funded Reaper Bones 5: Enthusiasm and Commentary thread

[Green Eyed Monster]

The thought just occurred to me that it is still early enough in the design process that, properly designed sections could be arranged to make a smaller two masted ship that would be suitable for a wider range of encounters that a fully gunned frigate.

Make the center mast section removable with the end sections mating properly at the joint line and you have increased flexibility and satisfy the complaints/misgivings of a lot of the naysayers.

Just my two cents worth.

GEM

[klarg1]

3 hours ago, dwarvenranger said:

Welp there goes another chunk o money. I hope the cannon are removable and the gun ports able to be closed.

With sufficient application of a hobby knife, many things may be possible.

[LittleBluberry]

2 hours ago, Sirithiliel said:

We do want a ship, but that might be a bit TOO big. We shall see 

 

I completely agree that this ship is impractically large, but I still want one.  If it had been smaller I'd have wanted two.  It's not a piece of terrain to fit into a setting, it IS the setting.  It's like an entire dungeon in one piece.  I will have to design some scenarios for it, though.  

[Doug Sundseth]

32 minutes ago, Doug Sundseth said:

 

Let's see, 4-5 per gun, with at least 32 guns, plus ship rigged with probably 20 topotters per mast, plus marines, officers, carpenters, cook, ... and 20% more for illness and injuries.

 

Call it 250 or so.

 

Frigates were crowded.

 

You might not want to try to fit all of them on the model. 

 

Make that about 180-200 or so, because you wouldn't normally crew the guns in both broadsides at the same time.

[Disciple of Sakura]

3 hours ago, Cyradis said:

 

It is big enough to put Thanksgiving dinner on it!

Use it as a gravy boat!

[Green Eyed Monster]

8 minutes ago, Disciple of Sakura said:

Use it as a gravy boat!

Or a Gray-Vee Boat.

GEM

[Corsair]

It's big enough to harvest kraken tentacles, could call it the "Calamari Cruiser"

[NebulousMissy]

Depending on the other underwater minis available, there's always the Pequod.

[YronimosW]

3 hours ago, rubegon said:

 

Oh, wow - I was way off.  Thanks for clearing that up.

 

I was rounding up from the ~140ish(?) in B4core, scaled up for the higher price.

 

Even at 140, it’s still a great deal of course.

 

I have to think that the higher price is partly accounted for in having so many larger minis, and partly in being made from Bones Black:   in the online shop, it looks like regular Bones minis of human size average about US $3.00 and Bones Black minis of the same size about US $3.50 - Bones Black appears to be just a bit more expensive!

 

[Disciple of Sakura]

47 minutes ago, Green Eyed Monster said:

The thought just occurred to me that it is still early enough in the design process that, properly designed sections could be arranged to make a smaller two masted ship that would be suitable for a wider range of encounters that a fully gunned frigate.

Make the center mast section removable with the end sections mating properly at the joint line and you have increased flexibility and satisfy the complaints/misgivings of a lot of the naysayers.

Just my two cents worth.

GEM

That is a terrific idea, and it's clearly going to be a multipart model, so it'd be great if Reaper could pull that off. I wouldn't think it'd require that much additional work.

[Green Eyed Monster]

Just now, Disciple of Sakura said:

That is a terrific idea, and it's clearly going to be a multipart model, so it'd be great if Reaper could pull that off. I wouldn't think it'd require that much additional work.

Thanks.

I already posted my thoughts and observations based on this initial render to the Mini's We'd Like to See thread.

GEM

[Cyradis]

They could also make the parts interlock a little bit smoother than the barge's did. The barge has three chunks, and they each meet at a pretty clear seam. If there was planking on the edges, such that they fit together more like a zipper, they might look better together. Not sure if that's possible, but perhaps.

[TheAuldGrump]

1 hour ago, NebulousMissy said:

 

I recommend Treasure Island, the 1990 version with Charlton Heston and a young Christian Bale and you've never heard of it before now because it's 'too faithful' to the book so critics didn't find it fun or light-hearted or all those things the book isn't.

I have it!

 

I have a weird feeling that the X Rated Pirates! will also be added, later that night. (I think Pirates has been decided as our Hallowe'en party theme - and Brigid never got to wear her pirate costume... (And is constantly wearing her fairy princess costume - running around, and spreading glitter if she can get her hands on any.... I'd be grumpier about it, but she's adorable. )

 

I wonder which school of magic she will choose when she gets older?

 

 

 

The Auld Grump - if we can afford two of the ship... I will be happy.

 

Edited October 11, 2019 by TheAuldGrump

[Skallabjorn]

A name? Leviathan. Because,,,, reasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXeLfMO9q4c

[Corsair]

Looking at the size of the ship, I would really expect it to be in the $100 range. Compared to the Barge and the WK ship, it seems likely to be there in the KS. And at least $150 at retail. The idea of having a removable center section is a very good one, as it would make modifying and storing much easier.