Sebeus I

The load they might bear changes depending on what the ship is doing I guess so I'm with Bart, they are probably extra supports, not so critical, maybe just to reduce the cracking sound the wooden deck makes ?

I have the box in excellent condition "lying around" here I am simply not capable to throw it away, I also have the box of the SES, that one is huge Btw, I just bought a second hands Caribbean clipper, the parot figurehead was missing though. When I was looking for my first big hulled lego ship I hated the caribbean clipper because it looked so short and only had one rigging part instead of two. But I learned to love it (I sure do considering it's the second I buy ).

whew, I just stated in another topic that there's no lego Endeavor build yet and then I see this topic It isn't finished yet is it ?

Those posts, they are the pillars supporting the deck ? (sorry, can't find a proper translation).

That's just not realistic, the Endeavor is a ship-of-the-line, it has a 100 cannons, "in all its glory and with good realism" I don't think so , and even if this most unlikely event would occur I won't buy it anyway, would be way too expensive. I'm pretty convinced that there won't even be a "simple" Endeavor to be sold (simple meaning the way the lego black pearl resembles the real one) The closest to the Endeavor you can get would be the Imperial flagship, trust me, I doubt there will ever be an official ship holding more than 4 cannons I guess it's up to you to build your own Endeavor Good luck, now that I think about it, that ship hasn't been built by anyone yet, most people who actually have the bricks and a well -thought over plan tend to go for real historical ship-of-the-lines.

This is very nice, the stern castle is a bit tall for a frigate I must say though but it looks nice either way, love to see more

Thta Jack stone-like pirates weren't my thing either, pirates 4+ it was called I think, man I was dissapointed when that came out, waiting so long for pirates and then I was presented with that silly theme

here you go: Modernisation for the Kahuka's

Don't forget about the catamaran

I like the designs of the sets, maybe you shoudl go for stone sculpted houses decorated with sculpted faces. like this face for example : forbidden cove

There's plenty of room for your own interpretation, the Islanders are not fully defined however some of your questions can be easely answered assuming the Islanders are some kind of variant of the Inca's /Maya's / Aztecs Very unlikely, they probably only keep wild animals which they tamed (crocodiles, parrots and monkey's perhaps ?) Probably not, I'm not sure but I think the spanish brought horses to america and traded them with the locals for gold and stuff (didn't last long before it was no longer trade but theft) so it's possible anyway. I assume they use boats made out of one single tree trunk so the prefab rowboat does not fit very well, however, they could fabricate different boats too so it's really up to you.

Very classic I was 7 when when I demanded the skull cave, I never got it, I got a smaller one instead, vulcano island, I can still hear my mother say "look this is also a skull cave and a lot cheaper " Love it all the way.

Looks very good so far, I think the bow section is a bit blocky though, may I suggest hinge bricks/plates ? (taken from Captain Green Hair's tutoral) The use of these parts allows you to add more detail to the section and you can even add a cannon port in the curve.

I find this funny because you pointed it out, I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise, I speak dutch myself so I made the mistake a lot in the early years I started sharing my creations online, lots of emberassing situations Or actually it's more correct to say that I speak flemish. Anyway, this is a bit off-topic isn't it ? or is it ? the bluecoats on my sinking ship could be dutch

Nice, that section looks very good so far. I watched Master and Commander yesterday (again) and I'm in the mood to build a frigate As for lighter cannons maybe you can use the ones on this ship ? (That's a ship by Bonaparte Napoleon) edit: this forum has a cannon index, why didn't I think of that

Haha, LDD is useless in this case, I never succeed in finishing a digital creation anyway Well, I pretty confident I can build both a stable and a ship so making a stable ship should not be too problematic Anyway,I had some kind of brickbuild frame in mind to support the unstable parts, something you could call a skeleton in the shape of my black hull, attached with clip plates.

I'm not sure either, I still have to find out myself Thank you, I hadn't actually thought about that, on a complete ship with the internal structure the gaps would certainly be less obvious. I want to build a complete ship but this will take much time before I can even start a ship itself, the stern windows for instant aren's so smoothly connected to the rest of the ship and I got to make an estimate on how many parts I'll need, it will take months Well, atleast I'll know what to do after my Flying Dutchman ...I have a what on my chest ? I keep all of my lego in my room, by doing so I limit the chaos into a single space, that space however, my room is disaster, there's lego on the floor, on the shelves for lego, on the shelves for school books as well, on my desk, under my desk, in my desk, on the ceiling (yes, even there), under my bed and when I wake up in the morning also in my bed because somehow I get my best Idea's in the middle of the night. I have a lot of boxes but you know, you can't do anything with lego when it's in boxes, you have to take it out to do something with it and I guess that's what I did :P It's also good to keep myself physically fit, to get to my room I have to take 6 stairs so whenever I have an idea... right That apparatus sounds practical I must say

Do I have a choice ? My old sails are not very usable anymore, I should make new ones I suppose but I'm a real noob at such things like costum sails, costum rigging, costum..anything actually Does someone want to do it for me by any chance ? Oh well, better yet, oh hell, I'll just get some paper and see how it turns out

Stability, the typical tumblehome of such ships, the higher a deck is located, the thinner it is, check out other galleons and see for yourself. Now ofcourse the official lego ships generally don't care much about the tumblehome, the prefab hulls are already a hystorically unaccuracy when used for a waterline model so I suppose it's not usefull to take this quality into considerations when discussing official LEGO ships

Right, I meant the first one but it wasn't so obvious indeed, the black hull isn't really a technique, it's more like a wide interpretation of an inverted roof (litterally wide).

[pid][/pid] 140B Lately I've been trying out some more 'organic' shipbuilding techniques. As far as I know it's unique so if it would work out it shall be referred to as Sebeus' ship curve technique... But for now I'll keep dreaming Anyway: There are a lot of gaps in this technique, litterally. The gaps are very small but they come in great numbers. You need a lot of clip plates and flexible tubes to make anything decent, I have a lot but not enough to make a complete ship so for now I'm satisfied with this sinking variant. Now, I do have some other small projects going on so I won't make a ship in this style soon. Yet I also designed a new hull which I could use for this ship: I originally started this hull thinking about completing my Flying Dutchman (which is a waterline model now). Basically this is a larger version of my tiny black pearl (which I posted here a while ago). Because Black is the color I have most slopes of it was pretty obvious I could as well design a hull for the Black Pearl. it's light and strong, I can easely hold it by the keel and swoosh it about without losing parts. (I took some of cb4's advice ) It's pretty wide but I like it this way. This is a prototype ofcourse, you can see there still are too many different colors in the hull. As long as my Flying Dutchman isn't completed I won't be able to do much with this hull. I hope you found this interesting, feel free to try out my new technique (the organic sinking ship) but be sure to refer to Sebeus' ship curve technique, or else: Really, I insist

I'd love to know that as well, If you find out let me know will ya A program like LDD should automatically keep a record of all parts used, however it could be data hidden from the user

Awesome features, I made a ship with lots of features as well, not a modified set though, I love how the rudder works, it's the one feature I didn't install because it messed up the cabin I must say though that I don't like how the operator buttons are sticking out of the side of the ship, there must be a way to work them in the ship in a more subtile way. Ofcourse these are new hull pieces which offer less possibilities than the old ones. (incase interested, here's (video)).Keep it up, I love functional pirate ships.

yep, the moment I saw it I captured an image and saved it on my computer, it should be around here somewhere on my desktop

Maybe you should use one midsection less, I think it looks too thin and long now. anyway, I see you did a rather special water cutter ( front of the ship, keel).