Another 28mm pirate ship project

[6mmfan]

Hi all

Here's a pirate ship I started which is based on the Gary Chalk model. With the new LOTHS book out I thought I'd make one of these to try and get the guys at my local club interested.

Here a picture of progress so far.





I've created a webpage here with more details and the different stages of construction so far.

http://6mm.wargaming.info/page1010.shtml

Hopefully I will have some more stages completed in about a week.

Cheers
Kieran

[TJSKI]

Kieran

Nice looking ship, I have a few of these same ships that I used for the play Testing on LotHS.

Looks good, keep it up...

Tim Kulinski

[fastolfrus]

An interesting site.
Looking forward to part 2

[6mmfan]

Hi

Heres the second installment of my pirate ship construction straight from the construction yards. The hull is almost finished and  its starting to look more like a ship! Next its on to the masts and sails.

Link to the article
http://6mm.wargaming.info/page1011.shtml



Cheers
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[white knight]

Looking great. I will have to try this some day.

[Argonor]

Just curious: Where do you intend to place the steering wheel/rudder (is it called that in English?)?

[revford]

(is it called that in English?)?

Rudder is good, in a car it's called a "steering wheel", on a ship it's a "ship's wheel" or just "the wheel".

[6mmfan]

I'm placing it to the left of the main mast but it would have been better to be in the middle in front of the main mast. By the time I assembled it and cut the holes for the mast I realised that there wasn't any room for the wheel (the Gary Chalk version doesn't have a wheel at all).

Cheers
Kieran

[Argonor]

OK. I wasn't completely in the forest, then  

[Argonor]

Where on Foundry's site can those templates be found?

[6mmfan]

Hi

It used to be in the Library section of the Foundry site but it looks like it they are redoing that section.

Send me a PM if you want a copy of the article

[6mmfan]

Hi

Here's the final installment of my Gary Chalk pirate ship project.

For the last part of the article you can go to this page

http://6mm.wargaming.info/page1012.shtml

I hope you like it





Cheers
Kieran

[Rhoderic]

That looks AWESOME! :love:

Too bad I wouldn't have the stamina to build something like that. The problem with the Gary Chalk designs is that following the plans to the letter still only creates a very bare-boned ship, whereas the ships pictured in his article have had all kinds of extra embellishments, conveniently left unmentioned in the plans. A beginner modeller might not notice this until he's inspected the pictures very closely, and could start building a ship thinking it'll turn out as nice as Gary Chalk's ones if he only does exactly what the plans say.

The decorations you've made outshine Gary Chalk's, by the way.

[Argonor]

'Hoist the Red Flag!'

 

[Westfalia Chris]

Excellent choice of colours. Now, my old "Lady Luck" sailed off to anchor in the Professor´s port, but I´m seriously tempted to build another ship now that I´ve  seen this fine piece...