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Title: Sail HO!
Post by: Wingnut on 18 April 2010, 08:15:58 AM
Avast ye Blog-Lubbers....
http://fistfullofseamen.blogspot.com/ 
25 mm Sailing ships, bawdy humor and more pun than you can shake a shtick at.
I've taken a break from the West Gone Wild, wrote my own rules for High Seas Adventures and started Christening ships with names that would have Admiral Nelson listing in his grave. Enjoy, more to come.....

Wingnut 




 
Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 18 April 2010, 09:20:46 AM
25 mm Sailing ships, bawdy humor and more pun than you can shake a shtick at.

You can say that again! The pinnace "Envy"... the schooner "Orator"... makes even me groan! lol

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http://fistfullofseamen.blogspot.com/ 

The above said, I am deeply, deeply greatful you took the time to use the correct spelling in your blog name.

But your ship-models are absolutely first-rate (pun intended. You don't deserve better. ;)).
Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: Koppi on 18 April 2010, 01:30:29 PM
Yes, great models. Hope to see more.
Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: Luckyjoe on 18 April 2010, 03:12:17 PM
Very cool. Love the puns.  :) Ships look great.

Luckyjoe

Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on 20 April 2010, 07:51:59 AM
You can say that again! The pinnace "Envy"... the schooner "Orator"... makes even me groan! lol

The above said, I am deeply, deeply greatful you took the time to use the correct spelling in your blog name.

But your ship-models are absolutely first-rate (pun intended. You don't deserve better. ;)).

 ::)

I rather like "the sloop De'Jour" and Seaman Poole, although Harry Snatch comes close  :-I


 lol

What could be better than beautiful models and bad puns?
Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: Furt on 20 April 2010, 08:34:40 AM
Really nice ships, especially appreciate the job u did with the rigging.

Where is the schooner from? Old Glory I assume?
Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: Wingnut on 20 April 2010, 04:02:02 PM
        The Schooner is the Old Glory model as is the Sloop. The "Envy" is from a web site called Gamesofwar.net. Thank you for the complement on the rigging. I knew virtually nothing about tall masted ships before January and have tried to assemble models that are both sturdy enough for gaming and nice enough for display. The Rattlings are made from steel jewelry wire strung vertically with cross hemp twine. the steel wire allows me to glue tiny disk magnets to climbing sailors and remove them as casualties during play. The sails are .005 plastic styrene sheets stained by an acrylic wash. My goal was to make sails that looked like they were full of the wind not furled or in the doldrums. Most of the stays and lines are wax string which seems to hold its shape better than twine.
Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: Smokeyrone on 20 April 2010, 05:27:39 PM
LOL!   Funny stuff, and good looking ships
Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: warrenpeace on 22 April 2010, 05:22:40 AM
Some puns are better than others, but the sails are some of the best I've ever seen on wargame models.  The attachment of the sails to yardarms and booms is just fantastic.
Title: Re: Sail HO!
Post by: ushistoryprof on 22 April 2010, 05:08:54 PM
nice ships and then puns...