DonRamon1981 Posted August 5, 2019 Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) Renegade Caravel 2019 Update August 21st 2019: My inspiration: The Ship with the new parts I bought, well some update will follow just to the mast as this parts did not arrive yet. As maybe some of you have recognized... this is Breathren of the Brick Seas HMS Annettania... different sails different crew. I build it as close as I could with the parts matching Christoph Columbus' Santa Maria. As you can see I tried the same shape of the ship, the same stairs in the same side and with details as much as I could. This is still my Renegade Runner 1989 to Renegade Caravel 2019 MOC. Just used it as my characters ship in BotBS Edited August 21, 2019 by DonRamon1981 Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 7, 2019 Author Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) Topic updated... it's a completely new version of the Rennegade Runner. Just the Hull Parts and the Figure up front, also the mini figs are the only parts kept from the original one Edited August 8, 2019 by DonRamon1981 Corrected words Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 8, 2019 Author Posted August 8, 2019 P.S. also the way up to the stern and the cannon balls are from the original one. All the rest are different or new lego bricks. I decided to go brown with one ship to see how realistic compared to most real pirate ships I can get. My son plays it with a lot of fun. He build a pirate forbidden island by his own, with the "brother" of Ironhook, Captain Pegleg and his "undead" pirate officer. :-) Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 8, 2019 Author Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) Some pictures "in Action": Robbing a trade ship... upload images ...captured... upload images upload images And a funny scene by my son... The undead pirate officer scares the hell out of an Blue Coat Officer, with Captain "Pegleg" laughs while chilling... upload images Edited August 8, 2019 by DonRamon1981 Quote
Bregir Posted August 8, 2019 Posted August 8, 2019 Cool little ship - I can definitely see the inspiration but it is still unique. The original had the same chubby look with those wide tall hull pieces for such a short length, and all the sails carried far forward! :) But it makes for a very playable set - and it seems like your son is making the most of it! :D And fun little scenes! Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 8, 2019 Author Posted August 8, 2019 Thanks. Yeah as I mentioned in other posts I love our big four ships. I love the details of the flagship with the kitchen and grilled chicken and fish, the piano inside the cabin, the ship is outstanding.... also is the Black Seas Barracuda as it never loses its magic after 30 years. But my son had trouble with the collapsing front of the flagship while playing or front masts and stuff falling down of the other big ones when he moves and need so much space for it. With the smaller ships he is sailing through the whole room making wars and gold rushes. With the big ships only come into ending a "confrintation" between other ships. He can put the small ships into the ports of Eldorado Fortress and his own Forbidden Island and they fit, the big ships are way too big to fit into the ports of the sets. Now as we have smaller ships he and his friends are 100% just playing with them leaving the big ones for me, or forcing me to play with the big ones as they still love them and want them to join the game. It's real fun but the most important moment is when he is happy and his eyes shine like stars when he is sailing with his ships... Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) Thanks... I have another reboot of this ship, turned it totally from a sloop into a caravel. I am very glad about the front as all lego sets have the same fronts, except the 96 series where they totally left the front sails out, it was always the same triangle from of sail. I did this ship inspired by the "Santa Maria" the Flagship of Columbus. I am not a fan of the not for real first to spot America, he did not even know it's a new continent he thought he was in India, that's where the name Indians for native Americans comes from. But do love his ship... And the front is pretty close to the original one in small an less sails and masts. If you turn the pole wherethe chain is clicked on, the front sail turns and you can turn it sideways... or you can stick the front sail to this stick for stability and playability. My son tried it out. He kicked it light from the side and it fell sideways to the masts and flipped over. But it still was intact! That's exactly what I wanted to do. A beautiful small playable ship that is stable enough for sea battles played by 5 and 6 year old children. I think my inspiration was clear, and in my opinion I get the most out of the possibilities. What do you think any advises to get it even more close to the real ones? (Except of the sails it still has to be a pirate ship) Edited August 9, 2019 by DonRamon1981 Quote
pantelis Posted August 9, 2019 Posted August 9, 2019 so lovely this ships and this minifigs of the past sets..i dont know if i look only this but the past sets and the old minifigs makes lovely mocs!! Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 48 minutes ago, pantelis said: so lovely this ships and this minifigs of the past sets..i dont know if i look only this but the past sets and the old minifigs makes lovely mocs!! I love the old parts and mini figs too. But to be honest most parts of the reboots are new lego parts. These brown parts did not exist during the 80s. So some of the Lego Technic stuff that is needed to make the poles look like masts. Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 Here is my last reboot as my son found some awesome parts that made me make the ship even closer to the real Santa Maria. Mist funny thing is that Maria is the name if my wife and his mother. Here is the final reboot: Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Posted August 9, 2019 We made up a whole story around the ships, with the main roles the smaller ships. That's why in our story we have more focus on other Captains... Caribbean 1715 and before ... Captain Roger and his Crew, his officers Brickbeard, Ironhook and Pegleg, had purchased a big two Mast Ship, Redbeard's Runner, to rob Spanish Ships and steal their Gold. Roger was known for hide his Gold for the future... One day Brickbeard traitored Captain Roger by selling the Information about the Location of the Ship to the Admiral of the British Flagship, Nelson. Admiral Nelson immediately sailed to the place and sunk the Redbeard's Runner. Roger flew with Will and others to Port Royal and took his hidden Gold to buy one of the biggest ships of the Caribbean, the Black Seas Barracuda. He swore revenge to Brickbeard... The brothers Ironhook and Pegleg flew to the Islanders and their friend, King Khauka gave them some of his Gold. Ironhook bought the old Santa Maria, the legendary ship of Columbus, and became Captain Ironhook. His Brother Pegleg bought a small island and build a base on it. They all swore revenge to Brickbeard. Brickbeard himself bought with