MOD The Modified Black Seas Barracuda

[Jreacher]

173D

Another one of my favorite ships that I decided to modify. Now this one I turned into and Imperial Ship. Mostly because I have no imperial ships. It now has 6 cannons, a full deck, and a few other things. Hope you like it.

Untitled by K R, on Flickr

I took your advice and added a yellow stripe to the ship. I think it makes it look much better. Also you will notice in the above pic it now had 4 cannons and an improved deck. More pics to come in the future.

Untitled by jreacher2003, on Flickr

Untitled by jreacher2003, on Flickr

The flickr Link to the rest!

https://www.flickr.c...57651327018300/

Edited July 16, 2015 by Jreacher
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[Captain Braunsfeld]

Another good modification (and I like the pics on flickr).

A suggestion for improvement: The section around the guns is now pretty much black. You might want to add another colour to lighten it up (maybe continue a streak of yellow which is already a decorative element on the ship).

Brick on!

(Just thinking that we should rename your post to "MOD" instead of "MOC")

[Jreacher]

Another good modification (and I like the pics on flickr).

A suggestion for improvement: The section around the guns is now pretty much black. You might want to add another colour to lighten it up (maybe continue a streak of yellow which is already a decorative element on the ship).

Brick on!

(Just thinking that we should rename your post to "MOD" instead of "MOC")

Thanks for the tips, I think adding color to that area would look good also.

BTW I really love your re-make of the Sea Serpeant!! Very awesome ship!

[James Wellington]

Great MOD! I really like it. I also see you have quite a Redcoat/Pirate collection. Welcome to Eurobricks! Keep on building.

[dr_spock]

Nice MOD. Good to see Redcoats.

[VintageLegoEra]

Cool...To make it even more like the imperial, i would suggest you to get the Blue sails from the carribean clipper or the sails from the set 10210 then it will be 100% imperial ship ;)

[Captain Roger]

Nice MOC, but try to put 6 cannons instead 3. In any case, great work!!

[Jreacher]

Nice MOC, but try to put 6 cannons instead 3. In any case, great work!!

I was thinking of adding more cannons also. I think in the future ill tear down the deck and sides and see what I can do. I think I could add 4 to each side without too many mods to the original design of the hull.

[Captain Dee]

Aha - another BSB has been converted into a more fitting service! Like so many other Pirates fans, I never could understand why Lego gave the pirates larger and more heavily armed vessels when reality was the exact opposite. It's instantly recognizable (do to it being a MOD and not a complete redesign) and, apart from the solid black on the sides, looks pretty good to me. We all know the striped sails are cartoonish, but the red-and-white works as well here as the blue-and-white did for the Caribbean Clipper from the same wave of sets. This would look pretty good docked alongside the first IFS - or, better yet, giving a crew of scurvy dogs the what-for!

[Jreacher]

Aha - another BSB has been converted into a more fitting service! Like so many other Pirates fans, I never could understand why Lego gave the pirates larger and more heavily armed vessels when reality was the exact opposite. It's instantly recognizable (do to it being a MOD and not a complete redesign) and, apart from the solid black on the sides, looks pretty good to me. We all know the striped sails are cartoonish, but the red-and-white works as well here as the blue-and-white did for the Caribbean Clipper from the same wave of sets. This would look pretty good docked alongside the first IFS - or, better yet, giving a crew of scurvy dogs the what-for!

Yea I could never understand why all the classic pirates sets gave the Imperials such small ships. It wasnt until the 2010 imperial flagship came out that they fixed it. Sadly I was not buying lego at that time and missed out on that great ship. The current price of 600 for that ship is too much for me now.

[Jreacher]

I took advice found here and made some changes. The best change to the ship was the addition of the yellow stripe. I added 4 cannons per side, so the ship would be a contender for my SES. I changed the deck, overall I like it better then the first MOD. On the next nice day ill take more detailed pics.