SkaForHire Posted July 25, 2006 Posted July 25, 2006 So some asked to see what i had done to the 7072 boat, they are minor modifications but overall i made the surface of this ship longer and added a gun to it by hollowing out the middle. Not much modification, but enough to make it an actual threat in the water other then a rowboat with some tresure... it can hold four minis comfortably now, and i can pile atleast eight in there. It is a good size ship in perspective, since most pirates never made it to a biger ship then the size of the 7072... so it can add a feel to your pirate universe... i personally like the blue black theme, but then again that is my favorite shade of blue.. so i may be bias... One of the best things about the ship is the blue pirate flag, helps to add factions to your pirate world. Overall, i would agree with what Mister Phes has said about the 7072 in a recent post, it probably is the most usable for a MOC out of box then any other 4+ ship. When i dug these out of my box of legos here... they were pretty much trashed so this gives me the opportunity to rebuild them again. so in the meantime, i present to you these little ships in action, via the story of The Battle of Trickery Bay. I had taken these pictures almost a year ago when i got my digital camera. Hopefully, by the time people view this the links will be OKayed by Brickshelf... if not give it a day :) i didnt like how they ended up resized in paint, it skewed the colors for some reason. also forgive the duplication of figs... they were just bodies for the story. _______________________________ The Battle of Trickery Bay. August 5th marked Commadore Charles Tacklebee's First full month in the Legowind Straits. It was on this day that his honor would be further soiled by a man known to the straits as "The Old Lord of the Sea" or as refered to in this story as Admiral Tolots. Not much is known about Tolots, other then the rumor that he was formally an admiral in the British Navy. About seven years ago Tolots began making raids using small crafts to raid merchant vessles traveling through the straits. to this day he is the most successful pirate in the straits in the treasure taken category. He prefers not to fight battles if possible, and commands a small fleet of fast maneuverable sloops under his personal banner just in case. On August 4th Tacklebee had recieved intelligence that the "curse of the straits," Tolots, was Careening a couple of his ships on the shores of Trickery Bay. The Commadore realized the opportunity to finally get an upper hand on his Imperial rival Commador Garvy, and set forth to Trickery Bay to catch the notorious pirate. Trickery Bay, as the name suggests, is decieving to navigate. The bay, which is the southern most inlet of the island of Perta Royal, has atleast three main sandbars that are hard to see even by the best pilot. So when Tacklebee got caught up on the third and final sandbar, this gave the waiting Tolots plenty of time to move his two little ships into action. Tacklebee's HMS Silient (a Imperial Flagship model) was lightly crewed due to a scurvy epidemic that had plagued it's crew. The pirates outnumbered the ship's crew and Tolots made the decision to move in on the Imperial ship. Image One- Tolots' second ship Grace heads for the Silent on the sandbar. Image Two - same Image Three - gunners of the Grace prepare to fire on the Silent Image 4 - Admiral Tolots (holding the clear spear, and wearing the admiral hat) presents his ship The Cats Paw for a broadside from the Silent . This of course was a ruse, as the cannons on the Silent could not keep their sites acurately trained on The Cats Paw, due to the close pass she made, at almost full speed. Image Five - reverse point of view as the pirates close. Image Six - the layout of the battle, overhead of the first pass by the pirates under Tolots. Image seven - Tolots fires, hoping to take out the rudder, perhaps giving Tacklebee and his crew an option of surrender. Image Eight - The Grace hooks the Silent with chains, preperations for boarding are made. Image Nine - Boarding Begins Image Ten - Com. Tacklebee quickly finds Admiral Tolots in the heat of battle. Image Eleven - The duel transfers to the Cats Grace... meanwhile most of the Imperial crew is strucken down in battle. Image Twelve - Tacklebee's impeckable luck allows him to almost best his oponent, however seeing that he is about to be sneak attacked by one of Tolots' crew, he jumps into the water and swims for the deserted Grace his remaining crew among the silent spot him in his valiant effort and run to board the Grace. Taking the small vessle, they shove off and pick up the corageous Tacklebee. The then make full sail out of the Bay of Trickery and head for a safe port. Gallery - i used most of the pics, but for easy navigation this is the link. Aftermath: Govenor Crane was furious of Tacklebee's loss. For starters, Tacklebee never told any one where he was going, and neglected a routine patrol to leave to chase Tolots. Meanwhile, a British Caravan was raided by the infamaous Red Beard. Second, reports that Tacklebee left and returned in a drunken stupor reached the ears of the govenor before Tacklebee did. The Com. insisted that he was not drunk at either time, but his reputation spoke more then his words at that moment. Because Tacklebee's commision came from the home gov't, Crane could not remove it. However, he was on fort detail for over three weeks because of his loss. His small prize, the Grace was mysteriously stolen two days after it reached port. Most suspect a member of Tolots fleet took the ship. Almost a month later The HMS Silent turned up deserted on a beach of a small remote island in the northern most parts of the Legowind Straits. A merchant brought her to port and recieved a large reward from Gov. Crane. Lacking any other seasoned officers (even amongst Com. Garvy's crew,) the Gov. reluctantly gave Tacklebee's ship back. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted July 25, 2006 Governor Posted July 25, 2006 My goodness! You've put some work into this Mr SkaForHire! I'm wondering how long you've been thinking about this story because you seem to have produced a lot in a short space of time? The first thing that struck me was the gunners of the Grace... When I first saw it I thought "Look at all those Bricksters!" Those who have been round for a while may remember that the user The Brickster had that head in his avatar for quite a while and now every time I see it I'm reminded of him! Quote
