User:KingOfZeal/Projects/Fishies

=Fish Museum=

It has been requested, thanks to this thread on the forums that I start to put together a fish museum, in much the same way Cnossos is home to the Hall of Black.

Information
After completing the fish chart I sought after in the aforementioned thread, it was mentioned that I start up a museum of sorts that contain every possible fish color possible.

The original reason I made the fish chart was to orginize the many fish I happen to obtain through sinking blockades. I am ever searching for the last of my injuries, the Peg leg, and as such attend (and at times, even organize) sinking blockades in an attempt to get it. However, it seems all I end up with are fish. I don't use fish as bludgeons (I prefer my hook), and as such I'm gathering a rather large collection. At last count, my personal collection numbered 94 fish of the total 256 possible, with about 3-5 of them being duplicates.

When I started putting the image together, I used This chart as a reference on where to put the colors. After compiling the image, I felt it was a little lacking (lots of empty space), and thus decided to go around the ocean, visiting all the shipyard (both Shoppes and Stalls), looking for fish. On going around the ocean doing this, and visiting a few hearties who were crazy enough to let me in their house, I had obtained all the possible colors but 32. It was at this point I made the post on the forums requesting the fish, which lead to the discussion of this project.

Requirements
There are 256 total possible color combinations of fish. The bodies and fins can be of any known color except yellow and violet, which keeps in line the possible color combinations for regular bludgeons, meaning there are 16 colors for both positions to choose from.

Assuming a trunk can hold no more than 20 fish, I need 13 trunks. Since only one trunk may be placed in a single scene, I also need 13 scenes. While I personally think that having the entire collection on an appropriately named ship would be fun, it would be restrictive to those who want to see it. That, and no one ship has that many scenes. I have also discussed the possibility of using a single building, such as a palace, but even a palace doesn't have that many rooms.

Because of this restriction, I am open to ideas on where to place the trunks. I would prefer to have them all in the same place, ideally a publicly accessible building of some sort, as opposed to thrown all across an island's map (like, for example, all the Bazaars on an island). You can contact me by this Talk page, PMing me on the forums (KingOfZeal), or contacting me in-game on the Midnight Ocean (Yamorg).

Also, if you have any fish that you would like to donate, let me know. I'll be glad to take them. I'll be working on a version of the chart that says what fish I currently have, so it will be an easy way to identify what I need.

Needed Fish
The following is an image that shows all the fish I currently have in my collection. If you have fish you would like to donate toward this project, please contact me as mentioned above.

http://www.signet-studios.com/puzzle_pirates/fish%20collection.PNG

Fish Chart
If you want to see what all the fish look like, the following is the chart I compiled, showing all the possible color combinations of fish.

http://www.signet-studios.com/puzzle_pirates/fishies.PNG

From my experience, there are 3 sets of colored fins that are difficult to differentiate: While gold is not difficult to determine when you have something to compare it to, if you don't, many times it will be mistaken for orange. A grey finned fish will have a rather dark left tail fin, as well as a thicker outline on the right tail tin. When put side-by-side, the back fin will also appear grey. This one is the most difficult: the best way to identify these is by the tail fin: Navy will have a darker left tail fin, and a more vibrant right side. A purple tail fin will have both sides look closer in color.
 * Red/Orange/Gold
 * White/Grey
 * Purple/Navy