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Progressing on my new ship, 3 days in: The odd second deck will be explained once the ship is done and gets its own thread:P The upper part of the stern will be redone, not to happy with what I have there so far.

If we are talking previews of ships here, then I'll have my share! Pride of Elysabethtown Missing at least one deck, stern, rigging(the main mast, which is not what it'll look like once it is finished), sails and some other stuff I'm forgetting now. I'm hoping that I can finish this until the 3rd of April, because after that I'll only have time on the weekends. But luckily I don't have to do anything until then, so I might be able to do that even:D This one won't fit into the current rating though, as I fear there is currently no class which allows a gunrating of 7 or 8 and space for cargo... This also gives me space for my organ which I've build for the musicians talent fair:D

So, the War Dwarf has changed owner through a less successful auction, the new owner is Bregir! I offered him to slightly change out the ship - I basically changed out the flags and, as well as that, the gun port covers as I finally managed to find 6 of them in black which was my original plan anyways. I've heard rumors that the name of the ship might change, as I don't own it anymore I can't complain. So, here are the pictures with the small changes I made: the port side, gun port covers closed: And, for completion we also have the starboard side with open gun ports:

If that would make stuff easier for the administration I would definitely be for that. Maybe have 3rd and further FB just count half the amount of DB as the one before, so 3rd -> 5DB; 4th -> 3 DB; 5th -> 2DB; 6th and further -> 1DB Just give textfield for FB number, which would allow you directly to calculate it in; way easier than to count through the approvals by hand. Could even automate the part of calculating how much a member made through FB that month if one would want to go through making a function for that (which shouldn't be to difficult really)

The Defensora is a class 2F, which does have a speed of 3. Btw, can you add me to the group conversation for that convoy too please?

First - great job on the rigging, that must have taken ages! It does look really convincing! But not everything on this ship convinces me completely, her sides seem a bit to flat - a tumblehome implemented using Captain Green Hairs technique would've worked wonders there! You have a straight line without change in height, angle or width for more than half the length of the ship as of now; even just sloping the tan stripe upwards towards the stern could help giving her a bit more smooth curves. I do not want to sound to negative here - I just want to give you some hints about what could be done better - maybe on this one, maybe on the next ship you build!

I need a bigger ship, the Wringe II just doesn't cut it. Due to this, I've decided that I'll get my shipbuilders to build a bigger ship for me. And they've succeded again! This ship is a class 3T2, a large sloop which will be a ship shared with MAESTRO and members. Her captain is Captian Nard Klein Veegevuur. So, lets see how she looks like: Lets also see her stern: And also sailing with the wind; the mast is not tipping over, thats just the perspective:P Lastly we have a size comparision with the Wringe II, as I feel like thats necessery. If you want more size comparision shots with different ships just ask;) 10 Shares:

According to rebrickable I have about 347 Sets (I think I'm still missing at least 20 Sets I just forgot I have) and around 70000 parts, but that is just including a very small amount of pieces outside of set pieces; I would estimate it would add up to something around 90000 +/-5000 bricks total; I'll never find out how many exactly though, I feel like it is far to late for figuring that out... According to Brickset I also have around 780 minifigs, but I think it is more around the 900 mark considering how many figures I bought separately over time. Keeping track of your collection is - if you don't start at a point where you have 99% of your sets disassembled and unsorted - is, to my knowledge, the easiest with a combination of Brickset and Rebrickable. Add your sets on either one, add your extra figures on brickset and add your loose pieces on Rebrickable. As I don't care that much about figures I'm mainly using Rebrickable though. It is great that both of those services work that well together.

