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[pid][/pid] 135C - 136D Dear all, I'm very exited about and that I like to refer to as NextGen. Among other things this means that I'm only using the lower parts of the new prefabs (all of which are black, thanks to PotC) combined with a brickbuild bow and stern. All ships are built inspired by plans and models; and are supposed to resemble French ships from roughly 1760-1780. Of course, concessions were made for minifigure illusion scale and playability, yet the colours, sail plan & size, and the gun count are historically accurate. 8 ships in total; 6 built in parallel with the new technique, and 2 were updated: Magicienne, a 38gun frigate built on 7 midsections more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Concorde, a 32gun frigate (6mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Médée, a 18gun brig-of-war (4mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Furieuse, a bomb ketch (4mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Aigle, a 10gun Bermuda sloop (2mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Sirène, another 10gun Bermuda sloop more pictures on flickr (full resolution) In addition, I have rebuilt the two original frigates of my fleet: Achille, a 28gun frigate (6mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Guerrière, a 24gun frigate (5mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution)

Hi everybody! This weekend, something quite exciting happened: for the first time I got to take my fleet to an exhibition, Brickmania Antwerpen. It was quite an amazing weekend, and I am sure a main post with many pictures of all the other exciting creations will follow suit! There were the impressive Flying Dutchman by Sebeus I along with smaller ships and an island, the frigate and stunning two-decker by Captain Green Hair alongside a brig and a fantastic sloop, two neat small vessels by Legostone and two more two-deckers by Maxim I (and much more!). I just focus on my vessels here, since the fleet looks like a fleet for the first time on this occasion! Thanks to Maxim I for inviting me to take part. An overview of the battle line. Battle sails at the front (Achille). (Concorde). Also gradually more studding sails in the back for catching up. Main engagement between the two fleets (blue vs. red, what else?). Looking down the battle line... And another ship portrait (Concorde). Still a few studding sails (on Guerrière), shielding the bomb ketch (Furieuse) from enemy fire. That is this vessel. Full sails at the back (Magicienne). And at the very back, guarding the rear of the frigate (Médée). This was also the first meeting between Captain Green Hair's famous tutorial frigate, and my equally sized (5 mids) interpretation inspired by it, Guerrière. It was nice to see some different styles used on the two ships, both of which were built around the same time (2010-2011). I forgot to mention this earlier, but I actually gave her Figurehead Captain Green Hair's face... My apologies for the super-late reply. There are no problems with structural integrity with my ships: I put them in the trunk of my car without any protection and there was virtually no damage in spite of Antwerp's cobblestone streets. Full resolution pictures will be available on my flickr.

Hello everybody! roughly 4 years (!) after completion, I finally took some nicer pictures of all ships. Still, these ships were built to last, and they are actually like new, and still up to date in terms of techniques. I've made a new topic for Concorde just recently, but now took new pictures of all ships, including her, they will all be posted here. Magicienne, a 38gun frigate built on 7 midsections more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Concorde, a 32gun frigate (6mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Médée, a 18gun brig-of-war (4mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Furieuse, a bomb ketch (4mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Aigle, a 10gun Bermuda sloop (2mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Sirène, another 10gun Bermuda sloop more pictures on flickr (full resolution) In addition, I have rebuilt the two original frigates of my fleet: Achille, a 28gun frigate (6mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution) Guerrière, a 24gun frigate (5mids) more pictures on flickr (full resolution)

Hey folks, This creation was finished in 2012, among with the rest of my fleet of 8 vessels. 6 of these ships have been built in parallel using some exciting new techniques that I boldly labelled "nextgen" as it took build quality to a whole new level. Essential features are a innovative hull technique (that essentially show I could have done it without prefabs, retaining only the lower parts), complete accessible interior, and drastically improved sails and rigging. For some reasons I never posted any of these ships, so tonight I just took my smartphone and made a start. Concorde is a 32-gun Frigate which was modelled after French ships from roughly 1760-1780. The colour scheme, sail plan and size and gun count are roughly historically accurate. However, she still offers herself to all kinds of play and postures, because I believe a Lego creation should be good for more than just first looks. Enjoy!

Thanks guys, it is great to hear from you! I'll proof that I've got the rest of the fleet eventually Usually, the old ships had more than one capstan; smaller one on the topdeck would be used to lower the boats and move cargo, the bigger one on the gundeck (and below) to move the main anchor. Guns in captain's quarters were normal on every warship. 10% more firepower after all. Visit HMS Victory, for example. I used headlight bricks for the gunports; old trick that I've done for ages. It looks good, but is expensive partwise. I did this afterwards using a ruler. I was too lazy and not concetrated enough to make all knots. Admiral Croissant did though, on his "Vesta". Thank you! Soo good to hear from you :) Taking the pictures may take a while though, unfortunately. Thanks! You've inspired my frigate madness after all, though I suppose I could've started building more MOCs in different themes. But I wanted my ships to be better, and even better...

