La Annyssa

[KotZ]

Well, I'm still working on the HMS Swordmaiden, but a friend wanted me to design a new ship, and I let her determine the nationality. It's an Italian ship, so it's slightly not historially accurate, I believe.

Thank God for the new LDD Extended edition!

The building up of the gundeck:

You can see the captain's cabin in the works.

What do you uys think so far?

[Admiral Croissant]

I don't see many green ships around here, but it doesn't look bad and I've seen it before in a realistic comic series

The curve in the gunport line is nice too. I would only remove the side window closest to the stern on both sides.

If ships don't have real side galleries, there's usually just one side window on each side.

Good luck with this ship. You could try to make the same gunportline curve on the Swordmaiden.

[Capt.JohnPaul]

Wow, your dry docks are working over time, that gun curve is really nice!

As Admiral Croissant said, the green looks very good, if perhaps inaccurate. (Though I think the Russians used green) Nice job KingoftheZempk.

[KotZ]

Thanks guys! I took your advice, Admiral Croissant, and removed the extra windows. Here are more pics from today.

I'm only going to have it at one gundeck for sake of time, and because I think I like it like this.

The windows were removed (as said before) and here the stairs to the poop deck have been added.

The decks will be tan, giving the ship some more color and some variation.

Almost complete on the deck. If you look closely, there are some crates for cannonballs.

[Sir E Fullner]

Nice ship, great colors. I can't wait to see the finished product.

[KotZ]

Thanks, efullner! And now, without further ado, I present La Annyssa.

The figure head:

And the ship sailing off to battle:

What do you guys think?

[lt.Gonville brickhead]

It looks good and I like th colourscheme but the stern is very square.

[Admiral Croissant]

Agreed. It's a nice ship, but the stern can be improved.

I would make the poop deck more narrow in the back en let it get wider towards the front.

And I would make the poop deck longer, almost to the main mast, like on this ship.

Also, the sails at the bottom of the masts are usually the largest, and upwards they get smaller and smaller (as you can also see on the picture).

Outside of that you did a rather good job

[dr jones]

A really nice ship you have there! :thumbup:

But the french spelling rules say that La becomes L' if the next word begins with a vowel.

So it should be L'Annyssa.

Sorry for this nitpicking but I thought I'd just let you know.

nicely done!

Edited April 15, 2011 by dr jones

[KotZ]

Thanks everyone! My friend absolutely loved the ship. I'm pretty happy with how it came out, and maybe another time I will revisit it to improve.

Oh, and dr. jones, sorry about that. I only know Spanish

[dr jones]

Nothing to apologise about, just saying.

[Admiral of the Red]

I like the simplicity of the lines in the bow! I'm also building a green ship, and believe me, it looks just fine

[Brig. Brick]

Thank God for the new LDD Extended edition!

agreed! great work

[KotZ]

Thanks guys. I agree, the green gives it a different kind of feel. I don't know if it makes it feel "warmer" or more "homey" in a sense. The simplicity actually turned out better than I had hoped, as I was in a rush to complete it.

[Captain Bayonet]

Nice LDD MOC! I agree with the others that the stern is quite square. Overall very good.

Keep the Brick Alive!

~Bayonet