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New vessels set sail!
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Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:48:46 GMT
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well, i finally got around to taking pictures of my ships. and, to follow up on
my own observation about posting creations, i give you, without further adieu,
Her Majesty's Frigate Reciprocity, and Her Majesty's Sloop Orion. (no
resemblance to the real orion)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=49565n (orion)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=49559 (reciprocity)
these 2 ships are fine examples of british ships. i tried to be as accurate as i
could be, and i have made many improvements over my first attempts at ships. the
Rec has 20 guns, while the Orion is a 14 gunner. they are both built for looking
good while being functional, at which they excell. :-) the Rec is 4 center
sections long, and the Orion is 3. i like to use Lego BSB sails, and found that
anything longer than 4 center sections was too long, and did not look right with
the BSB sails on it. i tried my own custom sails, but never got the hang of it,
so i decided to scrap the idea and stick with what i knew. there are a couple of
pics with the 2 ships together:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=452593
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=452594
i have also included a teaser pic of my other ship, as yet unnamed, which is
complete, but minus most of her crew.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=452596
the pic shows most of her, but not all. there will be more pics of her to come,
as soon as the impressment gangs return. :-) anyway, i tried to be accurate to
ships of the time, but one cannot do everything in Lego. please let me know what
you think, feedback, questions, comments, concerns, constructive criticism,
anything! sorry about the quality of clarity on the pics, i am no photographer.
anyway, hope you like them!
thanks
steve
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Very nice work again! I love the look of the three tiered BSB sails. And the colour scheme is great, too. To my eye, the Orion's mainmast is too far aft, and I think both vessels could benefit from some tumblehome in the hull shape... but (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | Re: New vessels set sail!
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| (...) "Real" Orion being the hunter? I don't know, sloops are awfully good hunters :-). (...) Darn right they do! I'd say they have good character about them... they strike me as really having hearts of... well, plastic -- but they're fine, fine (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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