[MOC] The HMS Colourless: Lovechild of Steamboat Willy and a Pirate Ship

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Inspired by the black & white beauty of that "Steamboat Willie" set, I have created the analogon for the Age of Pirates: The HMS Colourless.

The crew would, of course, be similarly colourless. 

C&C welcome!

Edited June 21, 2019 by Captain Braunsfeld

[Mister Phes]

2 hours ago, Captain Braunsfeld said:

Inspired by the black & white beauty of that "Steamboat Willy" set,

 

So this is the lovechild of LEGO® Ideas 21317 Steamboat Willie  and a pirate ship?

[iammac]

Superb work, Captain Braunsfeld! This looks like something right out of a Charlie Chaplin movie. 

I did notice some hinge bricks on the poop deck... wouldn't it be great if the cabin was the funkiest colors imaginable? 

Keep it up!

 

MAC

[Captain Braunsfeld]

3 hours ago, Mister Phes said:

 

So this is the lovechild of LEGO® Ideas 21317 Steamboat Willie  and a pirate ship?

 

That is a good explanation, given that the Ideas Set was able to travel backwards in time 

19 minutes ago, iammac said:

Superb work, Captain Braunsfeld! This looks like something right out of a Charlie Chaplin movie. 

I did notice some hinge bricks on the poop deck... wouldn't it be great if the cabin was the funkiest colors imaginable? 

Keep it up!

 

MAC

Thanks!

There is not really much space for a captain's cabin ... I just checked, it is empty. 

[Mister Phes]

1 minute ago, Captain Braunsfeld said:

That is a good explanation, given that the Ideas Set was able to travel backwards in time 

I may have also revised your topic title to perhaps be a little more...  "compelling" shall we say... 

[Aine]

OMG, that's beautiful! Very, very nice build, I love it!

[Tezclatipoca]

Great ship !

I love how you've managed to build it all in black and white and with some grey. even the parrot is grey !

Great job mate !

[Thedarkmaster2]

Interesting hybrid of themes 

[Capt Wolf]

I love it! Clever idea, with excellent execution. And I like the technique you've used for attaching the brick-built sails to the spars.

But ... mimes! Why'd they have to be mimes?  (I know, 'cause, they're black and white. Still...) Nothing will ever get done on this ship, as they will simply pantomime all the tasks!

[Aine]

3 hours ago, Capt Wolf said:

Nothing will ever get done on this ship, as they will simply pantomime all the tasks!

I may signature this!

[kurigan]

Silent but deadly? 

[Captain Dee]

This is really neat.  The design is quite good, but the muted colors really make it stand out in such a unique way. It looks like it would be a fun display piece. To be quite frank, I'd buy this over the steamboat.

8 hours ago, Capt Wolf said:

But ... mimes! Why'd they have to be mimes?  (I know, 'cause, they're black and white. Still...) Nothing will ever get done on this ship, as they will simply pantomime all the tasks!

Exactly what I was thinking! 

[Captain Braunsfeld]

13 hours ago, Aine said:

OMG, that's beautiful! Very, very nice build, I love it!

Thanks 

13 hours ago, Faladrin said:

Great ship !

I love how you've managed to build it all in black and white and with some grey. even the parrot is grey !

Great job mate !

Merci. The grey parrot comes from the old adventure sets (Egypt), if I remember correctly.

11 hours ago, Thedarkmaster2 said:

Interesting hybrid of themes 

Thanks. I liked the black and white pureness of that Ideas set (which - strangely enough - I still do not own..)

10 hours ago, Capt Wolf said:

I love it! Clever idea, with excellent execution. And I like the technique you've used for attaching the brick-built sails to the spars.

But ... mimes! Why'd they have to be mimes?  (I know, 'cause, they're black and white. Still...) Nothing will ever get done on this ship, as they will simply pantomime all the tasks!

 Good - somebody has noticed the new approach to brick-built sails.

Mimes:  I think you are right, nothing will be done 

(Apart from skulls I do not have white heads that could have been used for the crew. And I did not want this to become a ghost ship.)

5 hours ago, kurigan said:

Silent but deadly? 

Yes, maybe these guys are creepy?

2 hours ago, Captain Dee said:

This is really neat.  The design is quite good, but the muted colors really make it stand out in such a unique way. It looks like it would be a fun display piece. To be quite frank, I'd buy this over the steamboat.

 

Thanks. I am not selling 

[Darnok]

Very cool MOC, brilliant idea and well executed!

For some reason the crew of mimes and Captain Mouse looks downright scary to me - thanks for the potential nightmares!

[Thedarkmaster2]

5 hours ago, Captain Braunsfeld said:

Thanks. I liked the black and white pureness of that Ideas set (which - strangely enough - I still do not own..)

wait how did you get the head then?

[Roadmonkeytj]

7 hours ago, Thedarkmaster2 said:

wait how did you get the head then?

Collectable mini-minifig series ... It was easy to "feel" out 

@Captain Braunsfeld

Alas you beat me too it lol ... I bought the figs as well but not the ship as I love the old cartoon.  And as i sat looking at them on the desk i thought of doing the same lol a formitable new captain terrorizes the seas lol.  But you got me on the mimes lol 

Well done the ship looks great In B&W ... Now wait a year and make the "technicolor" version lol

[Captain Braunsfeld]

8 hours ago, Thedarkmaster2 said:

wait how did you get the head then?

@Roadmonkeytj is right, I got the head through the minifig series.

And the wheel too! (brown would not have worked here).

1 hour ago, Roadmonkeytj said:

Alas you beat me too it lol ... I bought the figs as well but not the ship as I love the old cartoon.  And as i sat looking at them on the desk i thought of doing the same lol a formitable new captain terrorizes the seas lol.  But you got me on the mimes lol 

Well done the ship looks great In B&W ... Now wait a year and make the "technicolor" version lol

I was not aware of a competition between the two of us. 

Thanks!

13 hours ago, Darnok said:

Very cool MOC, brilliant idea and well executed!

For some reason the crew of mimes and Captain Mouse looks downright scary to me - thanks for the potential nightmares!

Those friendly guys, armed with umbrellas, led by a smiling giant mouse?  Well, could be scary, but does not have to be 

Btw I was lucky to have that grey treasure chest.

[Thedarkmaster2]

40 minutes ago, Captain Braunsfeld said:

is right, I got the head through the minifig series.

And the wheel too! (brown would not have worked here).

Ah okay, thanks for telling me

[Sebeus I]

The black-white-gray color scheme works well, I guess less really is more.

Nicely done.

[Captain Braunsfeld]

19 hours ago, Sebeus I said:

The black-white-gray color scheme works well, I guess less really is more.

Nicely done.

Thanks. Maybe the next ship will be in friends style....

Or maybe not 

[Mpyromaxos]

Very nice fun built!! It's like you see a black and white comic series!!

[Roadmonkeytj]

On 6/22/2019 at 3:40 PM, Captain Braunsfeld said:

I was not aware of a competition between the two of us. 

Thanks!

Great minds think alike sometimes lol.  

 

On 6/24/2019 at 4:09 AM, Captain Braunsfeld said:

Thanks. Maybe the next ship will be in friends style....

Or maybe not 

Oddly I would love to see a "proper sailing vessel" in friends colors.  I seen the proper train in friends colors and really its kinda neat looking at BrickWorld so perhaps a ship would as well.  Perhaps a friends logo on the main sail too lol