Thank you gentlemen!
Looking real good.
I've got a Mega Bloks ship but fear the work needed to get it ship shape.
Three Cheers go up for anybody who is up to the challenge!
The amount of work does seem daunting at first. I thought this one would be easier, with prior experience, but with the amount of work I've put into it, it's far surpassed my expectations and build-time - it's taken two whole weeks!
Astor, lovely ship! I'm just curious, were did you get your plank sheets from? I've been looking for some nice ones but haven't found any I liked.
I use Wills plastic sheeting - specifically SSMP201 'Planking'. It looks really good when painted, and is an easier option than laying the deck by hand, which I didn't have the time for.
It seems I've got my first game tonight with what I've now christened '
Royal Consort' , alongside my other ship, the
Leeuw (which sadly looks a bit dilapidated alongside the
Consort) - so I need to finish adding those sails!
Unfortunately, however, the figurehead met with an accident. I had the bright idea of experimenting with some of that Army Painter slop, all was seemingly going well until I came round to varnishing... the results were not good.
So she'll be gaming sans figurehead until I can either strip this one or find a replacement.
And I'll put some pictures up when I've finished the sails and painted the gun carriages.