| Cacique Caribe | 16 Nov 2006 12:55 a.m. PST |
These are the guys that will eventually crew the ship:
TMP link I seem to remember a tutorial of sorts on how to build a Japanese or Chinese ships of the period. Any ideas? Thanks. CC |
| Pentaro | 16 Nov 2006 2:23 a.m. PST |
I'm afraid I don't know how wako ships were, but the Major General has this beautiful junk: link The japanese ships I've seen don't look at all like this, but I think many pirates settled in China and Korea so maybe this suits you. |
| Ironmammoth | 16 Nov 2006 2:39 a.m. PST |
Scheltrum miniatures do a Wako Pirate ship:- ECB13 Waku Pirate Ship
Ocean going junk with fighting deck with defensive screens and fighting castle. 340mm long £37.50 GBP No photo on the website, but it might be worth emailing them! link |
| Lowtardog | 16 Nov 2006 3:27 a.m. PST |
I would have thought all manner of variations on junks would be good. Villaige green I believe also produce such sea going vessels |
| Eclectic Wave | 16 Nov 2006 9:06 a.m. PST |
Wargames Ruins used to have a wonderful pirate junk resin kit. I went to buy the kit only to find that the company closed it's doors the week before… gumble grumble grumble. I believe that Combine Arms ??? bought the molds, said they would have the kits for sale again within a year and hasn't done anything with them for 5 years. Sigh |
| Cacique Caribe | 16 Nov 2006 9:20 a.m. PST |
I have never really made a ship before. Would it be hard to make one, you think, using the basic ideas from this other site? Any suggestions? link CC |
| elsyrsyn | 16 Nov 2006 12:08 p.m. PST |
If you want to scratch build (a lot cheaper but a boatload (hehe) of work), you might try the Village Green paper model first – use it as a model of your model to figure out what goes where and how to convert the design to either styrene or wood. You might also try googling for some wooden ship building web sites – there are probably enough people still building ships from scratch that there will be some tutorial stuff available. Let me know when you get good at it and start expanding into Korean turtle ships – those are very cool. Doug |
| Camcleod | 16 Nov 2006 12:29 p.m. PST |
Not too hard to build out of thin card.
I've built several small vessels out of cardboard – base in the waterline shape, deck above plus side pieces – masts, etc. out of dowelling – add detail.
Remember to trial fit before final cuts and make a pattern for all the pieces so you can duplicate the shapes.
Also, make the size of the decks to suit the figure bases. Cliff |
| Glengarry | 16 Nov 2006 10:53 p.m. PST |
Foamcore… light, sturdy and hard wearing. I'ts thick so you'd have to do the railings and such in thin card but foamcore makes a good base. |
| arturo rex | 05 Jan 2007 3:46 p.m. PST |
Nice project. And foamcore is easy to work. |
| Cacique Caribe | 26 Mar 2007 7:01 a.m. PST |
Possible Wokou figures on the way: TMP link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 14 Jul 2007 1:51 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 16 Feb 2008 9:44 p.m. PST |
Beautiful figures from Kingsford. TMP link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 11 Jun 2008 3:46 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 11 Jun 2008 5:44 p.m. PST |
I would love to build a waterline version of this one: link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Jun 2008 2:29 a.m. PST |
This is a better picture: link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 16 Jun 2008 9:33 p.m. PST |
For the crew, I might get some of the bandit packs listed here: link CC |
Uesugi Kenshin  | 16 Jun 2008 10:56 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 17 Jun 2008 2:56 p.m. PST |
Uesugi, Excellent suggestions. If/when I give up going scratchbuilt, I will need those links. Thanks. CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 Dec 2008 6:32 p.m. PST |
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