[ESL- FB] Rojo Tormento

[Legostone]

Ay, it has been a while since you have heard anything from my shipyards. We are currently quite occupied with the war, so priorities are there. A couple months ago, a young man stepped up to me and told me he had an idea how we could get the best performance from a Schooner - we spent a couple of weeks planning and built this ship quickly. His promise applied - the ship we build ended up faster than any other ship I had seen before. To save weight, we will, most of the time, not carry guns on it, but if the need arises we have enough space to place 10 6 pounders on the deck. As we don't need to carry munition and gunpowder we have plenty of cargo space on board of this ship. As this speed is unprecedented, we also decided that we may give this ship type its own name - it shall be a Clipper!

Time for pictures? Yes:

Roughly based on the Pride of Baltimore, a Baltimore Clipper.

Size is pretty much like my other 5Fs (Green Winds,  Colour of the Wind, Piece of Eight), so for now this will be licensed as a 5F. I hope we can get faster ships with the new system once it arrives...

[Professor Thaum]

I like those thin and classy fast ship, great sails and nice rigging.

[Capt Wolf]

Beautiful ship. It's the rake of the masts that really makes it.

[blackdeathgr]

As is the case with this one, I've always liked that your fast ships' main decks are so close to sea level as they should be and have acres of sails! My only nitpicking would be that the stern is a bit plain and with "weird" (totally subjective) color choice. 

[2maxwell]

As someone who's been on the real Pride of Baltimore (II), I have to say this is really excellent. It was instantly recognizable as a clipper.

[Bodi]

Nice ship, she's generously provided with sails, the custom hull looks neat, and unlike BD, I find the stern colour lovely, just like a caramel cake.

[Legostone]

On 5/1/2017 at 4:03 PM, Professor Thaum said:

I like those thin and classy fast ship, great sails and nice rigging.

Thanks!

On 5/1/2017 at 4:24 PM, Capt Wolf said:

Beautiful ship. It's the rake of the masts that really makes it.

Thanks! Makes the rigging a bit more difficult than straight masts, but it had to be done for this kind of ship.

On 5/1/2017 at 4:26 PM, blackdeathgr said:

As is the case with this one, I've always liked that your fast ships' main decks are so close to sea level as they should be and have acres of sails! My only nitpicking would be that the stern is a bit plain and with "weird" (totally subjective) color choice. 

 

Well, I do it that way because they should be that low (and if I remember correctly you do the same thing, don't you? ;) The stern is indeed a bit weird (I'm not happy with the brown details on the side either), but I think the plate is quite similar to the original , save on tiny details not replicable without prints or stickers.

On 5/2/2017 at 3:05 AM, 2maxwell said:

As someone who's been on the real Pride of Baltimore (II), I have to say this is really excellent. It was instantly recognizable as a clipper.

Great! That is exactly what should happen:D

On 5/2/2017 at 7:26 AM, Bodi said:

Nice ship, she's generously provided with sails, the custom hull looks neat, and unlike BD, I find the stern colour lovely, just like a caramel cake.

Thanks! Nice comparision :D

[SilentWolf]

This is an excellently done ship. The angled masts are an exceptional part of the beauty of this ship. In addition I really like the way you did the decorations on the stern, and I like the covered boat in the middle of the ship. Excellently done!