Cousarmy0001

I figured the circles were for decorative purposes. Perhaps not entirely historically accurate, but nothing wrong with them. Perhaps the ship's owner is wealthy and likes to show off? If I were to improve on it, I might step the circles down a plate or two in the center, like your colored chequers higher on the hull does. Other than that, I would cut the space between the chequers and the circles. This might cause problems with the door to the captain's cabin, so a simple(ish) fix may be to change the door so it opens inward, and then change it so there is a quarter deck on the aft of the ship, a brick level or two higher than the main deck, which would run the rest of the way forward This would lower most of the hull while allowing your captain's cabin to remain unchanged. For the record, I like your chequer pattern. I've done a similar thing on almost all of my ships, I think it looks really good.

I'm kinda meh on the hull itself (it looks [to me] like the main deck needs to be a couple of bricks lower), but your interiors are on point! Lots of small details and clever addons that really give it character and make it a nice build. Well done!

My large ship (which uses the CGH method minus the bottom layer of 2x4s) is on the larger hulls, but they're still 8 studs long, just as the smaller hulls are. Unfortunately, I'm on the other side of the country from my ships right now, so I can't really provide fresh pictures, but here's a picture of the LDD file for one of my smaller ships. The gun ports are dummies on this ship, but it demonstrates what I mean by having the ports lower in the hull, below the top of the hull pieces. On reviewing my larger ship, they're not below the top of the hull pieces (they're flush with it), but again, that ship has five center pieces. I really think if you continue with your current build, the final product is going to be too tall. I'd recommend either cutting the guns until they'll fit on just the center sections, or adding a center section and lowering what you have into the gap. It's your ship, of course, so do with her as you like.

Looking at my large ship in the light of day, I realized I skipped the initial layer of 2x4s with her as well. It's linked in my signature, though that's the 14 gun version. I've since added a hull section with four guns, and tiled the whole thing. If you like, I can post some pictures to show what I'm talking about.

I'd like to echo Kurigan on the number of guns. The smaller number certainly looks nicer- and you'd need at least two studs between each port to fit cannons anyway. In all of my ships, I have 3-4 studs between each port, unless they're not a dedicated man of war. I would suggest trying to make the hull lower, if possible. This may necessitate cutting her to 8 guns instead of 10, but I think it would make the ship look more balanced, unless you're going to add hull sections. I love the CGH method, but I find it's extremely difficult to work into vessels that aren't very long. I've got three ships that I'm proud of, but only one of them has tumblehome at all (with the CGH method), and it's 5 sections long. The other two ships have one and two center sections respectively. In both I played with a few tumblehome methods during the design phase, and gave up for both because it's too difficult to work in for such a small ship. In CGH's tutorial, he says to put a layer of 2x4s on top of the center sections before building out for the effect, but if you're building a shorter ship, it may look disproportionately tall. If you're going to stick to the CGH method here, I would advise modifying it by eliminating the 2x4s so that your gun deck (and by extension your hull) sits lower. Otherwise she looks like she'll roll over. With two center pieces, you should still be able to comfortably fit 8 guns into her, maybe still 10 if you cut it to three studs, and get a little creative. It is possible to have a captain's cabin while making your hull lower. You'll just need to have the lower part of it formed by the stern piece. I have three ships I've done this with that use the old style hull, and all of them have pretty decent cabins. With a ship this short, I would recommend having the side windows actually sitting on the hull section, or with a plate or two beneath them at the most. In all honesty, though, if you're going to build a smaller ship using prefab hulls, the new style are much better for it.

Much better! Thank you, kind sir!

The link you gave goes to a file icon :-(

Any update on an LDD for the ship itself? I've had a hand on it, and I've mostly gotten the lower hull (I think), but I haven't really been able to figure out a transition to the deck and tumblehome.

I'm kinda meh on the additional mast, but I definitely like the upgraded sails in general. The original plan seemed a bit light.

I love it! I don't suppose you have an LDD file for it, that I could bother you for?

All right, it's close enough to being done, and I'm tired of waiting to post this. Behold! The 98% finished church! It just needs a few roof tiles, windows, and the right colored parts for the candles! Thoughts? Also, I should probably think of a name. It's Protestant, any suggestions? I'm kinda thinking "Werkelijk Grote Kerk".

I'm on the fence here. I'd be glad to see more pirate stuff being released, regardless of whether it be doll or minifig, but I mostly prefer minifig because I want to make certain there's a steady supply of them. I design most of my own stuff, and haven't really been interested in any sets for some time (I bought a few of the sets released a few years ago, but mostly for the minifigs and to support the line). It would be good for younger generations to have pirate sets to get into, just like most of us did, so for that reason, I personally don't care if they're minifigs or dolls (I'd prefer both). That said, Phes is allowed to dislike things, and respond with the sick pirate emoji or whatever you want to call that. It's not like he wrote a huge post insulting you- in fact, the face wasn't even directed at you to begin with.

