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[Hinckley]

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Here is the latest MOC from my comic, The Many Adventures of the Whacker and the Walrus: Captain Green Hair and Mr. Tiber's Steampunk Pirate Ship:


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This is one reason why issue #6 (entitled: What's a Tiber?) has been so delayed. I meant to make a simple little steampunk ship which is where most of the issue's action takes place. But then I went to the museum and saw a model of the Santa Maria and thought it would be cool to make a detailed Pirate ship, which I made steampunk with some inspiration from my favorite steampunk creation, the Radiant Kestral (not mine). Then I got on MSN with Captain Green Hair and started asking advice. He gave me a lot of great advice but once it came to adding the engines, the decks and the sails I wanted it to be a surprise so I moved forward without his wise words. Which, may not have been the greatest idea based on my pathetic attempts to follow his string rigging tutorial:


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I used twine that may have been too thick and then I gave up on all the little details that make Captain Green Hair's ships look so wonderful. The string rigging was hard and I admit I'm not sure I quite have the passion for Pirate building to try it again next time. I improvised with the netting trick you can see in the pics. I may stick to the good old brown ABS rigging in the future. But it was a fun learning experience and Captain Green Hair gave some excellent guidance along the way. That guy loves this stuff and he's more than willing to share his expertise. Thanks Captain Green Hair!

But I did sew my own sales, which turned out okay and there are a lot of little details I really enjoyed making like the bowsprite which I didn't know what it was even until CGH explained it:


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So, now that that's done, I'm off to finally start filming the new issue. I've spent so much time on this one, I had to cut plans for Ras's house (Sorry, Ras!) but we'll see that in the future. But I'm excited to see people's feedback. This is new territory for me, so advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance and I hope you enjoy checking out my new creation...and just like the Captain Green Hair's creation-"Mr. Tiber's Telesell"-may the confusion about whose creation this is begin

[Oli212Lego]

That is amazing !
Great work

[MacK]

Great work I love all the little details you've thrown into this ship . The dragon looks great as a figure head, are those small black dragons on the rail custom. Is there an interior for this ship, as there are no pics of an intterior. I hope to build something as big as this ship one day .

[Asuka]

A wonderful work, plain charming and very creative indeed. If Captain Nemo had commanded a flying wooden
steam ship instead of his Nautilus submarine I´m pretty sure it would´ve looked exactly like that!

[Quarryman]

Great ship, I absolutely love it and I'm looking forward to seeing it in the next episode of The Whacker & The Walrus.

And also, thanks for making me aware of the Radiant-Kestrel, hadn't seen it before, it's great

MacK, on Apr 18 2008, 04:58 PM, said:

Great work I love all the little details you've thrown into this ship . The dragon looks great as a figure head, are those small black dragons on the rail custom. Is there an interior for this ship, as there are no pics of an intterior. I hope to build something as big as this ship one day .

The small black dragons come from 4766 Graveyard Duel.

Asuka, on Apr 18 2008, 05:28 PM, said:

A wonderful work, plain charming and very creative indeed. If Captain Nemo had commanded a flying wooden
steam ship instead of his Nautilus submarine I´m pretty sure it would´ve looked exactly like that!

Somehow I think it's more likely that it would be commanded by Robur than Captain Nemo. But yes, it would have fitted perfectly into a Jules Verne novel

This post has been edited by Quarryman: 18 April 2008 - 04:23 PM

[Sir Dillon]

Wow, this is really something! It made me smile.

You've done a very nice job with the overall shape of the ship. I like how you've taken advantage of the fact it wouldn't be water bound by adding various windows and designs on the lower hull. The use of a wagon wheel as a window looks very nice.

All the steampunk details are neat. I especially like the front mast thing (the bow, I believe?) and the area behind the steering platform (heh heh, perhaps a pirate could help me out with the terms? )

The only thing I don't like is the TIE Fighter windscreen... I think the idea of a big window there is good, but this one just looks out of place to me.

