Merchant Ship "Elephant Knight"

[Elephant Knight]

No I didn't name the boat after myself. But it belongs to my sigfig, Eleman, what else would I call it?

Elephant Knight by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr

Elephant Knight by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr

I challenged myself to build a ship using old brown and old dark grey, the colours of those hulls. I added yellow, because it's my favorite colour (No, it's not black white and trans neon green. That's my favorite colour SCHEME) I quickly found out that Yellow and old brown look horrible together, but in a good way? I dunno...

Elephant Knight by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr

Elephant Knight by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr

I am quite happy with how my figure head turned out.

Elephant Knight by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr

Eleman and his crew (He is the one in the middle, blue shirt, tricorn, yellow epaulets) On his immediate right and left, are sigfigs of a couple friends, the rest are mostly from a Secret Pirate that was done on the now defunct forum, Forbidden Cove.com.

Elephant Knight by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr

Comments? Criticism?

EKnight

[Cousarmy0001]

A very nice little ship! I particularly like your figurehead. It's easily my favorite feature of this one. Your crew also has a lot of character (no pun intended). It almost looks like the cast of an anime, or something akin to Firefly in the age of sail.

I don't think the color scheme looks bad, by the way. I think you've got just the right amount of yellow to provide highlights, but not so much that the ship looks garish. The only things that I might do differently is to put latticed windows on the sides of the captain's cabin (similar to the one on the stern), and to add a sail or two running from the bowsprit to the mainmast. Probably just one sail, though.

[azog]

Perfect design! I love how you put the swivel guns on the railing! Is there anything inside the cabin?

[Brick Capone]

Beautiful! I love the colours, the ship looks great!

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Fine ship - the figurehead is great!

Custom sails are also pretty fine.

[iammac]

I agree, the figurehead is the best part! You did a great job on the rigging too.

Any interior?

[Staslegomaster]

I also like the old brown colour.Such a nostalgic view! This is a small but very picturesque pirate creation It reminds of a few pirate sets of early 1990-s, golden age of LEGO pirates. Try to upload it in LEGO ideas because LEGO pirates 2015 weren't interesting at all. Good luck.

[Elephant Knight]

Thanks for the comments! There is a bit of an interior. Guess I forgot to add the picture. It's not the greatest shot, but there isn't really much to see.

Elephant Knight by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr

EKnight

[azog]

I really like this ship! You even threw quite a bit in the back EVEN FOR ITS SIZE!!! , Good job on the whole thing! its brilliant

[ArchitectureFan]

Lovely ship, thanks for sharing details!

[BrickCurve]

Great ship! Especially considering the limitations of using the prefab hull parts. The colour schemes is very well balanced the sails are perfect for the size, the figurehead is excellent. I also really like the design of the cabin.

[blackdeathgr]

A well designed ship and a nice crew! I also like the figurehead and the color choices a lot!

Your next step now is joining BoBS :-p

[Capt Wolf]

I really like this ship. I think the color scheme works well, and the figurehead is perfect for the name! Good sails and rigging, too.

I'll echo Blackdeathgr -- take a look at joining BoBS. You'd fit right in!