Flavius Gratian Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Update: I've added pictures of the ship with finished rigging and sails in the comments Finally! After his performance in outfitting the gunboats for King's Harbour, and particularly the last minute defence of the port against the pirates of von Wreck, Lawliet had been given his first proper command. The cutter HMS Intrepid was right out of the Belson shipyards and had just arrived in the colonies. Thanks to her cutter rig she would be fast enough to hunt down most vessels, while her 5 gun 4 pounder broadside made sure she could bring them to heel. Lawliet had further added two "long nine" bow chasers to increase her fire capacity. The crew was well trained and for boarding actions they were reinforced by a small squadron of Royal Marines led by a Sergeant Ferris. To serves as his right hand man Lawliet had been assigned a young midshipman, Tom Swift. There was currently a shortage of warrant officers and experienced sailors in King's Harbour, so Intrepid had no boatswain. However, there was apparently one without assignment in Jameston, a Mr Higgs, who would be join to the vessel. Therefore Lawliet's first orders for his first command was to travel to Celestia on a patrol mission and pick up more crew members, including Mr Higgs. [4 pound broadside Long Nine bow chasers Aft Stern Loading Command in discussion _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Finally! It feels like I've been working on this one forever. I had wanted it to be rigged with sails, but it turned out I had no needles, so I couldn't string them to the sprints. Though, I will update her with sails and flags shortly (I hope). Overall I'm quite happy with her! She feels a bit large but I've counted studs and she's about the length of the Otter so it should be fine. Generally I like my ships to have a more realistic proporion to the figs, which makes them a bit larger than what is common with lego. I know the lighting is a bit off, but it's the best I can do. It's night time here, and the lamp in my dormroom is terrible so I had to use my extremely bright bed lamp. C&C is always appreciated, especially concerning the rigging, as I'm still new to that. Edited May 31, 2018 by Flavius Gratian Quote
Darnok Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 A very well crafted ship there, nice! The rigging done so far looks very good, please keep us updated once the sails are done. Lawliet seems to be a promising officer for the Royal Fleet, I hope he is up to a great future! Quote
Roadmonkeytj Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 X2 on the sails lol ... Looks like a impressive little ship ... Im liking the color as well Quote
Captain Genaro Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 Very nice boat you've built there. Lots of action going on, and I like the use of the sideways window for the skylight. As for the rigging, I would suggest adding an additional spar between the two you currently have. I would also suggest trying to use a dark-colored string or rope for the rigging. Historically, the standing rigging (what holds everything together) would usually be coated in tar and would be black in appearance. Plus, I think it stands out more and just looks better. Quote
Professor Thaum Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 A very impressive cutter !! What a long mast !! I'm wondering about sails !!! It will shoot through the water ! Quote
blackdeathgr Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 Nice ship with nice rigging. If I were you, I would have made the main mast mixed in color (mixed brown with yellow) instead of lower part brown-higher part yellow (yeah, I am nitpicking that much ). I definitely love the shape and general colors though!! Quote
Bodi Posted February 26, 2018 Posted February 26, 2018 That's a proper cutter! The long mast looks impressive and I like the way you hinged the lamps on the stern. The custom hull is nice curved, interesting background story and nice minifigs posing. Quote
Flavius Gratian Posted March 2, 2018 Author Posted March 2, 2018 On 2018-02-25 at 11:32 PM, Drunknok said: A very well crafted ship there, nice! The rigging done so far looks very good, please keep us updated once the sails are done. Lawliet seems to be a promising officer for the Royal Fleet, I hope he is up to a great future! Thank you very much! I definitely will! I sure hope so too, that's the plan anyway. On 2018-02-26 at 1:58 AM, Roadmonkeytj said: X2 on the sails lol ... Looks like a impressive little ship ... Im liking the color as well Thank you! Glad you like the colours! I originally wanted it to be dark blue instead of black, but it turns out those bricks are har to get and expensive. On 2018-02-26 at 3:15 AM, Captain Genaro said: Very nice boat you've built there. Lots of action going on, and I like the use of the sideways window for the skylight. As for the rigging, I would suggest adding an additional spar between the two you currently have. I would also suggest trying to use a dark-colored string or rope for the rigging. Historically, the standing rigging (what holds everything together) would usually be coated in tar and would be black in appearance. Plus, I think it stands out more and just looks better. Thank you! I don't think the she's big enough for a topgallant, I already think the top mast is a bit too tall. I don't have any dark string, and considering how hard it's been just finding the one I got I'm not sure I will find any, but I'll try and see. Thanks for the tip! On 2018-02-26 at 1:03 PM, Professor Thaum said: A very impressive cutter !! What a long mast !! I'm wondering about sails !!! It will shoot through the water ! Thank you! I actually realised the topmast is a bit too tall, so I'll have to lower it. It's supposed to be about the length of the boat. I'll update it when I've added sails. On 2018-02-26 at 10:50 PM, blackdeathgr said: Nice ship with nice rigging. If I were you, I would have made the main mast mixed in color (mixed brown with yellow) instead of lower part brown-higher part yellow (yeah, I am nitpicking that much ). I definitely love the shape and general colors though!! Thank you very much! Hm, that's an interesting idea, but I think I prefer it this way (no, that's not nitpicking! All suggested improvemts are welcome!). Thanks again, I actually quite proud myself! On 2018-02-27 at 12:57 AM, Bodi said: That's a proper cutter! The long mast looks impressive and I like the way you hinged the lamps on the stern. The custom hull is nice curved, interesting background story and nice minifigs posing. Thank you! As mentioned above I think the topmast is a bit too tall, I will probably fix that when I add the sails. I tried to combine the hinge technique with a more solid base, and I think it succeeded rather well. Quote
Roadmonkeytj Posted March 2, 2018 Posted March 2, 2018 @Flavius Gratian You could always dye your string with RIT laundry dye ... Just mix it up in a bucket and soak your string ... Worst case you get charchol colored string Quote
Flavius Gratian Posted May 31, 2018 Author Posted May 31, 2018 I've finally finished the complete rigging with sails! Here are some photos: And a scene from a pirate hunt, I'm sure we cought them in the end: Quote
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