LEGO and Terrain: Building A Caribbean Port Town Part 1 - Being Pirates

This video explores how I built a Caribbean Port town as a movie set for my stop-motion series Being Pirates. Lego buildings are combined with terrain made from Styrofoam and plaster.
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• Being Pirates: THE MOV...
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Timestamps:
0:00 How I got started
1:50 Terrain
9:22 The Town
12:14 What next?
Music I used:
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[@Andrew_Drozd]

The mixture of non-Lego terrain and Lego looks really good and more realistic. Nice Job

[@vanestream]

Thank you Caped Crusader 😀

[@jeffreycoyle12]

Man! I am in awe of your “hobby” haha! Awesome job and thanks for the video 🙏

[@vanestream]

Thank you Jeffrey! 😀

[@jonathangomez9548]

This is everything I remembered about Lego pirates as a kid great job I look forward to more content

[@vanestream]

Thanks Jonathan! I'm working hard on the second part of the port town, and a video will be out as soon as I'm finished 😀

[@puppetguy8726]

A lego pirates channel? Sign me up! Nice little town you've built! 😀

[@vanestream]

Thanks! 👍🏴‍☠

[@mangababe]

As someone who is from Jamaica this really reminds me of the markets and beaches I love it, this is amazing

[@vanestream]

I've never been to Jamaika but I'd love to go. I'm glad I could capture some of the vibe even though I've never been there. Thank you for your comment 😀

[@MasalaYLegoStopMotion]

9:13 I like this idea

[@vanestream]

thanks! Being able to animate the water wasn't actually something I had planned on in the beginning, the idea just sort of popped into my mind and so I tried it out.

[@MasalaYLegoStopMotion]

@@vanestream that's very cool. I want to try it someday.

[@GazRsExtremeBrickMachines]

Wow! Just amazing work! I love the mix between lego and terrain. The models stand out so much better! For me lego terrain can be uneasy for my eyes, almost confusing unless it’s solid colours(could be down to my eyesight..) There’s so much character in this little world! I was just scrolling through that brochure last week, I have years 89-96 from my younger days. I used to gaze at them for hours dreaming of what I could have.

[@vanestream]

Thank you so much for your feedback, I'm glad you enjoy the mix of lego and terrain. I used to spend hours looking at those old brochures as a kid as well, especially the ones from the time periond you mentioned! What fantastic pirate and castle worlds!

[@infinitelego720]

DAAMMMNNNN BRO that really cool!

[@vanestream]

thanks! 😀

[@GlishSUB]

can't wait for it dude love your videos keep it up

[@vanestream]

Thanks man!

[@konraddeutry719]

Wow, just Wow...

[@kobeyork7221]

Love the stop motions and the moc is surprisingly good reminds me of vintage Lego excited for part 2!

[@vanestream]

Thanks! I was going for the vintage lego vibe with the rocky terrain combined with lego 😀

[@beurself7758]

Absolutely phenomenal!

[@vanestream]

Thank you! 😀

[@squidious1662]

This is amazing! Worth a sub. Can't wait to see what's next!

[@vanestream]

Thanks and thanks for subscribing 😀

[@captainfinnsbrickchannel5760]

Great job this is amazing I really apreecated the attention to detail keep it up!

[@vanestream]

Thank you Captain Finn! 👍🏴‍☠

[@Breyzipp]

Man this looks absolutely stunning! Terrain instead of full LEGO was by far the best choice!

[@Sam_Guertin]

The rounded façades of the gatehouse and the blue building are fantastic!

[@vanestream]

Thank you! 😀

[@ImaginationHobbies]

What a masterpiece

[@JoshWileyPaintings]

Love the church/chapel/cathedral! That would be an awesome one to have instructions for. It looks so period. So awesome.

[@vanestream]

Thanks Josh! I might get round to making instructions for the church at some point, although I would update it quite a bit, it was one of the first buildings I built after a long Lego hiatus (going back to my teens) and so it works ok as part of a film set but it would need some work to become a set I would feel happy about selling instructions for. I'd design an interior for it as well.

[@JoshWileyPaintings]

@@vanestream makes sense. Well, it still looks great!

[@Yogington]

Came for the Lego, stayed for the terrain. Ambitious project - I'm off to your page to see how much further you got!

[@vanestream]

Thank you :-D

[@fccmayer]

I love everything in this video: the buildings, the colours, the stop motion!

[@vanestream]

Dankeschön Florian. Your name sounds like you might also be from Germany?

