Renaissance Hafen um 1580

[CHRIS DODSON]

The hour glass man is superb.

Well done Mr C.

Another triumph!

Best wishes,

Chris

[Cryns]

Thank you all dear Chris, Michel, Patrick and Dirk.

Den ersten Schwung Figuren habe ich schon bemalt und warten nur noch darauf, von Dirk schön fotografiert zu werden!

I would be happy to see the final result. Dirk you are the photographer? Excellent!

Die ad hoc Schnappschüsse kann ich gerne hier einstellen...

Yes please, go ahead dear Michel.

[Cryns]

The logline with knots and markers was, in combination with a wooden log chip and the hour glass a tool to measure speed at full sea.

Knot line group kopie.jpeg (180.2 KiB) 683 mal betrachtet

the cross staff or Jakobsstab was a tool to determine ones position at full see. It comes with one, two or three cross bars.

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Once you recognize the shape of Jacobs Staffs, you will see them everywhere in nautical illustrations and allegorical sailor images:

Jacobsstaf, Cross Staff, Jakobsstab.jpg (537.2 KiB) 683 mal betrachtet

cross-staff-4045457209 kopie.jpg (466.08 KiB) 683 mal betrachtet

[dirk]

Superb !!!

[stenfalk]

Grandios!

[DirkB]

Das sind ganz bemerkenswerte und sauber recherchierte Figuren. Du setzt hier hohe Maßstäbe und entwickelst dich auf dem Gebiet zu einen wahren Könner. Kompliment. Michel kann sich über diese tolle Unterstützung für sein Projekt sehr freuen.

[Cryns]

thank you Dirk, Stenfalk and DirkB.

Here are the Five Old Navigators and their historic source images.

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[entrauner]

that's what happens, when the sculpting rush breaks out - I know the feeling - wonderful job, Victor!

[Cryns]

Thank you Entrauner.

Here are some more figurines for the navigator set: (all figurines are still under construction, I work on some details)
A cabin boy:

The Cabin Boy.jpeg (108.18 KiB) 489 mal betrachtet

The boy and the old man.jpeg (99.02 KiB) 489 mal betrachtet

And some sailors pulling lines or hanging over the railing:

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Leaning on the railing.jpeg (73.63 KiB) 489 mal betrachtet

[Cryns]

The navigators have received their navigation instruments:

From left to right: compass, quadrant, leadline, astrolabium, jacobsstaff, logchip, logline, hourglass.

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How to throw the lead on the depth-measure line?
I made many variations, the second is best and defenite:

leadline.jpeg (98.19 KiB) 369 mal betrachtet

throwing the leadline.jpeg (91.51 KiB) 369 mal betrachtet

The logchip is a wooden triangle with pieces of lead at the bottom (on top in this position). With three cords its connected to the knotted logline:

logchip.jpeg (108.84 KiB) 369 mal betrachtet

I am curious if I can cast these men with instruments in one single piece.