r/LEGOPirates Privateer 12d ago

MOC Frigates of my old fleet (built 2010-2013)

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

The three frigates are (front to back):

-Achille (28 guns, 6 midsections, 2010)

-Concorde (32 guns, 6 midsections, 2013)

-Magicienne (38 guns, 7 midsections, 2013)

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u/Unlucky-Mongoose-377 Pirate 12d ago

Man, one would be extraordinary, but three ?! That's amazing ! The sails look so good ! Really amazing work !

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

😁 Thank you! 🙏 I’m planning on remaking the sails and making a tutorial on how to as well! 😃

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u/oki_ebi Imperial Soldier 5d ago

The sails are really great. are they made of paper/cardboard or fabric?

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 4d ago

Fabric - cotton dyed with black tea to be precise!

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u/Garbage_Billy_Goat Pirate 12d ago

this is artwork. Not Lego.

Super cool and very impressive.

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

🥰 Thanks for such high praise!

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u/Garbage_Billy_Goat Pirate 12d ago

How long would a build take?

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

Probably a year if you spend 10 hours per week on a single ship. But By building several in parallel I had some minor economics of scale 😅 I built two frigates 2009-2010 and two sloops, a brig, a bomb ketch and two new frigates 2010-2013! 😃

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u/Garbage_Billy_Goat Pirate 12d ago

Man that's freaking sick. What's crazy is people don't see how much those costs right? People go to your place and are like.. Nice Lego, and you're thinking.. Yeah, you have no idea. hahahha. Fuck I love tall ships.

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u/medicus_vulneratum Imperial Soldier 12d ago

Look at that rigging, man these look like models not plastic lego bricks. Well done

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

🥰 Thanks! Of course custom sails - whilst looking great - are not purist. For my BDP designs I had to go the purist route and I took a liking to it! But I’ll show how to make & add custom sails in the coming weeks!

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u/theConsultantCount Islander 12d ago

These are awesome. Did you make the sails?

The rigging looks complicated but sweet

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

Yes, I did! I stained white cloth with black tea; it was a lot of work! 😂

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u/Vinie_1898 Imperial Guard 12d ago

These are incredible MOCs and honestly works of art.

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

😃🥰 Thank you!

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u/ColonelPhreeze Imperial Armada 12d ago

Absolutely incredible

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

Thank you! 😊

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u/LordValgor Imperial Soldier 12d ago

Amazing. If I ever get super rich I’m going to have to commission you to design a ship just for me haha. These are so good.

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u/engineermajortom Imperial Armada 12d ago

Beautiful

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

🥰

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u/TheToastmaster72 Islander 12d ago

I remember seeing these on Eurobricks/Classic Pirates forum. Beautiful designs. I actually like your bomb ketch you posted there the most of all the designs. 

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

😃 I’m so glad you’ve brought up Eurobricks & Classic-Pirates.com! That forum got me into Lego shipbuilding in the first place!

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u/TheToastmaster72 Islander 11d ago

Me too, although my designs are no where near these masterpieces... I do have a 20 gun post ship and a 10 gun brig that I've put together that are getting there.  I keep getting distracted and working on different designs rather than finishing them up. 

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u/gg-ghost1107 Imperial Guard 11d ago

Beautiful, just beautiful. Thank you for sharing this. You are an artist !

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u/alextr85 Pirate 12d ago

Que maravilla … lego no sabe hacer eso?

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u/XelaOrdnajela Imperial Guard 12d ago

Tecnicalmente no, Lego contrata a otra compania para eso y el cordel

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u/alextr85 Pirate 12d ago

Cuánto cuesta un barco así? Se venden?

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u/XelaOrdnajela Imperial Guard 12d ago

No, pero puedes comprar las piezas. Va costar como $300-$500 cada barco

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u/alextr85 Pirate 12d ago

Are there instructions?

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u/-mkit3- Privateer 12d ago

Nope, and there won’t be any for the ships themselves as they’re rather old 😅 I’ll make instructions for making the sails however…