[@fccmayer]

Eigentlich aus Österreich. Aber das ist ja quasi Deutschland. Ich habe sofort das Bluebrixx Set erkannt und mich gefragt, ob du etwa aus Deutschland kommst. Jetzt habe ich wohl meine Antwort ^^

[@vanestream]

@@fccmayer Ah cool, vor ein paar Jahren war ich mal in Wien und Salzburg, wunderschön habt ihrs bei euch. Witzig dass du das Bluebrixx Set gleich erkannt hast. Das Dach ist halt auch echt genial und markant.

[@fccmayer]

@@vanestream Deutschland ist aber auch nicht übel! Ich kenne Berlin und Hamburg. Berlin ist lange her aber an Hamburg kann ich mich noch gut erinnern und ich finde es ist eine wirklich tolle Stadt. Ja, ich liebe die Blue Brixx Mittelalterserie. Ich habe die meisten Sets daraus. Am genialsten finde ich von Blue Brixx allerdings die Part Packs: die Auswahl ist einfach gigantisch.

[@frankzuurveld3285]

This is so amazing. It should be in a lego store or museum. Love it

[@vanestream]

Thank you :-D

[@Zabadak]

Very nice to hear your story of this build, scène and details. Really a joy to watch 😃👍

[@vanestream]

Thank you Zabadak!

[@ROLF75]

this is by far one of the best MOC I have ever seen

[@vanestream]

Wow, thanks! 😀

[@joeroche406]

Love this man

[@vanestream]

🙏

[@idomoshe6040]

Wow. This is beyond amazing.

[@vanestream]

Thanks! 😀

[@klemmie_1]

I like your Island km Looping forward for New Videos

[@vanestream]

Thanks Klemmie!

[@Dagon1820]

You my friend...are a SIR. Amazing job. Epic MOC. For the fortress, one build that would definitely take advantage of the high point you're planning would be something similar to Isla D'Or. Check that out. ;)

[@vanestream]

Thanks Alexandro! 😀 I didn't find much under "Isla D'Or", did you mean "Ile D'Or". That definately is a nice inspiration.

[@nikoisland6731]

I love the little sloops, thanks for including instructions

[@vanestream]

Thanks! It was quite a challenge to create the rounded shape at such a small scale but in the end I think it turned out fine.

[@TK-mj7zi]

WOW!!! I'm just lost for words! You put so much work into this project and I must say it turned out truly AMAZING! The details are remarkable. So professional and creative, well done! Looking forward to season two of "being pirates" ;)

[@vanestream]

Thank you so much! 😀😀😀

[@Proc112]

Damn, this is just incredible!!! So excited to see the end result!

[@vanestream]

Thank you 😊

[@johnlowther4068]

Cool combo effect of terrain an lego. Very few of us have a house payments worth of base brick to build on. This is in my opinion the spirit of what the 80s and 90s box photography should have been on

[@vanestream]

Thank you!! Yes, I do really love the combo of terrain and Lego!

[@waldek2303]

Unbelievable 🤩

[@vanestream]

😀thanks!

[@christophkramer6556]

Unglaublich Samuel! Ich bin hin und weg! 😍 Die viele Arbeit lohnt sich für das Ergebnis. Bin voll neidisch! 😁 Freue mich so auf die zweite Staffel! Viel Vergnügen und Spaß für die weiteren Vorbereitungen! Liebe Grüße vom Kolonialbeamten!

[@vanestream]

Herzlichen Dank zurück an den Kolonialbeamten 😃! Da freut man sich wenn man weiß, dass andere sich drauf freuen. 👍

[@alexsyed1530]

This is soooo incredible!!!!!!!!! 😍😍please make for each building a tutorial on how to build it!!! 😅 please we need tutroials!🤩

[@vanestream]

Thank you Alex! Making tutorials/instructions is alot of work but I do have instructions planned for some buildings. 😀

[@alexsyed1530]

@@vanestream thankyouuuuuuuu please do them!! I know it doesn't mean much but I'm subscribed and excited to watch your videos!!! Keep up the AMAMZING work ❤️❤️❤️

[@vanestream]

@@alexsyed1530 Thank you Alex, it does mean much, I'm really glad you enjoy the videos 😀. thanks for the wonderful comment. I'm working on a large rock formation for the port right now, so expect a new video soon!

[@alexsyed1530]

@@vanestream thankyou so much!!!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@chumley307]

Amazing use of traditional terrain building combined with LEGO. I do something similar in my city, though it's not half as pretty as what you've done here. Kudos!

[@vanestream]

Thank you! Great that' you're also combining Terrain with Lego!

[@williamhayden4162]

It all looks fantastic you have done a really good job!!

[@vanestream]

Thank you Max!

