"ChickLewis' 28mm Tramp Steamer (by Richard Houston)" Topic

now that is most impressive, excellent detailing.

Truly amazing! You are a master.

Brian

Chick – that's the most amazing model ever. Very impressive.

BTW – I even notice the rivet marks on the cladding.

And such a prettier face than Steve Jackson!

Very, very nice. Inspiring too.

We have one of his smaller tramps, and love it – but the Venture is awesome. Good job with the photos and those miniatures, Chick.

An ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL ship and project, Chick!

I immediately recognize the figure on the stern. It's "The Unpleasant Mr. M" from Pulp Miniatures. By the way, is that a cigarette he's got in his hand? If you made that modification, you get double extra points for that!

Fantastic job, Chick!

Correction: Pulp Figures.

Very, very nice

That was amazing! Nice work all involved!

Chris

Amazing work from Richard Houston !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow

As stated before: you are no longer my friend….

Seriously: simply wonderful!

Rudi

Wow! What a great model!

Mark

Seriously fine work there! I have a small freighter from Houston ships, but yours is the best I've seen! I hope we can see the plans someday.

Impressive.

"The cook just found a native necklace on deck! Break out the Thompsons!"

Beautiful, just beautiful.

I meant to ask, whose Deep Ones are those?

A fine disreputable crew for a fine disrputable ship.

Outstanding conception and painting. What a set for all kinds of nefarious adventures!

An excellent job

Wow, that is awesome! Makes me want to game Pulp.

Now all you need are the rules from here:

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Nycjadie, good eye on the incised rivet marks. I was taken aback when I realized that Richard had actually marked each rivet in 3D.

Saginaw, rather than PulpFigures' "Mr. M", I believe the guy on the stern is Bill Armintrout, the Editor, having a smoke. The original casting holds a big fat reefer, which I cut down to a very-nearly-scale cigarette.

Jpattern2, those deep ones are a mixed bag, been adding to them for ten years. Grenadier, Rafm, Metal Magic, Partha troglodytes, and half a dozen other sources. The Deep one Dagon Priests in blue/green robes are conversions. Twice when I had those on the table, someone informed me that I had committed a serious heresy against GW figure collectors. I grafted Grenadier feet, hands, and heads onto very early Ringwraith bodies, and scratchbuilt the gold tiara. Apparently those Ringwraith models are so rare and valuable that my informants were turning green around the gills seeing them used as mere chopshop fodder. As a result I like my Dagon priests even more.

Thanks for the comments, and yes, Richard Houston outdid himself. He's a true craftsman, and the Venture may be his best work ever. Glad I got him to sign the bottom of the model.

Amazing model. Extra points for displacing S. Jackson from the front page, too!

w.

Absolutely lovely – how much will a ship like that cost?

Fantastic model!

Shelldrake, I'd rather not spill the cost, in case Richard has restructured his pricing system in the interim.
My custom model Venture was not cheap, but I think it was EXCELLENT value.

Contact the Virtual Armchair General with your sketches and desires. You may be surprised at how affordable the price of a custom Richard Houston model turns out to be.

They are brilliant.

Very Good, But where is Kong?
Count NAtokina.

I've seen the "Venture" up close and personal, she's a beaut! You can see more pictures and the ship in action here historicalhobbies.com

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5th ship shown.