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Miniatures Adventure => Other Adventures => Topic started by: **GS** on December 07, 2011, 07:25:09 AM

Title: Ships
Post by: **GS** on December 07, 2011, 07:25:09 AM
I just wanted to show my two mega bloks ships. I converted them using mostly hot glue and popsicle sticks:

finished black pearl:
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg207/scaled.php?server=207&filename=img3488o.jpg&res=medium)

WIP Fyreskiff:
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg716/scaled.php?server=716&filename=img3487z.jpg&res=medium)

Greetings GS
Title: Re: Ships
Post by: Arlequín on December 07, 2011, 09:06:26 AM
Wow... silk purse out of a sow's ear indeed. Well done!  :)
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Post by: darthfozzywig on December 08, 2011, 05:23:44 AM
Yaaaar!
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Post by: Last Chancer on December 08, 2011, 01:55:27 PM
Wow. Any wip shots of the. Fryeskiff?  I have the same toy and love what you did with it.
Title: Re: Ships
Post by: Paul on December 08, 2011, 04:20:53 PM
Quote from: Last Chancer on December 08, 2011, 01:55:27 PM
Wow. Any wip shots of the. Fryeskiff?  I have the same toy and love what you did with it.
What those were toys!!!!? I too would like to see any WIp pics.. :)
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Post by: yar68 on December 08, 2011, 08:11:46 PM
Excellent ships!!!!!!!
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Post by: Marine0846 on December 09, 2011, 02:48:15 AM
Great job on the ships.
Do you have crews painted for them?
Title: Re: Ships
Post by: **GS** on December 09, 2011, 09:41:02 AM
Hi,
so many replies:
Quote from: Paul on December 08, 2011, 04:20:53 PM
What those were toys!!!!? I too would like to see any WIp pics.. :)
MegaBloks make Lego-like toys with but bigger pieces. The ships the do for their pirates of the carribean are quite OK for 28-30mm minis. click to see the german amazon site selling the second of my ships.
http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Fyreskiff&x=0&y=0 (http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Fyreskiff&x=0&y=0)

Quote from: Last Chancer on December 08, 2011, 01:55:27 PM
Wow. Any wip shots of the. Fryeskiff?  I have the same toy and love what you did with it.
Sorry, no WIPs.
But I will try to just tell you what I did:
First assemble the hull of your ship. You will discover that there is no level surface but the pit in the middle will stop you from putting too many minis on to the ship.
I used 3 mm plywood and jigsaw to fill in the blank and level everything up. Then I used clippers to get rid of lego like "dots" and prepare planking the now somewhat level surface with stirsticks of "the two golden arcs". I glued the sticks on with hot glue. Try no to have the gaps between the stirsticks be too big and not to have crossing junctions.
Afterwards I spray the whole thing black and paint it with acrylics.

Thats abaout it.

Greetings GS
Quote from: Marine0846 on December 09, 2011, 02:48:15 AM
Great job on the ships.
Do you have crews painted for them?
Not yet. I will use it for Warmachine/Hordes first.

Greetings
Title: Re: Ships
Post by: Ninja on December 09, 2011, 04:35:35 PM
I am also putting together some mega bloks ships for warmachine/hordes! I haven't decided if I will make them iron kingdoms looking or not.
Title: Re: Ships
Post by: Paul on December 09, 2011, 04:39:30 PM
Quote from: **GS** on December 09, 2011, 09:41:02 AM
Hi,
so many replies:MegaBloks make Lego-like toys with but bigger pieces. The ships the do for their pirates of the carribean are quite OK for 28-30mm minis. click to see the german amazon site selling the second of my ships.
http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Fyreskiff&x=0&y=0 (http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Fyreskiff&x=0&y=0)




Thanks  :)
Seeing the "toy" in it´s original condition makes me appreciate more the conversion you´ve done...excellent  :)