| wingnut | 16 Mar 2012 7:45 a.m. PST |
Just finished up two new ships for our game at Recruits.
Introducing the brigantine "Elk Hunt"
and the Sloop "Eraja Olas"
Lots more pictures here:
link Wingnut |
| War In 15MM | 16 Mar 2012 8:14 a.m. PST |
I always enjoy your stuff! |
| J Womack 94 | 16 Mar 2012 8:46 a.m. PST |
Did they come with the sails or did you have to add your own? Excellent job on the rigging, old boy! Real Bristol fashion, I say! |
| wingnut | 16 Mar 2012 10:08 a.m. PST |
Sails are scratch built from plastic styrene.
Thanks again for the encouragement! |
 Der Alte Fritz  | 16 Mar 2012 10:16 a.m. PST |
Wow, those are really nice ships! |
| Mako11 | 16 Mar 2012 12:17 p.m. PST |
Wonderful job on the vessels, as always! |
| War In 15MM | 16 Mar 2012 12:26 p.m. PST |
Wingnut, how do you store your ships? |
| Mako11 | 16 Mar 2012 12:52 p.m. PST |
I'd like to know that too, plus how you transport them safely? |
| wingnut | 16 Mar 2012 2:55 p.m. PST |
I actually built a cheap transport system from wood, heating conduit and magnetic sheets.
Each one of my ships has a magnetic sheet cut to match the hull line and glued on the bottom. I then built frames out of 2 by 2's that form a box and nailed sheet metal conduit flat to the bottom of each frame. The unrolled conduit is about 3ft by a foot precut from most big box hardware stores. The frames are reinforced and sturdy so they are stack well. Before we go to a con we shrink wrap the individual crates. We're building more this weekend for the new ships. Wingnut |
| poiter50 | 18 Mar 2012 7:58 p.m. PST |
Pictures of your transport system? |
| Early morning writer | 18 Mar 2012 9:45 p.m. PST |
Wingnut, Hope you're game goes great – and hope you wait until after to read this if you are pressed for time. Ours went great – but I was in final prep for 18 hours the day before and only got 4 hours sleep. Survived to run the game and we had somewhere between 23 and 25 players. Report and photos on the blog as soon as I can get them up. Pirate games are cool and Giant Pirate Games Rule the Waves – Britannia be damned! : ) EMW |
| Captain yapudo | 19 Mar 2012 3:42 a.m. PST |
WOUAOU…. WAITING FOR PICTURE…. |
| wingnut | 19 Mar 2012 6:37 a.m. PST |
DRINKS ALL AROUND!
EMW,
Chapeu mate. Not as easy as it looks ehh?
Glad to hear it went well, get those pictures up before this mob riots. Wingnut |
| wingnut | 19 Mar 2012 6:39 a.m. PST |
Mako, Poiter,15mm,
I got three cases built this weekend. I will put a few pictures up tonight. Wingnut |
looks at the new U.S.S. Constitution for Black Seas.
