Tramp Steamer Contest

[Operator5]

Neldoreth: I love how playable you have made it! All the floors and rooms in place means an entire adventure could take place on it. Or have it stranded in some Antarctic ice with giant killer penguins with glowing red eyes closing in.  ::

[tabletop]

Yes good lord you went full steam ahead with the internal detail!

My secret plan was just to find some deck plans and print them out for any games involving moving about inside the steamer!

Mainly because I'm too lazy to build interior work like that

I like your hatches and doors too, might have to borrow those designs for the resin pieces I still hope to create...

[Overlord]

Just in the nick of time!  Heres my Tramp Steamer:


















The Radio romm. Handy for some games as an objective/place to defend/send a desperate message from.


Cargo containers on the deck mean I can use it for modern (or future) scenarios.


The pictures could be better as they were a bit hurried. Hopefully I will sort some better ones out in the next day or so.

[Grimm]

WOW   Overlord I buy it  :love:

[Operator5]

I want to buy all of them! I would have a whole shipping fleet!

Seriously. Excellent job!

I can't believe the quality work that Tabletop, Overlord, and Neldoroth put out. It's inspiring!

Now, everyone who got theirs in needs to PM me with their address. I'll be sending out some tramp steamer figures from Brigade Games to all three of the ship builders. If you have a preference for which pack, let me know as well.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

I want to buy all of them!

me too  :love:

[Neldoreth]

Tabletop, Overlord, excellent ships! Thanks for sharing, it has been greatly inspiring Thanks to the Operator for sponsoring this little competition, and thanks to everyone for their positive feedback!

n.

[Poliorketes]

All the three are marvelous, and in so little time! Congratulations!

[tabletop]

Overlord your detailing is great too imho. Nice to see you sculpted some air funnels. I'm going to gleefully steal that idea. I detect chicken wire too, and like the way you've used it around the upper platform. I'd also award you points for curving the stern of your ship convincingly - I was too lazy to attempt that . Yours has a nicely African feel to it too...I can see it steaming haltingly up the Congo...

I have to agree this has been quite an interesting contest. I'd seriously consider building a second steamer, improving it with what I learned from the first and with the inspiration from Neldoreth and Overlord's vessels. Now of course, we're all left with the rather daunting task of painting the things! Ack! Any tips for stopping light card from warping while painting?

And Operator5 is very generous to award us all prizes. Thanks man! I'll post something up on my humble blog for sure and I'm looking forward to Fantastic Worlds too.

[darquebus]

 I must say!  (with a James Earl Jones voice) Impressive!

Don't get me wrong but is it actually "playable"...don't you need a VERY large table to play on? What about scenarios?

Still I think it is ultra-cool to have  a steamer, just wondered if there isn't only a very limited range what you can do with it...if it actually will enhance the scenario...


D.

I think I need to build one myself  

[tabletop]

I can think of a few scenarios straight off the bat, the most obvious being a 'rescue from the hold' type affair, possibly involving a plucky reporter and his faithful fox terrier? How about a 'what's being smuggled in the hold' scenario? Both involving using stealth and guile to get aboard and below decks on a tramp steamer docked somewhere (requiring minimal table space, I've built a Mordheim 4'x4' dockside table in the past).

Staying with Tintin inspired scenarios how about some basic ship based fun like dousing a fire in the hold/boiler room? Or even just a stand up gun battle above and below decks.

Tramp steamers could travel up rivers too which could give you a number of scenarios involving gun battles between ship and shore, or boarding/repelling boarders type scenarios, possibly involving dugouts filled with angry (and hungry) natives? How about escaping out of a jungle table back to the ship?

Using a piece of blue material you've got an instant 'wide open' sea table. Then of course you'll need additional vessels. Like a second trampie, or one of Brigade Game's excellent looking U-Boats. Rinse and repeat the above ideas with ship to ship battles maybe?

Just some random thoughts!

[Lowtardog]

Beautiful ships.

One scenario that would be quite odd ball is keeping the old Tub afloat a bit like round the world in 80 days. Figures would have to throw things overboard perhaps while fighting....add figures of choice, until off the table

or the classic sea monster attack!!!

[tabletop]

Heh. Nice suggestion! Something about a 'Hold the Old Girl Together' type scenario appeals to me...

I can imagine you could have all kinds of fun making players work to stop the trampie from sinking while trying to reach port

Sea monsters? Hmmm a chance to build a 28mm scale R'lyeh and denizens!

[warrenpeace]

One scenario that would be quite odd ball is keeping the old Tub afloat a bit like round the world in 80 days.

"Lord Jim" starring Peter O'Toole is a good movie to watch for the atmosphere of that, but for a scenario would want to mix it with pirates or something... and "Lord Jim" has a bit of that sort of thing, too, but later in the movie.  Actually, "Lord Jim" is a pretty good story for a Pulp adventure.

[Malamute]

Well done guys, all very impressive. I am so impressed with how easy its eems these have been to create. A real inspiration fo rme, I wouldn't have kown where to start.