[@Bronzescorpion]

Since you were inspired by Black Flag it could be cool if you would add an assassin on top of the church or another place in your city as an homage to the game.

[@vanestream]

That is a great idea. I have been planning on including a little homage to the game in the Being Pirates series, b having one of the characters jump from the church tower into a stack of hay 😀

[@LEGOPirateCaptainIvan]

OMG!!!

[@epixminimotion6847]

That is stunning. I am so excited for season 2. It good to see a upload from you again

[@vanestream]

Thank you epix mini motion! 😀

[@Matt_Curlew]

That looks really good! Yesterday I picked up all the LEGO we had from 1989 till around 1995 at my moms place. mostly City and Pirates (i was able to rebuild 6266 Cannon Cove). Ah the nostalgia..

[@vanestream]

Oh man, thats great! I have so many good memories of playing with the great sets from that time period!

[@Matt_Curlew]

@@vanestream I ended up building them all up. After all these years only a few small items were missing.

[@marinnj9915]

Just finished watching. You are amazing! Incredible effort and imagination. 🏴🏴🏴

[@vanestream]

Thank you Marin! Much appreciated 😄

[@brickknight8611]

Wow this is just amazing, love the whole layout 🤩👍👍 . U put landscaping with Lego builds together perfectly . Really bring us memories to old Lego catalog 👍👍

[@vanestream]

😀 I love those old catalogs!

[@muzikman8585]

This is excellent!!! I'd love any instructions you want to offer. I'll definitely be referring to your town build for ideas for my own.

[@vanestream]

Thanks! Feel free to used any ideas!

[@F1stzz]

JEEZ, dude, I'm speechless! Just when I thought that it can't get any better than those preview pics in Instagram (which were already stunning enough 👌🏻) - here u are with kinda "behind the scenes" miniseries! Great move on your part, we've been waiting for the Second Season for quite some time now, and what is a better way to make our waiting process fun than just straight show the audience the exact scale of what's coming, lol 😁 I cannot believe the amount of work you've already put into this project, it's outstanding, m8, I've been watching this vid with my mouth wide open pretty much the whole time! Bravo, man 👏🏻 You've mentioned "AC: Black Flag" as a source of inspiration for the buildings - gotta add that I personally have HUGE "Seadogs/Age of Pirates" vibes from them, this is purely amazing how u managed to deliver that spirit, simply wonderful 😍 U ain't wrong about merging LEGO buildings & sorta "natural" surroundings: my experience as a viewer tells me that in stop motions these types of setups work MUCH better than fully brick built environments in 9 out of 10 times, it just makes everything happening on the screen a lot more believable, changes the whole perception of it, like, sucks the viewer into the reality of this imaginative world. IMHO, you really did a stellar job with decorations to achieve that, and I'm saying it all while I didn't even get to see the finished product yet! 😂 Bonkers, fella, mind-blowing 👍🏻 I wish you the best of success in finishing the production - we NEED to know how it feels to Be Pirates again! 😉 P.S: that teaser is 🔥🔥🔥, lad, I CAN'T WAIT! It's so cool, all of it: lighting, water breezes, sound effects - WOW! 😱 P.P.S: INSTRUCTIONS??? BRING 'EM ALL IN! 🙏🏻

[@vanestream]

Oh wow, thank you so much for your feedback 😃😃😃! Your appreciation really made my day! This whole Being Pirates project has been hours upon hours of work and sometimes I've wondered what I've gotten myself into, but then seeing that people appreciate it like this really gives me motivation 😀😀😀. I haven't heard of Seadogs/Age of Pirates but I'll look into that, it'll probably be good for inspiration. Cheers! 👍

[@F1stzz]

@@vanestream mutual cheers, me mate 🍻 I have no doubt that all the effort will pay off, so far looks like a solid candidate for THE best LEGO Pirates stop motion series in existence 😁 If you're about to look up any of those games I've mentioned, I highly recommend starting with the "Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships" or "Seadogs: To Each His Own" 👌🏻 These games are kinda old, those I pointed out are probably the latest in the series, dated like 2009-2012 or somewhere in between, so should be well suited for a representation of what I meant. To this day these are considered by many as THE best gaming simulators of Carribbean life, arcade enough to be welcomed by a broad audience and realistic enough not to be too arcade, lol, if that makes sense 😅 These games, as well as LEGO Pirates theme, are all great pieces of my own childhood, that's why I'm obsessed with seeing your creations finally come to live in the new season, as it reminds me of the good times 😌 Let 'em roll, shall we? 😉🙌🏻

[@vanestream]

@@F1stzz Thanks once again! I just looked into some gameplay videos of the games you mentioned and they do look great, fantastic piraty vibes. 😅to me this Being Pirates series is also a bit of a nostalgia thing, sparked by my good memories of playing with Lego pirates sets, not least the Skull's Eye Schooner, when I was a kid. 😃

[@MasalaYLegoStopMotion]

wow this is very cool!!

