[MOC] Pirate Ship 'Medusa'

[iammac]

Hello friends!

After so many years of reading and fawning over everyone else's ships, I finally got up the courage to post one of my own. I wanted to make a pirate ship that was playable while still being sort of accurate. So while you won't see any hand-strung shrouds and ratlines, I can assure you that it's a hit with the kids.

I call it the Medusa, mostly because of the green color scheme I adopted for this project. Pirate ships look so good in red and black, sometimes I forget that any vessel could have been a pirate ship. 

      I opted to portray this pirate captain before his debilitating injuries. His name is Horatio North, in case you're wondering.

Okay, so I'm aware that rudder is garbage. I actually forgot to build a rudder at all until I went to take pictures. It will get revised out when I go to clean up that quarter; it looks o.k. in real life, but the picture definitely doesn't catch its good side. 

 

      Fun fact: half the cannon doors on this ship are fake!

      Even though I'm too young to have played with classic pirate sets, I respect the nostalgia with this fancy chap. Besides, he matches the ship!

      The more attractive, rugged version of that last bloke

      I think that thing is called a 'cathead.'

      The figurehead was a pain in the butt, but the end result is worth it IMHO 

      Most of the sails are easy to take down and replace after a fierce battle

      The very meh stern 

      Yup. This is the innovative, super-useful thing I put in the cabin. Kinda looks like the chair from Blue's Clues.

      A bookcase, since I failed at making a brick-built map of the world on that wall.

      I did, however, find room for my favorite detail from The Brick Bounty 

     

      Okay, so I basically make storage space when I can't think of anything cool to go there. u_u

     Under the bell and the [fake] scuttle, I included some bunks. 

Can someone help me out? I know I took this cannon design from somebody on this forum, but I can't remember who it was. Let me know if these look familiar so I can properly thank them. 

 

      Finally, a shot of the jolly bunch all together.

 

This was my fourth focused attempt to make a brig that was both fun to play with and more accurate than not. Not sure if I succeeded, but I had a blast doing it. I have another ship I built for the Bluecoats that I haven't photographed yet. With your comments and constructive criticisms, perhaps I can coax up the courage to post that piece as well. 

 

 

MAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JintaiZ]

Fantastic build!

[Jack Sassy]

This is something what I haven't seen before, the building technique is interesting, I like the little bits of lower deck accesible. Rudder looks fine and crew is very good for such a ship. This reminds me a bit of Lego Jackdaw moc from couple years ago. Overall it's well done and I'd love to see more of your models here. Good work!

[PacificDuck]

Really like the captain's cabin interior

[Captain Becker]

I like it! Great ship, strong Jackdaw vibes from AC4 

[iammac]

On 9/30/2020 at 8:47 AM, JintaiZ said:

Fantastic build!

T h a n k !  

On 9/30/2020 at 12:37 PM, Jack Sassy said:

This is something what I haven't seen before, the building technique is interesting, I like the little bits of lower deck accesible. Rudder looks fine and crew is very good for such a ship. This reminds me a bit of Lego Jackdaw moc from couple years ago. Overall it's well done and I'd love to see more of your models here. Good work!

I appreciate the feedback; I am thrilled to have my ship likened to that masterpiece! Probably the first project on here that made me think, "y'know, I want a ship now too." 

Also, thanks for rudder forgiveness. ^u^

23 hours ago, PacificDuck said:

Really like the captain's cabin interior

Horatio does too! I mean, you can't sit on pipe organs... 

19 hours ago, Captain Becker said:

I like it! Great ship, strong Jackdaw vibes from AC4 

Ooh yesss! Thanks! I haven't ever played the game, but I believe the Jackdaw is a brigantine like this one. Such a fierce profile for a ship fitted with a mere three twelves and a long nine!