First and latest ship MOC - BoBS "Twenty years challenge"

[Bregir]

Seeing all these social media posts with pictures of yourself from many years ago, I got to thinking about BoBS and shipbuilding in general. While a few players come here as expert ship builders, most of us start out less so. It may seem daunting for new players to see some of the masterpieces some builders here deliver.

Hence, it came to me that it may be both fun and inspirational for all to see how we have each progressed in our building skills. So allow me to lead by example - I hope others will join in and share their own progress.
 

My first vessel for BoBS, the small xebec "Sphinx":

And my latest, the class 4 lugger "Defiant" (now sistershipped as the Audacious):

I think I can safely say that I am quite happy with my progress in almost all aspects. It is fun to me to realise that in fact they use very similar techniques with hinge plates.

Bonus:

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My very first ship posted publicly (for Guilds of Historica)

 

Show me what you've got!

[SilentWolf]

Well I haven't been building in a while and I feel like my present builds are still lacking, I do feel I have improved since this first ship.

To show some improvement. 

[Maxim I]

First ship Pre-BoBS

First ship BoBS

Last ship BoBS

[Professor Thaum]

The Gargoyle (class 3) Sep 2017

and the Arkham Chaser ( class 2) April 2019

 

[Garmadon]

My first ship for BoBS, The Henri - 

And my latest...  

(And have there been only a couple decent-sized ones in between?   I've got to fix that...)  And it appears that most of my progress has been in the shrinking way... 

If micro-ships count though (which my first and last actually both were )

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First ship, the Buccaneer's Dread - 

And last one(s), the Cardinal's Shadow and a couple of Montroy's - 

But I had pretty very-humble-beginnings as well 

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[Bodi]

Excellent initiative! It's good to look back sometime.

My first pirate ship, built in 2012, 

And my latest boat, posted in the RNTC's Terraversa Amrca thread.

 

[blackdeathgr]

And my meager contribution to the BoBS ship community 

First ship in BoBS (and in general) back in early 2016, Little Hermes (type unspecified) with a fatal ommision: She has no jib...  . At least she made me "rich" at MRCA for many rounds.

"Last/latest" ship again back in late 2016 after hearing constructive criticism and having seen tons of great ships from our BoBS community), sloop Crete, flying the Eltina flag (and three jibs to compensate for the first ship!)

Still need improvement though.

Edited April 22, 2020 by blackdeathgr

[pombe]

Neat topic!

My first wooden sailing ship (pre-BoBS, built as part of Andromeda's Gates):

 

My first BoBS ship:

 

Probably my best BoBS ship, which is also a micro:

 

The last wooden sailing ship I built :

[Tezclatipoca]

Great idea this topic !

This was my first ship for BOBS : The appleseed :

 

More recently, here is the latest ship I've made :

And here is an exclusive preview of my future one... 

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Well, well, when I started in this business...

... and recently:

... but some more are "in progress"