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Creative => Story-Telling => Topic started by: Wolf Knight on October 28, 2011, 14:10:46
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Its a cool morning and Grand Admiral Nok has just came up to the sterncastle. It been three days since they sailed off port to reach for his old ship, the Endeavour. Report came that the ship is marooned close to an enemy lighthouse. Since its his old ship, and he is as always eager to engage personally in battle, he commands his small fleet... Lieutenant Paran, the Grand Amiral's adjutant gives orders for a drill...
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First Mate O'Brien shapes up his men, as does Captain Hawkins with his Marines....
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The two men exchanged words briefly,
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and then orders are shout... gunmen at their position...
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..and Marines on the masts...
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The Admiral gives his next orders to his adjutant ...
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...and then turns to observe the manoeuvres of the escort ships.
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His plan is to always set sail with two more light destoyer ships, that will break formation, flank the enemy by both port and starboard, bring it in crossfire, and let the flagship finish it off... Drills seem to work well on both the escort ships...
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And Admiral Nok as always on the flagship's bow observes the manoeuvres....
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The drill is swift and succesful, but for him there is always room to improve... He gives the command for the small fleet to sail forth....
(http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x335/Baldthar/ARMADA/DSC03433.jpg)
...not the end... ;)
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Disclaimer: the schooner sails are copyright of German ebay seller vallote (bastelvallote) and transfers designed by cowabounga! Many thanks to both!!!
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:love: :love: :love: great! can't wait for the rest!!!!
great sails and stickers! :love:
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Magnificent customs & story! :wow: Fantastic job!
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Awesome, Panos!
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Ohhhhh cannot wait for more!!! :)
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Great story and customs, Panos. Roll on part 2! :wave:
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very cool customized ships, Panos! love the blue sails 8-)
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:)9 :wow: :)9
Very nice pictures, with a good story and applause for the vessels!
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I love the ships! and the custom clickies! And your story, including battle formation references!
btw I'm lazy: can you tell me what sets/parts you need to make your officers and gunners/sailors? I wish pm just sold some actual british crew members (not just redcoats or admirals).
Interesting choice in ship names! Star Trek fan? (actually, Startrek's USS Defiant was named after the fictitious HMS Defiant). And interestingly the Lady Washington tallship (as you probably know) portrayed both the USS Enterprise AND the HMS Interceptor! (I bet you already knew that of course). I love the crossover ties to the other famous ships/movies, both real and fictitious! (and interestingly the HMS Endeavor name is shared of course as James Cook's legendary exploration ship as well as the flag ship in Pirates of the Caribbean II/III). I love all your crossover ties! You picked the names of the best ships in this genre! Well done!
oh, and I just noticed the other StarTrek refences: first mate "O'Brian" (from DS9, my favourite ST series), and the name "Tiyerta Nok" is the Cardassian term meaning "lifeflow of iron" used to describe passageways and jeffrey's tubes within a ship/station; and if I'm not mistaken, isn't the name "Paran" Vulcan? (or hindi on earth). And is the name "Captain Hawkins" a reference to "Stephen Hawkins," genius of quantum theory/mechanics and guru to all sci-nonfiction geeks in all the universe? :D
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Thank you Gaston, Bill, Bonnie, Warrior, Gordon, Luis, Jan and Atto for your support and kind words! I am happy you all enjoyed this first part. :) Hopefully, it wont be too long until the next one. :uhoh:
Atto: right on 90% of your finds ;D Well done!! I'm fun of Star Trek, big time!! So yes, this is a mix of fictitious and real life vessel names. Also did my national service in the Navy so I have a love for the sea and ships. Also correct on the names appart from Paran, which I am not sure if its Vulcan but I got it from the Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy series. Hawkins just poped in my head as I was writting the story, but maybe, since I am mixing so many different fictitious alternate realities together, I did have the Professor in mind, subconsciously :lol: So, good point!!!
As for the customs sailors and first mate:
legs from: 4654 - Pirate (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=4654)
torsos from: 3791 - Pirate And Water Barrel (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=3791) for the sailors and 30 00 6992 - Pirate, black hair and beard, blue uniform coat (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-00-6992) or 4548 - Captain Peg Leg (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=4548) for the first mates
hats: 30 06 6000 - Hat, low, round wide brim (http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-06-6000)
and colars from any old US cavalry set
Hope this helps :)
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Great!! :captain:
Can't wait for the rest of the story!!
And please, some detailed pics of the ships!!
Which kind of paint did you use for the "Enterprise" and how did you apply it? And is it high-gloss or semi-gloss?
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A very good story, and I love the pictures. I also really like the water. :thanks:
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I'm surprised no one asked about the water yet. (Unless it's been covered in another post that I have no idea of ...)
What did you use for it?
Looking at it I had an idea of what would work - clear textured ceiling tile (that goes over flourescent light fixtures) that is textured placed over something blue. It would allow depth and colour.
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Yeah... I meant to ask and forgot. It does look really good!
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Thank you Hadoque, Jenna and Wesley for the feedback. Much appreciated!
You'd never guess what the water is... its soooo simple ;D I'll start another thread in the ''how-to board'' including details for the sails.
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You'd never guess what the water is... its soooo simple ;D I'll start another thread in the ''how-to board'' including details for the sails.
Yes, cool! I've seen some awesome but complicated solutions for water, but as you say what you used is very simple... ???
And please don't forget to explain how you painted the "Enterprise"! I :love: that blue colour!
ps: one small remark; I think you should reverse the flags on the masttops; the wind blows them in a forwards direction, possibly slightly sidewards...
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Yes, cool! I've seen some awesome but complicated solutions for water, but as you say what you used is very simple... ???
And please don't forget to explain how you painted the "Enterprise"! I :love: that blue colour!
ps: one small remark; I think you should reverse the flags on the masttops; the wind blows them in a forwards direction, possibly slightly sidewards...
:doh: forgot about that... I'll remember it next time :) thanks!!!
Here are your answers http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=9602.0 ;D
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What a Splendid photostory dear Panos :wave:
I love it :love:
Karim :)
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Wonderful story, photos and ships Panos :love: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Can't wait to see more.
Elaine (http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/mgqueen.gif)
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Very cool customs and story.
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Beautiful Customs and story Panos!
Can not wait to see the rest of it...
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I can't believe I didn't see this story until now. Great job, Panos! Looking forward to more! :clap: :clap: :wow: :wow:
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ps: one small remark; I think you should reverse the flags on the masttops; the wind blows them in a forwards direction, possibly slightly sidewards...
For the brig, the best wind to sail by came from lateral winds, and the sails should be adjusted at a 45 degree angle to the wind. So the flags should blow somewhere between straight ahead (12 oclock) if the wind is coming behind them, and 9 or 3 o'clock. If the brig was tacking against the wind it could theoretically blow around 8 o clock or 4 o'clock. so it could, theoretically, still blow "backwards" (aft), but at an angle.
the sloops can tack closer to the wind, so the flag might even blow aft even more at 7 or 5 oclock (they'd probably have to furl the square sail and use only the jibbs and the spanker)
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Glad you enjoyed the story Karim, Elaine, Elric, Angelo, and PlaymoMan!! Thanks for your support!! Much appreciated :)
Atto: also a good point!
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very Impressive!!!!!!!!! awesome !!!!!!!! :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:
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Great job! You've got a whole fleet! I like your customs as well.
Is there a sea battle coming up?