the Gold from the British one of their War Ships, the Bounty, and made it Brickbeard's Bounty and he became Captain Brickbeard. He went on to trait also the British, French and Spanish by robbing their Trade and smaller War Ships. The British was furious about how Brickbeard became an ice cold pirate captain and Sir Wellington invested his money into a new version of the Bounty. The target of Admiral Hood and Sir Wellington is to capture Captain Brickbeard. The British small Flagship Sea Lion and its sloppy Admiral Woodhouse are in the Caribbean to escort important trade ships. But his sloppiness very often give the pirate advantages. The British Flagship and Admiral Nelson are coming just to end confrontations between the two French and two English War Ships to decide the outcome... The French Gouvernor Broadside is well known for making hidden deals with the pirate Captain Brickbeard and hunting the other pirates. The French Admiral with his new Version of the Clipper is trying to find the traitor inside, not knowing that it is Broadside. He very often calms down confrontations between British and French War Ships. Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 11, 2019 Author Posted August 11, 2019 I updated the ship a very last time, fixed the thin parts of the mast and stuff, these small changes make it look really good and realistic. As almost all ships until the 19th century has been brown or black, from 1800 when also steam ships started to appear in that century hulls being white and other colours. That's maybe why I never liked the Skulls Eye Schooner, as it's the most unrealistic ship ever, close to the Spanish Armada in white... I get the point that children want big pirate ships, also the colours even if not realistic are attracting to children that age. My son's wish for his 6th birthday is the Armada Flagship.... As he wants more playable smaller ships. He likes the Schooner too but he wants a not that big one. He loves that crazy different colours on the ships. Oh and he loves the white hull. But now the pictures of my anti coloful attempt to make the Renegade Runner finally the Renegade Runner Caravel 2019, won't change that anymore until somebody has a real good idea for my very limited parts. bild online stellen bild online stellen bild online stellen Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 13, 2019 Author Posted August 13, 2019 Updated / 13. August 2019 My inspiration: I have one final update of the final update... ;-) but now it really looks nice! Added one of my left out middle hull parts, to make the shape look more to a caravel than a cutter or a sloop. Than, thanks to the space, moved the mast to the middle of the ship. Now with that more space I could make up still a small but really nice caravel. Started also to play a little bit around if I can do the stairs like on the picture... and I guess it's ok. But please have a look yourself and tell me now what do you think: As you can see... Captain Ironhook looks like Captain Roger. That's just because of my son wanted it. He said the ship looks so elegant and nice, so the captain has too got some nice clothes. He explains the change of style with the more gold Captain Ironhook have now :-) Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 13, 2019 Author Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) After a "deal" with my son I was allowed to make the captain Ironhook Style again. But as you see I was forced to change the sails and the flag, not matching the hat now. But my son loves it like that so we keep that version now. Edited August 13, 2019 by DonRamon1981 Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Posted August 14, 2019 Hello again... today has been the day my son and me been at the Lego brick stone store here in Berlin. You can buy all kind of stones and stuff. So while he bought a bag full of wall stones and stuff, I took some minor updates to the ship, still with the flags but also still with Captain Ironhook. I tried to do the stairs as good as I could do, judge yourself Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) My wife had the idea to change up the wooden bricks with the fence that it matches the whole side of the ship, moving the wooden part to the back. Looks closer to the original one like that. I hope that's it now free photo hosting free photo hosting free photo hosting free photo hosting Edited August 14, 2019 by DonRamon1981 Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 21, 2019 Author Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) I removed the cannon for two small caliber ones, to make it my most realistic pirate ship of the fleet. Ordered some brown windows and another door, try to do that to make this ship look as great as I can, bit not adding any hull parts. By comparing our biggest and smallest ship (I don't count the small trade ship nor the one from the islanders as real ships) the outcome is the most realistic lego warship vs pirate ship comparsion ever. But as my Black Seas Barracuda is untouchable, we will have at least two big pirate ships in our fleet... Our Fleet: I don't know if I can do the door inside as I will only do it when there is enough space, my stairs have to stay there somehow somewhere... P.S. the sails of Brickbeard's Bounty are stable as I removed the soft sticks with lego technic stuff that I also used for the masts of my Renegade Caravel... Ah... and I ordered some new parts for the masts, inspired by our flagship. Edited August 21, 2019 by DonRamon1981 Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 21, 2019 Author Posted August 21, 2019 Renegade Caravel 2019 Update August 21st 2019: My inspiration: The Ship with the new parts I bought, well some update will follow just to the mast as this parts did not arrive yet. As maybe some of you have recognized... this is Breathren of the Brick Seas HMS Annettania... different sails different crew. I build it as close as I could with the parts matching Christoph Columbus' Santa Maria. As you can see I tried the same shape of the ship, the same stairs in the same side and with details as much as I could. This is still my Renegade Runner 1989 to Renegade Caravel 2019 MOC. Just used it as my characters ship in BotBS Quote
Roadmonkeytj Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 7:33 PM, DonRamon1981 said: https://ibb.co/K0CnjhF I really like this version. It looks like it could have been a set! I would add the spanker off the renegade or add a lanteen sail similar to the way the black pearl did with the stay sail from the renegade. Quote
DonRamon1981 Posted August 23, 2019 Author Posted August 23, 2019 Had some minor updates to the ship cutted the front sail, added a big cannon to the small ones. So it can shoot all three to all directions. Changed the back as I wasn't pleased. Sorry that it is as "Corrington" Ship but was too lazy to make the pictures with the other sails and crew. As it's about the ship it shouldn't be an issue ;-) PS I did not cut the pirate front sail as it's size is perfect. Had to cut my fake Imperial Flagship 1992 sails that I bought on eBay. As I still have the original ones everything is ok Quote
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