Pulp Chinese Pirates & their Junk WIP COMPLETE [New Pics Added July 31]

[Mason]

What a dastardly looking bunch.
 


Nice work, sir!
 

[Braz]

Good looking pirates. Well as good looking pirates can be 
Those junks are fantastic. So inspirational I started building three of the smaller ones. Do I need Chinese junks right now? No. It's that inspirational.  Thanks for showing this build.

Gotta get me some sea bandits now. Who makes those Chinese ladies in robes?

[Amalric]

Thank you for the kind words.

The girls are by Eureka's Pom poppo range I believe.

[von Lucky]

- yeah, they're from the Pax Limpopo range:
http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_153_157&sort=3a

Looking good.

[Braz]

Added to my upcoming Eureka order. Thanks

[Alfrik]

Nice lines on the Junk, will you be putting all the rigging on by chance?

[Tom Reed]

i seem to recall an old movie with a junk that had a 20mm Orlikon cannon mounted in a stern compartment. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the movie.

[Amalric]

i seem to recall an old movie with a junk that had a 20mm Orlikon cannon mounted in a stern compartment. Can't for the life of me remember the name of the movie.

Cool idea, though I have some fun ideas for arming the junks.
If you remember the name of the movie, please let us know.

Nice lines on the Junk, will you be putting all the rigging on by chance?

Sorry but no rigging.
I'm keeping it nice and simple for gaming.
The sail is removable from the mast & the mast is removable from the deck.

Here the smaller one is, in nice plain hardworking weathered wood.
Is it simply a fishing boat?
Is it carrying salt or timber?
Or could there be a missionary's daughter hidden beneath that tarp?

[Wirelizard]

They're both magnificent, but I almost like the smaller junk more than the big 'un. There's something about the lines of the smaller one that really works, it's a very clean and unfussy build.

The monster junk is awesome, mind you!

I have Pulp Figures US Navy gunboat sailors, now I can see wandering off to get some Chinese pirates to pick fights with them, and starting building naval forces...

[Marine0846]

Hey guys,
The movie  was titled, "Soldier of Fortune."
Starred Clark Gable, filmed 1955.
Pretty good film, saw it years ago.

[Amalric]

Well, I have yet to start on the painting of the big Junk, but here is a little progress on some fun armament, a pair of ship mounted '08 Maxims.  They are from Brigade games for their WW1 U-Boat. As is, they were a bit low and top heavy, so I added to the base with washers and brass, and a box magazine out of plastic sprue. Now they're nice and heavy and at just the right height to.


These should see a lot of use, as who wouldn't want a Maxim backing you up in a pinch.

I'll probably pick up the nice naval gun set from Pulp Minis next time I place an order,
but I had these already at hand now and so...

[Alfrik]

Nice set of ordinance

[Mason]

Nice set of ordinance

Yep, gotta agree.
 

The conversion work has certainly peyed off.

[Amalric]

Finally happy with the base coat on the big junk.

Now for the washes of weathering and the drybrushing of age.
Oh, and some sails...

Also, I started on another ship gun, a Vickers 10" gun that is supposed to be in storage in Japan.

But

Where ever could it be?

Tramp freighters better beware.
The gun is a GW 40K basilisk gun tube I've had in the bits box forever and thought to bring it out to tart up with a generically fudged naval base. If a death ray in the hands of the bad guys is bad, what about just a good ole fashioned BFG?

[Mason]

Love the junk!
It looks lovely in its primed state....
 


...not sure about the gun, though.