SkaForHire Posted July 25, 2006 Author Posted July 25, 2006 My goodness! You've put some work into this Mr SkaForHire! I'm wondering how long you've been thinking about this story because you seem to have produced a lot in a short space of time?The first thing that struck me was the gunners of the Grace... When I first saw it I thought "Look at all those Bricksters!" Those who have been round for a while may remember that the user The Brickster had that head in his avatar for quite a while and now every time I see it I'm reminded of him! well i have had the generic "battle" pictures (i really need to get a copy of PS on this comp so i can do the backgrounds and make cannon smoke and what not) for almsot a year. But i made the story up last night. I actually made the whole Tacklebee story up yesterday when i was writing the inventive lol. he just fit into these pictures also. yes i have alot of those brickster looking guys... but my redbeard collection is much more scary... i think i have over 100! they will be turned into some sort of army hopefully... Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted July 26, 2006 Governor Posted July 26, 2006 What are you going to use for the backgrounds? Will they be computer generated or is there something physical you intend to put there? Quote
SkaForHire Posted July 26, 2006 Author Posted July 26, 2006 What are you going to use for the backgrounds? Will they be computer generated or is there something physical you intend to put there? well when i used to have photoshop i used a plug in called xenofects i think... that made all kidns of cool things from backgrounds to lightning to the moon.... alot of neat little features... if i cant find something like that then ill just take some pictures or something.. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted July 26, 2006 Governor Posted July 26, 2006 I've got Xenofex 1 and 2 and from what I can see there is nothing there that will generate an entire photorealistic background but there's plenty of features for enhancing existing images. You could always make a night time background using a gradient then adding stars and a moon. If you wanted it to take place at night that is... Quote
SkaForHire Posted July 26, 2006 Author Posted July 26, 2006 I've got Xenofex 1 and 2 and from what I can see there is nothing there that will generate an entire photorealistic background but there's plenty of features for enhancing existing images. You could always make a night time background using a gradient then adding stars and a moon. If you wanted it to take place at night that is... hmm then it must not have been xenofex... i had anothe add on but can't remember the name... that must have been the one that does what i am thinking... but um more importantly i have a graphic designer fiance... ill just make her do it LOL shes a castle lover though... going to have to enslave her to make pirate pictures. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted July 26, 2006 Governor Posted July 26, 2006 Don't enslave her, convert her! Although slavery was popular back in the 17th century, so... Kai's Power Tools 5 or 6 has a sky generator... Maybe you're thinking of that... Quote
El Bucanero Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 Wow..... I'm pretty speechless but I can speak about your boat: try using custom sails, It would look great Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted July 27, 2006 Governor Posted July 27, 2006 Why are you speechless Mr Tiber? Could you articulate the emotions you are feeling and why you might be feeling them? Quote
Evil Willy Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 It looks super, but the +4 boat looks kind of silly. Quote
El Bucanero Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Why are you speechless Mr Tiber? Could you articulate the emotions you are feeling and why you might be feeling them? The story mate! I may be a bit of creative but all these stories! I can't do that myself, I wish I could! :-) Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted July 27, 2006 Governor Posted July 27, 2006 Mr SkaForHire you probably could have got away with breaking your first post into three different threads because you've written quite a bit there. I'm wondering if its perhaps too much for some users to digest all at once so maybe releasing the story in installments would get a higher response. Although I'm not entirely sure because I haven't experimented with it myself. I just don't want all your hard work to go to waste! Quote
SkaForHire Posted July 28, 2006 Author Posted July 28, 2006 Mr SkaForHire you probably could have got away with breaking your first post into three different threads because you've written quite a bit there. I'm wondering if its perhaps too much for some users to digest all at once so maybe releasing the story in installments would get a higher response. Although I'm not entirely sure because I haven't experimented with it myself. I just don't want all your hard work to go to waste! or perhaps atleast broke it into two... story and background on ship modification... i'll keep that in mind next time. unless people are sick of the stories then i can post MOC's without the "fluff." whatever the public wants. Quote
oo7 Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 I think the story is fine, it's not to long and it adds intrest to your MOC. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted July 28, 2006 Governor Posted July 28, 2006 That's wonderful Mr Oo7, but if you think the length is fine then why haven't you been more involved in discussing it? What do you like most about people story and is there any parituclar part that jumps out at you? Quote
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