got me inspired to start building some pirate forces (once I get ahold of some capes) so I can arm a boat. Tim (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) -snip- (...) Great work, Jojo. And the "bottle of cocoa" is quite authentic for the period too! (Though it never achieved the same fame as rum). Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) I love that building!! I have been trying to build a trading post for a while and I wish I would've come up with what you did. But low and behold I have not. I love your use of the fence as a balcony. Great idea! Great model! And I also love (...) (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Here are some of mine, which I made for my recent ship Le Castor: (URL) Click next in this (URL). I like yours, it looks like we're thinking alike. Now go and make another fine diorama! Jazzjake (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Great work I really like these! The fence mounted horizontally as a ledge is also a great touch. I have long been a fan of the adventurer stomach torso for a pirate, but Aunt May's is really clever.... The backgrounds are also brilliant. I posted a (...) (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Ooh! Excellent set of minifig Pirates! Much more character than the official LEGO pirates, and like John, I am surprised how piratey they look without the obvious additions of wooden legs, hook hands, or even the skull & crossbones hat. And the (...) (18 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Hey Jojo, These are great. I particularly like the sashes you made out of the plastic capes and rubberbands - it looks good and has functionality in giving a place to tuck swords and pistols. On the torso usage, I thought the Spider-Man Aunt May (...) (18 years ago, 23-Oct-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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