Comments | perfect_duet: help and fast!

synekdokee in perfect_duet

help and fast!

Jun 24, 2005 00:46

Right-o. I shall be (trying to) drawing H.M.S Surprise, because am mad. I've only read the third book and I'm now reading the first book (which, of course, mentions nothing about our lovely Surprise), so I'm asking you, my fellow slashers, to please give me all your information about what kind of a frigate she was. Was the movie version accurate ( Read more... )

questions, links

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synekdokee June 23 2005, 22:01:18 UTC

...well... Do you have any? *grins hopefully*

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synekdokee June 23 2005, 22:31:41 UTC

These'll do fine, thank you! And I just found a site about the Rose with loads of big pictures, so they'll be of help too.

Links gairid June 23 2005, 23:48:50 UTC

Here's a few links that might be helpful!

This one is a virtual HMS Surprise simulator...maybe not great for drawing, but fun and might give you ideas.

http://home.wxs.nl/~pdavis/

This site has photos of Geoff Hunt's paintings. Mr. Hunt does the paintings for the O'Brian book covers.

http://www.artmarine.co.uk/default.asp

Very nice shot of the Rose, (now the Surprise):

http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk/fullsail.jpg

The ships of Jack Aubrey. This one has links to the plans for the ships Capt. Aubrey commanded, including the Surprise (or the ones that some of them were modeled after):

http://members.aol.com/batrnq/index.htm

Good luck, and I hope you post the scans of your picture!