Author Topic: New Sails on the Horizon! - UPDATED!! (Read 6745 times)

Lowtardog · « **on:** February 19, 2008, 09:40:42 PM »

Heave Ho me Hearties :mrgreen:

My friend has been building pirate ships which he is madly putting the finishing touches to before putting the up for sale.

These are designed specifically to fit with the Games Workshop Legends of the High Seas, from the lowly ships boat to a Brig, following your campaigns and rise to infamy :mrgreen:

There will be four in total and they are cast in a brown resin

The rowing boat/whaler which is 5" x 2 1/4"
The pinnace which is 9" x 3"
The Sloop which is 12" x 3 3/4"
The Brig is which is 14" x 4 1/4"

Whaler and Pinnace

The Rowing Boat and Pinnace are finished while the brig is pretty much finished - it just needs cleaning up and getting ready for making the mold.

Sloop

The sloop needs a little more work - the 'planking' is only partly applied and the gunports need adding before they are ready for molding. It is hoped the brig will be done on the weekend and the sloop as soon as poss after that.

Brig

At the moment they have not been costed out but the current thinking is:

Brig - £25
Sloop - £20
Pinnace - £12.50
Whaler - £5

The first three would include the bits of dowel to make the masts /
spars / jib

Once they are on his website I will let interested parties know :mrgreen:
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Rhoderic · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2008, 09:57:54 PM »

I'll be very interested to see how this turns out, I rather like that pricing. I don't play LotHS but they'll be perfect for UBF too.

Lowtardog · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2008, 10:01:16 PM »

Thats what I thought, they are resin too, the second and third photos are masters which are being finihsed e.g. planking etc before going for molding this weekend

TJSKI · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2008, 11:54:26 PM »

Those are nice, any chance they will be for sale over here in the states? Knowing the author :wink: I think he would love to see some of those models over here on his table.

TJSKI

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2008, 12:23:28 AM »

cool.

Malamute · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2008, 08:22:35 AM »

Count me in Karl, I am interested.

Lowtardog · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2008, 08:26:52 AM »

At the minute (Lewis) is casting and making molds. He has knoicked up a quick web page. I think they should sell well as they are very reasonably priced

http://minimi.co.uk/pirates/

Tim drop him a line, there is a link on the above page. I havent even got my gruby hands on them yet. I suppose the weight of thew resin would be a factor for overseas sales

Col.Stone · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2008, 10:47:51 AM »

at £25 i'd be inclined to buy instead of building my own

PeteMurray · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2008, 12:30:44 PM »

They are nicely priced and nice looking, too.

The pinnacle actually intrigues me the most, but that is a fine looking brig.

Rhoderic · « **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2008, 12:43:15 PM »

Quote from: "Lowtardog"

I suppose the weight of thew resin would be a factor for overseas sales

True, but this would be a factor in buying ships from any other company as well. I for one won't find cheap pirate ships in the domestic market.

Quote from: "PeteMurray"

The pinnacle actually intrigues me the most

The pinnacle in this case would be the top of the tallest mast, wouldn't it?

Lowtardog · « **Reply #10 on:** February 20, 2008, 12:44:13 PM »

Quote from: "PeteMurray"

They are nicely priced and nice looking, too.

The pinnacle actually intrigues me the most, but that is a fine looking brig.

Agreed I think the pinnace could be used for a number of periods including colonial. I havent seen them in my hand but looking at the picture it could easily be a steam or motor launch

PeteMurray · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2008, 12:58:07 PM »

Local maritime vernacular uses "pinnacle" interchangably with "pinnace". Seriously. Of course, local maritime vernacular also calls small, fast, elegant twin-masted ketches "log canoes" so perhaps the Chesapeake is not entirely precise with its maritime vernacular.

Argonor · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2008, 08:35:10 AM »

Very nice pricing, indeed.... Might be worth it instead of building (even with the postage applied..).

Lowtardog · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2008, 10:53:13 PM »

The Website has been updated with more detail

http://minimi.co.uk/pirates/index.htm

And Minimi seem to have truly been bitten by the bugand are already working on additions

A master for a small sloop has been made by changing the Pinnace Master around so it has a jib and mast along with a new deck arrangment.

Postage costs will appear on the site tomorrow night.

They are now looking at making a Junk and making some masters for cannon. Maybe a Jetty and stuff like Casks, Treasure Chest and other bits and bobs -
Andy did the masters for the Panzer 1 and 2 (their 20mm range) for me and also painted the Whaler and pinnace.

so keep your eyes peeled :mrgreen:

Gluteus Maximus · « **Reply #14 on:** February 25, 2008, 12:48:18 PM »

Quote from: "Lowtardog"

Quote from: "PeteMurray"
They are nicely priced and nice looking, too.

The pinnacle actually intrigues me the most, but that is a fine looking brig.

Agreed I think the pinnace could be used for a number of periods including colonial. I havent seen them in my hand but looking at the picture it could easily be a steam or motor launch

I take it you are on a percentage? Quite a nifty sales pitch you have there :

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You're right, though. Very reasonable priced, good-looking models. The pinnace would indeed be ideal for a jaunt up the jungle with a few trusty askaris.

I could never find the time to build any of these, but at the proposed price, buying is certainly attractive and I do need some for LOTHS

Who's this "TJSKI", by the way :

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