Hopefully those soldiers don't have fear of heights!

Classic-Pirates member Puriri has posted one of his MOC's for the first time. It was such a good creation that he made it to the frontpage straightaway! He has made a very high cliff and a great stairway leading to the fort on top of it. It's almost impossible for any enemy soldiers to occupy Fort Cliff. Creator Puriri isn't completely satisfied by the name of it, so any suggestion is welcome.

Do you have a suggestion for the name of his fort, or do you want to see the magnificent stairs?

Then head over to the forum and see Fort Cliff by Puriri for yourself!

EB member L-space brings us his 2010 Community Build entry, A poor house/charity building were people in need of cloths, food, water and tax relief can find refuge from the pressures of the world.

L-space certainly included lots of unique little details such as a basement entrance, a gang of poor people and a nifty looking chimney.

Discuss The Poor House by L-space in the MOC forum!

Fresh croissants anyone?

As part of Classic-Pirates.com community build, Admiral Croissant has shown us his neatly looking bakery, or, to be more precise, a croissant shop.

Complete with a cellar and a ground floor as well as stairs and a sloped roof, this land-based MOC makes a fine example of a civilian building that still fits well into the pirate era. A concept that LEGO has sadly spared us in the official Pirate sets (perhaps with a partial exception of 6277 Imperial Trading Post). Fortunately we have MOCers like Admiral Croissant who are more than willing to make it up to us.

Discuss bakery from Admiral Croissant in the forum!

A fast frigate is entering the waters!

Dread Pirate Wesley wanted a model ship with life/a crew on it. So he created something with Lego. It turned out to be a fantastic ship MOC! It's a big 5th rate ship with 32 guns! It's also very detailed, with an interior and a big crew. He did a very great job on his first Lego ship. HMS Praetorian is both beautiful and very strong.

Discuss HMS Praetorian by Dread Pirate Wesley in the forum!

Ready to set sail soon!

Inspired by the novels of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin, Strategos was inspired to build a ship in MLCAD! And it is a nice job already! The privateer has magnificient shapes and details, and her stern is beautiful! She is nearing her completion, and perhaps she will be built in real LEGO bricks after all...

Make sure to check out WIP Privateer by Strategos in the forum!

The Press Gang at work!

The Governor needs new sailors. He therefore decided to launch a major recruitment operation! Eurobricks member 74Louloute has been working on an awesome creation, based on historical facts. He makes it very clear why the press gang is called 'PRESS gang'. Being pressed into the crew! His creation is both funny and ingenious!

Come see 74Louloute's Imperial Human Resources at work! in the forum!

Welcome in Davy Jones' Locker!

He tied a cannon to Bootstrap's bootstraps, and the last we saw of ol' Bill Turner, he was sinkin' into the crushing black oblivion of Davy Jones' Locker... 

Eurobricks MOC expert SlyOwl did it again! A neat scene of Davy Jones' Locker, crammed with detail and great use of parts! You feel even more sorry for poor Bootstrap after you've seen this piece of art!

Discuss Welcome to the Locker, mistah Turner! by SlyOwl in the forum!

The first Classic-Pirates community build!

Buff up your bricks ye scally-waggs, for today we are here to announce 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 be in a town back in 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 run from January 4th to March 15th.
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. Registration will take place in this thread. Post your entries here, in the entry thread.

Don't hesitate to ask questions !!!
The Golden Rule of this Community Build: Have fun

This is the entry thread. Feel like participating? Sign up here!

Teamwork!

Now that there's not a strong need for soldiers and nothing for the pirates to pillage, unemployment levels rise, to unbelievable heights. To counter this issue, the governments of all the different groups Redcoats, Bluecoats and Pirates start work projects like bridge building, road repairing and mass farming.

Set sail to discuss Back To Work by Ratshot in the forum!

The first contest, a skeet tournament

Pirate captains often suffer from 'Post- war Syndrome', a long hatred for their enemies. After regular visits to the crazy house the waring captains are given a regime where they are set against each other in a number of contests.  Only time will tell to see if these contests really work out, or if they'll just increase the tension.

Click to discuss 'Skeet Club' by Ratshot in the forums