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The Fluyt is flying the flags of the VOC Middelburg (Zeeland) charter with the yellow/white/red on the main and the red Vlissingen flag on the fore.
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This 6th Rate represents the Dutch 3 mast yacht 'Swol'. To make it easier to spot the freeboards were painted in red/white/blue and some guns were removed to make clear she's not a fully armed 6th Rate.
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I did a bit of extra work on the stern, showing mermaids in full color and the coat of arms of the city of Zwolle: 'Swol'. Since she was a yacht she was more elaborately decorated. Although being a historic ship I was not able to find any info on he actual appearance.
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I couldn't resist naming it after some episodes in a satirical comedy show in the Netherlands named 'De Heeren van De Bruyne Ster' by Jiskefet about the officers aboard a VOC ship named 'De Bruyne Ster' (The Brown Star) with a fitting piece on the stern. Fitting in more than one way to go on the stern really... she really should have 'favourable wind' whenever she sails!
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I made ships cards for all the English and Dutch ships present at the Four Days' Battle of 1666. I tried to work the differences between Dutch and English ship design and armament into the cards despite the models being the same. The Dutch ship, though being roughly of the same size had fewer and lighter guns which shows in its broadside value and only the English ship keeping the 'Weight of Fire'.
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I couldn't resist naming it after some episodes in a satirical comedy show in the Netherlands named 'De Heeren van De Bruyne Ster' by Jiskefet about the officers aboard a VOC ship named 'De Bruyne Ster' (The Brown Star) with a fitting piece on the stern. Fitting in more than one way to go on the stern really... she really should have 'favourable wind' whenever she sails!
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I couldn't resist naming it after some episodes in a satirical comedy show in the Netherlands named 'De Heeren van De Bruyne Ster' by Jiskefet about the officers aboard a VOC ship named 'De Bruyne Ster' (The Brown Star) with a fitting piece on the stern. Fitting in more than one way to go on the stern really... she really should have 'favourable wind' whenever she sails!
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I couldn't resist naming it after some episodes in a satirical comedy show in the Netherlands named 'De Heeren van De Bruyne Ster' by Jiskefet about the officers aboard a VOC ship named 'De Bruyne Ster' (The Brown Star) with a fitting piece on the stern. Fitting in more than one way to go on the stern really... she really should have 'favourable wind' whenever she sails!
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I removed the 'sunbursts' from the stern to get some more room for the freehand paintings. The painting of the stern of the Dutch ship 'Groot Hollandia' was based on its historical counterpart but the different configuration of the stern (the model represents a slightly later type of ship) made a one-on-one representation impossible.
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The English ship 'Anne' of the White squadron had the wings of the angel figurehead removed to give her a more generic look. The Dutch 3rd Rate 'Groot Hollandia' had the angel figurehead removed completely and replaced with a lion from a sprue of Black Seas ships.
Flag and banner test model | Galleon
Flag and banner test model | Galleon