Ship hull?

Lewa Rocks · Post by **Lewa Rocks** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:58 pm

Hi I need some help.... I can't make good ships (pirate/castle ships) because I don't have hull pieces........ anyone know any good techniques that work for the hull of a ship? If yes can you provide a picture. Thanks!

timber_wolf899 · Post by **timber_wolf899** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:25 pm

It can be done but is very parts intensive.

Easier to get some hulls from BL

Or from me! I have sections from viking ship!

sorry couldnt resist the plug.

Username · Post by **Username** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:29 pm

timber_wolf899 wrote: I have sections from viking ship!

O-rly?

plums_deify · Post by **plums_deify** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:15 pm

Ships don't have to be built from hull pieces.

Case in point.

Just use your imagination!

Lewa Rocks · Post by **Lewa Rocks** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:25 pm

Thanks! I might try making a hull with that design.

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:42 am

how big a ship are you making? I made a hull from these by putting them sideway using SNOT technique. SNOT is a very very effective way of building a boat/ship... I've also used these
And Ben E here had some plans for a cute little ship only using one hull piece.

gambort · Post by **gambort** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:21 am

Darkie wrote:Ships don't have to be built from hull pieces.

Case in point.

Just use your imagination!

That's oddly convenient timing.

That hull is not terribly parts intensive either. A hollow core with the side panels hinged on with click hinges and ball rotation hinges. Very cheap as an added bonus.

Tim

Lewa Rocks · Post by **Lewa Rocks** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:59 am

Thanks for the cool ideas! oh and LEGOFREAK I'm shooting for about the size of the skeleton's ship.

plums_deify · Post by **plums_deify** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:22 pm

gambort wrote:That's oddly convenient timing.

That hull is not terribly parts intensive either. A hollow core with the side panels hinged on with click hinges and ball rotation hinges. Very cheap as an added bonus.

Tim

What can I say? I browse my Flickr contacts and CC often at the same time.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:47 pm

Hey,

Some other instances of ships built without the prefab hull pieces (drawn from previous CCC's):

Hippotam's Last Journey (note the "making of" folder)

Lomero's sampam

DARKspawn's seahound

BohuslavIII's cog

(using these boat bricks)

Lomero's cog

K1089's fishing boat

Cnelson's cog

Update - not from a CCC, but I just noticed this great MOC by DARKspawn, the Black Meg

Probably a lot of other good examples can be found over on our sister-site, Forbidden Cove. I don't read those forums as religiously as these.

Bruce

Crusader · Post by **Crusader** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:56 pm

The Fire Nation ship in the very brief Avatar line of 2006 had a nice brick built hull. A little digging on Lego's site would probably find the instructions.