Modelling

Lanterns

With the lamp i started with a simple Polygon cube and added a few edges, then I extruded a few times and then merged the vertexes at the top.

I made two different kinds of lamps one as they wouldnt use one design for the ship.

Pulleys

We had some trouble with reseaching the pulleys for junks as all of our reference picturs where from very far away, or too pixelated, so we watched Pirates of the caribbean : worlds end, where there is a junk, although we couldnt get such a good look at it we could see that they wernt too different from european designs, maybe they where better made but the basic shape was the same. 

Cannons balls and sand bags

The cannon balls where the simples object i modelled for obvious reason, but I spent a bit more time on the shader, I gave it a metallick shiny shader, with bits of rust in it, I also gave it a bump map.

I laso made a hand cannon, although we decided not to use it as there where not enough reference pictures avaliable in the internet.

bottles

To make the bottles I used a curve and revolved it to  make a Nurbs object, i then added a green shader and I upped the transparency to make it look like glass.

Sail Rigging

i will be designing the rigging for the sails, attaching them to the ship.
mu team mate Greg has allready done some work on the sails( http://junkgregmartin.blogspot.com/2010/10/concepting-sails.html),and my job is to create workable designs to attach and control them. i have have already researched pulleys and other systems to controll the sails and lift cargo

Objects

And here are some more research pictures from my trip to the Victoria And Albert museum in London.

A brazier used in ships. this will be VERY useful as we had no idea on how the kitchen worked, and we had assumed they made a stone chimney , but this would weigh a lot more and take up lots of space.

Japanese armour close up (liked the texture and thought it could be used somehwere)

Tea set

european locking mechanisms

Arabian astrolabe (Arabic scholars where at this time world famous for their knowledge, and there is proof that the Chinese used Arabic navigation technology)

Deck

Concept art

After doing my research I can now start using it to make my own ideas. The section of the ship I am working on is the Sleeping quarters for the sailors, I imagined this to be a hold deep in the ship, packed full of hammocks (take up less space and copes better with swaying of the ship than beds), I made two rows of hammocks on either side of a middle corridor, with two tiers of hammocks.

I will place personal belongings of the sailors tied to beams , below and on their hammocks and above hanging from the roof, this will give it a really cluttered claustrophobic look, although i will have to pre plan my shot so I don't do unnecessary work that wont be seen in the final video.

I'm also starting to make concept drawings of the sleeping area, to give my team-mates an idea of the feel i want for it, especially when the person doing the lighting and texturing gets to it.