[OL - FB5] The 'Diligente'

[Kolonialbeamter]

Ahoy once more, laddies!

Yes, it's another ship. The last one - maybe even for a while, since I'm all out of medium ship-MOC ideas.
Well, let's get to it:

The 'Diligente'



Convinced of the potential of a new hull design developed by naval architects at the Royal Shipyards in Breshaun, two keels were laid down. The first one would later be known as Commerce de Breshaun - which proved resistant to even the most perilous sea conditions. The second one was to become a warship, now finally launched in late May 616 AE - and she will hopefully be as seaworthy as her civil cousin!
The Diligente is a frigate of 32 guns - 26 twelve-pounder long guns on the upper deck, 6 eight-pounders on the quarterdeck, plus eight-pounder bow- and stern-chasers. A nimble vessel, agile, yet armed to the teeth - may she serve the Empire diligently!









about:
As always - all can be built, except for flags and sails, and one would have to use minifig hands to assemble the handrails at the beakhead.
Can't make out major differences to Commerce de Breshaun? Thanks, I take this as a compliment Diligente intentionally looks similar to a high degree to emphasize her affinity with Commerce de Breshaun, but it took a major effort during the redesign to keep this look The entire broadside concept had to be adapted to apply the new colors and to make space for gunports, yet increasing her structural integrity, not to mention (re-)rigging her, deck re-work, minifigs, and so on. With 6500+ parts, Diligente's piece-count is 1500 pieces higher than Commerce de Breshaun's. All in all I think I spent way more time redesigning Diligente than I spent on constructing Commerce de Breshaun in the first place - but she was worth every minute

C&C welcome!

Vive le Roi!

[TitusV]

KB, you made me at odds with myself: the LEGO-fan in me wants to see a ship of yours every hour, but the Eslandolan in me is afraid of the Oleander fleet you're maintaining on your own!

Congratz, great one again

[Tezclatipoca]

Again an excellent vessel !

I particularly like the stern and your brick build flag ! So great design !

Great job !

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Beautiful, like the predecessors.

I saw some great details on this one, but as usual, I am keeping my comment short

[Capt Wolf]

Another gorgeous ship! I'd have to go back through them all to be sure, but I think this one is one of my favorites. Great lines and proportions; there's just something very sleek about this one. Beautiful bow. All your effort paid off.

[SkaForHire]

Well, that is freaking fantastic looking.

Nice thing is, when the new ranks come out, this will be well above a 5HA.... so some good punch for the Oleon Navy! Beautiful as always!

[Kai NRG]

You are sure churning these out fast; but every one is just so good that they're all a pleasure to see! I especially like the stern on this one, but the shooting cannon ball is really neat too!

[blackdeathgr]

When you post a ship, i am always speechless am i find myself studying it in case i get around building something similar with my meager numbers of bricks! Oh, and it would be really devastating if you ran out of ideas

[gedren_y]

Is her name a reference to Wing Commander? Please tell me she is being commanded by Commodore Taggart!

[Garmadon]

How ever is that a medium sized ship? Excellent job once again, KB, the sailplan looks great, and I see your Oleon flags are just getting larger and larger! Keep it up! (Building ships, that is, not necessarily making larger flags every time! )