TOP: The Fore Castle & Front Mast Socket of my 28mm pirate ship. I've still been toiling away on my 28mm pirate ship project... and have finished the following:
- Added three pairs of conventional lanterns custom-made from card and beads.
- Finished two of the three sockets with railings for the eventual masts.
- Added two "skull lanterns" to the aft castle.
- Added three pairs of doors to the fore and aft castle cabins:
(A pair to rear aft castle cabin wall, and a pair each to the front and back of the fore castle cabin bulkhead)
- Almost finished drilling out the ship's grates.
- Added balsa wood trim across various parts of the ship.
TOP: The Aft Castle Deck with new "skull lanterns"... ...placed to the sides of the central lantern.
TOP: The Fore Castle cabin with new doors... ...and conventional lanterns added.
The project is coming along, but there's still plenty to do.
Among those chores are:
- Adding ladders between the central deck and the raised fore and aft decks.
- Adding the railing to the central deck mast socket.
- Building the three masts along with crow's nests.
- Creating three sails.
- Building the rigging.
- Adding balsa trim to much of the rest of the ship.
- Adding magnetic stripping to the aft and fore castle cabins.
- Adding steel paper to the bottoms of the aft and fore castle decks.
- Detailing.
- Basing the entire waterline ship on a piece of plasticard.
- Priming.
- Painting.
And being that real sailing ships required far more labor and skilled construction hands than my simple resin miniature, I can only imagine how much labor went into their construction. The rigging alone is tough to imagine putting together. I'm gaining new respect for the sailors of yesteryear.
A link to all of the photos I took here:
http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f23/Maksim-Smelchak/28mm_Pirates/28mm-Pirate-Ship_1-12-2008/
Good gaming to all and...
Have a great Tuesday!
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
Notes regarding photos / pictures / videos: These are not all my images and videos. I am using various images and videos from around the web, mostly from public sources and/or private sources used with permission. I have tried to include only images and videos under public domain, creative commons, or fair use. If I have inadvertently violated any copyrights, please inform me and I will remove your image/s (...if it is indeed an infringement).
Excellent modeling work on your pirate ship mate. Very impressed. I shall bookmark website to keep eye on its progress.
ReplyDeleteMany happy days of pirating.
simon
Looking good mate, very ship-shape!
ReplyDeleteHi Simon and Tas,
ReplyDeleteThanks for writing, guys.
I'm looking forward to finishing the project, hopefully before Summer 2008.
With any luck, I'll find a new, better job soon, get in dialed in, and be able to spend some dedicated time on the ship, WAB armies, etc. LOL ;o)
Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.