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In lugnet.gaming.brikwars, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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Loosely inspired by some gorgeous SW Sail Barge MOCs on Brickshelf, NELUGs
latest [1] Brikwars game featured a steampunk skiff battle set above the
desolate KarZuba desert. Every skiff represented a Trading Guild, and upon
arrival at the outskirts of a potential market town each captain decided to
try and thin the competition a bit.
My contribution to the fight was the Egregious, a Dragonfly-Class Torpedo
Gunboat. Its steam powerplant (located in a protective cast-iron bathtub
within the hull) powers three heavy-lift main rotors, as well as a pair of
outboard steam-turbine-driven manuevering props.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=261935
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/sullis3/BRIKWARSGAMES/SkiffFight/Egregious/egregious04.jpg
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-Shaun
[1] For the record books, this was NELUGs
34th Brikwars game - and that
doesnt include some games weve put on for public events such as Ourcon 17
(Amherst, MA) and Brick Blast (Middlebury, VT).
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Thats rather incredibly cool. I particularly like how its quite realistic
within its own logic: the grilles over the fans, the cannnon balls, the
equipment. Most excellent steampunk.
The split hull construction is particularly effective. Its probably a good way
of doing boat hulls too.
Tim
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In lugnet.gaming.brikwars, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Thats rather incredibly cool. I particularly like how its quite realistic
within its own logic:
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Thanks! That was one of the aspects that I enjoyed the most - trying to
rationalize how it worked as it was being built.
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the grilles over the fans,
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The trick is not to crew your Dragonfly-class Torpedo Gunboats with women
wearing Victorian hoop skirts.
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The split hull construction is particularly effective. Its probably a good
way of doing boat hulls too.
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Thats actually where I started with this technqiue. Ive been plugging away on
a WWII ship for a couple years now, and have half the hull of Blackbeards Queen
Annes Revenge done in this same style. Who knows if theyll ever get finished,
but Im pleased with how the method works.
Thanks again.
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