#ship figurehead

[shadowpuppetteer]

My brain mulled over the idea of Ship Figureheads and gargoyles. Though traditional gargoyles are more architectural and roof gutters, they both have become decorative symbols of places. One being more land locked the other on the sea. Also there are just as much variety of figureheads as there are gargoyle designs.

ALSO REMEMBERED DRAGON HEAD FIGURE HEADS FROM VIKING SHIPS!!! (pattern seeking monkey brain saw more gargoyle-dragon connection and went brrrr)

Then I think the subconscious part of my brain that was fascinated by Elf Quest (love how the elves in that evolutionarily diverged into wavedancers/merfolk and the gliders or flying folk) mixed in and come up with this.

Basically, a type of gargoyle that turned to stone in front of a ship to mimic a ship figurehead. They'd still be able to glide around but they would also be better swimmers and could hold their breathes for longer.

Long story short, it's dangerous to give an autistc gal who loves mythology the power of the internet and a pencil.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Quest-O-Nomicon - Ship Figurehead by Matt DeMino

[probably-a-fae]

So a while back me and some friends were making a DSMP Pirate AU. We came up with a lot of cool concepts but never really did anything with them. SO thought I might share what I did make, specifically some ship figure heads and boat names.

This was the figure head for the ship “Subscribe to Technoblade.” Techno’s ship. An old but well maintained vessel. The sound of a bell ringing on the waves strikes fear into many an unlucky vessel.

Here is the figure head for “Ended-men’s Sorrow.” Ranboo’s ship. (Ended-men were our below-waves version of endermen.” The Ship is a mismatched looking vessel, with almost a patchwork quality to it. Ranboo lovingly calls the cat Enderchest.

Last is the figure head for Philza’s ship “Death’s Angel.” It’s a very old ship, but has been upgraded multiple times to keep it running smoothly. Has several elaboratly carved pieces throughout, mostly carvings of crows. One perched over the door to the captains quarters. Lanterns are held in the beaks of crows. The Sails are green and white, and the flag displays a heart-like symbol in the center of two black wings.

[sailorgil]

Why did ships have figureheads? | Philip K Allan Author Naval Fiction

Figureheads are magnificent things. Stroll along the ranks of huge, colourfully painted ones in the naval museums at Greenwich or Portsmouth, and you cannot he

[rickinmar]

detail of a ship figurehead. 1820s. coastal Massachusetts.

[rickinmar]

Peabody Essex Museum has just bought one of the earliest ship figureheads known. made for an English ship, 1760-80.

[sailorgil]

Unicorn by Graeme Via Flickr: The figurehead of HMS Unicorn, a 46 gun frigate built at Chatham in 1824, now lying at the Victoria Dock Dundee.

[makeicreative]

Almost missed this one! This is the HMS Unite created by http://barrymckayart.com all in 3D, recently uploaded.