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Re: Pirate MOCs on Brickshelf!
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 15:20:58 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Frank Filz writes:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=588
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> Oops... managed to post this without any comments...
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> I finally got around to finishing and photographing some pirate ships. I'll be
> adding these to my web page soon, but for now, go take a peek at Brickshelf.
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> The first ship starts with a hull from 6250, but doesn't follow much else (I
> think I sort of followed the first couple of steps [not even exactly, I
> substituted black 2x4 bricks for the underside, why waste grey bricks where no
> one can see them?]). This ship has been outfitted for Evil Steve's Pirate
> Game. It has two cannon and a crew of 12 on board. You can see how the ship
> compares to a stock 6250. It's quite a bit more massive.
I like the color combinations and the top-heavy 1500-1600 design, but with that
one standard squaresail, the poor thing is still looks like a medieval cog.
The problem is that getting a second mast is tough with two cannon and twelve
crew. The best solution I can come up with is rigging more like the Imperial
Flagship...if you have the parts, of course, always a problem when you have a
massive fleet to maintain.
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> The second ship (which I actually mostly built first, a while ago, but I
> finally finished the rigging) is what I call the Red Sea's Barracuda. I used
> 6289 Red Beard's Runner hulls, but basically followed the 6285 Black Sea's
> Barracuda instructions. I modified the gun deck to hold 3 cannon, and moved
> the upper deck gun port so a cannon could actually be fitted there. I also
> worked on the cabin, and especially set it up so another cannon can be fitted
> in there. This is all to get the 5 broadside cannon the pirate game allows. I
> had hoped to use dark grey almost exclusively, unfortunately, there were many
> dark grey parts I just couldn't find, or ran out of. I need to get more red
> 1x10 plates so I can make the spars red (I broke open 6 Axe Carts to get the
> 1x4 plate with rod, note that I used this instead of the 1x2 plate with rod so
> that the spars are studs up so pirates can stand on them, I'll be modifying
> all my older ships to studs up spars).
Now, this is the kind of unified color scheme that I like. I love switching
hulls around to create a new look.
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> More details later...
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> Frank
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| (...) I finally got around to finishing and photographing some pirate ships. I'll be adding these to my web page soon, but for now, go take a peek at Brickshelf. The first ship starts with a hull from 6250, but doesn't follow much else (I think I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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