Wow, that is really cool! Factories are very rarely build as Mocs, though they had a major role in the early industrial revolution in England, especially textile factories; colonies would provide the raw materials, and the assembly was done in the home country. Of course you'd need ships and commanding the seas... Your details really look quite believable, I didn't think about implementing textiles in brick before, but you've done it

The vintage feel and sails really do give it an appeal. To me it feels like the flagship that Lego did never make back in the original, classic pirate days. Would be nice to compare to the comparatively smaller pirate ship maybe (which should really have been a sloop). Nice work!

I didn't know you could build a good-looking MOC frigate in just 18 hours, including custom rigging. Congrats on that! I really like the fact that you're building a fleet too :)

107D Building Achille began in October 2009 as a side project of what was then my main shipbuilding project, Superbe. At the beginning it was much inspired by CGH's Build a frigate tutorial since I just wanted to quickly figure out how his techniques look like. At that time, Achille wasn't supposed to feature any interior or much detail and i planned to finish her in less than a month so that I could practice rigging techniques for "Superbe". When I posted a WIP topic though, my plans turned upside down. Through much feedback, for which I am extremely grateful, and my ambition to challenge what is possible on prefabs to the maximum, Achille became my main project, "Guerrière", her sistership, my side project while "Superbe" was given up (for now). Finally, Achille took me some 13 months and almost 300 hours to build. It contains about 5200 Lego pieces of which most are small and some very rare. To make her 32 sails and rigging, 1,5 m2 of linen and some 220m of 6different types of string have been consumed. It weighs 4,6 kg and measures 76cm in height and 105cm in length (over all). It is completely modular; the deck can be taken of to show the full interior, also all sails can be removed. I would like to credit Captain Green Hair, Admiral Croissant, Admiral Bejaune and Captain Blackmoor for their building techniques (esspecially CGH!), much inspiration and their valuable help and assistance on MSN. Also there has been an important, keen competition with Admiral Croissant's project Vesta which was build during the same time and drove me to invest much more time for rigging and sails than what I would have oherwise. Thank you so much! Now it is time for some more pictures: A bird's eye shows all of Achille's 32 sails. Of course the studding sails can be easily removed, as all other sails can be too. As a vessel of the Ancien Régime she flies the royal standard of France, a plain white flag. As you may spot in this picture, I used metal hook and eyes for making the sails modular. The bow shows her very unique headrails technique. The stern has been rebuild several times: This one is for Captain Green Hair: Now let's show you some details. Here, you can see the bow with the massive Ancors. This is where the ship's bell is situated. You can also see the upper part of the galley. Here we have the two boats Achille is carrying for various tasks, one of them being to pull the ship when there is light wind. This is the capstan used for raising the anchor. This is one of the most vital places on a ship: the steering wheel! Now let's go and see what it's like below deck. (Nicely shows how the modularity works; notice the two-way curved deck and the golden flag tops.) Here you can see the galley, you may have seen the upper part in front of the bell. This is the storage compartment - hmm looks like we forgot a prisoner down there! Now let's go to a much nicer place: the captain's cabin! The bed for the captain is situated on the port side, while navigation equipment is starbord. Of course, Achille has a brave crew as well. With a neat little trick, placing minifigs on the tiled deck isn't so hard: FIRE! More pictures can be found on Flickr Now it is time for me to shut up and pay attention to your comments and reactions.

All pictures are back! There are also more recent pictures of both Achille and the rest of my fleet available.

It's true, the pictures are gone. Unfortunately, may laptop was stolen a while back and with it all pictures that I had of the ships. Almost all pictures are back. The police also found my laptop. Currently the fleet is stored stored mostly in the basement, though I hope to be able to let is see the light of the day when I get the opportunity.

Historic Ships, Replicas, Figureheads, and Models What is this index for? This index is to provide not just inspiration, but also the possibility to link the pictures to threads on the forums, for example when discussing a MOC or giving advice. You want to know how the real old sailing ships look like? This is the place for you! How is this indexed? The Historic Ships, Replicas, Figureheads, and Models Index is sorted by Historic Ships, Replicas, and Figureheads. Anyway you can help? You can help by giving suggestions and informing us about items that have not been indexed. You can ask questions, give suggestions, and inform us about items that have not been indexed in this very topic. If you would like to contribute to the index, please follow these instructions: Ships added to the index should be either historic, surviving examples or well-built, decently accurate replicas (i.e. build according to plans or a wreck). Beware: Ships like the Golden Hind or the Grand Turk replica are fantasy products for the most part! In case someone has 25+ nice, sharp pictures of one showing the most important parts of such a ship (you can never have too many ) you can go ahead and make a thread in the pirate forum and I'll make sure it gets linked here. You can also upload picture from Wikipedia or Wikicommons, but beware the copyright restrictions! Alternatively you can post a comment that you have pics here and someone else will make a thread out of it. When posting a new thread please make sure that it doesn't get bumped to the top again by adding these two lines to the first post: Also put "INDEX: Historic Ships" or "INDEX: Replica Ships" in the title and "Please do not reply directly to this thread" in the subtitle. To what extent is this updated? As postings on Historic Ships, Replicas, Figureheads, and Models come less often; so do the updates. If you know of a missed entry, please inform us below. The Index Historic Ships: HMS Victory (1765) USS Constitution (1797) HMS Trincomalee (1817) HMS Warrior (1860) Replicas: HMS Surprise (ex Rose from "Master and Commander") Shtandart (by Admiral Croissant) Batavia (by Admiral Croissant) Amsterdam (by Admiral Croissant) Prins Willim (by Bonaparte) Endeavour (Link to external Gallery; thanks to kabel) Hermione - Link to main page - Under construction pictures Feb. 2014 - More info and discussion maiden voyage April 2015 Figureheads Figurehead Index (historic figureheads from the Portsmouth dockyard museum) Important historic ships that we still need pics of: HMS Unicorn (1824) Vasa (1628) Mary Rose (1512) Every single thread added to this index is greatly appreciated and I would very much like to thank you for your time and efforts!

