Suitably pulpy ships.

[Andy in Germany]

Finally got myself into gear and started building a tramp steamer:



To avoid clogging up this thread, I'll put details on my Workbench thread:

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=145486.msg1906999#msg1906999

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Good frame, how big is it?

[Andy in Germany]

Good frame, how big is it?

Thank you. It's about 60cm long by 12 wide.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Thank you. It's about 60cm long by 12 wide.

That is a good sized bit of work!

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

It is no longer really a model on the playing surface, it is the playing surface!

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

This is Actual Size Miniatures’ World War I-era gunboat SMS Kingami/HMS Fifi, which disarmed makes for a nice fast-looking smuggling vessel. The real life screw steamer was built by Meyer-Werft at its Papenburg, Germany shipyard in 1894 for Imperial German service in Africa. It served on Lake Tanganyika during the Great War and was captured by the British in 1915. Renamed HMS Fifi, it served until being scuttled in 1924. The miniature can be purchased here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265232644669.

I look forward to using it in games. Its first role will be as SS Grace’s Secret II registered to Shelby Co. Ltd. of Birmingham and operating out of Shanghai. It was procured by the owner via an associate with friends in Berlin.

[marianas_gamer]

Nice!

[YPU]

Ah love that! The chaotic arrangement of portholes on the front is something common on the real things but we tend to make our gaming miniatures more on the organized and squared side of things most of the time. This has character to it!

[anevilgiraffe]

What is that curious portholed structure on the front?

[Sunjester]

Very nice! I have the same model in my VSF RN Navy.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

What is that curious portholed structure on the front?

I'm not sure what's in the interior. The top one I think is actually a cap for where the HMS Fifi gun would have been placed but I painted it like a porthole for extra sunlight below decks. I assume it's a cabin though, as post war this vessel was used to ferry passengers across the lake.

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

Very nice! I have the same model in my VSF RN Navy.

Did you change anything to make it more sci-fi?

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

I finished Actual Size Miniatures’ Great War ELCO Royal Navy motor launch/subchaser/harbor patrol boat for my Japanese naval forces in Sasebo Naval Arsenal grey. I wrote “SASEBO” on the fantail, right to left, in hiragana to denote it belongs to the Sasebo Naval District. (I just wanted to put something back there so it’s not so plain.) I mounted HMS Fifi’s quick-firing 12-pounder naval gun for a little extra presence.

[anevilgiraffe]

oh man, I'd take some liberties with the colour scheme there... I thought that was just the primer. It may be accurate, but man that needs something....

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

oh man, I'd take some liberties with the colour scheme there... I thought that was just the primer. It may be accurate, but man that needs something....

The navy excels at sucking the fun out of everything.

Did you know shooting a machine gun on full auto, which should rank among the greatest joys in life a man can experience, can be turned into a joyless, mind-numbing endeavor you just want to get over so you can go home? Yeah, my ship made that happen.