Author Topic: Maxx's pirate ship! Arrr! (now with pirates!) (Read 3227 times)

Maxx Von Morton · « **on:** March 01, 2017, 03:54:06 PM »

Hi everybody!
Since one of my game buddies is going to run a Legend of the High Seas campaing, here are my efforts to provide myself a ship and a crew... a pirates crew, of course! (Everything is better with pirates!!

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First: the ship.
A few years ago I kickstarted a laser dream works project, and now it's time to build the ship I got

It is one of the small ship, the USS LEE.
I have to say it's the first multi-layer lasercut set I build, but it came together pretty easy, and it's a really good model. The only thing I didn't like too much was the "stair" effect on the rear sides, due to the different layers, but some sandpaper fixed it all

Soon: rigging and sails

Ramirez Noname · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2017, 04:09:30 PM »

That's a great little vessel; nice build.

RMZ

CptJake · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2017, 07:41:10 PM »

That is a cool ship, and you've done a great job with it. I can't wait to see your crew1

I sanded mine down too:

I also soaked the rear railings to soften them up a bit and give them a bit of a curve to better conform to the hull:

I have a few of their ships, great company, great products!

Maxx Von Morton · « **Reply #3 on:** March 03, 2017, 10:39:53 AM »

Thank you, Cpt Jake!

I slightly curved the rear railings too, so they fit better

In the meantime I started rigging and sails...

As you can see, I'm going to steal some detailing techniques from the "real" ship modelling

I bought deadeyes and rigging ropes from a local model shop and, with some youtube tutorials, I started to build my shrouds

Anchor was also added, as well as some few small details...
Finally, the first sail attempt. It's made with tissue from an old t-shirt, cut and soaked with tea, to add an old look. I'm pretty happy with the result

I'll try to keep a balance between palyability and aesthetics... we'll see what happen

CptJake · « **Reply #4 on:** March 03, 2017, 12:57:18 PM »

Gorgeous!

El Frantico · « **Reply #5 on:** March 03, 2017, 10:11:35 PM »

Looking good!

manatic · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2017, 02:37:54 AM »

Coming along nicely!

Maxx Von Morton · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2017, 07:55:12 PM »

Thank you, guys!
I'm really enjoying this ship model

I added a few sails....

And I also painted the first member of the crew: captain Thadeus William Hill

(resin model form Black Scorpion).
As you can see, I went for a clear acrilic round base (from Fenris Models). It's the first time I use clear bases, but for this setting I think it's a good choice, since the model will look ok both on the ship deck and on the ground, at the port

Arrr! ...And a bottle of rum!