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the brig Lady Washington - Washington state's tall ship (and also my friends' house)
all hand drawn by me on procreate
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historical costume appreciation: captain flint's dark coat in season one of black sails
#black sails#captain flint#james flint#james mccgraw#toby stephens#costumes#costume#historical clothing#historical costuming#coats#1700s#18th century#age of sail#maritime#nautical#pirates#pirate#coat#ship#aesthetic#flint
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Costume details | Hornblower
#hornblower#hornblower series#horatio hornblower#edward pellew#archie kennedy#william bush#age of sail#perioddrama#Hornblower: Duty#hornblower: retribution#periodedit#perioddramasource#naval officer#age of sail media#naval history#perioddramaedit#historical fashion#aye-aye-captain gifs#historical costuming#i kinda tried to go by rank ..kinda#costume details
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I think this one speaks for itself
#a helpful guide#james fitzjames#og james fitzjames#historical james fitzjames#og jfj#the terror#amc the terror#the franklin expedition#franklin expedition#the terror fanart#the terror amc#age of sail#my drawings#inspired by that @jamesfitzjamesdotcom poll about pillowfights that i reblogged earlier#the terror adjacent#james fitzjames fanart#jfj fanart#i love to bully my favorite characters#<3#let’s be honest#neither one of them is exactly ‘cool’
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The French Fleet, Cherbourg, August 4-6, 1858
The photograph depicts a fleet of French naval ships in the harbor of Cherbourg in Normandy, France. The occasion is the inauguration of the harbor as well as a new railway line linking the town to Paris. Between August 3 and 21, 1858, Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie visited Brittany and Normandy, anchoring at Cherbourg between August 4 and 8, which is when this photograph was taken.
Getty Museum
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And the true power here… is a little more complicated than that.
For the Black Sails 10th anniversary week: Favorite story arc.
#bsanniversary#i love drawing her sm shes literally so perfect#black sails#black sails fanart#max#black sails max#max black sails#max bs#bs max#HOW DO PPL TAG HER ahh#my art#fanart#i just wanted a basic pose bc i hadnt drawn her in digital like Seriously before so you just get my amazing fashion design#(<- copied but simplified another dress of hers)#also i wanted to give her another color cause she wears a lottttt of blue and earth tones and the occasional yellow/orange#but i think i havent seen her in pink? mayhaps? and idk if its a character thing or a historical thing#BUT ANYWAY as always giving my faves the outfits i wish i could wear...
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Recovering the Queer History of Britain's Navy in the Age of Sail by Seth Stein LeJacq for Royal Museums Greenwich
@rulebaetannia sent me this lecture because they thought I'd appreciate it. They were right.
#age of sail#naval history#maritime history#queer history#18th century#19th century#age of enlightenment#historical queerness#gay history#trans history#lgbtq history#lgbtq#gay#trans#queer#dare I tag some fandoms#the terror#black sails#ofmd#aubreyad#master and commander#Youtube
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Excited to announce that I have found the funniest possible comment under the trailer for season 1 of our flag means death
#no homoeroticism in ofmd.... just best friends#what a straight show compared to black sails#it's so historically accurate im sure#black sails#our flag means death#ofmd
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HMS Victory
#HMS Victory#ship post#the most birthday trip#however big you think it is inside.. it's bigger#the fucking warship#black sails#master and commander#portsmouth historic dockyard#age of sail#tall ship#admiral nelson#battle of trafalgar#own photos#my post#theredontbedragons
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DIY AGE-OF-SAIL INSPIRED FOULIES
part III: the process
it’s been a couple weeks since i finished making the alterations i wanted to make to the bibs before waxing, but we finally had an open shop day at school where i'm not bothering my buddies over at the Lady Washinton (though let’s be honest, the only reason i’m not there now is because they’re in anacortes and i dont wanna do the whole drive-ferry-drive thing). HOWEVER, that means i got to spend 4 hours painting my overalls with hot toxic soup. as far as the soup recipe goes, I did actually end up changing it again. in my first post i said i’d do varnish, and the second post i said black paint. i was going to measure everything out nice and had oz quantities i was going to adhere to, but i forgot my measuring cup… lets be real though, it’s probably more historically accurate to just throw shit in a pot and go. I’M MEASURING BY VIBES FOR SCIENCE!! the final recipe went something like this:
1lb microcrystalline wax
~1 cup mineral spirits
~3/4 cup tung oil
~1/2 cup rust-oleum oil based enamel paint (black)
~2 tbsp pine tar
I probably could have done more pine tar but the class bucket was basically empty and i didn’t want to walk down the hill to get more. I also know that pine tar takes fucking forever to cure, and even a small amount smells incredibly strong (though i certainly don’t mind, i actually prefer to be covered in the stuff most times- it’s more a courtesy to the non-tall shippers who aren’t used to the incredibly concentrated stink of 10 campfires burning directly into your nostrils). the reason i added the pine tar is because of it’s anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties, since once the bibs are cured i really won’t be able to wash them. also, from my (limited and haphazard) research, you don’t need a lot to reap those benefits.