Everyone in Eslandola has been wondering for a long long time if gold could be used as an instrument. But now, finally, my engineers have come up with a way to get it to work! Hereby I present the... GOLD ORGAN It magnifies the sound of the gold and silver keys through its pipes. I hope you like how it sounds. Here it is again without me. Once I have a flagship for myself I'll for sure get it on board. But until then it'll have to stay here at the Musicians Talent Fair here in Bardo. GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD (etc)

Up for Auction: Class 4A War Brig "War Dwarf", not licensed BIDS starting at 60DB Winning Bid: 60 DB Bregir This Auction goes on until the 13th of March in the year 616. Members of the Factions Eslandola, Corrington and Oleon are allowed to participate. Sea Rats can try to participate too, but their bids won't be taken seriously(except for a deal to no longer attack our convois:D) MAESTRO gets some of the income from this auction(not specified publicly) Quick update specifying something for the game rules: This is a builder to builder sale; whoever gets it has all rights he would've had if he had built the ship. I don't have the right to use it as my own ship anymore. Licenses might be easy to get from Corrington if you ask politely they may be cheaper than directly licensing it:P Hello everyone! I need DBs, and you need some more ships, right? Well, here is the solution! A dock where we can have auctions to sell off ships I don't need - and you can get them. For now we just have one ship up for auction - the War Dwarf. As this is a Warship (a class 4A, currently not licensed, but maybe you can get one of the licenses from the Corringtoners, they have a lot of them in the drydock. Or maybe you just want to prevent them from getting another strong ship which would make them, in your opinion, to strong) I will only offer this ship to Factions who are currently at peace(friendly relations) with us Eslandonians - Sorry, Sea Rats, I don't want another Warship in your hands ;) Okay, back to the story now: Finally! They are there! Took you long enough to arrive here *insert name of messenger of interested members of Corrington* and *insert name of messenger of interested members of Oleon*! Well, at least they didn't start a war while getting here! So, you are here to speak for those interested in this beautiful ship, the War Dwarf? Well then! I'm glad you followed the rules here - I'm glad I don't have to order my guards to kill you because you brought to many weapons! STAND STILL GUARDS! I hope you'll like this ship as much as I do - sadly I need money to get my trade ships back up and running. My good captian, Captain Damian Chetham, will be glad to show you around the ship. If you want to use this ship to defend your convois he would be glad to be at your service, together with his crew, who know this ship well. What are you guys doing back there? I'm trying to sell a ship here! *splashing noise* The War Dwarf is a amazing ship, I'll be glad to show you around! Lets check out the gundeck! You know, I told you before I shouldn't take you with me on this kind of mission. At least you didn't start a war... And you guys are setting up the chest for the auction? Great, once they are done checking the ship, we'll be able to continue quickly! *Seaman in the background talking about the guy who fell into the Harbor* That's one great ship, I'll go as high as I am allowed to go! Same here! So, I see that as you think all of those who sent you here are interested in this ship? Yes, indeed. Hey, stop answering his questions first! I'm sure whoever sent me wants this ship! Hey, can you hold this for a few minutes? Don't dare dropping with it into the Harbor though! Let me pass through! I want this ship too! You told me you were just here to observe an auction! What made you change your mind? I guess you will have to make some space so I'm not standing in your way now and am still able to get my bids in! *annoyed mumbling that they don't want another competitor* GOING! GOING! GONE! You've won a beautiful ship mister! *some time passes, whoever won the ship leaves with it, the Eslandolian members carry away the gangway.* Quick overview over the dock and all the Eslandolian protagonists: And, lastly we have the *insert name of messenger of interested members of Corrington*, his guard, the *insert name of messenger of interested members of Oleon* and his guard. I know this is a rather simplistic build, this was really just about the story - I hope this can still go as a freebuild like this:P If you don't think so tell me please - I have more ideas for this month anyways. This plays in the Docks of Elysabethtown. LET THE BIDDING BEGIN!

Well, for the last one you could always go on a predator mission against the sea rats. Not sure if that would be that good of an idea though. Don't lose your War Dwarf:P Have you talked to your leadership about getting a license out of the dry dock?;)

Well, so far Bounty seeking voyages have been less successful; last month there was the sunken ship Le Grande. Next month there are two options for Bounty seeking hinted at as far as I can tell (I might be interpreting this wrongly): Not sure if I interpreted that correctly, but these sound like bounty hunting voyages.

