So for the ships I have planned later, I will need more cannons!
I started by building the carriages and equipping them with the wedges ...
Then I built the gun barrels. This is the "raw" form with details just textured.
For each barrel I then added the actual rings and painted in the shadows with an art pen.
Next I needed to fit the barrels with axles which I made out of cut to size toothpicks colored with a black marker.
And finally I used the leftover parts from the black metal texture to make the fittings over the axle. So here are my first eight cannons!
The paper minis are by the talented Paperforge.
So the eight are enough to start. I will need to make more once I get to the larger ships I have planned. But for now I am thinking about a pirate gun boat or sloop.
Of course one could also use the cannons in a port defending fort. I have to research what they did look like. And then maybe also do a fort one day
But for now my to-do list is long enough!
Happy building,
Chris