Swan Dutchman
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Hello everyone, Time for another update on the ship: the sail plan is done! These paper sails have some very thin metal wires at the edges. Thus it's possible to curve the sails slightly giving a 'wind blown' effect. These paper sails will be used to make the final sails made of cloth (that also will contain metal wire at the edges). What do you think?
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The Harrower Class is more like a Star Destroyer as can be seen in the picture below. It's a very cool looking ship indeed. Looking forward to see you building kr-lik! You have a good idea how to make it already. Maybe you can check the forums for more building ideas... many people have build all sorts of Star Destroyers in the past. Good luck!
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That's a cool MOC! I've been thinking about the same scene as part of bookends. Currently I am too busy with another MOC, but I will drop it here anyway in case someone likes the idea: Moria Bookends! On the left side there could be this scene with the west gate opened and the fellowship fighting and fleeing the monster. In the middle you could have your books. And on the right side you could build the East gate where the fellowship is fleeing from orcs this time.
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Hello everyone, The ship is yet another step closer to completion! The rigging is nearly done... still some more to add before it's all done and the for the display I am waiting for some gold fish ornaments to complete the corners. To complete the ship I will make custom sails and flags. Currently I am gathering all information I can find about making these, but if you have any suggestions on how to make them feel welcome to share!
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Awesome build! And your water technique is just fantastic... maybe you could make a tutorial of it?
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Hello, 11 Ships is impressive... you made me curious and I want to see your ships sir Many people use Flickr to share photos of their creations. You can upload pictures of your creations to your Flick-account and link them on this website. Hope this info is of use to you.
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Thank you again CopMike for organizing the raffle and many thanks to everyone for posting their entries. I had a lot of fun watching what everyone came up with this year and saved loads of pictures on my pc. I want to recreate some of the entries to decorate my Christmas tree with
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Thank you for all the comments! The yardarms do look small on the photos. I guess it's because of the camera angle and depth issues. In real they are longer and are the correct size (scaled from a blue-print). Thank you! The ship is based on many ships actually: real ships, other lego ships, but my biggest inspiration has been a ship that was digitally designed (and showed many detailed screenshots). The colour scheme is that of the USS Constitution, just because I like black, white and red. The tubes are custom made pneumatic hoses sold by http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=fasblok . They are bendable, yet firm and keep there shape well. I used some lego bar parts in the beginning of the hoses to give them the right shape and used white hand parts that connects them. Making the ratlines goes well, but slowly... and errors are hard and time-consuming to correct. I want to do it without glue or anything and give it a feel that it's all tied together. However I also don't want a very 'straight' or 'too neat' look for the ratlines either, because that also is not the case with real ships. The mast at the back is done now and I am pleased with that... the technique I am using I now know and I hope to do the other 2 bigger masts more easily.
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Hi everyone, Such cool entries already! Really fun to look at what everyone has come up with this year. The parts for my entry arrived, so here is my entry for this year: a tiny Christmas train. The Christmas train is made of 165 small parts. When hanging it on a string in the Christmas tree it hangs nearly horizontal. More and bigger pictures are on my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66389707@N08/ And thank you CopMike for organizing this! I doubt if I would ever have got the idea of making a tiny train if you hadn't made the theme Christmas tree ornaments.
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Oh, some nice looking entries already! I loved the uncle scrooge creation. I started designing my entry as soon as this thread was posted and an idea popped up... All I have to do now is waiting for my Bricklink parts to arrive I hope to make a picture of my entry somewhere next week.
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Hi everyone, I just made some quick photos of my ship to show you the progress. Bigger pictures are on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66389707@N08/ Regarding the Lego parts the ship is finished, now comes the other half . As you can see I changed some stuff: a new back of the ship (including the lamp designed by Perfectionist) and no more removable deck sections (except the captain's cabin). Instead, all the walls can now be removed to show the interior. As you can see I am currently busy rigging and just began tying the ratlines. The technique I use for the ratlines is very similar to Dread Pirate Wesley's technique. When that's done I have some more rigging to do at the front and at the back of the ship. After that I will start on the sails and flags... no idea how I will do that yet, but I will figure it out in due course .
