Naval Cutter "Alert" 1777
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Well closeup the textures did reveal another story and looked pretty horrible before she was painted,Shes all lined up now
Standing Rigging added,Running rig will be minimal as the Game does not support it (hint hint) ,mast fitted perfectly into its step and nothing needed to be adjusted on the decks to straigten it up this time
Main boom and Gaff are lying on the deck and will be fitted shortly along with all her spars.
A cutaway render will be posted next time ,Bear in mind that in reality Ships like these were launched when the hull was complete,The armament,masts,Rigging and sails were all done afloat.
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Boom and Gaff is in place and rigged,sails are modeled but not textured yet,this is a lenghty proccess,this entire ship was made without any plugins apart from the sails.
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Holy smokes...
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A true 'tour de force'
Please tell me that you've backed up your files
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Has someone seen my jaw? I left it on the floor somewhere....
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@unknownuser said:
Has someone seen my jaw? I left it on the floor somewhere....
Yeah. They were in the basement. Here you are:
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Well its time for her to officially get wet, the sails have been fitted in game and shes good to go,still need to add the sail texture and the footropes etc to the spars,but the worst of its over,the bowsprit being offset slightly to her port makes setting the Jib tricky but not impossible,the Staysail is centred as its Line comes off the stem head ( BONUS! )
Ive set the sails in game in a way so that you can choose your own sail setup,The main squaresail and the T`gallant share a File while all the rest are induvidual.
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Some slight wrinkling of the sails would really sell the whole set-up (wow, the first critique, I guess)
Exquisite job, thanks for sharing!
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Congratulations!
Truly amazing.
One question though, is this a shot of the ship in-game or a rendering? 
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@gaieus said:
@unknownuser said:
Has someone seen my jaw? I left it on the floor somewhere....
Yeah. They were in the basement. Here you are:
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Wow this is amazing. The only thing is the sails need a real texture, then it would be perfect!
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Work which can only be aspired to by regular folks like me, you are an inspiration!!
ok,, back to work for me..Wishing you continued success in your efforts.
rollin'
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Hi Marius,
Its been a long time since Ive been on here, and whos model do I see but yours.
I see that your modelling is getting even better. I love the way you set the scenes as you go along.
I always told you you were good!We'll have to catch up some time.
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(well that made no senses. remind me not to post after I've been to the pub)
This is what I meant to say:
Love the formation composition. Wow.
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Excellent drawings. You've done a marvelous job on these boats. Looks like a lot of detail.
I did notice two things, though. Neither boat has frames or ribs which must be installed prior to planking since they are what give the hull her shape. And the jib stay can't go through the tops'l.
The t'gallant seems quite large to me. I don't know that I've ever noticed a rig where the t'gallant is larger than the tops'l. Usually the higher up the sail, the smaller they are.
You mentioned in the game that the sails can be set as desired. Can that long bow sprit be reefed as well?
Keep up the good work.
Edited to add: While looking at something else, I came across this image of a model of Alert. The foot of her tops'l is cut to clear the forward standing rigging and it does look like her t'gallant is larger than the tops'l. You can see her frames through the hole in the side of the hull.
There's an interesting article about the model's construction by Mr. Cole, the builder.
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Superb model and I've really enjoyed following your thread. It must be sweet to play with your model in a game too!
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hi axionalias,
how'd you make those hull plating? I'm doing lusitania ship hull and i want its hull appears to it is in the actual Lusitania, but i don't have any plan of its hull plating, how did you done that one i'm really impressed of your work, what plugin you use to do that hull plating?
saw
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Wow
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Hi Saw,
I did not use any plugins for the hull,Its just texturing etc. nothing fancy,A hip like the Lusitania`s hull would be tricky and require a Texture made for it.
Dave as im sure you are aware that this is a game model and in reality the Ribs are not visable,I have modeled The full ribs on ships like these before but it is alot of work for something that will later be removed.
About the sails I am also aware of it,the pictures shown are incorrect,its abit tricky to make cloth fold around a line in a game as you will also notice when she is on a close haul her main square intersects the shrouds and on a run the Gaff intersects the Backstays as well,I have found a way to control this in game but still needs tweaking. Thanks
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Its been a wile since ive done anything on her,but its time to finnish her up.
Sail Textures have been made and added on, this is a tiresome task that involves modeling the ropes and all the details on each sail,then Baking the texture,then fitting the texture to the sail mesh.
Im happy with the way it turned out,all Dirty and old looking is my style.
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