Captain Blackmoor Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 Hello all! Somewhere in june 4 years ago I've finished the first version of La Formidable, later the name changed to Le Formidable. In her lifetime of 4 years she has undergone a lot of changes, today I've decided to upgrade her to fit within my fleet. It will be some work though, a complete new rigging and some major hull updates. The original thread is somewhere buried in the forum, I'll find it later. I've found some pictures of 2 years old: More pictures are in the brickshelf folder. After this looks some small updates have happened, but they have never been released to the world. This is her today: This will be a side project of the Alceste, which is a side project of the Fourageux. I just like it to have some side projects running. The to do list: Adding a brickbuilt hull. Decrease her 24 guns to 16 on one deck instead of 2. Adding a whole new rigging. Custom sails. More historic accuracy. More detail. Let me know what you think about it! Quote
Ratshot Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) What an improvement on the sides and stern Captain, my complements on such a great job Edited June 27, 2010 by Ratshot Quote
Admiral Croissant Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 I think it will be quite hard to add a new hull to it without building a complete new ship, but I whish you good luck. It's a nice and useful project and I think you currently have the skills to do this. What I don't like is the decrease of cannons Perhaps some extra swivel guns then? Quote
Tycho McKorley Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 I've always really enjoyed ships that follow the classic color scheme of yellow and black. Out of curiosity, would reducing the number of guns on the ship increase its historical accuracy? Quote
General Redwater Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 She already looks like a nice vesslel, and I can't wait to see the improvements. I do agree with Croissant on one thing, isn't building a new hull under the ship going to be quite hard? Anyway, good luck! - General Redwater Quote
Captain Becker Posted June 30, 2010 Posted June 30, 2010 As all the others sayed, she is already beaty and why you would even ant to break it and build again? But oh well, im looking for this and ill wait for updates good luck btw, you are gonna need that Captain Becker Quote
Fires-storm Posted June 30, 2010 Posted June 30, 2010 My, a beautiful ship to be sure, its a shame she will be scuttled again, but at least it will be sure to be an amazing birth from the ashes! Maybe she should be renamed Phoenix? Quote
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