Abandoned "North Star" Armed Whaler

[Grey Roger]

That one with four sails to a mast is probably the 1960 version, commissioned by MGM for the film "Mutiny on the Bounty":
<i>Bounty</i> (1960 ship)

A more recent replica built in 1978 has the same three sail masts as ours:
<i>Bounty</i> (1978 ship)

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Anyone have any idea on how to set up locators? This time I am only model-modifying the hull model, but I still need to add the proper locators.

If you are modifying a ship I would say to take the locators from the ship you are working from, and modify them to fit the new ship.
The TOOL can edit locators.
http://piratesahoy.bowengames.com/Cloud/Tools/Modeling+Texturing/Inez Dias Tool.rar

Also there is this tutorial on locators: Tutorial - General Guide to Locators

 

[Lord Horatio Nelson]

If you are modifying a ship I would say to take the locators from the ship you are working from, and modify them to fit the new ship.
The TOOL can edit locators.
http://piratesahoy.bowengames.com/Cloud/Tools/Modeling+Texturing/Inez Dias Tool.rar

Also there is this tutorial on locators: Tutorial - General Guide to Locators

GOOD IDEA.

 

[Lord Horatio Nelson]

That one with four sails to a mast is probably the 1960 version, commissioned by MGM for the film "Mutiny on the Bounty":
<i>Bounty</i> (1960 ship)

A more recent replica built in 1978 has the same three sail masts as ours:
<i>Bounty</i> (1978 ship)

Ah, I see. Well, 4 sails are still nicer anyways, aren't they?

 

[Grey Roger]

Aesthetically, it's a matter of personal taste.

Historically, it's down to whether you prefer the 1960 film version, the 1978 film version, or various other pictures and models trying to depict the original ship. Do a Google Images search for "HMS Bounty model" and see how many models prefer three or four sails to a mast.

Also, Wikipedia says of the 1960 version:

To assist film-making and carry production staff, her general dimensions were greatly increased resulting in a vessel nearly twice the tonnage of the original.

That may be why the 1960 version had the extra sails.

 

[Lord Horatio Nelson]

Somehow this actually worked...

 

[Lord Horatio Nelson]

Now this will be the new North Star. I'll retexture the keel to look more like the Charles W Morgan's keel.

The gun-ports are completely and perfectly filled in, thank Blender for the Symmetrize tool.

 

[Lord Horatio Nelson]

Now I have added a worn keel texture I made myself.

Here's a close-up of the texture itself:

 

[Lord Horatio Nelson]

Here is the almost finished project in GM Viewer, just needs fixing for materials and needs it's locators added.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

So you got the exporting from Maya figured out, nice!

 

[Lord Horatio Nelson]

So you got the exporting from Maya figured out, nice!

Yeah, I guess. I am thinking of porting the POTBS Myrmidon Mastercraft Frigate into POTC, but I'd first need to find out how to get the model.

 

[Lord Horatio Nelson]

But I'll not upload it due to copyrights and that.