On the bench

 

In the past I have purposely avoided showing the work bench view of the ships. I always felt it disenchants the immersion in the world we have created. The "How the sausage is made" cliche provides an unappetizing venue to an audience yet being trapped in the house since March of 2020 has changed the perspective of the hobby for me a little. It's not Chateau D'if, but we're all one step closer to understanding Edmond Dantès plight.    

  

Here is the next hull I'm working on, a sloop from FireLock Games, I'm extending the sail plan to a full sloop and adding a little more firepower under the aft quarter. Lots of custom work and after market parts from Old Glory 25 and Amanti wooden model ships. The sails are Evergreen plastic sheets cut to fit.

 

 

Piragua Update

  

Piragua Flotilla   

The disenchanted sons of the new world, Spanish exiles, displaced natives of the colonial islands and run away slaves crew these simple but effective trading vessels as they forge a living on the Spanish main. Never seen as much of a prize,  they trade Cocoa beans to the sweet tooth of the European elite and peddle the foreign goods of distant nations to the Caribbean Islands to claim a trickle of the wealth siphoned from the bloated empires of the Old world.

       

 

Lacking a true gunwale these native craft aren't ignorant of the value of cannon fire. They each pack enough swivel guns to keep hostiles at length and a Bombard a piece to sway off the curiosity of other ships larceny. In a flotilla they pose a very real threat. 

       

The Turtle and The Skink are the latest additions to the flotilla. Any player that is willing to take on the fleet's commodore status has three ships to raid and trade with. In addition the most lopsided firepower in the game.