Spanish Galleon 1607 by Ferrus Manus - FINISHED - Imai - 1/100 - with modified rigging

[Ferrus Manus]

One thing i love about Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom is that instead of putting his signature at the bottom corner like every other painter, he, a lot of times, planted his name smack in the middle of the nearest Dutch flag. They're like finding the hidden N's in Kinkade paintings. 

Edited August 28, 2023 by Ferrus Manus

[Ferrus Manus]

"The Spaniard came in sight, with his huge sea-castles heaving upon the weather bow...

And up-shadowing high above us with her yawning tiers of guns, took the breath from our sails...

And we stayed." 

-Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

From the Armada to Gibraltar, the Azores to Antwerp, the Spanish Galleon has always been a breathtaking and terrifying sight. With her yawning tiers of guns, she was the absolute pinnacle of an entire class of ship, built on the backs of plundered silver and blood. 

Tennyson puts it perfectly in his poem. Simply nothing could assail the Sea-Castle, so they stayed. It was not any kind of inadequacy that brought her downfall, but rather the arrogant hubris of her commanders.

The ~1000 ton Esmeralda would have taken hundreds of men over two years to build, and would have been one of the largest ships in Europe at the time. However, the model of which only took one man six months.

 

Thank you all for sticking around to see the glorious Esmeralda come to completion. She shall sail the imaginary high seas as a glorious and unassailable sea-fortress, carrying victory to her homeland for Gold, Glory, and God. 

 

My next build, the Beowulf, is currently up in the pre-1500 builds.

 

Until next time (right now), fair winds and calm seas. 

[ccoyle]

Congratulations -- nicely done!

[Jeff T]

Stunning job!   Congratulations!

👏

[Baker]

congratulations,  nice work  👍

[Bill97]

Beautiful job Ferrus. You should be proud. Will watch for your future builds 

[Ferrus Manus]

Already working on one! It's a nef and it's in pre-1500 kit logs.

[GrandpaPhil]

Nicely done, Ferrus!  Congratulations!

[Ferrus Manus]

Thank you all!! 

[Isaiah]

Congratulations Ferrus, you’ve done a marvellous job.

 

I will be following your next build.