Imperial Flagship

[asavage]

I have recently Purchased the emperial flagship and was verry impressed but i think the general design could be greatly expanded apon I have just ordered 2 more flagships in in atempt to combine them into a larger ship by streching it 2 base sections and adding several gun decks with major alterations to the cabin area

I am hopeing for some input and ideas for this project

[Gahrian]

Nice project.

I'd work very hard to try to get some curves on the hull sides. The Imperial Flagship is already too "square" for a ship of this type. With proper inwards sloping toward the rail. (This probably has a nice english word).

I'd also work to get rigging (and the stuff the sailors climb on) all the way to the upper sails.

Good luck! Will be exciting to see the result.

[382nd Legionnaire]

I have recently Purchased the emperial flagship and was verry impressed but i think the general design could be greatly expanded apon I have just ordered 2 more flagships in in atempt to combine them into a larger ship by streching it 2 base sections and adding several gun decks with major alterations to the cabin area

I am hopeing for some input and ideas for this project

I was thinking along the same lines as you but I would add another deck in the middle of the ship. In that way you can expand to a sleeping quarters and have room for another deck for cannons.

[asavage]

I was thinking along the same lines as you but I would add another deck in the middle of the ship. In that way you can expand to a sleeping quarters and have room for another deck for cannons.

thanks for the tips i have a plan for making the ship less.... rectangular i will be adding two decks to the ship and completely redoing the blocky cabins i am having dificulty figuring out how to make the masts taller than they curently are without sacrificing structual integrity.

[Captain Becker]

Heres my thoughs about what you should do: Two decker ship and a bit longer than the orginal 2009 Imperial flagship, dont add second cabin at the back of the ship, it would just look ridiculos IMO, leave the cabin untouched. And i dont know the right term, but you should "overlap" the gunports, look HMS Victory for example. Also, try to focus on the ships interior so much as possible, for example you could try to make water or pildge pumps so at they can pump the water away from the sip so it wont sink, watch some ship MOC`s made by our various members here in CP for example, specially try to focus on Admiral Croissant`s Vesta and Perfectionist`s Achille, both are masterpieces. However if you want to make her realistic as possible, check out Pirate Index and our ship expert Captain Green Hair`s How to build a frigate tutorial. I wish you lots of luck hit this project, and hope to see some pictures soon. Hope i could help even a little bit.

Captain Becker

[asavage]

thanks ill look at some designs and get soe ideas i am scrounging for pieces so this could take awhile does anyone know where to trade or buy old pirates sets?

[Captain Becker]

From Bricklink, Ebay or in our Trade, Sell and Buy forum here. Id recommend Ebay at most if you want to buy whole sets, but Bricklink is my favorite place where you can buy single parts wich you need to get.

Captain Becker

[asavage]

From Bricklink, Ebay or in our Trade, Sell and Buy forum here. Id recommend Ebay at most if you want to buy whole sets, but Bricklink is my favorite place where you can buy single parts wich you need to get.

Captain Becker

ok it wont let me post a section in the sale trade buy section i have a large and verried types of sets

[Capn Frank]

I'd work very hard to try to get some curves on the hull sides. The Imperial Flagship is already too "square" for a ship of this type. With proper inwards sloping toward the rail. (This probably has a nice english word).

Is Tumblehome the word you're looking for?

[Gahrian]

Is Tumblehome the word you're looking for?

Yes! yes it is. Thanks. Learned something today as well.