New Island locations

 

I'm developing at least two new locations for the Twisted-Lords Convention in Oklahoma City this summer. The Spanish main and a Garifuna settlement, the later components to that location pictured in this post. This is not the finished Island but some of the models surrounding the island that will be thick with a mangrove growth preventing encroachment of the empires of the old world.

 

Styrene Plastic Sails

 Tutorial for making polystyrene sails. 

Why Polystyrene? 

Sails on a model ship for gaming need to have the following qualities:

• Moisture resistant.
  
• Durable and damage resistant.
• easily repairable at or between games.
  
• readily available material.
  
• Takes paint and stain well.
• Light enough to not pull down spars and rigging.
  

 

 Materials needed:

1. Polystyrene sheets: .005" or .13mm thick. (Evergreen scale Models, stock # 9009.)
2.  Polystyrene Strips:  .010 X .030 X 14 inches (Evergreen scale Models, stock #6-101)
3. Polystyrene Strips: .010 X .188 X 14 inches (Evergreen scale Models, stock #6-108)