I guess the Auction is over now! Congrats Bregir for winning the War Dwarf! That is 60 DBs to me and we can now see how to deal with the paperwork:P

Update: The Wringe I has been taken by the Sea Rats. It got replaced by the Wringe II, which has been painted differently. The new Captian is Valerio D'Obarno. I am Jerome Monezterell and here is my first ship - The Wringe I. It is a fast cutter that has a bit of storage space, so she'll be registered as a class 2F. It is commanded by Jones DeRoy (the guy with the dark green Epaulettes) who is one of my most trustworthy men. It is not armed; I'll trust the escorting ships. I guess I'll just go on with pictures: Swapping load while on sea Sailing off I'm just trying through different types of hull techniques, if anyone has other suggestions besides the hull techniques by Captain Green Hair, Sebeus I and CB4 I would really appreciate those, as I don't feel like I want to go further with this technique as it seems a bit to flat to me. Edit 5th March 616: She has been captured by the Sea Rats. The crew is drifting around the ocean on a raft.

Thanks! The Wringe II won't get it is own post, it is just the same boat with the dark orange swapped out for yellow, as I felt like it wouldn't be that nice to straight up relicense a captured ship, so I decided there is a sistership with a different colour:P The only other part that has changed is the bow - I don't have many earth orange plates so that part wasn't my favourite part of the Wringe I anyways. Thanks for the compliment on the rigging, considering that I was just taking what I could see on pictures online I guess it has worked out quite well:P To be pessimistic: If this one gets captured or sunk the Wringe III will get a second headsail.

What is the reason for the existence of the War Brigantine? It costs the same as the Brig does, but is equivalent or worse everywhere. The Warship rating doesn't help as it only has 1 PO anyways. 3A: 250 DB, S2, G2. C2. $0, WY, H2, PO1 4WR: 250 DB, S3, G2, C2, $2, WN, H2, PO1 Or am I missing something here?

Well, it really just takes 5 minutes to setup such an auction form if you know what you have to do. And then you just wait until it ends and see what the maximum bid is. With the right chrome add-on you can even set an expiration date (no idea why that is not a default function) to make it even easier.

We could also setup a google form for auctions, it is really easy: Form and Result This is no specific auction, but I could set it up easily for a specific one and even set a date to end. Just submit some random responses for testing. The only part where you have to think is how you find the maximum bid, which is easily solved by using (insert other cell numbers if you need to)

First - this is a beautiful ship - the widened hull sections look great here. I'm not as excited about the integration of the stern with the tumblebone though, its sides look a bit to flat, but still good (I really like that checkerboard pattern that has been mentioned before). Perhaps the stern is bit to high up, but it still looks alright. I'll just go and add onto this the class 5 examples mention in the MRCA explanation thread: Okay, these are all armed ships - but besides the Imperial Flagship none of these have more than 3 midsections just like this one. I left the Caribbean Clipper in to show the given example of a large sloop - 1 midsection, small hulls. I completely agree with this. I'll just quote Ska again here - the example for the class 4T1 is way smaller This one has 1 small midsection, not 3 like this one. Overall I think this should easily qualify as a class 5F considering the examples and other ships available. And everyone - you must always consider that there is some extension - as in higher ship classes - planned for the future. Do you want those classes in the range of 5+ midsections if it is even possible with prefabs? As well as that - almost everyone here is somewhat limited in his parts selection and can not build the most gigantic ship possible.

So, a bit over 14 hours remaining. Anyone else interested in taking part in this auction?

It is working for me now. Already added my first two freebuilds and MRCA result. Are the links in the other topics updated too?

The Wringe II should be a class 2F, it shouldn't slow other ships down.

The Wringe II will be joining the Double Duty convoy. The Winds Beauty (MAESTRO) will be joining Clouding Blues.

No, it was super easy:

The Winds Beauty has been finished. As well as that I've bought myself a sistership of the Wringe I, the Wringe II which is just slightly different from the original. Have a picture of both of them: