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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: War In 15MM on July 29, 2011, 12:41:39 AM
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This tramp steamer is based on a pirate ship hull I bought at the swap meet for $3.00. I believe it was a Playmobil toy. It's about 19 inches long. It took about a month to build. I had to build a new bow and fill in a the ribbing on the side of what was originally supposed to be a wooden ship. I cut the hull down to give it move of a straight up and down look to the sides. The deck, cabins wheelhouse and flying bridge are scratch built. The funnel is from a bathtub toy I bought at the swap meet for about a dollar. The unpainted figure is a 28mm by Copplestone that I put in the picture for scale. I used Milliput for the water around the base. I'm showing 4 pictures so you can see it with and without the Photoshoping of water.
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/P1012041.jpg)
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/P1012042.jpg)
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/P1012041-1.jpg)
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/P1012042-1.jpg)
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YUMMY :o :-* :o
You have had some amazing finds at the swap meet.
Pete
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AWESOME!!!!
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Great job...you have talent dude!!
Regards,
Hitman
8)
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That's great.
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A superb job, sir! :o
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She's a beauty!
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excellent!
And really amazing, what people are making out of these playmo-stuff!
best wishes
Drachenklinge
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Excellent job.
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Lovely conversion work 8)
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Brilliant - nice weathering and rusting (not too excessive) and the build itself is fantastic. Is it going to feature in zombie games too, or is it stricly pulp?
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A cracking job :-* :-* :-*
build and painting.
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Hawkeye, the simple truth is I have never gamed. I love collecting and painting the miniatures, most of which, as you can see by my site name, are 15mm military miniatures. I've been doing this for more than 30 years and have painted a collection of more than 25,000 15mm military figures and hundreds (maybe thousands) of scenics.
About five years ago, Pulp/Adventure grabbed me, and I began collecting figures and scenics for that ever since. So far I have painted no 25mm or 28mm figures but I have done many, many scenics for my 25mm/28mm collection some of which I posted this week on this forum. I really love the whole Pulp/Adventure thing, and think I may actually take the big jump into gaming with them. Time will tell. If you're interested, you can see a lot my 15mm military collection on my vanity site at www.warin15mm.com there are 9 galleries posted at this time, and I hope to have the tenth posted next week. The tenth is a generic medieval castle siege that I have been working on for the past six month. It should be up in the middle of next week (Wednesday or Thursday).
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I think there are more of us in the same boat than you might think, 15mm. I've built and painted an Old West town for Legends of the Old West gaming, and painted two or three posses, but I've only played a single game with it all. On the 1920s zombie front, I've painted about twenty minis, and a few cars, but don't even know what system I would use to game it. In any case, this stuff is brilliant - on my way to check out your webpage now!
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That's not shit, mate... Clever.
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Very nicely done indeed :)
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I like it.
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Thanks so much for the kind words about my tramp steamer. Please believe me when I say that coming from the talented people who view and post on this website those words are very much appreciated by me. Richard
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That is fantastic - it will go well with your lighthouse!
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you are soooooooooo lucky :-* :o :-* :o!!!! That is fabulus!you realy got a great deal from that swap meet!
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Well done, well done. Please take time and game with your toys, in fact, invite us all over to play. lol lol Thanks.
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very impressive work and I find myself quite jealous!
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Thanks again for the kind and generous comments. As I've indicated before, those comments, coming from the talented people on this forum, mean a lot. The Bantu Queen was a great learning experience for me. She was my first big conversion (the hull)/scratch build (deck up) project. If nothing else she convinced me that at some point the planning phase needs to stop, put the nerves aside and begin. Thanks so much for taking a look, and I'm very glad you enjoyed what you saw. I hope to be posting additional pieces soon. Richard
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wow, if you want your 3 bucks back I'll take it off your hands!
She's a beauty
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thebinnman, thanks for the offer but I think I'll hold on to her a little longer. I appreciate the thought! Richard
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Excellent work.