Cousarmy0001

I like stocky in a ship. Makes it feel solid.

I'm looking forward to her! If I may make a bit of a suggestion, based off of personal experience, for the next ship? In my opinion, it really makes a ship pop if you add a just a bit of color to the hull- and it can be rather simple to accomplish as well. With this ship, for instance, you could make the thin white stripe above the gunports a color other than white or black (red, perhaps, since it's a redcoat ship), and then make the gunports a different color as well. There's a plethora of flag colors available, if you choose to do that with your next ship, it should be easy to do. I recommend against red for the gunports, though, because historically, Lego sets have had red gunports for pirate ships.

Because the redcoats forgot them

Well, now that I know it's a redcoat ship, I don't like it as much :-P I know what you mean about the hull sections, though. However, you'd also be surprised by how much adding just one section will change the appearance of the ship. When I premiered my Thunderchild, it was described on the Classic Pirates blog as "small but impressive". Since then, I added just one hull section, taking it from a 14-gun frigate with four middle sections to an 18-gun frigate with five, and it feels like I added at least two (which, incidentally, was the original plan). I also designed her with the intention of wiping the floor with Imperial Flagships in mind. I've currently got two of those, which were certainly more than a match for the pair of 6-gun brigs my bluecoats were fielding at the time. Her arrival certainly changed the balance of power in the region!

I'd also like to add that I like the fact that you used the Lego rope ladders for this. I do the same on my ships, because I think they should retain some semblance of playability. Also a minor tip, the new Lego bluecoat flags are the same as the old, except that they have a gold trim on them that looks great. It might be worth your time to check them out :-)

Looks pretty nice from what we can see. Any chance we can get more pictures? Also, the ship classification refers more to the rigging than the size of the hull. Here's the reference I always use: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23991 From what I can see of the rigging, she does indeed appear to be a brig. I can't tell if you've got a gaff on her or not, though. Either way, she appears to be quite nice, and it's great to see another one for the bluecoats! I hope to see more pictures in the near future :-)

Holy crap, dude! Every time I see this, it gets more and more amazing! Though it's a little bit depressing to realize that the rest of our Lego ships are about large enough to be lifeboats for this incredible monster! :-D

I love it! You've sacrificed detail in favor of playability, which I fully appreciate in a set. You've added things that would make this an AWESOME official set, though. I LOVE the dungeon dock and the hoist, for instance. It reminds me of several classic sets, that had cranes or hidden passageways that made the sets a lot of fun. The armory is also a pretty cool idea, I might add. It appears to be nigh impregnable, as well, unless the pirates or filthy redcoats know about the secret entrance...

I like it! Simple, yet sufficiently detailed. The opening wall is a brilliant addition, as well! Plus, it's bluecoat, so you know it's good :-D

I'm not even halfway through my current bluecoat port brick build, unfortunately, and I completed the initial design for that almost three years ago. Mind you, it's been expanded and tweaked a whole bunch since then, but there's still about 10,000 bricks to go on that one. I highly doubt I'll ever get to build this. At present, the building in the back (a parliament building) is only about 1/3 done, and I haven't done the streets yet, either. This project is already at over 14,000 bricks despite that. It has been interesting to see how much more complex and detailed my building designs have become since my initial offering, though, found here: http://www.eurobrick...c=78654&hl=�� In both projects, each building has very detailed interiors, and each roof and floor can be removed to show the one below it. I was planning on posting an update to the original project after I actually completed a building or two, but I'm having to Bricklink the parts for the six that are nearly done, and that takes time. I'll get there someday. I designed this one to kill time while I wait for more money to continue work on my current project. It's intended as a port for the redcoats. I may do a pirate port next :-)

I like the look of the first one better as well, but it's also at chest level for minifigs. I'll try to check on that designer set, though. Capt. Dee, you are correct in your assumption that the uneven distances are to keep it at 8 studs. Making it 7 or 9 would have made it much more complicated, and difficult to keep at the desired height. I tried, it just wasn't worth the trouble. It's in the pirates section because it's part of this: It's in the top floor of the furthest left building, with the red roof. If it's rum and playing cards you want (because all pirates were the same, right? and the people they raided were also that way?), you'll want the brown and tan building across the street. I HAD planned on posting pictures of this when it was complete, but here's one so that the moderators don't remove this thread. Each of the red squares, by the way, are Imperial Flagships.

Indeed, you are correct. Perhaps I should put minifigs next to my furniture first, huh? Here it is again, adjusted for height. Thoughts?

No not actually. I am curious as to whether this looks sufficiently like a minifig scale billiard table, though. Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated.

I don't know how I missed this one when you first posted it. It's very well done, indeed! I particularly like the mortars on the bows, and the passageway to belowdecks. What are the part numbers for the figurehead's hood, and the scythe? I've never seen those before, and they look sweet!

It was also used in Shipwreck Island, which was one of my very first Lego sets. I got it for Christmas one year, along with Harbor Sentry and Castaway's Raft :-D

I'm gonna go against the flow here, and say that I like the yellow highlights. It's a nice, simple design, and I think that the highlights add a nice bit of life and detail to the ship.

I love the diagonal streets! The fountain is also a terrific detail that I may borrow...

I like the stern chasers :-D

I'm curious as to how you gave that vaguely ovoid doorway its shape. Would you be willing to share the secret with us?

WOW!!!

Remember when we all built our ships out of whatever we had laying around? I tried that about a year ago, when I became frustrated with my family's financial doldrums. I decided I'd use what I already had to get a project completed. I wound up with a blue square made of 2x4 bricks stacked on the back of an old style hull. Not quite the way I remember things. This, on the other hand, actually looks like a ship :-D

I have to say, there is one glaring problem with all of these otherwise perfect ships. They're all for the redcoats :-(

I just noticed this thread is a few months old, but I'm surprised I missed it the first time around. As such, here are my suggestions. If I were you, especially if you're going for a late 1700s era ship, I would look to bring the captain's cabin to a lower level, more flush with the hull, as Phred suggested, and less like the original Lego kit. You can still make great late period ships using the prefab hulls. For the ship decks, you'll probably want to build them using two layers of plates, staggered to add strength. You could also try doing a single plate layer, and then use tiles to form the second layer. This will hold the bottom plate level together, while also making your deck look like a collection of finished planks, rather than a bunch of Lego studs. Another idea, if you're trying to change the look, maybe you could try and reduce the space between each gun. When I made my pride and joy, Thunderchild, it initially had ten guns, but had 4 or 5 studs between each port. Then I realized I could cut it down to as few as three studs, while strengthening the deck supports, and thereby bump it up to a much more respectable (and better looking, in my opinion) fourteen guns. There are a number of really great captain's cabins on the site, though I don't know if we have an index of them. If you dig around, though, you'll find some great ideas for beds, furniture, bookshelves, layout, etc. Lastly, and I suggest this because frankly, I think it looks great, I would suggest adding a chequer pattern to the upper hull, like on Maeve Aulsebrook, as seen here: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=38226 This also gives an example of the tiled deck technique I mentioned earlier.

I totally get the budget constraints, but rather than buying whole sets, why don't you lay it out in LDD, then bricklink or pick-a-brick it?

I love the name! I'm assuming now that you've got your (very nice) design down, you're going to work on a unified color scheme and adding a few details. I highly recommend doing all decks in smooth tile to resemble planks. I recently redid my Thunderchild in that way, and it made a WORLD of difference.