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[Captain Zuloo]

Ahoy there!

It is finally finished! Since Febuary 13 2009 I have been working on the frigate Grandeur, and during that time she has undergone 3 complete rebuilds. She is now complete at the end of v3. You can view the WIP thread here. She is heavily based on Sang Royale and La Mort Royale by Admiral Bejaune and Captain Green Hair, and is the 3rd ship along with the above 2 in the French Caribbean fleet.
Firstly I would like the give a big thank you to Admiral Bejaune who provided me with help and support whenever I got stuck along the way. Thanks a heap for your help mate, I wouldn't have gotten this far without you.
Also a big thank you to those who gave me some good feedback during the build (Captain Green Hair, Cap'n Blackmoor, Cutlass Iz, Ras, Erdy and Bonaparte). Thank you to you guys too, your assistance is greatly appreciated. Now onto the ship!


For the first sail, I invited some friends around to help me crew her:






It seems there isn't enough space for all of us in the boat when some people are being pushy...




Ok, time for roll call!
Captain Green Hair? Aye!
SlyOwl? Ahoy!
Cutlass Iz? Indeed!
Zorro? Yep!
Erds?
Erdy? Where is Erdy?





Of course, he's made off with the whisky drawers!




Time to raise the anchor. Work you dogs, put your plastic backs into it!




Anchors away!




Oh dear, how rude of Cutlass Iz to walk in on you Zorro!




Oh DEAR! He got a little embarrassed it seems.




Erdy climbs the shrouds like a good ice cream:




Cutlass Iz at the helm. Compass House design credit goes to Admiral Croissant.






A massive thanks to Captain Green Hair for donating most of the 2 x 2 red fllags on the broadside.




Erdy standing at the stern. A handsom guy according to the Flickr page.




Cutlass Iz on watch at the top of the foremast.




Captain Green Hair: Hey Zuloo, check out this cannon I found! Hey, isn't that Zorro down there?
Captain Zuloo: It looks like it might be.
Captain Green Hair: Hehehehe




It was! Sorry Zorro.




Sweet revenge...






The crew at work.




And now some fig-less photos of the ship:












I also want to thank Commodore Hornbricker for his generosity which made this ship come about. He was kind enough to send me all of the used jumpers, a fantastic gift! Thanks again commodore! Also a huge thanks to pe668 for his gift of some extra hull sections, but also for being a great friend who has tought me so much about my LEGO hobby! I can never thank him enough.




















Well, that's pretty much all folks! I hope you liked viewing my ship! You can find some high-res photos on my flickr page here.

Until next time sea dogs!

[Ryan_T]

Don't forget to bail me out when your around! I'd make a good cook.

Looks great! Good work! But watch out, the Masts are easy to knock over, as you've said before..

[prateek]

Nice ship! I love the detailed SNOT bow. I also like how you used your patio table

[Commodore Hornbricker]

WOW Connor she has turned out lovely! She has wonderful lines and color. The sails and rigging look great. What a nice project for you. She certainly shows all the care and attention you brought to her. She will stand tall among the other Frenchies in the Bluecoat fleet. Well done!!!

[Dread Pirate Wesley]

Wow I really like this ship! I think my favorite parts are the capstan and the brick built anchor. It seems to really fit on this ship. The sails are quite nice too, thats the next step on my ship but havent come up with a good method yet.

BTW where did you get the compass?? I definately need one of those... great job!

Dread Pirate Wesley

[Fires-storm]

A true beauty of a ship with some hilarious pics, I love it! keep up the good work

[Cutlass Iz]

Wow Connor! That turned out really brilliantly! I love the sails and rigging you can really tell you put a lot of effort and attention to detail into them. I hope everyone at Brickvention appreciated seeing the good ship Grandeur.

Thanks for letting Minifig Iz help man the helm too. I better say sorry to Zorro for walking in on him. Too funny!

[Admiral Croissant]

Awesome ship! it turned out very well
Good work on the rigging and sails, and I also like the black things on the 'shutters'(? you know, with the black tiles )
Weren't you planning to put some transparant tiles or something like that on the compass house?
Oh, and your stern is also nice
Brilliant ship

[Captain Blackmoor]

Lovely ship Captain! She has a nice shape and the sails are just beautiful.
I really like the sigfig story going on there. I see you've used the glass table again, it just looks like real water!
The rigging is excellent, and so does the tumblehome. Nice curves!
I'm glad to see the French fleet keeps growing!
Awesome job Captain Zuloo!

[pe668]

It may have taken awhile, you have been talking about building this ship all the time I have known you, but well worth the wait.
Your photography is getting much better and just in time to give this awesome MOC some special treatment. Very nice work Captain!

[Captain Blue Hair]

That doesn't look like me at all.

The ship has turned out great Captain, i really like the line and all the small detail.
Next to that you actually sown the sails, excellent detail!

I hope you'll make more for the fleet, cause the fleet needs Captains like you!

[Big Cam]

Very fun.

I really liked your choice for a base. That table, looks like water.

I really like the ship and the story was really fun, I like it when people make fun stories instead of just posting pics.

[Captain Becker]

Finally its done and i have must say at its looks like a real ship Great work captain, And i enjoy the story going on in that ship i suprised at there is a small WC too in front of the ship

keep it up


Captain Becker

[Burf2000]

Brilliant mate, very cool design, love how you used the table too

[Fires-storm]

I actually thought up a question because I noticed your sails...what stitching technique did you use? it looks awesome