Swashbuckling pirates

[Dean]

That’s the right vibe for the game, though I’m probably going to go a bit “imaginations” and not try to paint them as any specific nationality or historical force.  No rush as I have 40 pirates, thugs and bystanders on the workbench at the moment.

[Patrice]

What about local Spanish militia or possibly Spanish Coast Guard forces? Those might be two good options for opponents. Although I don't think there is much if any information on organization, arms, uniforms (?) or Colours flown for either of these forces.

There are some. A thread in French:
https://www.anargader.net/t976-uniformes-espagnols-dans-l-ile-aux-tresors#8782

I’m probably going to go a bit “imaginations” and not try to paint them as any specific nationality or historical force.  No rush as I have 40 pirates, thugs and bystanders on the workbench at the moment.

Yes imaginations gives more freedom. However if you follow (even loosely) examples of historical uniforms it may allow you a larger variety of scenarios, if later you want to do multi-players games; pirate figures may also be used as privateers, or as smugglers (an important activity because tariffs were so high and direct sale of colonial products to other countries was forbidden) or as sailors in civilian clothes on Navy ships, etc. 

An AAR of a large game we did some years ago, for inspiration...
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=34623.msg406613#msg406613

[Dean]

Cool stuff, thanks Patrice

[AdamPHayes]

Warfare M8niatures do a bunch of civilian / scruffy militia types who would be perfect for Caribbean and colonial shenanigans

https://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/products-subcat-56.html

[Dean]

Cheers Adam, yep the Augsburg stuff is nice and I’m leaning towards their Great North War Danish as I need 10 musket armed military.

[Dean]

Meanwhile, the crew of 10 swashbuckling pirates I need are done.  These are a mix of Artizan, Copplestone, and Ghost Archipelago, all from North Star.  I also have the plastic set with the resin additional parts that will be making up the Pirate and Thug Adversaries and Bystanders, so plenty to be getting on with before I need those Military types.

[Bloggard]

Is the blood and plunder range/s not relevant to this?

think they do uniformed types as well as pirates etc.

[Dean]

Thanks Bloggard, I do like them, but the UK stockist seems to have little stock, and they seem pricey to me.

[Dean]

The metal figures came in sets and I ended up with more than I needed for the crew, including some that will work as bystanders.  I also had a thought about using a couple of Ghost Archipelago bodies with left over GoTT arms for bystanders, so here’s the first few Adversaries, including the rival pirate captain, and the first set of Bystanders.

18 more Adversary pirates/thugs to go from the GA box, plus the Military type Adversaries discussed above, plus I wrote a series of Incidents involving a hapless cabin boy that I think the Sally 4th figure will be great for, and a couple more Bystanders before I’m done I think.

Rules wil be published late September.

[Dean]

The campaign has started over on the blog.  Game 1 was in the Harbour against some hired guards.

[Dean]

Used as the Adversaries were some of these.  The box set of Ghost Archipelago Crew, with the tricornes, pistols and blunderbuss coming from a resin kit that North Star sent me just before their move but no longer seem to be available on their website, so I might have got the last set