[MOC] The JOLLY ROGER

[Marooned Marin]

INTRODUCTION

The Jolly Roger was a three-masted galleon anchored around the coast of a faraway island of Neverland. It served as a base of operation for Captain Hook, Mr. Smee and the rest of the pirates. We all know the story, but do we know the ship?

First images, then details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERIOR & DETAILS

To ensure maximum playability and allow easy access to the ship interior, the ship features a removable quarter-deck, a fully furnished captain’s cabin, a separate captain’s sleeping quarter, a spacious crew quarter, a prison cell, a kitchen with a rat, and one deadly gun deck.

 

 

 

QUICK INFORMATION

• Parts: 3751 parts (without minifigures, ropes and sails)

• Dimensions: W: 25.9cm L: 75.6cm H: 58.7cm

• Weight: 2627 grams

• Difficulty: Hard Build (+14 years)

• Type of set: For Display & Super-light Play

• IMPORTANT: Model does not float

 

ABOUT THE DESIGN

I decided to go against a remake of a ship featured in one of Peter Pan's motion picture movies. Partly because building a brick-built version of a real ship puts considerable constraints on creativity and freedom to play, and partly because none of the featured ships in those movies looked half as interesting.

With that settled came the daunting question: what should Captain Hook's ship really look like?

In short, it must be a three-masted galleon, and it must look menacing, and that was my guiding line.

INFLUENCE& INSPIRATION

The initial idea for the stern came from the skull panel on LEGO 6286 Skull’s Eye Schooner, which was quickly toppled by Captain Barbatos Charon Chest (read more about it HERE). I think @Barbatos did an amazing design, and the idea of the ship with a "skull" stern stayed with me for several years.

So I began with only a rough idea of what I wanted, a three-masted galleon with a huge skull on its stern, but no cut-and-clean way of how to get there. The start was slow and discouraging, but parts kept on coming, and at some point the ship took a life of its own, came alive, so to speak, and I was left there only as a mere spectator of bricks and plates coming together.

 

VIDEO TOUR

BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE