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Re: New vessels set sail!
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Sun, 13 Jul 2003 18:00:53 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
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In lugnet.pirates, Stephen Rowe wrote:
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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)
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Very nice work again!
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thank you!
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I love the look of the three tiered BSB sails. And the colour scheme is
great, too.
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i really really like the red and white sails, even though they are not accurate.
i also like the black white and yellow color scheme of the BSB, but when taking
pictures, it is hard to make out details, because there is so much black.
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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 steep slopes are
hard to come by...
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i see what you mean about the mast being too far aft. i originally had it
farther foward, but the ship seemed..... unbalanced. it looked as if too much of
it was up front, instead of evenly spread out, if that makes any sense. i tried
it other ways, but ultimately i decided i liked it better a little farther than
they traditionally were. actually, the decks of both ships narrow on the way up
the sides. again, you cant make out details very well with the black parts. the
Orion narrows by way of tall slopes, which you can kind of see in this pic:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=452606
and the Rec has a row of regular 2x2x1 slopes that allow the upper deck to be
narrower than the lower deck. i think i would have to take pictures along the
side of the ship to be able to see the slopes, but, all three ships are narrower
on the top deck.
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these 2 ships are fine examples of british ships.
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Indeed they are!
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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.
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Have you thought about taking some scissors to one? You could probably get
two gaff sails out of a main...
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thats something i have considered in passing, just not seriously enough yet to
try it. i do have some left over upper sails.....hmmmmmmmm :-)
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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!
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I do! Excellent work.
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again, thanks!
steve
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Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Somewhere in the South Pacifique
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Building a safer South Pacifique
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| (...) -snip- (...) It really is a great colour scheme, LEGO really hit the nail on the head first time out! (...) My apologies... (I'll blame all the black) I missed that entirely! (...) They'd look really good with some extra fore and aft sails...! (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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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)
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