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Re: Carronade Brig
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lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 8 Aug 2004 23:20:12 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Ryan T. Moore wrote:
> Hello all!
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> Today I bring you the carronade brig. This small vessel can inflict massive
> damage at close range with a broadside of two carronades. Normally I mount this
> ship with 4 cannons, but I was inspired to see how my carronades would look. The
> result was pleasing. Originally I had the four carronades on my frigate. Now the
> two ships will have to share. In Exploits of Empire III, the carronade brig is a
> variant of the standard brig and only Altavia posseses this vessel. She has more
> HP and less speed than the standard brig, but the short-range smashers more than
> make up for the difference. You can see pictures here:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=83679
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> Ryan
I especially like the tiller for a small ship of this size. Are the carronades
the foam-tipped large shooting "cannons", or something different? It's hard to
make out. (Perhaps you should try adding more light sources to your ship (at
least two, one from each side)in addition to your camera's flash. Your pictures
should turn out better that way - try it!)
A nice little ship, Ryan. Fill her with soldiers and she should be excellent at
closing and boarding with slower ships!
Aaron :)
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| In lugnet.pirates, Aaron Walsh wrote: "Are the carronades the foam-tipped large shooting "cannons", or something different?" The carronades are made from 1682 Space Shuttle Launch (1990). They are simply black barrels. I mounted them with a bending (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Hello all! Today I bring you the carronade brig. This small vessel can inflict massive damage at close range with a broadside of two carronades. Normally I mount this ship with 4 cannons, but I was inspired to see how my carronades would look. The (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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