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HMS Sovereign of the Seas - Bashing DeAgostini Beyond Believable Boundaries

The next decoration, the English coat of arms on the gallery, is actually going to be easier than many others despite being one of the most complex ones. An image of the coat of arms is being used as a shortcut. It's not a perfect match, but close enough in that it has all the elements of the Payne engraving image, with variations in the details. The image is loaded and is applied to a 5000x5000 point grid as a displacement map, which reshapes the flat, square grid into a 3-D object based on the image. The object produced was then bent using the shear tool to match the hull sheer at the gallery.
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The displacement map generated good enough results to use as-is without any changes except to add the plumes behind the coat of arms, which will be made as separate objects and merged into the coat of arms at the top.
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The English coat of arms for the gallery is done.
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Using the Elastic Stretch sculpting tool in Blender, I was able to stretch the lower left corner of the object and lower part of the body of the unicorn on the right until they roughly match the shape of the Payne engraving. It's not perfect, but close enough. All this detail may not be printed when the object is printed in resin since the entire carving will be approximately 20mm x 20mm.
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Dear Kurt! Most likely, those two angels at the stern of the ship are biblical heavenly musicians. One plays the flute, the other the lyre. The lyre is the same as the one on the royal coat of arms.

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Here is the progress on the two musician nymphs on the galley.
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Thanks to @iutar for providing an excellent image of the lyre, which I used as a displacement map to create the 3-D lyre.
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Next, the objects will be converted to bas reliefs.
 
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Excellent work!
All the images on board the ship have meaning. The reason for the musicians' presence is very simple.
People were very superstitious in those days, especially sailors. They also believed in miracles and mysticism. The flawless angels playing beautiful musical instruments that produced magical, gentle, enchanting sounds were sure to please the sea god Neptune. Enchanted by music, Neptune will become kind and will not send storms and tempests after the ship. That's why musicians are placed at the stern and below, near the water. The shepherd's pipe and lyre truly produce very pleasant sounds.

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The dogs near the musicians are also depicted for a reason. According to legend, Neptune (Poseidon) had a son, Triton. This half-fish, half-man blew into a conch shell.
The roar of the conch shell raised the waves and started a storm. The dogs were supposed to sniff out Triton and warn the musicians. The dogs were also supposed to scare Triton away.

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And the seahorse, of course, served the musicians as a jet ski.
:) :) :)
 
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iutar said:
Excellent work!
All the images on board the ship have meaning. The reason for the musicians' presence is very simple.
People were very superstitious in those days, especially sailors. They also believed in miracles and mysticism. The flawless angels playing beautiful musical instruments that produced magical, gentle, enchanting sounds were sure to please the sea god Neptune. Enchanted by music, Neptune will become kind and will not send storms and tempests after the ship. That's why musicians are placed at the stern and below, near the water. The shepherd's pipe and lyre truly produce very pleasant sounds.

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The dogs near the musicians are also depicted for a reason. According to legend, Neptune (Poseidon) had a son, Triton. This half-fish, half-man blew into a conch shell.
The roar of the conch shell raised the waves and started a storm. The dogs were supposed to sniff out Triton and warn the musicians. The dogs were also supposed to scare Triton away.

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And the seahorse, of course, served the musicians as a jet ski.
:) :) :)
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Now this is some fun ship archaeology. Thanks for contributing your ideas to the model! If any other forum members have ideas or advice to help with this model of HMS Sovereign of the Seas, by all means, post them and help a beginner out.
 
Kurt,
I was watching a channel on youTube - and thought about you - Now 3D printers are starting to also make metal etched bits for model hobbyists -
video showed how to print a ship's deck railing - wow!!

PS: I went back to look for that video - but tossed it - Hmmm

Cheers,
 
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Kurt,
I was watching a channel on youTube - and thought about you - Now 3D printers are starting to also make metal etched bits for model hobbyists -
video showed how to print a ship's deck railing - wow!!

PS: I went back to look for that video - but tossed it - Hmmm

Cheers,
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Hey oldflyer! Thanks for the pics you sent of you flying exploits. My son liked your movies of the BT-13! I wish I could have done what you do, but have reserved muself to waterbourne craft. I have heard of metal 3-d printers, but haven't looked to see if they are commercially practical for small projects. You have a link to one?
 
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