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In my quest for cannons smaller than the official spring loaded variety, I have come up with two options that I quite like. I have seen some other common cannons that use the 1x3 wing and I think that is an absolutely perfect piece for this job. What I have done differently is using the 1x1 round stud with bar to attach the barrel and bring the sides in closer. This makes the footprint of the gun almost exactly 3x3. And here is a peek at how the inside goes together. Another even smaller gun I've been working on. This one uses the candle stick for the barrel for a very small point defense gun, ideal for shallow water merchant vessels. The two halves would go together with a piece of flexible tubing cut down to fit into the clip and then the open hole in the 1x1 round stud (I just don't know how to model that in stud.io). While this canon is very cute I'm still on the fence about trying to build it irl. It seems a bit silly to have a deck gun so small instead of a swivel gun; but I guess whose to say there weren't some captains who made poor decisions!

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This is fantastic!

Love how you used that raised baseplate!

The tan is an attempt to mimic very pale brown which I have seen in a few ship paintings.

Thanks for the advice!

Thanks! I definitely think some experiments with tiles could be nice. My local PAB wall has 2x2 curved slopes in black so maybe Ill get a cup this weekend. I'm not so good with stud.io so I built the entire hull as a prototype and it looks more curvy irl than on the computer .... or maybe my eyes just don't work so well haha!

Ahoy mateys! When I saw this contest I knew that my only option was me beloved Armada Flagship. My parents got me this ship for my 12th birthday many moons ago. It has a special place in my heart despite its... interesting color scheme. Since the old two-tone ship hulls are long discontinued I decided to make my own out of plates and snot construction. My goal with this new hull was to make something around the same size as the original but with space below the waterline for hauling treasures. The new plate-based construction gives the same floor space at the bottom but as it tapers out towards the gun deck it ends up being 4 plates wider than the original. I plan to build this irl once my budget allows. I hope to reuse my original cloth sails from 6280, but since they are not modeled in stud.io little white clouds will have to do instead haha. I made the cabin and forecastle as tall as I could to maintain the dip in the middle of the ship where the single cannon would be. At the bow you can see how the plates change directions three times. I prototyped this with real lego before building digitally and it is remarkably strong, no technic needed! The new and improved armament boasts 6 small caliber guns on each side. This is not some warship armed to the teeth, but at least now it can hold its own against the Barracuda. The captains cabin decked out in gold. This is the spot I decided it was best to sneak in some red from the original color scheme. The figurehead, I had always envisioned the original as the head of a sea monster. Inside the cabin is not much room but a HUGE improvement over the zero interior space on the original. And of course the hold is filled with Spanish treasure! Here is a link to the stud.io file if anyone wants to take a closer look: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AcKbxQ2oPNGGTmdyK3Ams-dOzf5-12uJ/view?usp=sharing Thanks! @Mister Phes Can you add this to the entries index?