Crowd Support for Brick Designer Program Series 7 be sailing along at a cracking pace! So what a fine time to examine one of the submissions in further detail…
“The Royal Flagship” by Jfischer introduces imperial might to the program, in the form of a hefty, well armed warship fit for a monarch!
Not to mention Jens’ excellent presentation of the vessel be a prime candidate for one of them Incredible Cross Sections books!
So let’s get cutting…
Jfischer writes:
Ahrr, ya scurvy landlubbers,
I’d like to introduce to you the Royal Flagship, my BDP series 7 entry.
The Royal Flagship glides from the harbor, its hull bristling with cannons, sails billowing in the wind.
The admiral in his quarters has received the King’s orders – and they are clear: To drive the pirate scourge from the Crown’s waters – no pirate shall escape justice!
Total parts: 3997 | Unique parts: 579 | Minifigures: 8 (including figurehead)
Length: 98 cm / 36.6 in | Height: 62 cm / 24.4 in | Weight: 3.35 kg / 7.39 lbs
Jfischer continues:
Meanwhile his ever watchful first officer is making sure that crew and marines are battle-ready.
And so, as the sun sets, the Admiral’s voice rings out, echoing over the restless sea:
“Pirates, ye be warned!”
Display
Jens is gen-er-ous and kindly provides you with two modes of presentation!
Display it as a regular ship
Or, if yer want to access the interior, just split the ship in two – it won’t sink!
Display it as a cross section
Bow and stern
Recent BrickLink Designer palettes have posed extra challenges for Soldier and Imperial Guards builds due to the reduced availability of relevant pieces.
Nonetheless, you can’t keep a good imperial foundry down and Jens has made some creative substitutions.
How do you do? Meet The Royal Flagship crew
Jfischer continues:
As a long time age-of-sail enthusiast and LEGO ship builder, my focus in this entry was to come up with a design for a two-deck ship-of-the-line with the given 4000 part limitation. Furthermore, its interior should be fairly accessible, and the whole ship should feature a relatively realistic rigging that provides decent stability.
Incredible Cross Sections
Let’s slice and dice!
This be the most amazin’ dedication to scutin’ the innards of a build we’ve ever laid eyes on!
Two decks! Twice as many decks than your average official LEGO ship
There’s plenty of interesting details woven into the interior
A tried and true feature dating back to the original Black Seas Barracuda
Real Bricks
Not all BrickLink Designer builds exist in physical form, given the nature of the program is to craft and submit them digitally utilising BrickLink’s proprietary software.
How does this compare to the digital version?
But Jens has traversed a few extra nautical miles to demonstrate what we’d be receiving, should this design ever reach balmy waters of Crowdfunding.
Jfischer writes:
With this as my main objectives I queued the music and set about. After some back and forth with digital and real brick testing, the Royal Flagship is the compromise I found. And I’m quite fond of the result – the hull shape is decently realistic, and the rigging really does work!
Looking a little empty! We need to populate the flagship with minifigures
Jfischer continues:
All masts are being supported in their total height, the weight of the sails is balanced out – the whole ship can be carried around with relative ease. The cost for the size: Only one side could be fully built. But that just means the ship’s inner workings can be put on display, if you so choose.
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- Broadside
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- Backside
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- Inside
Imagine having to clean all those windows
And that mateys, is The Royal Flagship – be sure to support it on BrickLink before 21 February, 2025.
BrickLink Designer Program Series 7
The BrickLink Designer Program is a cornucopia of fantastic creations so, here be some honourable mentions from Series 7 which we’d love to explore in future blog posts…
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“Anchor Cove Imperials Shipyard”
by DelusionB
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“Privateer Frigate Fortuna”
by Brick Perfection
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“Forgotten Islands”
by One_eyeChristos
There also be a couple more submissions which have covered…
But that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
There be 14 pirate-themed submissions submitted to Series so we’ve compiled a list for your supporting convenience.
You have until the timer reaches 00:00:00 to pledge yer support.
So cruise down that list and give each of those designs some love!
About the Builder…
Jfischer (or Jens Fischer for long… or Kolonialbeamter for something else) is a digital builder from Germany who’s churned out a fleet of impressive ships in his time.
Despite his frequent use of CAD software, Jens aspires to design all his builds so they may be constructed in real life – with real LEGO parts and no illegal techniques! None of that cyber stuff you see in the BrickLink Designer Program.
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- “Keeping the Keep”
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- “Château Richemont”
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- “Fort Henri”
Paddle down his Flickr stream in to discover more magnificent ships and historic builds, primarily Pirate and Castle in nature.
Or to travel back in time via his Brickshelf account which reveals where it all began.
Past Ships
The Classic Pirates have previously covered some of Jen’s ships – yer may note some design commonalities between them.
Among these posts yer will discover the previous incarnation of “The Royal Flagship“, originally submitted to LEGO Ideas. “Royal Philip” built for the Brethren of the Brick Seas and the Sans Pareil dating back to 2012
What Do Yer Think?
Does the The Royal Flagship stand a chance against the meticulous review of the BrickLink Designer Team?
Or be there other Series 7 submissions that take yer preference?
Is this fine vessel worthy of yer support?
Be sure to pledge yer support and sail over to the LEGO Pirates Forum or Classic Pirates Facebook Group to have a good yak about The Royal Flagship and the other Series 7 pirate-themed submissions.