[@vanestream]

Thank you 😀

[@kasjermat]

Stare katalogi i ich mieszany styl - też nie raz to mnie inspirowało :D Piękne miasto - oby tak dalej! :D

[@vanestream]

Those catalogues were great, weren't they? I spent hours as a kid looking at them. Thanks and you too!

[@jakesemrow2678]

this is fantastic

[@vanestream]

Thanks 😀

[@clonewars]

This shit is amazing dude, masterful craftsmanship all around. Great references... I love Black Flag & Havana is such an inspiring map in that game, makes me want to build one myself. The water looks great and combining terrain with Lego like what was in those magazines as kids is awesome to see. Great building techniques & colors too. Worth a sub for the genuine quality

[@vanestream]

Thank you Gavin! Your kind words are much appreciated 😀 Oh man, Black Flag really is phenomal.

[@kimruchel3538]

This is truly incredible, I also love how you used the clearly French solders and sailors.

[@vanestream]

Thanks Kim 😀. I wasn't aware the soldiers were french, I guess I always just thought of them as "redcoats" and "blucoats", but they could well be french soldiers and sailors. 👍

[@adamb2619]

I for one love the landscape that you did! Completely unique and allows you to actually put your LEGO funds to the buildings!

[@vanestream]

Exactly! Building the whole landscape out of lego might have become boring and super expensive.

[@caloutaro]

Hello man!! Okay, I'm really impressed by what you build!! You litteraly build what I'm dreaming for!! I can't wait to see the next update on the carrabean expension. You have a wonderfull skills at building landscape and mocs build and offcourse, some talent to stopmotion filming. Man I hope you gonna be the next Steven Bricksberg ( Spielberg in real life 😉) or George Lucas I guess!! As I sayed I'm impressed and inspired woaow!! Have a good day and filming session!!😊

[@vanestream]

Oh wow, merci beaucoup! Thank you so much for your encouraging words. Steven Bricksberg 😂 I don't know much french but I enjoyed looking at your videos and the developement of your Lego city. Keep up the good work!😀

[@caloutaro]

@@vanestream Hey!! Thank you for your subscription, I don't put any video for the moment, cause, I have some things to get done IRL. But I think in some month I'm gonna do some video in my wonderfull french accent english. After that you gonna know more about me and my small Yt channel. I hope you enjoy the content beside the language, bro thank you for this subscription i am really thrilled by that!! Thank you so much!!😊😊 I'm sorry for this long talk...

[@vanestream]

@@caloutaro That would be great, I like English with a french accent. And don't worry about not putting out a video for a while, the last one for me before this one was 10 months ago 😂 Good luck with all those things you're doing IRL!😀

[@caloutaro]

@@vanestream Thanks this simple click on this subscribe button give me an huge motivation and keep me on track. Man you made my day😄

[@vanestream]

@@caloutaro You're welcome, looking forward to what's coming next! 😀

[@HamBones13]

Amazing job

[@vanestream]

Thanks!

[@TK-mj7zi]

*Absolutely stunning!* Also love the sneak peaks, can't wait for season 2

[@vanestream]

It's coming! 😀

[@Silverx50]

fantastic!

[@vanestream]

Thanks 😀

[@JDM_brickfilme]

Looks nice! Very good work!👍

[@vanestream]

Dankeschön! Hab mir deinen Kanal angeschaut und bin jetzt mal so frei und antworte auf Deutsch 😀. Super Arbeit mit den Brickfilms, weiter so! 😀

[@JDM_brickfilme]

@@vanestream Cool, danke! Wusste gar nicht dass du deutsch kannst! (Daniel)

[@vanestream]

@@JDM_brickfilme Bin aus Deutschland 😀

[@jirijarsky]

It´s like from the first movie Pirates of Caribbean (the same nice Town 🙂

[@vanestream]

I did draw some inspiration from Pirates of the Caribbean. 😀

[@LEGOPirateCaptainIvan]

15:03 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hazbinhotel5488]

okay whoa. this is some good stuff.

[@vanestream]

Thank you 😄

[@needfoolthings]

It's 1989 again! Does anybody remember the Pirates promo comic from back then?

[@marceldekker130]

Awesome!

[@vanestream]

Thanks Marcel 😀

[@semalou]

Wonderfull work !

