kaiju Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) The capture of the Bonnie Lass by Montgomery DuLac's Night's Gold was a surprise to many, especially DuLac himself, who had no particular interest in owning the warship, nor the crew for a ship twice the size of his own. A few days in port, and with repairs to both ships underway, DuLac encountered an old frenemy: Elspeth Harrow. Miss Harrow was in the market for a ship, and so ownership quickly changed hands again. Now-Captain Harrow immediately set about gathering a crew of her own. She found time to get the ship blessed by a priest of the Lord of Deep Waters, and rechristened the ship Maiden of the Deep. At dusk the next day Harrow set sail with a ship full of battle-ready sailors and marines. As for DuLac and his crew, well, that many doubloons bought many a drink before they too set sail. I tried a few new things on this. The hull design was inspired by Hass Kabal's Jackdaw project over in Pirate MOCs. Not entirely convinced by the sails, but I wanted to get this posted up. I may post the alternate, sail-less version later, possibly with some crew (and a hatch to the lower decks added - the things you only realise you missed after uploading the pics). The cabin sides are hinged to open outwards, though I've yet to fully furnish the interiors. Not sure how viable this would be as an actual build; the interior is quite hollow and lacking in structural supports because I was lazy and more concerned with the outward appearance. And I just realised I forgot the rudder... more pics later, it looks. Edited October 14, 2016 by kaiju Quote
Kai NRG Posted June 4, 2016 Posted June 4, 2016 Very cool ship, I like the shape you've achieved and the gold on the back really pops! Quote
kaiju Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 Great ship, loving your sails! Thanks. I was worried about the sails; trying a different layout left a few gaps. Very cool ship, I like the shape you've achieved and the gold on the back really pops! Thank you. Quote
Garmadon Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Very nice a powerful looking ship, the technic sails are excellent, and the shape and stern with the gold details are great as well! A couple of pieces of nitpicks I have would be that the bowsprit should be thicker - at least I'm thinking that a thicker one would look a lot better on such a large ship - and that the spanker sail rather clashes in texture with the others, maybe tiling it off would have matched better. Excellent job overall though! Quote
kaiju Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Very nice a powerful looking ship, the technic sails are excellent, and the shape and stern with the gold details are great as well! A couple of pieces of nitpicks I have would be that the bowsprit should be thicker - at least I'm thinking that a thicker one would look a lot better on such a large ship - and that the spanker sail rather clashes in texture with the others, maybe tiling it off would have matched better. Excellent job overall though! Thanks. You're right about the spanker sail; I couldn't work out how to make it with the technic panels so the plate version was an uneasy substitute. As for the bowsprit, I'm not sure if the answer is to make it thicker or extend the length of it. Some of the pictures on google have fairly long looking bowsprits. Maybe both. In any case, both are quite valid observations. Edited June 7, 2016 by kaiju Quote
Jacob Nion Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 Impressive ship! The colour scheme works great and it truly deserves class 4A. My small nitpicks would be that the curved lines of the hull are not reflected in the shape of the weather deck. Maybe it would look more harmonic if the deck amidships was laying a bit deeper than the fore- and aft castle. Quote
kaiju Posted June 15, 2016 Author Posted June 15, 2016 Impressive ship! The colour scheme works great and it truly deserves class 4A. My small nitpicks would be that the curved lines of the hull are not reflected in the shape of the weather deck. Maybe it would look more harmonic if the deck amidships was laying a bit deeper than the fore- and aft castle. Y'know, I tried the curved(ish) deck but wasn't happy with the results so ended up scrapping it. It's certainly a thing I'll be looking at improving on in the future. Quote
Maxim I Posted October 14, 2016 Posted October 14, 2016 On 15-6-2016 at 1:49 PM, kaiju said: Y'know, I tried the curved(ish) deck but wasn't happy with the results so ended up scrapping it. It's certainly a thing I'll be looking at improving on in the future. Sorry for the bump, is it possible to reupload the pictures? Thanks! Quote
kaiju Posted October 14, 2016 Author Posted October 14, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, Maxim I said: Sorry for the bump, is it possible to reupload the pictures? Thanks! Just as soon as photobucket starts working again for me. OK, that seems to be working for me now. Edited October 14, 2016 by kaiju Quote
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