38 Gun Frigate L`Aurore

boofredlay · 29 Dec 2011, 16:56

Amazing work.

irwanwr · 30 Dec 2011, 00:12

Thanks irwanwr, I think I did ages ago but I cant remember, are you needing some help?

well, i might interested to learn and to make small sailing ships after seeing your gorgeous models say, something like a sloop or schooner. perhaps a royal sloop

PS: i saved the first image from the post above . that might be a good calming wallpaper to have on the desktop

axeonalias · 30 Dec 2011, 08:35

Great, well find something you like and we can take it from there.
Launches are complete and fully functioning, Masts and rigging can be removed, Last pic shows how they can be removed from the ship as well.

irwanwr · 30 Dec 2011, 10:57

where can you find the blueprint or sort of that for the ship, Marius?

axeonalias · 30 Dec 2011, 22:17

Well Ive found most of mine online, and a few others Ive found and scanned original drawings ( more recent ships ) at museums and clubs. Hobby kits usually have good drawings as well.

A Sloop like this perhaps?

Flags and Figurehead added, the figurehead needs some work, but ill get that done soon, at least the exterior was finnished this year

tadema · 30 Dec 2011, 22:35

Another beauty Marius your work always speaks for itself.
John

irwanwr · 31 Dec 2011, 07:14

awesome
yes, i found that sloop image too with google last night. looks like one of those you could see in Sid Meier's Pirates game

axeonalias · 31 Dec 2011, 08:48

Thanks Guys, irwanwr I know just the set of plans you need, ill look for them as soon as I get back next year.

Added Some furnishings to the Gun deck, did some renders and switched the pc off, Goodbye 2011 have a great one guys!

pbacot · 31 Dec 2011, 08:56

Just awesome. Great presentations.

I had no idea those ships packed so much iron on one deck!

Thanks for the posts, Axe and Happy New Year!

Peter

irwanwr · 31 Dec 2011, 10:38

thank you Marius. i love every works you've shown here (boats and ships, especially )

happy new year everyone

Armstrong · 4 Jan 2012, 07:07

Simply stunning work! Out of curiosity, what game are you building her for that can handle that amount of detail? I have built 3 ships from this era myself, a 20 gun american schooner, a 22 gun french corvette, and a 40 gun french frigate, all built from plans of real ships. They are intended for this mod for the original pirates of the carribean game http://www.moddb.com/mods/new-horizons though unfortunately im struggling with learning texturing and whatnot, but ill see them sail yet. anyways, enough about that, if you are at all interested L'Aurore would make an excellent addition to the mod, though much of the rigging detail would need to be cut down to make the ship manageable(The lag would be terrible otherwise)

Oh and as far as plans for new ships go, I would recommend checking out the National Maritime Museum in London's ship plans collection. http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#csearch;searchTerm=*;authority=true;collectionGroup=subject-90352;collection=subject-90352
It includes ships from nations other than England as well, and is really an inexhastable rescource, there must be thousands of plans to choose from

irwanwr · 4 Jan 2012, 10:49

@armstrong said:

They are intended for this mod for the original pirates of the carribean game http://www.moddb.com/mods/new-horizons though...

interesting. what kind of game is that?

@unknownuser said:

Oh and as far as plans for new ships go, I would recommend checking out the National Maritime Museum in London's ship plans collection. http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections.html#csearch;searchTerm=*;authority=true;collectionGroup=subject-90352;collection=subject-90352
It includes ships from nations other than England as well

Armstrong · 4 Jan 2012, 16:29

It is a PC game, a single-player RPG to be specific, released by Akella in 2003. somehow people have kept modding it since then, so a ton of improvements and new content have accumulated over time.

irwanwr · 4 Jan 2012, 20:39

i see. thank you for the info.
thought that kind of game was only made by Disney in Pirate of Caribbean.
or, did i just say the same game here? Akella or Disney?
2.2 GB of download

Armstrong · 4 Jan 2012, 23:09

Well Disney was Involved, but the game was meant to be the sequel to seadogs and was taken over by Diseny at the last minute and they addded in some POTC realted stuff so the title would attract buyers. It is still a solid game though, but is improved alot by the mod. 2.2 GB is a fair bit, but if its worth it in my opinion (of course you need to have the POTC game already) Anyways I dont want to take this thread off topic.

axeonalias · 6 Jan 2012, 02:44

Thanks Guys, @ Armstrong , to build a ship you will need abit more than what is provided on that site, for this ship I have over 100 seperate Drawings. the Less drawings ,the more guesswork and yes my cousin has been trying to get me to import my mods into the Pirates of the Carribbean game for some time now, But Vehicle simulator Framework just looks so much better, even though it doesnt support Ropes or moving sails, its far more realistic.

The Rigging isnt really poly heavy, its the guns that are the killer, they are around 30k and right now im getting 40fps in open sea so im happy

Gundeck at Quarters complete and in game, Windows done along with Stern Windows that can be opened and Closed.

david_h · 6 Jan 2012, 15:52

so when do you start modeling Errol Flynn or Russell Crowe?

irwanwr · 6 Jan 2012, 16:57

@unknownuser said:

so when do you start modeling Errol Flynn or Russell Crowe?

make that Russell Crowe, please

axeonalias · 7 Jan 2012, 19:25

Been Furnishing the Lower Deck, the Hammocks will be seperate from the model and will swing with the boat, like the lanterns and the Leather Firebuckets do. Last pic shows the Junior Officers Cabin

Armstrong · 8 Jan 2012, 02:15

she looks great! ah, well the guideline I have followed for POTC is to keep my ships under 100000 triangles, but mine dont include interiors, and arent quite as detailed as this one. I dont know how close to that this ship is, but its only a guidline. I guess with this amount of detail 100 different drawings might be neccessary, but considering I have already built 3 ships with only 4 plans each(bodyplan, profile, plan, and sailplan-basically what is on that website) I cant say I agree with you on that point. Though I dont include items like captstans, guns, wheel, deadeyes, bell, etc in that count, which I built from standard royal navy designs for use in all my ships. There are plenty of plans to build the hull of a ship on that site, though ill admit sailplans are harder to find. However, with enough research and knowledge of the era guesswork can turn out alright. where did you get 100 drawings for this one? I know its based of chapman's frigate illustrated in plate 33 of his book, and the sailplan and such probably came from the HMS Ajax model kit based off of it, but that is still less than 100, unless you include the fittings in that count. (At one time I considered building a ship using some of the same plans as this one, so thats why I know so much about it)

Your screenshot certainly do look good! but in POTC you can have battles and sail your ship anywhere in the carribean, and theres other ships from the era too. The guns could be replaced (for POTC) with low poly models we use for new ships that are 650 triangles(270 polys) each. Anyways I hope you consider it! you wouldnt even have to get her in the game, im sure someone would go to the trouble of converting the files and the like, and I would do it myself as soon as all my own projects are finished.