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Small Building Category: Second Place Winner: "Sneaking Steve" by YellowFrog
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“Sneaking Steve” by YellowFrog

2024’s Infamous Steve Contest is done and dusted… like a freshly swabbed deck!

Moving on to the second place winner of the Small Building Category we have, “Sneaking Steve” by YellowFrog.

Another vignette, but of the imperial variety; in this scene, Steve surreptitiously creeps towards a blue coat fortress, right beneath the Soldiers‘ very noses.

But what madness drives this audacious behaviour?

Let’s find out!


YellowFrog writes:

Being a Small Building Entry, YellowFrog was limited to 200 parts

A last-minute entry into the Steve contest.

Estimated 180 parts, built in an hour.

Aye, it took less than an hour to put together a winning entry!

Ahoy!  This build be similar to 6258 Broadside’s Brig… but without the brig…


The Backstory

Steve is sneaking into a blue coat fortress…

He needs to be careful so they don’t spot him…

The Soldiers of "Sneaking Steve" by YellowFrog

Will these eagle-eyed sentries spot Steve before it’s too late?

Who knows why he’s going there?

But for such a perilous journey, it must be important!

Steve sneaks into the fort

Steve will be just fine… if the Soldier and horse don’t turn to their left

Is that a barrel of rum I see? That would explain it.

He’s going to steal their precious rum, probably to sell in his trade as a merchant.

The rum Steve is planning to steal

Why is the rum always gone? Steve’s pilfering may offer a potential explanation

That’s how Steve does his trading – he steals goods and sells them under the guise of a merchant.

Little do they know, he is a pirate at heart (hence the stealing).

But does Steve manage to steal the rum?

YellowFrog has not yet answered that vital question

The End…


The Infamous Steve Contest

The Infamous Steve contest was Classic-Pirates.com’s major contest held during mid 2024 in the LEGO Pirates Forum at Eurobricks.

Entrants were tasked to expand the lore of Steve, one of the most enigmatic minifigs in LEGO history.

Selected Second Place prize for Small Builds: 40643 Jade Rabbit and 40725 Cherry Blossom

YellowFrog selected 40643 Jade Rabbit and 40725 Cherry Blossom

The second place winner of the Small Building Category received a LEGO set of their choice to the value of 35€, or approximately $55 Australian dollars in YellowFrog’s local currency.

The Infamous Steve Contest

What be your favourite entries from the Infamous Steve Contest?


Classic Castle Connection

There be a generous amount of overlap between the LEGO Pirates and LEGO Castle themes, particularly when it comes to imperial forts.

Often, it takes just a few tweaks to covert from one theme to other…

YellowFrog writes:

If anyone wants to see how I built this, and then adapted it to be a castle MOC, see here:

It was actually based on a castle set, originally.

Now, watch this helpful instructional video:

And if yer web browser don’t support video, watch it upon the YouTubes.


About the Builder…

YellowFrog (also know as Rob) is an Australian AFOL who first appeared in the LEGO Pirates Forum during the onset of the 2024 Infamous Steve Contest, and then sailed on to becoming a prime contender for the Creative Critic.

Along with Sneaking Steve, YellowFrog submitted a few more entries named Steve’s Double-crossing, Steve’s Island Holiday, and Quadruplets, respectively; but beyond this contest, the Classic Pirates be unaware of any further pirate exploits from this lemony amphibian.

Nonetheless, those four builds be an impressive debut into the world of LEGO Pirate building!

Yellow Frog Studios

In usual turn of events, we be lacking a Flickr or Instagram profile to share with yer!

Yellow Frog Studios YouTube Channel

All the action happens on the Yellow Frog Studios YouTube Channel

Give the Yellow Frog Studios YouTube Channel a follow as you’ll be treated to LEGO builds, animations, and more, every Saturday at 4PM (GMT).

YellowFrog’s channel also provides greater insight towards some of his other contest entries, albeit they’ve undergone some re-titling from their contest counterparts.


What Do Yer Think?

Should Steve have snuck into the second position?  Or is this entry first prize material? Or be there other entries that should have crept ahead?

"Sneaking Steve" by YellowFrog

Sneaking Steve” by YellowFrog

And did Steve manage to evade the sentry and make off with the rum?  Or was this how the Soldiers were able to seize The Cutter?

It’s now time for you to sneak into the LEGO Pirates forum and let the rum trade know what you think of Sneaking Steve

Or maybe just tell YellowFrog what a marvelous build it be… if yer agree…

Discuss

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