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In lugnet.pirates, Suzanne Rich wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin wrote:
> > 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 vessels.
> >
> > <<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
> [snip]
>
> 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
Here are some links for more info:
Intact viking ship with data and links to other ships (Swedish site):
http://susning.nu/Gokstadsskeppet
Images (new and ancient) and pictures of newly made ships (also in Swedish, with
part ot the text in english):
http://axelnelson.com/skepp/ovriga.html
http://axelnelson.com/skepp/ovvik.htm
Link collection with many pictures and old and new ships:
http://www.vikingship.net/
Have fun!
Olof
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