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[Joey Lock]

60d
Ok, before I start, yes I used a few clone pieces because I need to buy Lego Sails and Minifigs.
Well here it is:

Top deck:

Figurehead (Temporary until I create a Unicorn Figurehead):

Crowsnest:

Stern:

Booty:



Crew:



What do you think?
Its my first completed Pirate MOC so, have mercy!  

EDIT: Im on the Right in the last picture!

Edited by SlyOwl, 20 September 2009 - 07:28 PM.

[El Bucanero]

One word:



Blue?!

[Norrington]

Mr Tiber, on Aug 29 2008, 01:17 PM, said:

One word:



Blue?!

Actually, I like it. I say one of these on Legeux's ships, and wondered what they were.
Besides, tricornes were made of felt. I'm sure you could dye it while you rubbed it with mercury.  

It's a fairly good ship, but it could use two things: Better color scheme, more detail.
Get rid of the gun ports (?) on the sides, replace them with shot rails and put, say, 2 small custom guns per side.

[Joey Lock]

Norrington, on Aug 29 2008, 07:27 PM, said:

Actually, I like it. I say one of these on Legeux's ships, and wondered what they were.
Besides, tricornes were made of felt. I'm sure you could dye it while you rubbed it with mercury.  

It's a fairly good ship, but it could use two things: Better color scheme, more detail.
Get rid of the gun ports (?) on the sides, replace them with shot rails and put, say, 2 small custom guns per side.

Thanks for the Comment, What are Shot rails?

[Norrington]

Joey Lock, on Aug 29 2008, 12:28 PM, said:

Thanks for the Comment, What are Shot rails?

Sorry. I meant short rails. Maybe yu could put swivel guns on the stern or bow.

[Joey Lock]

Norrington, on Aug 29 2008, 07:30 PM, said:

Sorry. I meant short rails. Maybe yu could put swivel guns on the stern or bow.

What colour should the ship be?

[Norrington]

Joey Lock, on Aug 29 2008, 12:33 PM, said:

What colour should the ship be?

I know that this is a pirate sloop, but I might suggest giving it a traditional yellow/white stripe that is so prominent among ships of the King's Navy. Also, I'd make the deck brown if you can.

Heck, maybe go with the candy-color styling of ships like the Lady Washington or the Royal Charlotte (one of my favorite ships, I might add)




http://www.modelship...al_Caroline.htm

[El Bucanero]

Norrington, on Aug 29 2008, 08:27 PM, said:

Actually, I like it. I say one of these on Legeux's ships, and wondered what they were.
Besides, tricornes were made of felt. I'm sure you could dye it while you rubbed it with mercury.  

Sure, but I don't think a LEGO tricorne would turn blue when you rub it with mercury.
My point is, is this an official LEGO tricorne or one of those clone parts you mentioned, Joey?

[Joey Lock]

Mr Tiber, on Aug 29 2008, 07:55 PM, said:

Sure, but I don't think a LEGO tricorne would turn blue when you rub it with mercury.
My point is, is this an official LEGO tricorne or one of those clone parts you mentioned, Joey?

Yes it is a clone part. I think its actually pretty good...

[Norrington]

Mr Tiber, on Aug 29 2008, 01:55 PM, said:

Sure, but I don't think a LEGO tricorne would turn blue when you rub it with mercury.
My point is, is this an official LEGO tricorne or one of those clone parts you mentioned, Joey?

You didn't get it. REAL tricornes are felt, rubbed with mercury to stiffen them. Top hats were made the same way. You could just dye it blue in real life, as felt can be bought in different colors.

[El Bucanero]

Norrington, on Aug 29 2008, 09:02 PM, said:

You didn't get it. REAL tricornes are felt, rubbed with mercury to stiffen them. Top hats were made the same way. You could just dye it blue in real life, as felt can be bought in different colors.

*runs off to buy a blue tricorn*

Joey, the bloke with the Blue tricorn is holding a supposedly treasure map.
I've never seen it before, is it a custom or an official piece?

[Norrington]

Mr Tiber, on Aug 29 2008, 02:09 PM, said:

*runs off to buy a blue tricorn*

Joey, the bloke with the Blue tricorn is holding a supposedly treasure map.
I've never seen it before, is it a custom or an official piece?

It's from Inacabana Jones.

Edited by Norrington, 29 August 2008 - 07:13 PM.

[Capt. Bluebeard]

Norrington, on Aug 29 2008, 08:13 PM, said:

It's from Inacabana Jones.

Inacabana Jones?

A blue tricorner?
Do they come in other colours too (apart from the official brown and black)?


Bluebeard, out-

[Norrington]

Capt. Bluebeard, on Aug 29 2008, 02:49 PM, said:

Inacabana Jones?

A blue tricorner?
Do they come in other colours too (apart from the official brown and black)?


Bluebeard, out-

Inacabana is a purposeful butchering from MAD magazine's Indian Jones 4 parody.

And no, the blue tricorne is a clone. I have, however, seen offical tricornes in red, as test pieces.

[Stauder]

This is one of those threads, so let's keep this short.
1. Nice Blue hat.
2. Nice ship.
Now it's time to make like a banananananana...nanana-nananana...na and split.


Staudernanana.

[Bonaparte]

This is a very decent ship.
I looks exactly like a sloop should look.
You've done a good job with the color schema.
Also the figurehead looks nice like it is now.
A fine ship!

My only suggestion would be to add a bit more crew.
A sailing ship like this one can't be handle by only 3 crew members  

[Joey Lock]

Bonaparte, on Aug 29 2008, 11:07 PM, said:

This is a very decent ship.
I looks exactly like a sloop should look.
You've done a good job with the color schema.
Also the figurehead looks nice like it is now.
A fine ship!

My only suggestion would be to add a bit more crew.
A sailing ship like this one can't be handle by only 3 crew members  

Thats the thing, Im hoping to buy some Pirate minifigs, mabye some on SuvieD's 95 Pirates for sale!  

[bullet8542]

Nice looking Sloop, Thanks for sharing.