@Robin_IV Well, that's the Cutty Shark that Kurigan referenced, but this actually does help as I didn't notice the link on the page Kurigan linked. Sorry, Kurigan. This actually does give me some ideas. Thanks guys :-)

@kurigan I thought I remembered you making something along those lines, but I couldn't remember which ones, and the website search feature is kind of annoying. The Cutty Shark is a bit more than what I'm after (and lacks good closeups of the hull), but I agree is absolutely gorgeous. I can see why you prefer brick built hulls now, if that's what inspired you. It makes me wonder if I would too if the ship that inspired me had used one as well. I've always loved your smaller ships, Bumblebee in particular, but I have a bit of concern about their stability. The bricks are all stressed, right? In looking over the thread, we actually briefly talked about doing this on a larger scale, and in LDD. I think that would take an absurd amount of time, and while that's kind of the point, it's a bit more than I really want to spend for a ship I probably won't build. If I could make a Bumblebee style hull in a larger scale, though, I would be quite happy with it. I may try it anyway. I should mention, I actually plan to have redcoat and bluecoat fleets, and someday harbors for both, plus a harbor and fleet for pirates (all a long way from completion). At the moment the bluecoats have the 18-gun Thunderchild and two smaller 6-gun ships, at least one of which I plan to break up and make into another 18-gun ship similar to Thunderchild (though with a slightly lighter build and different deck armament). For the redcoats I have two of the 2011 Imperial Flagships, and plan a paddlewheel steamer with a very similar build to the Flagships. While significantly weaker than the bluecoats in terms of firepower, I figure the ability to move against the wind will be its own significant advantage (I may give them another ship at some point as well). So I kinda thought of this Warrior-esque ship as an answer to their steamer some day. @TomSkippy I appreciate the suggestion, but it's a bit brick-ier than I'd like. I may fiddle with it, though, and see if I can make it into something better suited to what I'm after. You do have the correct Warrior, though. The painting which really inspired me was this one: https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/hms-warrior-escorting-the-royal-yacht-victoria-and-albert-march-1863-25525 which is an absolutely gorgeous paining that I can't seem to find for sale anywhere. This is what I have in terms of attempts so far. The center one is far too brick-y, with the steps between each piece being far bigger than I'd like. The far one has the knife look that I'd like, but I don't like the large gap between the hinge plates. The near one is pretty good in terms of shape, but it would be really really long if I tried to take it out to 18 studs. I'm probably going to have to narrow the hull considerably and try staggering the guns, in all honesty. I also don't really like the three gaps in each brick.

Hey all, So I'm bored while I'm waiting for my finances to improve to the point where I can continue work on a few projects, and I pass a lot of that time doing research or playing in LDD instead of working on my college degree. I recently fell in love with a painting of HMS Warrior, and decided to try and build something Warrior-esque in LDD. I'm really not liking what I've got so far for the bow, though, and was wondering if anybody could point me to an existing MOC that has a raked/clipper bow which I could draw inspiration from/steal. I'd like the ship to reach 18 studs in width, and I'm planning on a brick built waterline hull as the prefab hulls are nowhere near a clipper bow (and I've never seen one with a black/yellow/red color scheme). Anybody got anything?

If I'm understanding your question correctly, I would recommend ending the rails at those points, and finding a reason to justify it, such as putting a carronade there, or connecting your rigging there. I only have one ship actually built that uses the technique (the rest are too small to justify the effort), but that's what I did on it.

The best redcoat ship I've ever seen! They should all be like this!

Thank you, sir!

What's the link?

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH Who lives in a sunken ship under the sea?

When I read "junk", I expected a poorly made ship Nicely done, sir! This little guy would be right at home on the Yangtze.

I've had family over, and haven't had a chance to really look at it. I'll have something later on.

I have to give you props on this. You've made one of the worst ships ever made by Lego look something resembling decent!

Thank you, kind sir! I immediately sat down and built one in LDD. Very clever work on your part, as usual. Maybe someday when I'm rich and famous, I can make it to one of these shows to see some of your ships in person. Keep up the amazing work!

I love the windows at the back, though I saw that before I saw the rest of the ship, and expected something much larger with how grand those windows look. It's a very unique choice that I think looks really great. Perhaps the captain has big plans for his future, or finds himself entertaining company on a regular basis? When I got back into Lego several years ago now, I initially used sails from the old sets, but I gave those up very quickly (partially because I couldn't believe how much the sails cost, partially because they're kind of restrictive). When I say "quickly", I mean to the point that by the time I finished my first MOC in its original configuration, it had custom sails. Fortunately, this site has a lot of great information on how to do pretty much everything. For instance, if you want to take a stab at your own sails, there's a very good tutorial here: Also, you might want to check out what is probably the most common hull building technique on this site, commonly referred to as the "Captain Greenhair Method". It can be kind of annoying, especially if you try to set it up in a digital design program, and takes a little tinkering, but the finished product looks great. I really like the old bow and stern hull pieces, but I've found they are typically best used for larger ships. The newer hull ends are readily adaptable to either large or small ships, IMO, and are typically easier to work with (especially at the stern). I still like the old ones, though, because I'm old and I like a challenge! It's good to see other ships coming out using them regardless of size. That you've built such a nice smaller ship on them is a testament to your capabilities. I'm looking forward to seeing where you go with your next project! I just noticed that you said you want a ship your son can play with without having to fix things constantly. If you're after that with your bluecoat ship, I advise against the Greenhair method as it's a little fragile. If you want a ship for yourself, though, you might want to examine it.