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In lugnet.pirates, Wesley Davis wrote:
> Well, YOU suggested it :P
Yes I did. I may live to regret it ;)
> I'd love to discuss shipbuilding techniques. I'm always looking to improve.
>
> I just recently discovered the crow's nest by looking at a photo of one from
> below. (That's why I included such a photo in the post at the top of this
> thread).
>
> There's lots of things we can discuss. I think most of them are
> modifications.
>
> Let's see:
>
> Expanded Mast Platforms and crow's nests
I have made my own mast platform without using the Lego piece, by putting those
1x4 plates with the bar in the yard-holes (they are exactly 5 studs apart if you
use one on each side at the top of the bottom mast-piece).
No, that didn't make sense - look at pic instead
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=725543
> Adding forward (and rear) chaser cannons on turntables
> Custom sails (definately cool)
> Building and storing lifeboats
> Studs-up yard design
I'm pretty stumped on all of these. I don't think I've ever managed to fit
boats to my ships without it looking stupid, and my biggest ship so far has only
had 4 cannons, so yeah.
> Figureheads
> Internal compartmentalization
> The recurring problem of "How to make the interior accessible"
My biggest problem! My latest idea -
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=725559
though this could get impractical with larger ships ;)
> Starting a ship
Bah, this one is easy... just grab some hull pieces and let your hands wander.
It's finishing that's the tough one.
> making cool-looking aft sections
http://news.lugnet.com/pirates/?n=3581
Best sterncastle ever :P In fact one of my favourite creations I've seen here.
Yo ho ho, a pirate's life for me,
Michael
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> > making cool-looking aft sections
>
> http://news.lugnet.com/pirates/?n=3581
> Best sterncastle ever :P In fact one of my favourite creations I've seen here.
>
> Yo ho ho, a pirate's life for me,
> Michael
hi michael, i am extremely flattered that you hold my creation in such high
regard! you do me much honor. thank you. i was very happy with scimitar, but
believe it or not, i view all of my ships with an eye to improvement. as a
result, each one gets better than the last one! check out my other folders, and
you will see that mine started out very rudimentarily, and improved much over
time. i have one finished except for the last 2 sails that is a nice improvement
over the stern galleries of the Scimitar. i am just waiting for this semester to
be over to get pics, work and school are killing me right now, but i will have
pics up by the end of this week, i promise ;-) .
as far as the stern galleries go, the scimitar was a vast improvement over my
past ones, but my goal has been to build a gallery that is entirely sloped, not
just the lower part. my new design achieves this, and i didnt have to resort to
non traditional techniques (like basically jamming parts in the space to hold
the windos in, as they dont actually attach to the stern itself, like in this
pic: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=535371) which really
streamlines the design. anyway, i am very excited to share it with you guys, and
it will be soon!
anyway, if you guys start a techniques thread, it would be a very useful tool
for everyone here, myself included! one thing i dont do is build interiors, i
cant figure out how to make the ship structurally sound enough with out cross
bracing it throughout the hull. so, thats an area where i could use help.
best regards,
steve
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