La Belle 1684

[Oskar94]

A new project that i'm going to do, this is the barque longue La Belle, six guns, launched in 1684...
She'll be famous for potbs...

 

[Hylie Pistof]

A barque longue! The one we have is one of my mostest favoritest ships in the game.

But, is it 1684 or 1864?

 

[Oskar94]

1684, i made an error writing

 

[craiggbrown]

looking forward to it mate. Will it have the same detail as the surprise?

 

[Oskar94]

Yes sir

 

[Oskar94]

Doing the hull:

 

[Oskar94]

Completed the hull

 

[irR4tiOn4L]

This is great, we dont have enough quality models of small ships in the game, especially considering smaller ships were the most common ships in the Caribbean. Its hard to sail a stock (albeit re textured and with changed rigging) schooner or sloop in POTC when you have amazing works of art like the Bounty or single deck French Frigate available.

 

[Oskar94]

Thank's... This is a ship that i like a lot

Another update, opened the gunports, did the decks and some other things:

 

[Oskar94]

Update:

What do you think?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

It is looking quite different from the one I'm used to sailing. The old one looks like a river barge compared to this one.

 

[Oskar94]

The older barques longues had rounded stern,then i will make a model of one of them too

Anyway another update, working on the deck:

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Making good progress there!

 

[Oskar94]

Thank's Pieter

Done the stern, what about?

 

[modernknight1]

Really beautiful work Mate!

Gorgeous scrollwork on the stern and I can't believe how fast you've built her!!!

Nice addition.

MK

 

[Armada]

That's a lovely little stern! Nice work!

 

[pgargon]

Very good work Jack. I hope we see the ship soon in game.

 

[Oskar94]

Thank's for the comments

Another small update, the last for today, the rudder:

And an integral view:

 

[Armada]

The part used to steer the rudder really shows how small the ship is! :
Still, the level of detail you're starting to cram in is great!

My only criticism is that, from your third screenshot, the bottom of the hull, where it meets the keel, looks a bit out of line...
But that's obviously not important when using the ship at sea.

 

[Noriruru]

Nice little ship there. Brings back memories there. We COULD use more high quality little guys. When it comes to small ships I've personally always been a fan of schooners and ketches.

Keep up the good work.