Mr Dyrstadt

I thought my figure was surprisingly low. I forgot to add the current orders and the erased orders. I guess that I'm closer to 1500 dollars since june, so it is more or less exactly what I expected it to be. weeell ... who needs food!

was this from a single seller?

Who's depressed?! So we complain about our the effect on our financial situation, but we know we love it! ;-)

It's very charming. I especially like the Governor surveing the harbour from his secluded balcony enjoying a fresh cup of something.

This thread almost almost sounds like the start of a lego support-group. "hello my name is Bo ... and I'm ... buying lego" ...Well, I guess we all need our "fix" once in awhile. X-D Before i returned to pirate lego I collected starwars lego for a while. I have 16 tie-figthers. That's a good indication why I ran out of money. After that I took a little break, and i actually thought that my interest was subsiding. I actually began contemplating selling some of it. but, now I'm back, and I guess I've been spending some 900 dollars since june. My that's scary! I haven't tried to add it up in my head before now. Actually I believed it to be more than that. It's probably still more than I should be spending though.

sorry to just disappear like that. (though I might do it again). Got caught up with some projects for school and looking at apartments. Minor period of confusion. Anyway... Actually I considered using one the lego crests (fx black falcons), but now I have been completely charmed by the sails on the replica - which is lucky because I my experience with a computer as a creative tool is very limited. Normally I get down to the floor with my pencils or brushes or some strange objects ... or legos (well obviously) and do my work there. This design should be very manageable. I don't know when I'll get to it though. still very busy, and I've just ordered two complete hulls for two new ships on bricklink (and 56 magnets, but this is for something completely different), so I have other projects competing for my attention. It's my intention to build two ships that can rival the Santa Maria, one for the British fleet and one for the French fleet. Though I do love the Armada...

Yes,... an emblem. Praise be to God! (mister Phes can decide for himself whether this refers to him X-D ). I wrecked my brain to come up with something else than "image". A sort of "coat of arms" if that is the correct phrase. Somekind of insignia of a noble family. Something involving a lion or something like that. I see that Santa Maria has been added to Bonaparte's folder on brickshelf in the folder "stuff". Is this a kind of special honour on your part Bonaparte? Because I feel honoured?

Nice to make the acquaintance of the other Bo ... well I guess technically I'm the other Bo...? The others are right ... surprisingly, it is confusing. I noticed your ship earlier on brickshelf. I like it. It's interesting. I wouldn't have built it myself, but I appreciate the idea. You're a member of Byggepladen I think?

Thank you - I will have a look at the sail tutorial. I am considering if the green colour should also be represented on the sails? I will also need to design somekind of image to put of one of the sails. I don't know what could be a good image? Any suggestions anybody? ... in the end I will properly realise I prefere them white. I guess I could assemble her crew. I am anachronisticly nice to my crewmembers. They will have a lot of space and comfortable quarters, if I ever get around to making the ship more accesible and adding hammocks/beds(... depending on rank) and furniture. I would like my ship to comfortably fit a crew of 24 sailors(?), 1 cook, 1 cabin boy, 8 soldiers, 2 junior officers, 1 senior officer/first mate, 1 captain and his guest Don Phillipe (and his family and servants if he will ever have any). Would an extra section make the ship too slim for its height? Thanks for the welcome Mister Phes. Looking foreward to be participating in other topics where I will hopefully will have something to contribute.

Hello all I'm the creator of this ship. I've actually been roaming around this site myself the last few days. I've only recently reacquired my passion for lego. It came back to me with the discovery of Evil Stevie's Pirate Game, and it lead to the discovery of Bricklink, Brickshelf and Eurobricks (and others). Thanks to Bonaparte for noticing and posting my ship. His army has certainly not escaped my notice either. Very impressive! It makes you dream. It is great to see my ship getting a good treatment. I see many members are building accurate models of real ships, however this is not what I am doing (..yet anaway). I noticed earlier (didn't have time to post then) that Bonaparte in his introduction wrote "remake", and I just went "oh,... danger" in my mind. I thought that people might compare it to the actual Santa Maria of which I know little in terms of appearance. I just like the name. Also wanted to give my Spanish Armada an actual little armada. I like your criticism. You have the same preservations as me. Like ghoulrealm I'm not too hot about the stairs. I am considering adding an extra mid-section or inserting bricks between the existing ones to lengthen the hull. It would allow me to pull in the staircase and the mast a bit, and perhaps help my to achieve a better proportion. Phew... I'm writing a lot Thanks for your comments. I'll go look around some more now.