Skuldelev Ships

[Anders T]

Still not pirate ships, as such, but some of them could be handy for a bit of raiding.

 

The models resemble five ships from just after 1000 A. D. Viking-age in Scandinavia.

They are minifig-scale or 1:40’ish.

The largest model, Skuldelev 2, will have the dimensions Length: 80 cm, Height: 40 cm (with stand), Width: 10,5 cm

The smallest model, Skuldelev 6, will have the dimensions Length: 29 cm, Height: 21,5 cm (with stand), Width: 7 cm

 

There is approx. 4900 bricks in the models combined.

With 2100 going to Skuldelev 2, 1100 to skuldelev 1 and 450-700 bricks for each of the other ships.

 

The main source of reference is the The viking Ship Museum: Vikingeskibsmuseet i Roskilde

The focus of the museum is a permanent exhibition of the five original Viking ships excavated nearby in 1962.

The line drawings and data found at the museum is the basis for the models and the replicas Ottar, The Sea Stallion from Glendalough, Roar Ege, Helge Ask and Kraka Fyr are invaluable source material for the colors and final look.

 

Information about the ships can be found here and at the links found above

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skuldelev_ships

 

Skuldelev 1 A “large”cargo vessel (Knarr), 1030 A. D.

Skuldelev 2 (and 4, see information) A Warship (Skeid), 1042 A. D.

 

Skuldelev 3 A cargo vessel (Byrding), 1040 A. D.
 

Skuldelev 5 A small warship (Snekkja), 1030 A. D.

 

Skuldelev 6 A fishing boat or small cargo vessel (Ferje), 1030 A. D.

Edited September 15, 2019 by Anders T

[iammac]

Very cool ships, I can imagine they'd feel very good in one's hands.  

Excellent work!

 

MAC

[Anders T]

On 9/12/2019 at 11:29 PM, iammac said:

Very cool ships, I can imagine they'd feel very good in one's hands.  

Excellent work!

 

MAC

Thanks, I was going for a real smooth look. These ships had/have excellent handling very good handling characteristics.

[blackdeathgr]

Now that are some really nice ships I could build with my limited brick supply ;-)

[Anders T]

On 11/8/2019 at 6:41 PM, blackdeathgr said:

Now that are some really nice ships I could build with my limited brick supply ;-)

Thanks

They are quite small, even though the Skuldelev 2 is very long.

The challenge here was to make get something of the individual ships while sticking to the confines of the dimensions from the archeological data.

I also imagine building them along with something else. Maybe someone can use them in a layout.

[Captain Becker]

Mein Gott! You have done it once again Anders, they look absolutly magnificent! Now just put some Norse men on them and youre good to go!

Captain Becker

[Anders T]

5 hours ago, Captain Becker said:

Mein Gott! You have done it once again Anders, they look absolutly magnificent! Now just put some Norse men on them and youre good to go!

Captain Becker

Thanks man.

Yep of to trade, explore and other stuff.

Could also be irish, as the Skuldelev 2 was originally built in Dublin.