Teensy tiny pirates, yarrrr! P17. Another ship, by thunder!

[Captain Blood]

Nice little figures 

What make are they?

[Rossyuk]

If you mean mine, they are all Peter Pig. It was for a participation game back in the mid/late 1990's
Not intended to take anything away from the original post, just similar period and basing.

[FifteensAway]

SDS ships?  I think that was the name they were marketed under but not sure - associated with Peter Pig somehow.

[tomrommel1]

very nice Pirates indeed

[Captain Blood]

Not intended to take anything away from the original post, just similar period and basing.

Not a problem the forum’s all about sharing the joy.

very nice Pirates indeed

Thanks Tom

[Captain Blood]

Here's the next batch of miniscule buccaneers... 

I have to say it once again... As I'm working my way through increasing numbers of these, (I now have about 2,000 teeny tiny figures from across several of Pendraken's different ranges) I'm finding the marked variations in style and stature between the Pendraken ranges, really irritating. Sometimes even radical variations between different packs within the same range.
 
I assume that several different sculptors have been involved, and I appreciate that figures from 10 years ago may not be as good as figures sculpted recently (because sculptors improve with practice). And that no-one is ever meant to look at such tiny figures in close-up detail. And that working in such a tiny scale is difficult. But it's annoying the hell out of me that some of these figures are absolute, fully-rounded little gems - almost like top notch 28mm character figures miraculously shrunken down to this tiny scale. Yet others are incredibly sketchy, or almost flat, or just kinda crude.

Of course, no-one's going to notice these differences from more than two feet away, but it just offends my (usually mild) OCD

Anyway... Can't be helped. They are what they are, and I'm bound upon a course that cannot be altered, shipmates... 
Let it go, let it go... 

Here's Captain Edgar Fondling's ruffianly crew...










Here's a 3D printed wrecked barque which will be a nice little bit of table dressing, or possibly an objective of some kind.

Again, when you look closely you can see all the weird and hideous whorls from the 3D printing process. Especially on the deck planking. From tabletop distance, these more or less disappear to the eye. But I remain unconvinced about aspects of some 3D printed models.






And with a figure for scale.
This 3D print is scaled for 10mm and really it's a bit small, because most of the figures are actually about 12mm tall, so a 15mm scaled print would have been better, but you live and learn



And finally, another longboat added - there will be a whole fleet of these.

As mentioned up above in the thread, the 15mm scaled 3D printed longboats work really well for carrying a party of figures. The 10mm scaled version - as you can see - is really way too small, given that I've got most of the figures on multiple bases. But they still make good set dressing as bum boats.

[Waffles_vs_Tacos]

10mm multi based pirates was never something I thought about before but looking at all these lovely minis and boats has me rather wanting to take a whack at it myself. And as others have said, absolutely inspiring painting at that scale, the detail is amazing.

[FifteensAway]

From Shakespeare's lesser known play, Scamlet: "The gentleman lady doth protest too much, methinks".   

Too much worry when you should be having so much fun.  Or so say I. 

Coming along quite nicely.  Now, taking the lo---oong view, will you get to where I'm at and consider rebasing from multiples to singles for skirmish level games some years hence?!  Doing that grows ever more tempting for my 15 mm collection.  And 3D printing - buildings mostly but a few other bits as well - largely responsible for the temptation.

Are you perhaps going to try out a 15 mm ship or two, not sunken, to see how they work?  Maybe someone you know has one you can compare to before spending your coinage?

Lovely work.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks

Yes, I've got some 15mm ships on the way. Most of the figures are 12mm-13mm tall in reality, so 15mm ships are actually a better match.

Interestingly, 10mm scale buildings seem to look absolutely right against the figures though, so who knows? 

Anyway, next up, some guns.

If you have a pirate port (or a port which is the target of pirates) you need some defenders. So as well as the assorted pirate crews, I'm also doing a few generic Hispanic government troops, starting with some guns and gunners. I will create some small ravelins in due course, where the defending guns will be sited overlooking the harbour.

Pictured are two island defence field guns - the smaller is a Pendraken ECW 'light gun', the larger a Malburian 6pdr. Also shown, a 9pdr SYW 'Fortress gun' with a pirate crew which I'll be using to supplement my pirate gunnery.
The crews are a mish-mash of different Pendraken ranges - ECW, League of Augsburg, Malburian, SYW and AWI!











And just to demonstrate the actual diminutive size once again, here they are with a Bloody Miniatures artillerist for scale 

[rumacara]

Looking very good.
How many painted so far?
I wont ask how many to paint.
You made me order a few Peter Pig pirates to complement what i already have.

[FifteensAway]

"Most of the figures are 12mm-13mm tall in reality" << interesting.  I have a bunch of Pendraken Vietnam figures and they seem on the smaller side - and not just because of the prone and kneeling poses.  I wish they were the larger size for painting purposes.

Nice addition with the guns.

Are you going to add some natives, either Caribbean or Polynesian to add to your scenario options?  I have both in 15 mm, well figures I will use as both.  The harder part is finding figures adaptable as non-warriors.  And on that thought, how about some cattle for that famous battle - Morgan's raid on Panama?  Writ small, of course, and in more ways than one.

One thing you can explore if you decide you want unarmed civilians is to get 6 mm figures to use as youths/kids.  Though Pendraken probably already has that covered in their 10 mm ranges.  I used some 10 mm figures for my 15 mm in such a way.

No idea if you can find a star fort in 10 mm though probably.  Just get one with those little towers.

[fred]

Great additions.

Very interesting to see the comparison with the 28mm scale figure - I think because he is painted in much the same palette and style as the 10mmm ones. Or I simply never put my larger figures next to my many 10mm figures!

[tomrommel1]

Indeed, the comparison with Guliver is nice. Like the guns

[Bloggard]

when seen against a 28mm miniature (and I find those too small these days!) the effect is totally surreal.
And the quality of painting unnaturally good.
Incredible. 

[Elk101]

Spectacular work on those teeny figures.