Schooner "Lettie G. Howard" 1893

[axeonalias]

Started this Schooner as a personal project for the new Virtual sailor ng simulator, always wanted to tackle the fine lines of a Grand banks ( in this case Fredonian ) schooner but was always intimidated by the need to accomplish such long sweeping fair bends needed in SU, im going to be using a cartoon edge style renders while modeling, until the texturing phase, heres a first look:

[Bryan K]

Gorgeous already!

[axeonalias]

Thanks Bryan, these 19th century hulls are fantastic!

More details added, heres a shot showing how each scupper cut had to be individually aligned
Also added a few figures for scale

[Mike Amos]

A very cool piece of kit you have there, very nicely done.

[HornOxx]

...grooooßartig

[axeonalias]

Thanks guys, more details and textures added :

[Bryan K]

Wow!

[Mike Amos]

I agree with this guy ^. Wow.

[axeonalias]

Thanks guys, here are some more images of the progress:

[Bryan K]

Definitely top notch work!

Say, is that Capt Jack?

[axeonalias]

Yarr the one and only! although he would probably be around 150 years old at the point when this boats keel was laid

Completed the helm, Fife rail and pins, deck step profile, fairleads, hawsehole, Doryblock, gallow, main pinrail & finished the bow

[Rich O Brien]

Stunning

[ntxdave]

@rich o brien said:

Stunning

Agree 100%

[Mike Amos]

Likewise, when I grow up I want to do that.

[Bryan K]

[axeonalias]

Thanks guys, Im glad to say the hull and deck fittings are just about complete, items added today include ringbolts, bulwark steps, large flap scupper at the deck step, chain lockers, windlass fittings, chainplates, whisker booms and the bowsprit standing rig, excited to get working aloft

[Bryan K]

[Mike Amos]

Brilliant, the texturing especially, masterful. Inspirational when stuff I am doing is going not so great.

Which is how it goes with this hobby of ours, two steps forwards, some steps back until we get what we need.

Thanks for the smiles today.

[axeonalias]

Thanks Bryan & Mike, glad this little old boat can still inspire, I cant take credit for her fine lines, that credit belongs to Arthur D. Story who designed and had her built.

Yea SU is like that on some days, I guess the biggest step back for me ( which happens continuously ) is that when replacing some wood materials the grain direction is vertical and I have used horizontal, and theres no simple rotate button anywhere like in other software, which results in you having to remap the entire material!

The rig is up and she is sporting her anchors, she still needs a smaller anchor to starboard, and im thinking that chain looks a tad to thick

[L i am]

Not an original comment........but..........Stunning, just stunning.