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Hello again

Something I've been working on time and again since January: Marceau, Hoche, Neptune and Magenta. Four ships with quite interesting looks sometimes referred to as belonging to the same class, but differing enough to be considered four one-offs.

First, Marceau as commissioned in the old style paintwork


The same ship late in her career with cut-down masts and a new colouring (the green lower-hull colour contained arsenic to guard the ships against shell growth; probably also served as a deterrent for deserters who planned to jump overboard )


Neptune was a half-sister to Marceau with all the 'improvements' that made french ships of that period so endearing: huge, unarmored superstructure and heavy military masts, making them absurdly top-heavy


Magenta originally looked rather similar to Neptune, but unlike her was modernized by removing some top weight


And finally, le grand hôtel, the Hoche, with very good accomodation, but always somewhat prone to capsize


Greetings
Garlicdesign

One ugly S.O.B.

But awesome work.

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Very nice work!

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really amazing stuff.
this guy deserves a promotion.

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They had all the grace and style of a pig in a trough.
Nice drawings though. Did they really use that hideous pale beige colour?

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Ugly ships, Great drawings!

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Great drawings of hidious ships

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Very nice work.

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Wow, great. Drawings from those ships are almost impossible to find in the net. It's really an achievement to have them in shipbucket. Do you also plan to draw the predecessor Amiral Baudin and Amiral Duperre?

Gorgeous, as usual!
It's not because i'm french(no, really not....., but i love those so strange looking ships.
Do you plan to draw Amiral Baudin-class also?

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