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[LDD MOC]Zenith - Old Republic escort cruiser
Swan Dutchman replied to Bob De Quatre's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Hey Bob, That's an awesome ship you've designed... it would suit so well in the Old Republic game Looking forward to see the model finished :) -
Hi Wellesly, Looking good so far! If you are looking to buy Lego parts you will find BrickLink very usefull: http://www.bricklink.com/ It's an online, worldwide marketplace where hundreds of sellers and buyers trade their Lego. The nice thing about it is that both buyer and seller have to review each other once the transaction is complete. This gives new people (especially buyers) a good insight in where to buy the stuff they need. I have placed about 30 or 40 orders last 2 years and it all went well. Greetz, Swan Dutchman
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English warship "Revenge" from 1577 in minifigscale 1:50
Swan Dutchman replied to maydayartist's topic in Pirate MOCs
This is not Lego anymore... it's a masterpiece of art! I love all the little details, especially the smooth curve of the ship and how you managed to put in all the little bright colours. Thank you for sharing! -
The 64-gun Ship of the Line Persephone
Swan Dutchman replied to Dread Pirate Wesley's topic in Pirate MOCs
Hi Wesley, I've been following your WIP thread and I must say I am really impressed with the ship. It's so rich in detail that it could be a photo of a real ship :) Well done! -
Thank you for the feedback Mr. Townsend, much appreciated! I've been looking into the possibility of removing the 'wall sections' and it worked :) At first I thought it wouldn't work, because of the rigging attachements, but some of lego's newest parts brought a solution there :) So, at the moment I am altering the ship so that all walls can easily be removed and put back. You are right, without the walls it's much easier to look inside, move the cannons and dust it. Some of the removable top sections will remain as well: places where no hinderance is expected from sails and rigging, like the captains cabin. About the lantarn, it's indeed a bit oversized... do you have a suggestion for a replacement?
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Such a lovely ship Mr Misty The Constitution is one of my favourite ships and you got all the characteristics of it :) And very clever customization with the white and red tape.
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Thank you! I just took a peak at your Flickr page and oh my... your ship is awesome! We do have indeed the same canon design. I found the design in another thread on this web about ship props. So if it was you that posted the design there, thank you very much :) And for the longboat: I didn't think the lego's solid version was good enough, so I started searching to get inspiration and found a threat also on this web that contained longboat designs. I think yours were on it too and I liked what you did with the shape and colours. With these ideas I made a version in LDD at first and began making the back somewhat more angular. I will post some more pictures of the longboat next time. Seeing your rigging and sail making techniques inspires me a lot too: the result is very neat and no glue as far as I can see. I will look into it again when it's time for me to test some rigging techniques.
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Hi everyone, I've been building again somewhat, so it's time to post some new WIP pictures of my ship 'De Ruyter'. Bigger pictures and more pictures of this ship can be found on my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66389707@N08/ As you can see I made a lot of progress on the ship. I still have to do some work on the top deck, before continuing on the front, the masts (note that some parts are replaced with the correct colour) and finally the rigging and sails. The ship has a full interior including captain's cabin, cannons and stove. To be able to view all this when the ship is finished I choose to design the ship with removable upper deck sections as you can see in one of the pictures. Despite these sections the build is still very firm. Enjoy the pictures
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Yes, they will be there as well. With the small cannons I mean something different though. They are the same design as the cannons on the gun deck only a size smaller so they would fit well in the gunports on the upper deck. There is one such small cannon on the second photo, although difficult to see in a first glance because of the background colour.
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Thank you everyone for the comments! The cannons are already there, although hardly visible on the photos. There will be 2 sorts of cannons: bigger ones for the gundeck and small ones for the upper deck. Both are brick build. I will post new photos when I have done some significant building and will include some detail shots like the captain's cabin, the firing cannon scene en the cook on the stove.
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Here are my first WIP pictures of De Ruyter. These pictures (and more) can also be found on my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.co...s/66389707@N08/ The hull took a long time to finish: both because of design and getting all the parts (it's all old brown). Next came the mid-section: I tried various techniques including one that I designed myself (there was no gap anymore bewteen the brown and black part), but at last I had to go with Perfectionist's technique because with the technique I made up a little seem was visible right below the upper deck. The front still requires some designing and as you can see the layout for the headrails is already there (they are going to be white). The mast at the bow actually goes through the hull. The captain's quarter is still in design: I am using the very little flexibility between lego parts to create angels in it. It works really well, and the structure is firm. The ship is going to get a full interior that is still visible when the ship is finished because of removable deck sections. The ship will come with a crew and each crew member will be displayed in little scene, for example the cook at the stove and a sailor making music.
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Hello everyone, Right after finishing my Christmas Entry (November 2012) I started designing, thinking and building on a ship right out of the pirate era / Golden age. I searched the internet and this website and found many beautifull ships and techniques that inspired me a lot. I wanted to make a ship that could suit well with the Dutch VOC ships of that time. I call the ship 'De Ruyter', one of the greatest admirals of the Dutch navy of all time and decided to use the colour scheme of the USS constitution (I can't help it: I really like black, white and dark red together). In the next posts I will place some pictures and a little story about the ship's progress. I want to thank Perfectionist, Admiral Croissant, Captain Green Hair, Dread Pirate Wesley and Mr. Townsend for inspiring me with their beautifull ships and very clever techniques! Greetz, Swan Dutchman Last update:
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Hi there, I already liked the first picture on top when I just opened the topic and was pleasantly suprised when I scrolled down. You actually recreated the whole scene :) Very well executed! Greetz
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This is a piece of art! I really like all the little details, especially the way you made your folded sails (allowing a good view of the ship) and the embedded display.