LM71Blackbird

Quinnsville Chronicler QV4.1 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr While on his way home for the day after observing the building process at the shipyards, Richard Brickford passed by a old looking building. The sign was well worn but he could make out the words Quinnsville Chronicler. With his interest piqued, he walked up and opened the door. QV4.2 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr When inside, he started to look around. There was a desk towards the back of the room, so Richard figured that would be a good place to start. After sifting through some papers, he realized that this was the printing house of the now non-existing newspaper of Quinnsville! He even found handwritten drafts that were penned by Sir Smauagton himself. QV4.5 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr QV4.3 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr Noticing a flight of stairs, he continued up them. Upstairs were stacks of the final edition of the Quinnsville Chronicler as well as copies still on the printing presses. QV4.4 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr Dear Governor Cooke, I have but one last thing to report before I submit to you my final findings. I believe that one of the reasons that Quinnsville has been a little slower in development is because they have a lack of news circulating through the settlement. If this can be rectified, I believe that the settlement will explode with growth. My final report will be in before the week is out. I think you will be most pleased with my findings. In service to her Majesty, Richard Brickford, Royal Surveyor of Quinnsville Behold, the official building for the Quinnsville chronicler! Also, the Quinnsville Chronicler will be returning to the Brick Seas! It will most likely be just as sporadic and short as the original one, but where just here to have fun anyway right? C&C are welcome and appreciated and thanks for looking! This will be licensed as a medium artisan.

The BMW i8 is one of my favorite cars and your making it perfectly! Keep up the great work!

Welcome to Euro Bricks!

Well, it looks really cool!

Awesome looking model! It looks spot on!

This is a really great build Ayrlego! Nice amounts of details everywhere and just really nice to look at!

Awesome build Flavius! It is nice and busy and very well constructed. The story is great as well! Looking forward to what they find!

Thanks! Yeah, I can see how they would be hard to distinguish... The rowers are supposed to be facing backward. On the third ship, the sail was kind of an experiment, so I'll adjust it a little bit.

Here are three unique gunboats. All different lengths, crew sizes, armaments, and colors. Gunboat 2 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr The black and white one would be a class 1 and I think the other ones would be class 2s.

This is super cool! I like all the micro details!

Thank you! I'm in no hurry to license them so no rush!

@Bregir Makes perfect sense. To piggy-back off of this, what about 10 class 0 boats that I have built for this Build?

I've built a couple of gunboats, nothing too special. I've three that are all the same at the moment. Here's what they look like: Gunboat 1 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr Would they be a class 1 or 2 and how different would they need do be in order to license all 3? Would different colors and crew be enough?

@Drunknok: I am actually very interested in bringing back the chronicler! I got a few more things to finish up in the settlement of Quinnsville for the short term, but I could probably shoot for a end of June/ July issue.

This is fantastic! I didn't realize quite how big that model is!

Well, this MRCA turned into a bit of a fiasco for my ships! That, and the Sea Rats made a laughing stock of some of the most powerful Corrish ships... It will make this month's MRCA interesting to say the least! Very well written and throughly covers everything!

Thank you! Yeah, thinking back a thought about it. Can't remember why I decided not to...

Nice looking build! Simple but well constructed and has some cool details!

Great looking build! And that's from an American!

Thank you! I'm glad that it turned out. The seaweed was a last minute addition because the water looked to open without it!

Thank you! Thank you very much!

@shiplover This is just an incredible looking MOC. In my opinion, this the greatest Lego ship I have ever seen and my new personal favorite model! Keep up all the fantastic work and brick on!

The fishing and trading skiffs and rowboats of Quinnsville Small Fishing Boats 1 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr In the summer months when the Brick Seas are relatively calm, the Quinnsville fisherman and traders brave the waters to put food on their tables. Small Fishing Boats 2 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr Some row close to shore to net the schools of fish that swim in great abundance. Small Fishing Boats 3 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr Others use a rod and reel to catch fish, but occasionally get more than anticipated... Small Fishing Boats 4 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr Some of the larger skiffs can travel greater distances to nearby harbors to trade cocoa and spices among other things. Small Fishing Boats 5 by LM71Blackbird, on Flickr After a hard days work, the boats are dragged up onto shore and their supplies are put into elevated houses for safe keeping until they can secure a buyer or until the seas are calm enough to travel to another port. Here is a build for me to license some class 0 boats. I also have been wanting to try out some small hull designs, and I especially like how the larger skiffs turned out! C&C are welcome and appreciated! @Bregir I would like to license all 10 of these small boats. The first two boats in the second picture are just standard rowboats, but I believe I added enough to make them licensable. There are four of the larger skiffs that have sails and one without a sail. They all feature different colors, cargo, and crews so I think they classify as all different boats as well. I think I know the answer, but are they too small to be classified as class 1 boats? Lastly, the three small brick built rowboats are all different in the same way as the skiffs. I don't plan on licensing the beach portion at all.

Nicely done Bart! Good detailing along the shoreline and the action going on in the boats is very well executed!

@Maxim I Thank you very much! As you probably already know, a Third-rate ship was a ship that consisted of two continuous decks and carried between 60-80 guns. Later Third-rate ships were known for carrying 74 guns as standard. Either way, my ship definitely falls into the upper portion of the Third-rate ship category. No need to apologize! I'm quite familiar with the HRS Royal Philip, she is indeed a massive ship that would possibly () be able to sink my HMS Dominance. If it's more guns you want though, I was already planning on beginning work on a ship that will be larger then the Royal Philip! @Bregir She is 30 studs wide at her widest portion of the hull. She is 124 studs long at the water line and including the bowsprit she is a total of 193 suds longs. In real bricks that would be 39 inches at the water line. The Royal Philip measurements are: length at waterline is 120 studs, LOA 171 studs, beam 29. So I believe the Dominance fits the Class 10 standard in terms of length and width as she is 4 studs longer than the Royal Philip. Here are some size comparison photos: She will of course not seem quite as over bearing as the Royal Philip because the Dominance doesn't have a third gun deck. I also think I positioned the Imperial Flagship a little closer. That was my original plan! I also what to make a few larger trade ships was well, so I figured this could be a nice escort. I should be able to license her in a couple of months. My long term goal is to have a small fleet of class 10s. I've already got quite a few names written down just for that purpose!