Fellow LAFers, I'm looking to put together a pirate town. Not really historical, but rather a fantasy golden age of piracy movie one. Now all I need are buildings. I've been trawling through LAF and there are several useful threads, but they're also full of dead links and broken photos, making it a bit frustrating.
So, I'm turning to you for recommendations on buildings. While I do scratchbuild every now and then, I'm looking to get a finished product on the table fairly quickly, so I'm not looking to do a lot of building. I have the following criteria:
- Has "that pirate look", so basically either Mediterranean/Spanish, half-timbered or generic enough.
- Decent price. I don't mind paying for a quality product, but I'm also not looking to buy plenty of buildings at £30-40 each.
- Reasonable shipping to Europe. It's no use buying a building for £10 if the shipping costs and customs charges double or triple the price.
- Interior access is a bonus, but not a requirement.
- Suggestions for accessories (carts, market stalls, palm trees and the like) are also welcome.
As I can use the forum's search function and Google, I have a fairly good idea of what's out there. That's why I'm looking for personal experiences, views and pictures of different manufacturers' products in use. At the moment I'm veering towards buying at least a few buildings from Games of War, but I would like more variety.
Looking forward to your suggestions! I promise to post plenty of pictures once I get around to actually building the town.