Small Ship Opinions

[TomSkippy]

Alright. So the Scalawag Sloop has not gotten picked up for the BDP series. I'm working on what's likely to be my last Scalawag-based attempt. I'm going to have two ships: pirate and bluecoat this time. Here's my frame for the smaller of the two.

What do you guys think? What does it need? 

Major questions:

Does the ship need a different set of colors? If so, what do you suggest? (Please remember that there are limited options for the large wedge piece color) Also, it will be paired with a Bluecoat ship which is larger. Bluecoat sails are striped (either blue or dark blue, I'll post that one when it's closer to being finished). 

Does it need a higher stern castle? (If so, what do you propose? What colors?) The deck is about 4 plates lower than the sides right now

What details need to be added? Does it need an anchor? More guns? A rudder? Stickers? What kind of rigging? Right now, I'm not sure I can fit rat lines, but there might be a rope going from mast to stern.

Anything else? 

Pics below.

 

 

Edited April 12 by TomSkippy

[jennalchemy]

Wow, this is super cool! I was looking for a small vessel design. Would love to build a couple. I like those sails. I would love to see them in all white or all tan. No need for a stern castle I think, right now it is working well as a cutter or tender. A small figurehead could be cool, all sorts of pieces that could work there from animals to masks to microfigs. I would love to see a tiller and some indication of a hatch to access a small cargo bay. And a place for a flag on the mast would be neat, maybe some simple rigging with the string pieces. A grappling hook piece could make a good small anchor. That design for a swivel gun I am absolutely going to steal right away

Edited April 17 by jennalchemy

[TomSkippy]

On 4/17/2025 at 10:57 AM, jennalchemy said:

Wow, this is super cool! I was looking for a small vessel design. Would love to build a couple. I like those sails. I would love to see them in all white or all tan. No need for a stern castle I think, right now it is working well as a cutter or tender. A small figurehead could be cool, all sorts of pieces that could work there from animals to masks to microfigs. I would love to see a tiller and some indication of a hatch to access a small cargo bay. And a place for a flag on the mast would be neat, maybe some simple rigging with the string pieces. A grappling hook piece could make a good small anchor. That design for a swivel gun I am absolutely going to steal right away

Thanks for the feedback!

I really like the hatch idea. I was kind hoping it wouldn't need a rudder. We'll see about the grappling hook, the BDP doesn't have it available for this build. 

mast/rigging is underway, that's one of the last steps, since if anything else changes the measurements get all off!

Take the swivel gun. If you can't see below, it's mounted on an 11090 bar holder with clip which is mounted into a 1x1 round tile with bar and pin holder. 

[jennalchemy]

Honestly it doesnt need a rudder, but a tiller (the stick thingy for controlling the rudder? am I getting that right) could be pretty easy with something like a 1x1 brick modified with an antennae piece on the side