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Re: HMS Scimitar sets sail!
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Wed, 8 Oct 2003 17:59:27 GMT
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This one is really TOP !
Perfect job, I love it.
One small minor point:
I see these non-shooting canons on deck. The fact they can't shoot,
doesn't mean 'no bullets needed' !!
I think you should add some, just for looks of course :-)
Great work!
Klaas
stephen rowe wrote:
> well, its been ahwile since i last posted, but i was finally able to get
> pictures of my newest ship. introducing: her majesty's light frigate Scimitar.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=59005
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> post-mod of course!
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> she carries 24 guns, 18 on the lower deck and 6 on the upper. she is 4 wide
> center hull sections long. these pictures are all taken in battle trim, not
> under full sail, hence, the missing main sail and fore sail. i cut these sails
> from heavy canvas, and they came out pretty well. its the first time i can say i
> "succeded" in making custom sails. my others were pure junk :-) . oh well,
> practice makes perfect! anyway, i decided to try a different color scheme, and
> was particularly happy with the results. plus, the colors are more picture
> friendly than the black of my other ships. i never liked that the center
> sections didnt come up as high as the bow and stern sections, so one was forced
> to fill them with non brown bricks, so i ordered some brown ones off bricklink,
> and again, i like the way they came out. however, i am most especially happy
> with the stern, always a matter of concern for me. my ships usually go through
> 3-4 stern incarnations until i am satisfied. i tried to duplicate the stern of
> the real ships, with it's curved planking as much as using straight bricks would
> allow, and tried to add the gold highlights and make them flow with the curve of
> the stern also. i absolutely love the way it came out. it is the most realistic
> stern i have constructed to date. so, the fates conspired to make everything
> work out correctly for me on this ship, and consequently, it is my favorite. i
> am actually considering building a 5 center section version to go along with
> this one, in the same color even :-)! actually, i am looking for another color
> scheme to do my next ship in. the problem is, lego doesnt offer the high slopes
> in many colors. i would like to do a nice dark red, but alas... anyway, i am
> extremely happy with the way this ship turned out, and my other ships are happy
> with the addition to the fleet. i have another ship i will be posting as soon as
> i get pics, but it is in the old color scheme. well, PLMKWYT! oh, and how does
> one insert pictures into their post? i am tired of the old post-a-link method
> and would like to jazz up my posts a little, and not have to depend on all the
> pics to clear mod on bricklink. thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
>
> oh, on an off note, Richie, i remember reading that you had a brit ship in the
> works, just curious how thats coming along! always look forward to seeing
> another brit set sail :-).
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> thanks!
> steve
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| (...) you are definitely right. thats something i have never worked on too much, is the small details such as cannon balls and other types of stuff that one would commonly find on deck, and i will work on it, because i aim for detail ;-). thanks for (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| well, its been ahwile since i last posted, but i was finally able to get pictures of my newest ship. introducing: her majesty's light frigate Scimitar. (URL) of course! she carries 24 guns, 18 on the lower deck and 6 on the upper. she is 4 wide (...) (23 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build) !
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