Ship map, plans

[Zaukrie]

Not sure how you feel about building 3D models, but the best product that worldworksgames puts out is a ship....It looks incredible assembled. You could just buy the template, and make the decks on foamcore if you didn't want to build the ship.

I also use the toy ships from megablocks (no grid, obviously).

 

[Momeeche]

On a related subject, what about zepplins? Got any plans for them? Or should boat deck plans just be modified?

 

[Rel]

On a related subject, what about zepplins? Got any plans for them? Or should boat deck plans just be modified?

I made one once for a game I knew I'd be running several times. I wanted to have the gas bag too instead of just the gondola since that would allow me to have battle take place on both levels.

I used a 3 liter soda bottle and attached a conical party hat to each end. Then I covered it with tin foil and used duct tape to keep that in place. If I was doing it over today I'd just use the duct tape.

I used four short lengths of model railroad track as the supports to hold the gas bag above the gondola. A bonus feature of doing that was that the bases of the minis I was using could slot between the ties on the railroad tracks allowing the mini to be part way up the ladder for movement purposes.

It was a fair bit of work and if I wasn't going to use it quite a few times then I would probably have just gone the route of the paper cutouts. But it was pretty impressive when I put it out on the game table, that's for sure.

 

[jaerdaph]

I used four short lengths of model railroad track as the supports to hold the gas bag above the gondola. A bonus feature of doing that was that the bases of the minis I was using could slot between the ties on the railroad tracks allowing the mini to be part way up the ladder for movement purposes.

That's an interesting idea. What scale (O, HO, N etc.) was the track?

 

[Rel]

That's an interesting idea. What scale (O, HO, N etc.) was the track?

HO apparently.

It amuses me that I can even answer this question. I'm not a model train guy. I just needed something to build my zeppelin and I was as the hobby store and saw the stuff on the shelf and said, "Hey, this could work." After several years I still have the box on my shelf because I only used 4 lengths of track and it came in a pack of 6.

 

[jaerdaph]

HO apparently.

It amuses me that I can even answer this question. I'm not a model train guy. I just needed something to build my zeppelin and I was as the hobby store and saw the stuff on the shelf and said, "Hey, this could work." After several years I still have the box on my shelf because I only used 4 lengths of track and it came in a pack of 6.

My father is a model train buff (HO) but I never really got into it. But the scenery building aspect of it is kind of cool.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Not sure how you feel about building 3D models, but the best product that worldworksgames puts out is a ship....It looks incredible assembled. You could just buy the template, and make the decks on foamcore if you didn't want to build the ship.

I also use the toy ships from megablocks (no grid, obviously).

The Maiden of the High Seas is a fantastic model, one of my all time favorites - it dominates a table!

On a much smaller (but easier to build) scale is the Mediaeval Sailing Ship by Fat Dragon -

The Auld Grump

 

[Orius]

Free deckplan downloads from Mongoose -

Mongoose Publishing

Those might come in handy for my pirate campaign. Arrrrrrr!

 

[Momeeche]

The Maiden of the High Seas is a fantastic model, one of my all time favorites - it dominates a table!

Those are very nice.

 

[Jarrod]

I built a Maiden (heh) and used it for years - the PCs started with a sailing ship and worked their way up to an airship. It's a great piece of work and really not that complicated to build.