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Re: her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
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lugnet.pirates
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Sat, 15 May 2004 05:20:40 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Stephen Rowe wrote:
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well, with Orion being a rather ageing man of war, she sailed back to England
to be refit. as a replacement, the Admiralty sent out the first of the newest
class of sloop, HMS Tempest.
her design is a vast improvement over the prior ships. she is built for
heavy abuse. she has a thicker hull, and a sturdier decks, which allow her to
carry a bigger armament. she carries a complement of 16 guns on the upper
deck. she has yet to be outfitted with any top deck carronades, but they will
come. her lines are smooth for faster sailing than the earlier classes, and
with her heavier armament, she will make a much improved hunter-killer/scout
for fleet actions.
full folder (post mod):
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=82960
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Nice work! (uses leet hacking skills to see rest of pics)
Clean lines, sloping done to perfection etc. So is it a ghost ship or have you
crewed it yet? ;)
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pirates, fear the sight of her sails on the horizon, for there will be
nowhere to run!
in all seriousness, i finally got off my duff and took out my legos again!
it’s been too long. thanks to everyone posting creations recently, they
really helped get me motivated! okay: i am very happy with the design
improvement over Orion, Tempest is much more aesthetically pleasing. i have
yet to build carronades for the top deck, and am having a bit of difficulty
coming up with a design i am pleased with. if anyone has any pics of their
own, or advice, i would much appreciete any help you can give! in any case,
the feature i am most happy with is my improvement in the design of the stern
galleries. it is hard to see, as black doesnt make for great detail
visibility, but i tried to get some pics so you could see what it looks like.
i think on this ship, i managed to get the “look” i was looking for,
proportions and all that. i am extremely happy with the total package, and
even my sails were better on this one, i will get better at them eventually.
okay, as always, i always am trying to render my ships as historically
accurate as possible, so anything you guys can pick out, let me know.i looked
at many more ships, and i think my mast placement and sail designs are
accurate. so: PLMKWYT!!!!
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I’m no help on the accuracy side of things, I generally only take a cursory look
at pictures and nomenclature and stuff before building anyway (as well as the
fact the ships I try to emulate are 200 years behind yours). As a great
philosopher once said, I’d rather be happy than right any day :D
Mike
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| (...) hello mike, thanks for the compliments. :-) well, i try to be accurate with my ships, and i really dropped the ball on this one. so, i rerigged it. check out my new string, hopefully it is correct this time. again, thanks fofr the kind words! (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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