SuperSirLink

Thanks! The goal was to make it resemble the Unicorn, not copy it. In that regard I hope it does. I wanted a ship that could be a pirate ship and looked like it came right out of Sid Meier's Pirates! Narrow the poop deck, like maybe moving the angled walls in 1 stud? I was planning on doing the sails as they were on the Unicorn, though I am not sure yet on the square bow spirt sail...

Looks like a highly modified Imperial Flag Ship. If you plan to build this, you might find those robot legs are not easily obtained in great quantities and can be pricey... Looks good though!

Great Job! Looking forward to seeing it fully completed!

another update:

small update... worked some on the bow... Think some verticals between the flex cables will be the finishing touch...

I couldn't resist grabbing that shot. You mean the arches under the windows? It is incomplete. I still have more to do on the bow, going to try and fill in the bowspirit to the cable rails... I am also going to try and make some vertical connections between the two flex cables... I have defiantly found that to be the hardest to work with. Especially since LDD is not much help with the flex cables... It will probably take me a few more tweaks till I get something that that fits with the rest of the ship... I am trying to get something that resembles this: here Might not be too late to play with adding some jummper plates... I have not started building the gun walls yet... The deck will be removable at that level, but given it was natural light, it would take a bit to recreate... I think it gives a nice effect of light coming into the cabin through the windows, even though in actuality it is coming over them... Thanks to a little cropping... No PS effects, everything else was natural. I actualy had a flatter railing but it didn't look like it fit very well. seemed to abrupt.

Another update... Waiting on some parts to finish the captain's cabin, as well as the bow...

I have: 6243 Brickbeard's Bounty 10210 Imperial Flagship 4195 Queen Anne's Revenge Used to have 6268 Renegade Runner as a kid, but it has long since disappeared... I wanted Black Seas Barracuda so badly as a kid, but never got it...

Wow that's big! Do you have other pics to post? Would be nice to see from the side...

Actually wasn't too bad... But yeah, I am not sure if the pics do the color justice, but I think they are a nice color for a natural wood feel... Wish they made them in 1x4 and 1x8... Darn Lego's color selection... I played with that for a while one night... Hard to do since I can't put the 1x1s and the end. It is hard to tell from the pictures, but those 1x2's in the front are only held down with one stud, they overlap a tile one plate level below to transition to the sloped 1x1s... It would have been easier if they made 1x4s or 1x3s... Although that part is so small compared the the rest of the deck, it is less obvious when the rest of the deck in on...

Another small update... still need a few key parts to continue the build...

Cool! Thanks for the help with that!

I like it! Adds a nice touch!

Got my vote as well! :)

Thanks that helps alot! I think I realized what was wrong with mine, I had the curve bowing out toward the top, but it was above the bottom of what is going to be my bow spirit. (I don't have the curves for it in due to LDD limitations) Here is how I had it: Here is version, err 6 maybe How is this? Do I need to drop the curve down?

I actual did that, but I dont think you can tell from the pics. Thanks, Sebeus. Thats very helpful. This is great feedback guys! So I think I will focus some more time on the prow. I think I might build the water for when I want to MOC a scene. I designed it so the ship will lift right out (didnt alter the ship any , except the rudder). I think a nice happy medium would be to set the water line at line "D" of that pic I posted. (which is where I think it will be once I fill in with the 1x1s) Hopefull some more bricklink orders will start arriving soon, so I can get some more pics of real brick posted.

Thanks for the feedback guys! I am still trying to make sure I understand. When you refer to a "waterline model" in context to a prefab hull, the waterline is typically the surface the hull is sitting on, correct? Which mine is not, since I built a deck under the gun deck. As I am waiting for parts and reviewing the design, I began to wonder if that would look out of place. For me having the interior was a big part of this project, so that what started me to wonder how to make it more appealing from the outside. That is where I came up with the two concept. Building out the full hull would make the question of where the water line is, irrelevant. But that doesnt look right, and a brick built hull is more of a challenge than I want to under take right now. (I do want to try my hand at that someday, but I will save it for another ship). The other being to build the water, thus removing the uncertanty of where the water line was. Thinking there was I can have the best of both worlds, interior detail in a prefab hull, and not have it look silly when viewed from the outside. Sebeus, when you say not to make it into a waterline model, are you saying not to build the base (thus hiding the prefab hull) or do you mean not to alter the design so that the bottom is the waterline? I am not to clear on that. Frank, I see what you mean about the prow. The curve should start closer to the waterline. Think mine is too straight, yes? Thanks for the feedback, absoutley taking it to heart. While I am not trying to base this on a historical ship (and not worried about being 100% accurate), I still want it to look like it fits.

I agree, it didn't really look "right" to me... But like I said, I was bored... I have a lot of admiration for those who have done complete brick built hulls... It is really challenging to design a structure that curves 3 different ways... Having said that, the water moc up is growing on me. So I am still wondering where the water line should be... I was setting it at the line labeled "C", am I far off? I am guessing that by looking at my reference ship would have been just below the white (as you stated would have been for hull protection).

All of the brown, or just to the slopes (which is where i was ruffly placeing it). I am loosley basing it on this (Unicorn 1665), hence the white. If I build the full keel, I would definitely build a base. That one is pretty cool.

Great job on the box art!

Got bored waiting for bricklink orders to arrive... Began thinking about how to deal with the fact that the bottom of the ship didn't represent the water line... Came up with two options of dealing with this... Would like to know what everyone thinks. Should I use either of these two ideas? Would love your feedback! Inspired by Siercon and Coral's water...

Well done! You might want to look at making the dark grey follow the line of the dark red against the dark brown hull, so you wont have that harsh corner between the grey and brown. Just a suggestion... But given there weren't any dark brown plates... I think is well done for using parts from two...

I voted the new ones... They are more versatile... The old ones needed a 4x4 plate to attach them, never cared for that, even back then... I also prefer the technic pin attachment points vs the old way. Provides more ways to build on the masts themselves...

You hand painted them? Even better! But what is the material?

I agree, don't give up on her now. Start fleshing her out in real brick and adjustments along the way!