Brilliant Bootstrap Bill Turner

I'm blown away by Jared's (AKA DirkNagel) entry for the Pirates of the Caribbean custom minifig category of the Jolly Roger 2 contest, Bootstrap Bill Turner. I love the look of the barnacles and sea stars in this design, especially when you take a step back and appreciate the scale at which these details were created!

I'm expecting 'big things' from Jared in the future. You can check out more of his work, including his 'Union Against Infected' zombie stompers, on his Flickr stream. You can also see the other entries to the Jolly Roger 2 Contest at ForbiddenCove.com.

Jolly Roger II Contest at Forbidden Cove

I kinda dropped the ball with the Colossal Castle Contest this year, not announcing the custom minifig categories until late in the game. I plan to rectify that with Forbidden Cove's Jolly Roger II Contest.

There's lot of categories for vignettes and ship building, but BrickArms is sponsoring a custom minifig category for Pirates of the Caribbean. You can see all of the contest categories here.

So hoist the colors mateys and get ta buildin'. You have until March 15th, 2011 to submit your entries.