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Re: Medieval Merchant Ship
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:26:44 GMT
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In regards to:  (Hah!
I got the formatted text right this time!)
In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
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Nice work! I like the railings and the small ladder to the quarter deck
particularly, and fully decked vessels are always pleasing.
For a medieval vessel, the main mast looks too far aft, and the (horizontal)
bow sprit seems out of period. As a general guideline, bowsprits evolved from
masts over time, gradually moving from the vertical to the horizontal.
Nice choice of piece for the tiller, too.
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Thanks for the nice comments!
It is odd how the way you conceive a thing can have such cascade effect on the
model. The first image in my head was the barrels being loaded using a piece of
netting. I wanted a very small ship so I used just one hull piece. That pretty
much determined where the hatch to the hold would go which then in turn led to
the odd placement of the mast which was partly to avoid the hatch and even
further back to allow the crane to be able to swing over the side of the ship
and yet also come back over the hatch.
The bowsprit, now that you mention it, does make it look like a nineteenth
century vessel (which may have been in my head when I was building) but is
mostly a result of not really thinking about it. To be honest I just wanted to
build a ship and also enter the Colossal Castle contest so I have pretty much
ended up with a Hornblower/Aubrey era ship with a “castle” crew! Don’t tell the
guys at CC.Com, ok?
I think I should get some critiques next time BEFORE I submit such an entry in a
contest. All those suggestions I have to take into account and re-work the model
when I get a chance. Or I could just put aboard a “pirate” crew. :)
I always thought that long piece was odd but it seemed to be perfect for the
tiller.
Thanks,
Ted
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| (...) Indeed. Why not put an Imperial Soldier crew on it? Those scurvy pirates are nothing but trouble, and goodness knows they don't take care of the ships like we military do! (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Nice work! I like the railings and the small ladder to the quarter deck particularly, and fully decked vessels are always pleasing. For a medieval vessel, the main mast looks too far aft, and the (horizontal) bow sprit seems out of period. As (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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