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Love this thread! Your work is stunning.


Red sails with a dark brown x cross them might look cool.

Keep up the amazing work

i think the red would be a great addition... true it would be quite dark then but heck... it would be totally cool looking...

the texture and the paintjob of the hull as is i think looks very suitable for a corsair ship...you have done the right thng by accident it seems^^ i really like that soaked old wooden look!

I have no idea what people are talking about, I can't see anything wrong at all with this build. I challenge anyone at all on Dakka to try layering gothic arches and see just how hard that is.

I think it looks fine with the dark wood.

Loving these boats, absolutely brilliant.

Finally some progress: highlighting done. The dark wood looks much better now.

ah... and even daylight pics as well! i am suitable impressed!

I think it sucks that it isn't cold, and snowing, and cold, and dreary there like it is here. But the Ship looks awesome!

i guess that is why it is so special to be living in spain^^

dsteingass wrote:I think it sucks that it isn't cold, and snowing, and cold, and dreary there like it is here. But the Ship looks awesome!

Definately

To be honest, that was a quite cloudy day. It's cold outside (and inside) but it's still sunny

Finally, I went for black sails, mostly because I have changed my mind about my next proyect: It will not be a pair of rowboats, and I am saving my red sails for that.

However, I had the rowboats already designed, so that means I will have to redesign the next ship







The black fades to grey along the sails, but it is not really visible on these shots

will there be any freehand on the sails? as is it looks cool and dark...but then again the major aspect is indeed dark^^ ...something to break up the big surfaces would be blessing...

Well, he is building an entire fleet, so he probably needs to save that kind of detailing for later I'd imagine.

Viktor von Domm wrote:will there be any freehand on the sails? as is it looks cool and dark...but then again the major aspect is indeed dark^^ ...something to break up the big surfaces would be blessing...

Honestly, I don't feel too comfortable with the freehanding stuff, since my painting skills are not up to par... specially since I would be painting on a surface wich is not painted of a flat color, but goes from grey to black, and therefore any mistake on that surface would be a pain to correct.

I prefer to keep a balance between quality and quantity, so I prefer to design my third ship instead of spending so much time (and risking what has been already done) improving something wich already is of a good quality.

Would it look better? definately. Do I dare to try? I don't xD

What do you think of this?

The first ship is the next proyect. Second ship is the first one I built. Third ship is the one I just finished

Loving the steamwheel!

looks Asian... that will be a nice addition to the fleet...

and i understand you... ...tho i think maybe a decal could then be used?

Viktor von Domm wrote:looks Asian... that will be a nice addition to the fleet...

and i understand you... ...tho i think maybe a decal could then be used?

That is really neat I like the steamwheel
@ El vic, Where would he get a huge decal?

Not bad at all

I would add some colour to the sail; perhaps a slash of red across each sail? Just tape it off and paint/spray it on?

Capitansolstice wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:looks Asian... that will be a nice addition to the fleet...

and i understand you... ...tho i think maybe a decal could then be used?

That is really neat I like the steamwheel
@ El vic, Where would he get a huge decal?

there is slefmade decal sheets available in stores so i have been told... you can then design your own stuff and print them out... it is doable and i would recommend that for such big and possibly uneven surfaces... also

maybe make some stripes of different colors at least? that would be helpful too and you could maks the spaces then before to get it smooth and easy...

Maybe I will come back to touch these ships in the future. Who knows. I do agree some more colour in the sails would be good. I like the idea of the stripes, since it keeps the ship kinda generic, in order to be able to be used by many different warbands, instead of using a certain symbol.


Now, comparison shots!

i see a heavy game of ping pong coming up...

cool ships!

And now, from the point of view of a shark:

http://youtu.be/GAi_jA8TxY8

very cool vid, and the music has just the right hint of a classic movie like 1492...

The show must go on!

... That is big.

2500kgm3 wrote:The show must go on!

INDEED^^

And I have finally finished the underlaying structure. The decks will go next:

Carving the texture out of the main deck of this ship is burning my fingers out. I think I will have to use gloves, or something to protect them, since my skin has fallen from the places I hold the tools with.

Anyway, The main deck has been finished. I will try to glue it soon and take some pics, while my fingers recover. I don't want to think in all the surface of the sides of the ship, whose texturing is still pending...

ouch mate... that sounds very straining... hope the gloves will protect your skin...

The pain just lets you know you are still alive