Damnation seize my soul...

[Gutbukkit]

Hi Folks,

This is a project I've been meaning to start for a very very long time. Pirates are a fascination of mine, and have been since a kid as I'm sure they were for a lot of you here. I have pirate themed tattoos and I do pirate reenactment as Mr Edward Teach. So this project is long overdue. Thanks to the recent Northstar releases and rather too much playing Assassins Creed: Black Flag I have finally started.

To start off I have painted up some of the fantastic Games of War resin terrain. A town house and some street tiles. My aim is to build a portion of aN established Spanish settlement on one of the Caribbean Islands, along with a port.

I will use these resin buildings for the most part as I really like them but may make some along the way. Tomorrow I plan to start painting Blackbeard's crew and build a ship.

[Digits]

So far so good fella - we can encourage each other on!

You scratching your ship then?

[Gutbukkit]

So far so good fella - we can encourage each other on!

You scratching your ship then?

Cheers Digits. Encouragement and inspiration are definitely what I need to keep this going as I'm easily distracted by other projects of mine. Your own thread will definitely help me with inspiration.

I'm going to attempt building the ship, with foam board and lots of balsa. We'll see how that turns out tomorrow. I would eventually love to get some of those Ainsty ships though, but funds don't allow at the moment.

[gamer Mac]

Another pirate table 
Looking good so far

[Gutbukkit]

Thanks. Yours is another great pirate project I'm keeping a very close eye on.

[Malamute]

Great start, looking forward to seeing this develop.

[Mason]

Looking good so far.
 

Great start, looking forward to seeing this develop.

I am peering over his shoulder for a nose too.
 

[Gutbukkit]

Cheers fellas.

More resin is on it's way and I've made a start on the ship. I've loosely based it on the Gary Chalk ship but without using the printed templates, instead making my own templates and experimenting and changing things along the way. Not the best way to do it but I hate making plans for builds. I'd rather they formed organically. Hopefully I'll have something to show later on.

[The Dozing Dragon]

Looking great......my own project stalled.........

[Gutbukkit]

Looking great......my own project stalled.........

Thanks. Shame your project stalled, I was looking forward to seeing the dwelling finished that you were building. I imagine though, that laying those tiles was as tedious as putting coffee stirrer planks on my old west saloon. That part stalled that project for a few months but I came back to it eventually.

[Gibby]

Great stuff! I am just embarking on a bit of a pirate project myself after my good lady got me a gang for On The Seven Seas for my birthday. I will follow this thread with interest!

[Gutbukkit]

Great stuff! I am just embarking on a bit of a pirate project myself after my good lady got me a gang for On The Seven Seas for my birthday. I will follow this thread with interest!

Excellent! I shall keep a weather eye on this forum for your project as well 

Update: Ship WIP

Today I made some progress on the main shape of the ship's hull, using 5mm foam board. As said above I kind made it up as I went along. Tomorrow I shall plank the decks and the ships sides.

[Gutbukkit]

Update: today's progress on the ship. Decks are now a planked out with balsa and part of the ship's larboard side glued and pinned. Hoping the cheap PVA holds, ideally I'd use a stronger glue but it's all I had to hand.

[Digits]

So far so great.  Will you be strengthening the sides with a few raised planks?

[Gutbukkit]

Yeah, there'll be vertical bits and detailing to make it look fancier and make it a bit stronger.