Well, what should I say? You've shown me some pictures while "Revenge" was still in progress, and even then it was already completely mind blowing, built rather as a ship model made with Lego bricks than a MOC. Now even though you finished it relatively fast, the rigging and sails absolutely live up to the superior standard you've set with the hull. They are really much alike those seen on high-quality ship models. This ship is a huge milestone not only as it is the first ambitious minifigure scale ship ever finished, but also the first ever Lego ship model. I have myself often thought of a technique using tiles to resemble the curved hull planks, but after some experimenting thought it to be impossible. Now you have proven that it is, even though it didn't allow for an interior; but I believe that is a small price to pay for such a marvelous outcome. Well done!

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Hello everyone! Well it has (again) been a while since I've mentioned that my fleet is completed. Unfortunately I haven't found the time to take pictures until last weekend. I am however not quite as good at photographing and presenting my MOCs as I'd like to be (if anyone could give me a few hints how to arrange the setting, lighting and editing that would be very much appreciated ). Once I have more and better pictures I'll make threads with more pictures for each (pair) of ships, or maybe just one with continued updates for all of them? I guess I'll have to figure that out too. I'd also really love to bring in some live by adding a crew, show several ships together, maybe fighting each other, and so on... Now what do I have? Well 8 (!) complete ships (in minifigure illusion scale) with a total of 170 guns and one mortar Guerrière, a small, but nimble frigate (24guns) Achille, a medium sized, fast frigate (28 guns) Concorde, first of a next generation of frigates (32 guns) Magicienne, a true super frigate (38 guns), also the flagship of the fleet Médée, a fast brig-of-war (18 guns) Furieuse, a purpose-built bomb ketch (10 guns and one mortar) Aigle, a navy sloop (10 guns) Sirène, built to the same plans as Aigle, but operated by a privateer Well, I guess the French crown now has superiority in these waters

Oh well, this is really epic! I've got to congratulate you! This is the first ship MOC that can really be called a ship-of-the-line, and to be honest I don't think we'll encounter a second any time soon. So in some way it is a dream coming true. With the many unfinished 1:40 scale ships in mind I guess the smaller scale that you've chosen was the best of many right decisions that you've made. I particularly like this picture since it reminds me so much of historic paintings! I am also most impressed by how you documented life on board a man-o-war on the second page; just like taken from a history book. The interior and deck details you've been able to add are beyond comparison for this scale (as is the entire ship actually). To put it short: your entire ship reminds me very much of something I really wanted to build, so yes: I am quite a bit jealous Also your photography is among the best I've seen. Small nitpicks I have are the relatively crude stern details which looks unfinished and the sails which are a little too white and too straight

Very nice find, thanks for sharing! To me the model looks very similar to the real thing and is well proportioned. The size and quality of the model and the fame of HMS Victory makes me think of an official Lego set; I'm sure it would be very similar!

Do you have a more recent update including the improved rocks? I am very fond how your MOC is looking so similar in its appearance to the original set; you've captured that very well!

Congratulation to everyone who took part in the tournament and - of course - the well deserved winners!

She does look very promising indeed! The last update kind of proofs that the structure is sufficiently stable. However do account for additional weight when you add the topdeck and details; and also consider that the masts and rigging will add some tension if you do them properly. Keep on building her, I'll follow your progress closely. I would really tile the hull portion though. That just makes it look so much sleeker and more streamline, just like a real ship. I also like how one stud wide tiles look like wooden planks.

Wow, you have improved a lot the last year or so! This is marvelous! The rockwork really stands out, though I heavily doubt TLG would ever release something so part(=cost)-intensive. Maybe the use of cb4's hull technique on such a small boat is not optimal; but otherwise it's really a pleasure to look at!

Ok, i really enjoyed following the contest even as I was only reading. So these are my absolute favorites: 2. Brig. Brick - 4 Points 4. Frank Brick Wright - 1 Point

I believe the lower portion of the stern could be more extending backwards and be more smooth; still she does look like a proper Bermuda sloop already!

Hmm maybe it would help her look a bit if you'd change the grey line to something like tan or dark red maybe? Somehow I don't like the look of it right now, but that might be subjective. Good progress anyhow!