i put the wax in a double boiler, and once melted, added the oil, thinner, and paint/pine tar all at once. once it was all sufficiently combined, i started painting it on, let it cool a little bit, and then went back in with a heat gun and brush to help the solution impregnate the fibers of the cloth. oh also. make sure you are in a well ventilated space AND WEAR A RESPIRATOR (see the i-learned section below). i did 2 coats all over in this manner, and then a third over the knees, butt, and ankles for good measure.
oils and tar over any kind of fibrous material can take weeks to fully cure (as i have learned well from rigging), so i am expecting to leave my garment and it’s accoutrements hanging in the shop for about 3 weeks before they reach any kind of wearable or testable condition. everything seemed to soak in pretty well, but i left the shop before everything fully cooled so i’ll do another update at the beginning of next week- i’m anticipating that i over-waxed and there will be some residue i will have to deal with (though in what way is to be decided).
cleanup was pretty easy, considering my proclivity for giant messes with any project i engage in- lots of mineral spirits and several rags seemed to do the trick.
some things i learned/would do differently:
oh my god this recipe makes so much. like. so much. i had like 2 cups leftover and i did 2 coats on my overalls, pockets, AND a 1’x3’ piece of spare canvas. if you were just waxing a pair of pants, halving the recipe would still probably be more than enough
putting the cold liquids into the hot wax makes it congeal a little bit, but you can’t tell when the black paint makes the entire contents of the pot turn, well, BLACK. id put the transparent stuff in first, let it all melt together, and then add the black paint so that there wouldn’t suddenly be so many solid particles all at once
MIX FREQUENTLY. photo 3 shows the difference. i had mixed it really well at the beginning, but once it was all (presumably) a single solution, i stopped worrying about mixing it. the thing about paint/varnish/buildable coatings is that the reason they are buildable or have any sort of pigment is because of the suspended solids within it. this means that over time, the solids will coagulate at the bottom of the container, which is why you have to shake nail polish or stir paint before using it. this also means that i should have been mixing every couple minutes as i was painting it onto the bibs, so i ended up with a very pigmented mixture at the end, and a relatively translucent mix at the beginning. up until a certain point, i was getting a pigment that was not opaque but i was happy with, so i didn’t think too much of it until i was putting on coats that looked more brown than grey or black. anyways, mix your shit.
so… cotton burns. i was painting one leg at a time and then heat gunning it before moving on to the next leg. the wax/oil solution seems to make the fabric more resistant to burning, so the painted bits can take more heat than the untreated cotton next to it. if you, say, for example, (i definitely DID NOT DO THIS) get distracted by a particularly riveting tiktok your friend sent you of a snail vibing on a car windshield while your heat gun is blasting on high 2 inches from your pants, the raw canvas may or may not start smoking. i switched up to painting the Entire back or Entire front before heat gunning, and that seemed to solve the problem (also no more snail tiktoks)
respirators are kind of important. i was in a giant shop with vaulted ceilings next to a wide open garage door and i still had a bit of a headache after 4 hours of standing unprotected next to a pot of hot poison.
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setup
setup part 2: electric boogaloo
pant ass- upper section 1 coat unmixed, lower section 1 coat mixed
spare canvas in the midst of coat 2
back of spare canvas after coat 1
back of spare canvas after coat 2
waterproof test!
finished garments and spare canvas, ready to cure
cleanup
#tall ship#sailor#historic sailing#boat building#sewing#oilskins#bibs#foulies#tin cloth#waxed canvas#age of sail#rain gear#fibre arts
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the op turned off reblogs so i gotta post it myself 😭
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Louise Barnes as Miranda Hamilton in Black Sails
#black sails#miranda barlow#miranda hamilton#louise barnes#piratecore#1700s#period piece#period drama#costume drama#costume#costumes#historical#aesthetic#character appreciation
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A Sailor Smoking a Pipe, by Luke Clennell (1781-1840, Scottish).
#age of sail#sailors#historical men's fashion#maritime history#luke clennell#working class history#the capstan just faintly sketched in#i love him your honor
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Looking majestic af | Horatio Hornblower & Edward Pellew | Hornblower (The Frogs and The Lobsters)
#hornblower#horatio hornblower#edward pellew#ioan gruffudd#robert lindsay#hornblower/pellew#hornblower series#age of sail#perioddrama#Hornblower: The Frogs and The Lobsters#periodedit#perioddramasource#naval officer#age of sail media#naval history#aye-aye-captain gifs#historical fashion#perioddramaedit
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world’s saddest, sickest owl
#i cannot even express to you my fondness for this man#which one? both#francis crozier#james fitzjames#og francis crozier#og frmc#og james fitzjames#polar exploration#arctic exploration#the franklin expedition#i love when fitzjames calls him a sick owl in his letters#historical francis crozier#historical james fitzjames#may we be spared to meet on earth#letter book my beloved#francis crozier fanart#my drawings#franklin expedition#the terror fanart#the terror#the terror adjacent#age of sail#i loved drawing this#he’s got such a pleasant little face
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