[@kinginthegreen8213]

awesome!

[@vanestream]

Thank you :-D

[@povoq83]

WOW that's really beautiful ! Not only the combination of lego and non lego but also every lego construction and the way they are put together with all the angles !!! I have like 10 medieval houses a large mill, a big church and some plans for a huge castle. Now that I moved I can finally start my lego medieval city I was hoping to build for ages. (I literally set up the table just yesterday) I planned to do lego terrain building but I might lack too many parts for a result that won't be as nice as this. This video is really inspiring ! I'm a bit concerned if the silicone on the water gets too sticky and if the dirt on the landscape doesnt't come off. I also wonder how easy it is to dust it all because that's becoming a real nightmare.

[@vanestream]

Thank you for your comment! :-D I'm glad you like the town. That sounds like a very impressive medieval town you're building, I'd love to see it when it's done! If you're interested in the non-lego terrain building, in part 2 of this video series I go more in depths into how I created the non-lego landscape. The silicone on the landscape isn't too sticky in my opinion, but the dust has been an issue. I now cover the whole thing in a thin plastic sheet when I'm not filming, which has worked wonders in keeping it dust free.

[@povoq83]

@@vanestream Yes thank you. I'm watching your videos in slow motion ;) Your rocks are very well done !

[@jay-fs7wf]

just found your channel and now im hooked, earned my sub

[@vanestream]

thank you Jay! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and thanks for the sub!😀

[@MarcoPagoto31]

I love it ! I'm jealous ^^

[@vanestream]

Thank you 😀

[@nicholascanel8347]

Hey look at pics of San Juan Puerto Rico and this looks just like my home u did a great job my guy 👍🏽👍🏽

[@vanestream]

Thank you so much! Wow, San Juan Puerto Rico looks wonderful! I'm glad I could capture the feel of the Caribbean. I'll have to visit some day :-D

[@MasalaYLegoStopMotion]

this looks like diorama of model train or plastic model or something

[@ThePeacemaker848]

5:38 when doing texure like this, I would have suggested to take a legoman's feet, and do some walking footprints.

[@vanestream]

That's a great idea, and I did actually do that when I added clay for the streets, as can be seen in the second video kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ-wioCPi7Kdrqs

[@lilfishreef7979]

Would love some instructions for all the buildings!!

[@TK-mj7zi]

CONGRATS ON 1000 SUBSCRIBERS!!!!!🥳💪 Still underrated

[@vanestream]

😁🥳 Thanks 🍻

[@durkzeephat01]

Very nicely done!! Incredible! The combination of the terrainwork and lego is very nice! I’m a bit of a Lego purist, so a bit disappointing that you use fake lego… For the rest: very nice work!

[@vanestream]

Thank you so much :-D Although I mainly own Lego, I have bought a few sets from other brands because they were so beautifully designed. I do understand Lego purists though.

[@ondr3jko]

Wow, that is amazing! Can you ID some buildings (houses) or are they all custom build? Sorry for a noob question :)

[@vanestream]

Almost all of the buildings are custom built, the fort tower is a letbricks set ( bit.ly/3RKfDKF ) and the "hut" with the wood style roof at the beach area is part of a bluebrixx set ( www.bluebrixx.com/en/architecture/102000/Dorfschmiede-BlueBrixx-Special )

[@easytoremember8613]

I really like this kind of moc, the terrain is non lego.. much like what they did on legoland

[@vanestream]

Thanks! Yes, I really like the combination of Lego and non Lego terrain.

[@borismosconi7498]

Firstly, congratulations for your MOC! 1) Concerning the BlueBrixx set, did you use Lego bricks or BlueBrixx bricks? In case it is made by BlueBrixx bricks, I would like your opinion about the quality of these bricks. 2) concerning the MOC Sabre Island, is it made by Lego bricks or other brand bricks? Thank you

[@vanestream]

Thank you! Concerning your questions: 1) I did buy the bluebrixx set, with bluebrixx bricks. With bluebrixx sets the quality of the bricks can vary, depending on the set. The building I used was the village forge, for which the quality was less than that of Lego bricks. Everything still works, but the bricks don't feel as high quality and especially the plant peices fit loosely. The extension to Blaustein Castle I recently built was on par with Lego I would say. 2) Sabre Island is a Letbricks set. They don't use Lego bricks either, but they do have very high quality bricks. They have a slightly stronger fit than lego bricks (which doesn't make them better or worse than lego, I guess it's a matter of taste).

[@mr.rubicon1193]

Did you post this on Eurobricks Pirates page???

[@vanestream]

Yes, I did!