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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
> Ahoy pirate fans and well met castle fans,
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> The Vikings sets are vool, but after visiting the Vikings Exhibition at the
> Australian National Maritime Museum in January, I decided to experiment with
> building some more accurate (after a fashion), viking vessels.
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> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/rdulin/Miscellaneous/longship1.jpg>>
Fabulous!
This is funny timing because I'm in the middle of researching Viking ships now
for a BrikWars game. (In fact, If you could recommend good links to Viking info
online, I'd really appreciate it.)
> Initially, I planned to extend the standard viking ship by an extra hull
> section, but after some experimentation I decided to stick with the standard
> three. The proportions at three hull sections are pretty good
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Really? cool. I was wondering about those dimensions. At first I thought the
ship (as LEGO designed it) might be abnormally wide, but then I read that the
Vikings sometimes brought horses with them on board, so I figure it must be
reasonable. Heh, I'm glad as this means I don't need to buy another ship for its
mid-section!
> No post or article about vikings would be complete without a mention of the
> inaccuracy of the horned helmets, so this is it.
Ha! Yes! I've been wondering how to break this news to my teammates. :-) They'll
be so sad.
I read in a book that the oarsmen sat on chests containing their possessions. I
figure I'll try to incorporate that somehow in my model when I build it. From
your pictures, I can't tell if you did that too.
The overlapping shields look great. And I also like the paper sail. very nice.
Cheers,
Suz
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| (...) Here are some links for more info: Intact viking ship with data and links to other ships (Swedish site): (URL) (new and ancient) and pictures of newly made ships (also in Swedish, with part ot the text in english): (URL) collection with many (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| In lugnet.pirates, Suzanne Rich wrote: <SNIP> (...) Agreed! I have to chuckle, too, as I've got a half completed rework of my own long ship sitting on my work bench. I hope to complete this week to also share. SNIP (...) The set's scale is close, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Here is a link to Viking ships I made over a couple of years ago from just bricks. Each Longboat holds about 40 minifigs. I do own one of the new Longships and I have modified it by taking out the catapult and reworking the back tower. (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| Ahoy pirate fans and well met castle fans, The Vikings sets are vool, but after visiting the Vikings Exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum in January, I decided to experiment with building some more accurate (after a fashion), viking (...) (19 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.boats, FTX) !!
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