Sebeus I Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 (edited) [pid][/pid] 130D Flying Dutchman / Hollandais Volant / Vliegende Hollander She's finally finished, with a total length of 129 studs (about 1 meter) and a max. width of about 26 studs she's my largest MOC ship so far. A special thanks for you guys, for supporting , suggesting , correcting and everything else you did in the WIP tread :shark:This ship would not have been what it is now. This was also the first time I shared my progress in a WIP tread, I'm happy I did. The Flying Dutchman engaging into battle with the Spanish Galleon - Brickmania Wetteren 2012 Terrorizing the great sea - Brickmania Wetteren 2013 The port side: The ship has a total lenght (stern lanterns to tip of prow) equally to 10 cars lined up. Well, more pictures can be found in my Brickshelf Gallery.I'm going to make a mocpage as well and probably post a picture at Flickr.I don't have anything big planned for now, I might do some more experimenting with IR broadside cannons but I also want to build some more in other themes besides Pirate (but don't worry, I still have plenty of pirate ships in stock).Either way, I don't think I'll demolish this ship anywhere soon, I'm going to keep it forever (atleast some years). I hope you liked it. I also added it to Cuusoo, a ship the way I made it might not make a realistic set but it could increase chances of an official Flying Dutchman set eventually. - - - - - UPDATE (18/07/2012) - - - - - My Cuusoo project drew attention of a rather influent youtube lego reviewer (has over 12000 subscribers) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Edited September 5, 2014 by Sebeus I Quote
Walter Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Oooh-ahhh! It's so impressive! Looks like all that hard work payed off. Congrats! Quote
hobbes5a Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Oh that's a beast!! Just like the real thing! Congrats! Quote
ZCerberus Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 This is definitely going to need to be blogged. I was here first, so take that suckas!!! [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp] Quote
LittleMarshmallow Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Ok, and who is suprised? That is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO awesome and and... I'm speechles. Good work. Very good! Quote
The Joker1 Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 WOW that truely is amazing there are so many details in it. I particularly love the back of the cabian with the seaweed and bits of sea creatures attatched to it. Quote
______ Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 It's finished! And what a beauty she is! This ship is seriously one of the best ones I've seen, the WIP thread was also very good for seeing how you made it! The stern is fantastic, all the detail is just marvelous, and the ship itself is full of so many great details! I absolutely love this thing. Quote
De Sandman Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 WTF...i've wetted myself...twice , O MY GOD..this is one of the most amazing ships i've ever seen :pir-wub: , i can't get my eyes of it, it makes my skin crawl, jitters popping up...i wan't one!!!! No seriously, you've nailed this one, it's so detailled, during your build i must say i had my doubts how this was turning out, but you've outdone yourself . Quote
Captain Roger Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 I don't like the fact you use real ropes instead LEGO ropes. Despite of this, great MOC, faithful to the POTC ship Quote
Sebeus I Posted April 3, 2012 Author Posted April 3, 2012 I don't like the fact you use real ropes instead LEGO ropes. Despite of this, great MOC, faithful to the POTC ship I tried using original rigging pieces (link) but that just wasn't what I want it to be. And because lego strings practically only come in black (which is a color I tried to avoid as much as possible) I decided the costum rigging was the best alternative. Still, it makes me a bit sad that my ship is not 100% LEGO. Quote
Brinstar Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 This is absolutely incredible. I know you have made some fine MOC's Sebeus but I think you have really excelled yourself this time. Its a strangely beautiful model and captures the original source material very well. Any idea how many pieces it took to make? Quote
rriggs Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Very nice work and very authentic! I bet it doesn't float though... Cheers Rog Quote
Sebeus I Posted April 3, 2012 Author Posted April 3, 2012 This is absolutely incredible. I know you have made some fine MOC's Sebeus but I think you have really excelled yourself this time. Its a strangely beautiful model and captures the original source material very well. Any idea how many pieces it took to make? I don't have the slightest clue, I weighted the ship (4,2 kg) and based on that (I know it's silly) I estimated...6000 pieces... but that could be wrong for more than 2000 Quote
Horry Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Ooh, I was looking forward to this one and it turned out to be more than worth the wait. This is absolutely incredible, Sebeus! I like every bit of it, from the choice of colours to the ornaments... congratulations, this is going to be one of the big MOCs around here Quote
Duck Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 Wow! Words cant explain how impressive this is! If TLC ever get around to releasing their own Flying Dutchman chances are it will look tiny compared to this one! Well done! Quote
Captain Blackmoor Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 Is that all you have to say about this huge, magnificient, impressive, mind-blowing vessel? You have outdone yourself Sebeus, fantastic work all round! From the details to the shapes, it's all top-notch. When you started with this ship I was hoping you knew what kind of challenge it would become, and you've pulled it off in a most impressive way. Congratulations! And oh, look at that wonderful tag of yours! Quote
Frank Brick Wright Posted April 5, 2012 Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) but I'm a real noob at such things like costum sails, costum rigging, costum..anything actually Judging from your shrouds I don't see where is the noob part They are great and fit fantastically the ship!I'm actually speechless. If this was a normal ship it would be impressive for its details and scale… But it's not! It's the FD, with incredible detail, shape and accuracy! You have gathered the ship's look in the stern, bow, everywhere… The masts in that colorscheme turned out great, the captain's cabin also, there is but one place that I dislike: the capstan That capstan isn't looking finished yet, tough I know you went for lots of consideration with that. Anyway, at a ship at this scale, who notices the capstan? As I said in the WIP this is probably one of the best vessels ever done! Great job! And you can clearly notice your progress from builder since your last FD… Fantastic! Edited April 5, 2012 by Frank Brick Wright Quote
Sebeus I Posted April 5, 2012 Author Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) Ooooh a moc expert oh and I also became...a knight! I thought about making a new siggy for this occasion but I like my old one too much. Btw, I updated my post with a new video, I had to make the soundtrack myself (because of youtube license problems) Because of that it's not as good as the original music :S but atleast there is an continue track. Edited April 5, 2012 by Sebeus Iniwum Quote
Legonardo Posted April 6, 2012 Posted April 6, 2012 Is that all you have to say about this huge, magnificient, impressive, mind-blowing vessel? tis called speachlessness well done on your new title, Its very much deserved! Do you plan to finish the other side or leave it for interior? Quote
Brig. Brick Posted April 6, 2012 Posted April 6, 2012 wonderfull ship! three things are impressive here: 1. the color scheme 2. the custom rigging and the most important 3. the rest! Quote
Sebeus I Posted April 6, 2012 Author Posted April 6, 2012 tis called speachlessness well done on your new title, Its very much deserved! Do you plan to finish the other side or leave it for interior? Someday I'll finish the other side, when I gathered enough parts. At this moment I can't even start building the other side, my old grey collection is exhausted, I have like only three 1x2 grey bricks left I'll need quite some minifigure legs as well and I'm also out of dark tan... Overall, it would take another big investment Quote
Tomcat RIO Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 Words escape my mouth!! Wonderful techniques, design, details. everything!! 2 thumbs up!! Quote
I Scream Clone Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 This is amazing work Sebeus! I love all the details crammed in like the turtle heads. The colour scheme is some of my favourite colours as well so all round. Frontpaged as well! Quote
Dapper-D2 Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 Impressive! Your time and effort has really paid off! Quote
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