Tag: Pirates

10320 Eldorado Fortress (2023)

The completed Eldorado Fortress (I forgot to photograph the two boats). The modular sections can be combined in various ways, two of which I show here. I really enjoyed assembling this with my son. Now we need to convert the shipwrecked Black Seas Barracuda from the Pirates of Barracuda Bay set into an intact ship to assault the fortress.

The completed LEGO set 10320 Eldorado Fortress with the sections arranged to form an entirely enclosed square fortress.
The completed LEGO set 10320 Eldorado Fortress with the sections arranged end-to-end to form a wide seaside wall.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 9

Eldorado Fortress Bag 9/10: We build the foundations for the final section of the fortress. There’s a basement storeroom with treasure accessed via ladder and trapdoor. A pirate skeleton is wedged into the rocks. There are some loose floorboards through which pirates can escape and reach the beach. The final bag will be some sort of building on this foundation.

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. An L-shaped section of dark and light gray cliffs speckled with green foliage. Some water flows out from a cave to the turquoise waters of the beach. A red crab is in the water.
LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. An L-shaped section of gray stone foundations. There's a treasure room with gold ingots accessed by ladder and trap door. To the right a skeleton wearing a red bandana is partially visible, wedged into a narrow crevice in the rocks.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 5

Eldorado Fortress Bag 5/10: We add a second story to the gatehouse with twin rifles aimed down at the ramp to protect the gate. Governor Broadside’s office is there (not shown) and a second cannon is mounted above the office. Governor Broadside looks jaunty with his fancy plumed hat and golden epaulets. This completes the gatehouse. Bag 6 will begin a separate structure.

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. A second story has been added to the gatehouse. It features a balcony with two rifles pointed down at the ramp leading to the gate, a small office with a cannon mounted above it, and a blue and white flag with crossed cannons. An officer stands on the balcony brandishing a cutlass.

Eldorado Fortress Bag 4

Eldorado Fortress Bag 4/10: We add the first floor of the gatehouse at the top of the ramp, some crenelated walls, a rotating cannon emplacement, and a palm tree. I like the dark red bits representing exposed brickwork (once again replicating printed details of the original set using LEGO parts).

LEGO build of set 10320 Eldorado Fortress in progress. The first floor of a gatehouse sits at the top of a ramp that leads up from the jetty. There's a palm tree on the right and a rowboat crewed by two pirates on the left.