I don't know what this ship is going to be used for, but wouldn't it be wise to have some sort of weaponry on board? I see what looks like a cannon port [here], but I don't think it'd be much use, because it'd just shoot the engine. I believe a large steam cannon on the deck could look pretty cool.

Overall this is a very cool creation. I look forward to the comic!

[Phred]

I really like it!

This MOC makes me want to build something similar.
I love the windows on the sides of the lower stern

Hopefully you'll be able to master cap'n green hair's rigging techniques soon.
I know i haven't.
I'm still trying though.

It looks like Cap'n Green Hair combed his hair.

P

[Oky Wan Kenobi]

NIIICE!

Such detail! I love it! Even though it doesn't make sense whatsoever how this monstrocity is supposed to stay airborne with just 2 engines!

Gotta love air pirates!

[Shadows]

Beautiful! If any single part screams steampunk ship to me, it's the TIE cockpit, and there it is, right where I'd want it.

Hmmm... I need to learn what it's called, but the railing/hull top between the fore and aft sections, the area in the dead center where it curves down... LOVE IT. My eye is drawn straight there by it's perfect shape.

I can definitely see the Santa Maria influence in her hull, and the rigging setup looks fine to me. With steampunk, I never expect fancy ships rigging since it isn't being relied upon for full propulsion. Oh, and I think the netting trick works well too.

It's just seriously amazing, I can find no actual fault with it, but I'm required by the laws of commentary on Hinckley creations to come up with one.

So, what's up with that tan railing. Not sure why it just nags at me to be a different colour, but it does.

Now I just have to figure out how to convince Mister Phes that this constitutes a Pirate creation so we can frontpage it when the associated issue of The Whacker and the Walrus comes out, for some nice cross promotion.

[Dragonator]

Hinckley, you are amazing!

This is simply stunning, you have put a tremendous effort into it, and this shows! I like the general shape, it is very well done, with a sleek and fitting hull, although I do think it could curve up a little more at the front perhaps. But then again, who am I to know! The colour scheme is also very fitting.

The engines are nicely built, a good use of greebles on the top. I think the rigging looks great, and you've done an awesome job on making those sails yourself.

The back section is very nice, some great details and a nice use of the TIE cockpit. Dose thos ship have interior? I guess we'll find out in the next episode...

Oh, and I love the figurehead, a very good choice.

Anyway, a great job overall, I can't wait to see the comic, this certainly sets the standard!

[Plural]

This is awesome. Really awesome. Awesomely awesome. Did I mention it's awesome?
I love all the small details which add up to make it truly great.

Awesome job.

[Captain Blue Hair]

Woohoo i love our new ship

You've done a great job at capturing the lines of the Santa Maria Hinckley!

But where is my jacuzzi?

[Mr. Mandalorian]

That's...Nice, cute, cool? The thought of seeing a full sailing ship bobbing through the air...

Anyway, the ship is beautiful. The sails are great, and the hull is very well built.

But...why is Alex mounted on the stern?



One critique: I think you should either raise the engines higher or add another pair. It looks like too much wind could push the sails forward, and the whole ship would somersault... I'm no expert on flying ships, but that doesn't sound good!

[SirNadroj]

That's just plain incredible. The amount of detail is superb. You left nothing untouched!

Plus, the idea of a steampunk pirate ship is just sooooo cool! (Unique, too. I've never seen a steamifyed pirate vessel! )

[Batbrick]

Whoa...that's just plain incredible! I love the colour scheme (bar the tan rail), and as someone stated previously the TIE cockpit fits in great. Awesome engines too, I love the clear round look of them. Nice use of the brown gate and other pieces too, this really is a work of art. The overall shape is awesome, I love the slightly stubby look, and the idea of a steampunk pirate vessel is just too cool.

Great work Hinckley and I look forward to the episode!

Batbrick Away!