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DIY Cardboard Pirate Ship

by Creative Mother

Hi, in this instructable I show you how I made a pirate ship.

For this project I used cardboard from pizza boxes, egg cartons, hot glue, thread, super glue and paint.

It took me about 5 days to finish, working a couple of hours daily.

https://youtu.be/jv0Ha2TrQKQ

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Step 1: Making the Patterns

I started by designing the patterns. I had some idea ofwhat I want to create so I drew the profile of the ship,then the top view of the deck. The ribs of the shipwere a little bit of a guessing game, knowing only twodimensions from the side view and the top view. Youcan see the result translated in 10 images containingthe patterns I will be using in the following steps. All10 pages are in A4 format (297x210 mm) so try to

use them without changing the aspect ratio. Mycardboard was 2 mm thick and used two pieces foreach pattern, so the thickness you see there is 4 mm(except for the orange one which is the main line ofthe boat and made it in 4 layers, 8 mm thick). Youmay have to adjust some of the patterns if you use athicker or thinner cardboard.


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Step 2: Gluing the Framework

Gluing the pieces together should be easy if you follow the first picture with all the patterns along with the video.Basically the colored 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 pieces are glued to the brown A, B, C, D, E pieces and sit on top of the orangepiece. The green a, b, c, d pieces are the deck and sit on top of everything. Make sure to glue the deckhorizontally.


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Step 3: Gluing the Planks

I made some long 15 mm stripes of the same 2 mm pizza boxes cardboard and started gluing them to theframework. I started from the bottom of the ship and worked my way up. I overlaid each piece over the one beforejust a little bit.


Step 4: Making the Ship's Railing

Using the green patterns a, b and d, I outlined the railing top view. You can make wider, thicker or thinner. Minewas 15 mm wide and 6 mm thick. I made the pillars gluing 3 small 30x5 mm cardboard pieces together.


Step 5: Adding Details

I added some details using thin stripes of cardboard on the sides. Although these details are not so visible now,they will look great when making the patina. I also added some round and square windows.


Step 6: Making the Rocky Stand

I needed a stand for the ship so I decided to go for a rocky one, full of textures. I made the stand out of eggcartons. I broke the carton into smaller irregular pieces and glued them together. This type of carton is easy tobend and glue in any shape you want.


Step 7: Making the Topmasts and Sails

I made the main three pillars by rolling and gluing thecardboard until I reached the desired thickness. Onepillar is about 20 mm thick. The middle one is thetallest and it has 360 mm, the one in front has 320mm and the last one has 220 mm. I made patterns forthe sails also. 1a and 1b are for the front, 2a and 2bare a little larger and are for the middle and 3a is forthe third pillar. I made the curved sails by gluing twopieces of cardboard together and bending them while

the glue is still hot. I used the cutting mat to helpalong with the bending. I added threads as best as Icould. I am no expert in this so I used some Googleimages for reference. Even though I had no idea ofthe correct way this should be done, the threadsadded a realistic effect to the ship, and this aspectwas all that mattered to me. I glued the ends of thethreads using super glue.


Step 8: Painting

I covered the surface in a dark color first. This willserve as a base. Make it go in all the cracks and thedeepest holes. It will act like a shadow and contrastlayer when we add brighter colors. I add a brightercolor only to the surface of the texture, gently rubbingthe brush with very little pigment so I don't get it in thecracks. On top of that bright color you can add othercolors as well. You can make it brighter and more

colorful, it's your choice. I went for a wooden look forthe main body of the ship. I painted the sails whitefirst and then added a diluted brown to the top andspread it gently and dissolving it to the bottom untilthe sail looked older and used. I hope you liked myinstructable and got some inspiration to start yourown projects. Have fun!


Done. There is a zip file in the first step.

Thank you very much ..

Keep going .. :)

Incredible work! Would it be possible for you to upload the pages of the cut sheets by themselves?It is difficult for some of us to take them out of the pdf file and scale them to the correct size.

Really enjoyed watching you make it.

Did you have a measurement ship for details?


Really nice! Incredible I will tried to create it

But beautiful work!!!! Thank

I love it!

Great!

Just wanted to say what a genius idea the ship was... I absolutely love them and it is definatly agreat way to use up old cardboard boxes etc. Great job

Great idea, awesome work!If you want an wood style with high detail quality we can look at here:https://homegift.vn/blog/73_mo-hinh-du-thuyen-go-d...Cheers!

Voted, awesome work

Great idea and a beautiful execution!

Very impressive! The result is beautiful you are very talented!

I like card models.Scale models of buildings that I've seen somewhere.Another favorite are the card models of railway buidings like Superquick.Amazing just how strong cardboard can be when used the way you have. Looks good enough tosail.

You are a champion

Waouh, it's amazing ! Thank you !

It is really beautiful......i was having a very bad day (like the worst of my life) and seeing this mademe feel better..... It is really spectacular...... Very amazing.... Hats off!!!

I've done some wood sculptures that have ended up in museums, if that matters here, because I'mabout to praise the high heaven out of this. Your eye for design and color allows you to enhanceeven the rough edges of the cardboard and letting it contribute to an aged look that ROCKS thisboat. You've managed to let the raw material be proud of itself with good reason. That's justbrilliant. Congratulations.

Excellent from construction to paint. Great job.

What talent.I have seen another of your card board creations and have marveled at how great they look.I have an 8 year old granddaughter that loves to build and make things this looks like a greatproject for her to give to her younger twin brothers.Thank you for giving such a neat gift to everyone.


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Absolutely beautiful and amazing. A work of art for sure. The knowledge / experience that you must have to be able to create this from memory and"guesswork" is fantastic! And then, add to all that the ability to write it up as an Instructable. It's all very inspiring.Very impressive.

Pizza boxes you say...hmm....ive got no spare pizza boxes, but ive got an epic crap-load of Diaperboxes....

Great work Mom ...!!!! Superb

Superb i think you might've solved a very big question for meP.s if it turns out realistic I'm gonna use it in a short film........ Fingers crossed

Wow! Good project build!

Thank you!

Really awesome

Thank you!!

Congratulations!! Spectacular model and only a few hours a day for 5 days to complete!! You willhave a great future in prototyping. I cannot wait to try this.

Thank you! Have fun! :)

Incredibly awesome! Wow, an absolutely stunning project!This is *super* impressive! Way to transform all that cardboard!

They used all the good compliments :) well done.

:)) Thank you!

Incredibly awesome!

Thank you!

Love your latest project!thought I would share my first project using air dry clay. Of course it was inspired by you!

Wow! Awesome fairy house!! Thank you for the picture, I am always happy to see other people'screations. I have a fb group called "Creative Mom Club" where creative people share their owncreations, techniques and ideas. I'm sure they would all love to see your fairy house!

Amazing project!

Wow, an absolutely stunning project!

Thank you :D

This is *super* impressive! Way to transform all that cardboard!

Thank you :)


Wow


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