Pirates - A new adventure for the Shed

Fifteen men on a dead mans chest

Now that I have completed my French Indian Wars project – will still be buying the odd set of figures I am turning my attentions to the next project. In a sense it is a continuation rather than something completely new.

My decision was made quite easily when I purchased a rather fabulous looking ‘man of war’ from Ainstey Castings – you guessed it my next adventure will be Pirates !

As I always start my projects with the figures I immediately sent off an order for the Pirate Horde with Foundry. 48 hours later the figures arrived – great service. I have just primed and based the seventy figures, painting the first of my motley crew will follow. A few other Pirates and nautical types will be added but I reckon around 100 ruffian types will be more than enough for the skirmish games I want to run.

With all the 18^th century stuff accumulated for the FIW I can use a great deal of the figures and terrain in a pirate setting. Obviously we will be moving to warmer climes so it gives me another chance to roll out the jungle terrain constructed rather expensively a few years back.

So I can tick off the jungles, the rivers & waterfalls, the trade goods (just need lots of treasure chests).

I eventually want to build an Island retreat complete with small fort, harbour and township. This will be surrounded with cliffs, beaches and inland features. The ideas are starting to formulate. Like many of my projects the planning is done in my head and I tend to deal with issues as they come along rather than plan out in advance.

So if you like your rum, your cutlasses sharp and the Jolly Roger flying at the topmast keep an eye on developments in the shed.

Cheers

Eric