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Re: Big Big Big Classic Pirate Ship
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lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:48:38 GMT
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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> Thanks for the Vasa link. An earlier time period (and a vessel that actually
> survived quite a while beyond it's maiden voyage) but similiar incident is the
> Mary Rose. The Big, Big, Big Classic Pirate ship is going to wallow miserably
> like most high-castled galleons (assuming it doesn't pull a Vasa). I'm getting
> seasick just imagining it rolling on the open ocean. :-Q $
> hu P
> -rl!
> @
> T
> But keeping in mind that we are dealing with Lego limitations (hull is of
> limited width and does not indicate full depth), it's a fun ship. Yes, I love
> that stern balustrade. Dunno about the stern castle being covered - the whole
> point of that being open is so that your soldiers can shoot down on the foe.
> In any case, it's more of the fat treasure ship that pirates are going to
> capture than actually sail in. Thanks for sharing!
The ship was based on the following picture:
http://www.aloha.net/~danjezek/wyeth.jpg
That's one of the few pictures of old ships I found on the net. If
someone can point me to any more pictures, that would be great.
Especially pictures of some old "castles" from that era. I'd like to
build something to house my imperial guards/soldiers from all the
remaining white bricks.
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| (...) Looks like a Pyle or Wyeth painting. Search the web for either Howard Pyle or N.C. Wyeth. Both were great pirate painters (N.C. was Pyle's student and father of Andrew Wyeth and grandfather of Jamie Wyeth and there's probably a fourth (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Thanks for the Vasa link. An earlier time period (and a vessel that actually survived quite a while beyond it's maiden voyage) but similiar incident is the Mary Rose. The Big, Big, Big Classic Pirate ship is going to wallow miserably like most (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates)
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