hi everyone,

This is the other ship I may have mentioned in another thread (the one thats just about all blue and white), I completed her about a month ago using whatever bits i had left over.

Yes it is almost a carbon copy of an SES - i wont bet going for the innovation award with this one.

The main point is I still havent named her or given a bow spirit (i ran out of kittens ) so taking all suggestions although something French would suit best being a blue coat ship (although i did look into some Latin names at one point)

I also scrapped some old technic demolition derby cars yesterday and have gotten a few extra black plates as a result, using these i have the option to reduce the white/blue-ness by changing the mid and stern decking - let me know which you think is the most appealing, black or white?.

thank you all in advance

now here are the pics:

okay decisions on deck colour.... i mean shade (ive cleared the frenchmen off for a better view)

Mid section decking

Stern decking

Fire away boys!!

"The Triple B"

Big Blue Barracuda

The Blue Enchantment

Yea, I know.. I suck at names.. Don't remind me.. I personally like the WHITE DECKS more, as there is all the white elsewhere, maybe the black everywhere where white is, with white black deck? Either way, I like the white on blue!

AH HAHAHAHAHA! I LOVE THIS BOAT! How cool is this thing? A totally original design if I may say so! very few ships make me laugh with joy, but this one has for sure. I can only imagine if I was a kid and you showed this to me! Heart attack at the least most likely.

First off, I LOVE how you have crosswalks but still have the bottom deck open. very original, VERY cool. I love the original blue and white color. All in all, another cool blue coat fighting ship for our fleet!

I would name her the BLUE THUNDER!

-martinsuper

P.S. Why not get one of the new BLUE rowboats and replace the one you have? Or use a brown one?

AH HAHAHAHAHA! I LOVE THIS BOAT! How cool is this thing? A totally original design if I may say so! very few ships make me laugh with joy, but this one has for sure. I can only imagine if I was a kid and you showed this to me! Heart attack at the least most likely.

First off, I LOVE how you have crosswalks but still have the bottom deck open. very original, VERY cool. I love the original blue and white color. All in all, another cool blue coat fighting ship for our fleet!

I would name her the BLUE THUNDER!

-martinsuper

P.S. Why not get one of the new BLUE rowboats and replace the one you have? Or use a brown one?

the new dark blue row boats are stuck with 2009 sets... and the old brown tended to be only used by pirates, although in this case i would agree they are more fitting than the stark red thing hanging off the back of this ship lol

i tend to do mixes between SES and BSB (as both have good qualities and areas that could be improved on) so having the side decks like a BSB seemed a good idea.

if you like this ship you should check out the "White Tiger" in another thread - its mainly a BSB converted to the red coats but with a few nice touches added (like more cannons).

seems that white decks are the favourite - which is great cos im generaly low on black parts period lol so i'll swap them back - thanks everyone.

im trying to think of all the things that are coloured blue and white (to make it relevant to the ship) so i can name it. i did actually think "blue fin tuna" at one point... but that would be terrible although blue thunder may work, french translation of which is "tonnerre bleu" which sounds rather nice the next problem is - how do i represent that in a bow figure lol

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by Aquila D'oro

Here is a link to a bunch of Bucentaure class french ships. Ship Names

I like her in those colors but I really do think she needs a third color so she isn't so washed out. You could work some black in here and there maybe some at the bottom of the sides and some at or near the top to give it a little more contrast. I wouldn't think that replacing the white with black would look all that good. I see this ship with some type of angel masthead.

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by Commodore Hornbricker

Great looking ship, I like the blue you've used, it looks a bit like a 'royal' transport or escort ship.

That's why I would call her: 'The Royal Blue'.

Here is a link to a bunch of Bucentaure class french ships. Ship Names

I like her in those colors but I really do think she needs a third color so she isn't so washed out. You could work some black in here and there maybe some at the bottom of the sides and some at or near the top to give it a little more contrast. I wouldn't think that replacing the white with black would look all that good. I see this ship with some type of angel masthead.

I defintely agree with you there, a substituation in favour of black for blue in some areas would be more suitable, my initial thought when building it was to try and go for a CC look, with touches of yellow trim on the bow and stern only and blue for major bulk parts (cabin etc) with the black white down the side but it wasnt feasable at the time - i'll have dig around for bits to see what can be done - may pass on the yellow for now though.

Loving the angel masthead idea - not too sure how to make it into small figurehead to suit the ship. Although i have to say it remind me of when i got the "graveyard duel" HP set - the idea of using something similar to tom riddles tomb stone for a pirate ship would look fantastic (though it is a very large figure head... may need smaller wings)

as for names i'll try to work in the word "blue" to suit the ship... even if it is a little cliche

i've created a shortlist of those names listed in wiki:

Sceptre

Algeciras (named after a port in spain)

Vesuvio (named after a volcano in Naples)

and Zélandais (Like the name but the translation is a bit strange, "concerning at once the Portugal and New Zealand" )

So far my top collaborative idea is the name "Sceptre bleu" = Blue Sceptre or "Sceptre bleu roi" = Royal Blue Sceptre

with an Angel figure head holding a sceptre (easily made once i figure out how to do the wings)

Let me know what you think

Sounds like a promising plan.

okay here it is The Blue Sceptre - new and improved lol

the sides do look a lot better IMO - still makes me question whether or not to go for black decking though (i did some more comparisons whilst redecorating the sides)

the figure took a bit of time to think up; i had several ideas one of which was to us the top section of a tail fin from a jet for the wings but it did look like someone had just stuck them on the back of the figurehead (kind of like what you'd use for a kids costume) the other issue of that design was the figure head would be at the same angle as the prow - i.e. it would be looking almost stright down - which is a waste of a female face/figurehead in general

so i went for the current design using the two flags for wings - quite simple but sometimes the simpler the better, let me know what you think overall - cheers guys