Thanks guys, I am glad you are enjoying it, this has been a fun project so far, im excited to get to the sails, no idea what im going to do there yet as far as materials go.
The hull is almost ready, just tweaking the materials until im happy with them, trying not to overdo the weathering, but its so pretty 
Thanks guys, we are in the last stretch now!
After about 20 Hours (3 Days) of UV Mapping, shes just about ready for the next phase, heres how it looked after day 1 :
And now :
Oh and I forgot to mention another day was spent just getting her animating correctly in game:
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Ive noticed many errors already, but all in all the wood is bending just how I was hoping it would, its the first time ive managed to map a hull correctly so that a straight material will follow the hull curve correctly.
And heres with some colours applied, this will all be properly redone soon:
Thanks Majid, those are done in Vray
She`s just about ready for the next phase, just need to optimize all the mirrored items and touch up here and there.
Heres a short vid, not sure how to embed it properly here :
https://flic.kr/p/2oPT9qC
And heres that wireframe :
Sails are up! the fishermans sail will unfortunately not be able to work in game as it is fixed to 2 axis and deforms by nature, the sim does not support this and it would look very strange if it rotated on either of the 2 axis.
Work continues on Lettie G Howard, new items include the charlie noble, her starboard anchor, new furled sails & Temp Nav lights, im still deciding how many props (if any) I want along the decks since these are not possible to move in game. Next the eagle figurehead needs to be done!
As for the Dory`s ive been searching all over to see if they were covered with Tarp when not in use, I have not been able to find a single image with tarp, so for now, they stay open!
Shot looks great, but the scale is off with the HDRI there, Looks tiny now, like a 1:5 scale RC Heli?
Dory implemented, was a good refresher, its been a long time since I have made content for vsng!
Now back to the mothership!
Dory done and dusted. The mast, oars, sail and rudder are all separate models so that they can be removed depending on what task you are doing in game, some models that would be used together share the same material.
@gus r said:
Great work!
I have a couple of questions:
What UV tool do you use? WrapR?
Do you eyeball the modeling, use plans or a combination of the two?
In general, how do you integrate Blender and SU with your work at Artstation?
Thanks.
Hi Gus R, I use Blender for UV mapping, and no eyeballing here! all to plan, and if I cant find plans I carefully study photos using perspective matching to get measurements ( like the mast for the Dory )
Export from SU into blender and bobs your uncle 
Mike that stage is the pudding 
And the Dory is done, its a single 4k material, ive shown the wireframe and UV map, was trying to achieve a dirty old well used grand banks dory.
Thanks nxtdave, after adding details the best part is doing these renders and seeing how its growing.
Dory almost done, just a few more odds and ends, a bucket or two and maybe a fresh Halibut?
Always glad to serve!
Spent some time messing about with materials, managed to find a quick way to correct the wood grain in the UV mapping so that it follows the bend as naturally would
Aye you knows how these schooner captains can be! 
Completed the dory this evening, still need to cover them in tarp and tie them down, add their sailing gear and fittings, they will be separate functioning vessels in game
Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments! Yes I need to catch up on Tally Ho, have seen them all except for the last 3 or 4 months!
Got much done today, foremast running rig is just about done, the bowsprit lines added, gaskets added, stack removed ( since she has no engine ) Temp dory`s in place and all kinds of fittings and details added
Sorry about the double post, site was giving me a hard time for some reason with errors, so I had to split it...
Slowly but surely the rig takes shape, current furled sail is just a place marker, im going to do some cloth simulation on that as soon as the sails are drawn
Thanks yes working on an existing vessel is always handy, especially a popular 100+ year old original! what becomes tricky is she has undergone so many changes to just about everything, the deck, fittings, rig to an engine fitted! im trying to show her as she was built for the day she was launched
Single and Twin mainsheet system complete :
Thanks guys, I dont know about belonging in that thread, theres some mighty impressive modeling there!
Progress feels slow when working on the rig, hours pass with little to show, but thats how it goes when working from reference images rather than the plan. Deadeyes are in, another pinrail and ive started adding details to the booms, also added the inner jib boom, which rotates on a bracket well off the sails rotation, should be interesting to get it to work correctly in vsng..
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
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
