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  1. blackdeathgr
    Woooooohoooo! Indeed one of your best MOCs since you joined BoBS. I love the roof! Also the colors and the rendering are really fitting! Keep it up! My only nitpicking would be the mosaic on the garden that looks a bit out of place (I don't know exactly why but, colors maybe?)
  2. blackdeathgr
    Great! Another inspiring MOC from you CGH! And that's the right way to do...pretty much anything ship-related! Rigging above all is stunning for a ship of her size. Please do tell me though how many hours it took you to finish it (the rigging alone). Thanks in advance!
  3. blackdeathgr
    Thanks! Thanks! On my next-to-do list is either tiling my next's ship deck or use a snot deck technic using bricks placed sideways Thanks! Indeed, the stern needs some love on my next models and i now get it why everybody is angling the bowsprit too, as mine is the only weak spot of the whole rigging, i.e. snaps easily. For the tan deck next time i will indeed try snot brick technic. SNOTing plates would look better proportion-wise but let's say bricks will do too . Ratlines?? Who used ratlines? Such word doesn't exist in my vocabulary!!! Didn't they use elevators back then?? Joking aside i have to either try using a bigger rope/cloth and adding them or make/buy some ready rat-lined shrouds at a plastic modelism shop. Thanks!Ratlines? Who uses them? Sewing the sails the way i did (better implementation you can see at the front sails (jibs?) and then putting the cloth between two plates etc helps rigging look the way it does, i.e. firm. I have also noticed when making the rigging that it helps if you use a needle and cloth and have as few pieces of cloth as possible. At the shrouds for example i have used a single piece of cloth per side. Then you only stretch a single piece of cloth and you are done. Angling the hull earlier is indeed a very nice suggestion! Colors sadly are dictated by the number of suitable bricks available around but i will definitely change color pattern at next ships etc. Regarding ship classifications you got me thinking that 3F is indeed more suitable (being a sloop etc) and more lucrative! (Or 4T my super-awesome-fantastic board of Admiralty???? I must pull some strings around ) Thanks for the heads up! Crewless? Well, meet the ...Akides! From left to right: Captain Protopapadomanolakis, Junior Askordoulakis and his father Askordoulos practicing in fencing, mate Psaradogiannoulosifakis and his cousin Tzimpliakakis, always rowdy and in semidrunk condition and finally the runaway Skoutoulofaromaniakis that went on board so as to go away from his mountainous village after killing the first son of a rival family after a 100 years long feud. Happy???
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    Sloop "Crete" | blackdeathgr | OL
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    After almost a month, mostly occupied by work and fending off nightmares and denial about rigging, making sails and sewing, i proudly present you the merchant sloop "Crete". Pictures were taken from my secondary source of photographing (mobile) so photos aren't that great. But you can get the idea. This is my first attempt at a brick built hull and the famous Dunkleosteus hinge technic. I believe it works wonders, regardless my omission to sloping the stern. For those you think the hull is too tall (i had my reservations too), imagine it 2 bricks lower due to cargo carrying when put at sea. Regarding the tiller design, i haven't found a better solution, so after 5-6 iterations, i just went with the one you see on the photos. Finally i wanted to brick-build the main mast too but i ran out of round 2x2 bricks way too soon so out of my frustration, i used the mast of the recent TLG pirate ship nearly unchanged. BL orders are on their way so i guess my next ship will be more personalized. Inspiration came from all the great photos and designs and articles about sloops of the 18th century. For those who want to take their try on handmade sails and sewing their ship's rigging, i have an advice: Don't despair! In the faaaaaaaar end, it will look nice. Until then, get a very nice desk lamp and fortify yourselves with determination and patience. There were more than a dozen times i wanted to discard the whole project during the rigging phase and i cant believe there are sane people that build scaled wooden replica ships. Oh, i nearly forgot it! Credits for the Eltina flag, goes to KB for the design and Kustom Bricks for its implementation. Anyway, I believe this is a 3T trade ship so if everybody agrees i will stick to this category, unless the board at the Admiralty promotes it to 4T More pictures follow (some more on Flickr as well) and as always, thanks for watching!
  6. blackdeathgr
    Very nice! I like its colors!
  7. blackdeathgr
    Having played this game and based on its origins, this is a very well thought recreation!
  8. blackdeathgr
    It is indeed a small delight!
  9. blackdeathgr
    Very nice MOC! I like it! I think i must agree on the plain baseplate looking "better" (a subjective opinion), as i prefer them plain when the majority of their surface is covered. Oh, nice flag btw
  10. blackdeathgr
    The exterior is outstanding! It closely resembles limestone fortification and civilian buildings found in Rhodes, built by Hospitaller knights. But seriously...a unicorn??? What else can devious Eslandolans think to persuade immigrants to flock to their newly discovered islands...???
  11. blackdeathgr
    Very nice! Although i am not a can of that much customizing, this moc tends to change my mind. I especially like where eart terrain reaches the Nile and the river's fiting colour
  12. blackdeathgr
    Nice shape and great decorations! I am still laughing about the cat trying to climb on the mast!
  13. blackdeathgr
    Excellent! And a great ode to the recently lost designer. I cant imagine the sheer numbers of bricks used for the rockwork :-)
  14. blackdeathgr
    Nice one!
  15. blackdeathgr
    Lovely build! First pic indeed looks like a painting!
  16. blackdeathgr
    Excellent site! Thanks for showing it to us!
  17. blackdeathgr
    As i also wrote at flickr this is great! Easily best creative use of that dark red brick profile so far and a really innovative idea! Cloth-line is great too and adds greatly to the build! Μy only remark would be that the tree in the back needs indeed some love (its trunk that is).
  18. blackdeathgr
    Excellent giant (that head is a delight) and ballista! And as always full of action! What more to ask?!
  19. blackdeathgr
    Great one! I really enjoyed the detailed cut logs!
  20. blackdeathgr
    Hahaha, great story and a nice way to show wearing on clothes. Also a nice pond! But the story was continuing perfectly until it was very abruptly cut : "...but died a few days later from a nasty infection..."! We want moar!
  21. blackdeathgr
    Ew,ew,ew!!! Hahahahaha! Nicely built!
  22. blackdeathgr
    Interviewing GoH builders is an excellent idea and so were the questions asked. Keep up the good work!
  23. blackdeathgr
    Basically you can register it as your 3rd FreeBuild this month, by posting it on the monthly builds thread and completing the required Free Build Form. I think Faladrin wrote you where to find them but actually everything can be found at BOBS Introduction thread
  24. blackdeathgr
    I corrected the title regarding MRCA. It is now considered as a Free build (your 2nd this month)
  25. blackdeathgr
    Nice build! On behalf of our community i welcome one more skilled MOCer, although you've clearly chosen the dark (red) side!
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