Ideas for 7075 - Captain Redbeard's Pirate Ship

[Guix]

Ahoy my pirates friends,

 

So... Here's my request :

Last year, I was leisurely wandering around the Internet when I came across a nice offer : The 7075 Captain Redbeard's ship for only a few euros.

Obviously I imediatly bought it. It's complete with its Minifigs, sails and flags but initially I bought it only for the skeleton heads (front and back ones).

On the other hand, it's a 4+ set with only few pieces and big figures.... So I'm looking for good ideas to customize it and make it accessible to classic Minifigs. Have any of you, dear buccaneers, seen any good MOCs ideas for this set ?

[Dreamweb]

I made a ship using this hull, but with a total of three middle sections:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsTEQzjLyn1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

All in all, I think it's a good hull, you can build some pretty large ships with those super wide hulls!

[Guix]

Oh Wow ! He's BIG !

I really love the way you use classic ladders for the ropes !

Thanks for the share !

[Elephant Knight]

Here's what I did with the hulls. It's one extra hull section added.

Eknight

[Guix]

Wow ! Amazing ! Thanks for this idea.

It's customs sails, right ?

[Elephant Knight]

On 5/21/2024 at 12:02 AM, Guix said:

Wow ! Amazing ! Thanks for this idea.

It's customs sails, right ?

Yes, the sails are custom on the boat. Almost all my boats have custom sails. It's cheaper, if more work, and you're not limited in size and shapes.

EKnight

[Corydoras]

Here's what I designed to fit onto the hull. Haven't finished building it yet.

[Guix]

On 5/24/2024 at 2:26 AM, Elephant Knight said:

Yes, the sails are custom on the boat. Almost all my boats have custom sails. It's cheaper, if more work, and you're not limited in size and shapes.

EKnight

So nice !

On 5/25/2024 at 4:23 PM, Corydoras said:

Here's what I designed to fit onto the hull. Haven't finished building it yet.

Oh My God ! This is brillant ! I find it incredibly beautiful !

I like the black and yellow mix like the old Black seas barracuda. Do you use only the hull from 7075 ?

Do you sell the instructions for this beauty ?

[Corydoras]

21 hours ago, Guix said:

So nice !

Oh My God ! This is brillant ! I find it incredibly beautiful !

Thank you for your kind words!

 

22 hours ago, Guix said:

Do you use only the hull from 7075 ?

Yup, just the complete hull from 7075, and the small skull piece from the set as part of the stern decoration:

The ship is designed to be modular, which means you can build the bow, middle and stern separately and connect them with technic pins afterwards. Since I haven't finished building it yet, I'm not sure if the pins alone will be enough to hold it firmly together once it's complete, so a couple of extra plates might be required to strengthen the entire thing.

 

22 hours ago, Guix said:

Do you sell the instructions for this beauty ?

I didn't make instructions for it, but I can share with you the Studio file for free if you want. Just give me your e-mail address, and I'll send it to you. Oh, and if you decide to build it and post photos of it, a credit would be nice.

[Guix]

You're welcome !

Oh ! This could be awesome ! I will send you my e-mail adress. Be sure I will credit you if I take pictures.