Shipbucket

Greetings Shipbucket!

As the subject line says, I'm new here and just wanted to introduce myself before I start posting my first attempts at SB-style nautical artwork. Actually, I don't feel like a complete newcomer as I have been lurking around the site for some weeks now, admiring your efforts and trying to familiarise myself with your ways...

A few things about myself...I'm a historian and have been fascinated by warships since I was very small indeed (no surprises there). I should also be clear that my principal interests, at least at this moment in time, lie in the AU sphere. Now I fully appreciate that this isn't SB's primary focus and I'm also aware that many of you have strong views on this subject, which I completely respect. However, I enjoy the creative challenge of imagining plausible designs for particular scenarios and after seeing what can be achieved, I would quite like to become better at drawing them too!

Anyway that's more than enough about me...time to dip my toes in the beginner's section and hope that there aren't too many piranhas!

Y.

Piranhas? Nah. Hippos?* Yeah.
But anyway, welcome aboard. I'm probably among the type you describe, but don't be fooled everyone here likes a well thought out AU, it just happens that most of them... Well aren't.


*Big, nasty tempered and with a habit of accidentally rolling over people

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“Close” only counts with horseshoes, hand grenades, and tactical nuclear weapons.
That which does not kill me has made a grave tactical error

Worklist

Source Materiel is always welcome.

Heh, thanks Thiel!

I can't guarantee that my designs will make the grade, but it won't be for lack of thought or effort. In fact, the very reason I'm here is to improve upon them...I just can't see the point of drawing a ship that simply won't work. And who better than the good folk of Shipbucket to spot any glaring design flaws?

Accidentally? Hippo's do it on purpose

Also, hey

Hippos? I had jellyfish in mind

Anyway welcome!

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Work list(Current)
Miscellaneous|Victorian Colonial Navy|Murray Riverboats|Colony of Victoria AU|Project Sail-fixing SB's sail shortage
How to mentally pronounce my usernameRow-(as in a boat)Don-(as in the short form of Donald)Dough-(bread)
"Loitering on the High Seas" (Named after the good ship Rodondo)
There's no such thing as "nothing left to draw" If you can down 10 pints and draw, you're doing alright by my standards

I'm more like: "Waiting in the background and then ...!"

but welcome to SB

Welcome to Shipbucket. Hope you'll enjoy the company, so to speak.

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

Don't talk to me about hippos...a friend of mine is always going on about them.

Thanks for the welcome, though!

Welcome mate All though you prefer AU I'll hope you will see the challenge in doing a real life ship in SB

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Work in progress:
DD County Class PNS Babur (1982)(PAK)
FF Type 21 Class D182 PNS Babur (2000)(PAK)
All relevant Coat of Arms

Welcome aboard; and yes, some may prefer 'real life', but what counts is enjoying being amongst fellow bucketeers, so good luck in all your endevours