Having come across a good deal on a set of six turned brass cannon barrels at a local hobby shop, I am finally able to start properly armi...

Finally jumping back into my 28mm Royal Navy Brig project, it is time to revise the windows for the aft cabin. I feel my current version...

I have been working on a set of Brigade Games 28mm Royal Navy shore party figures that Loni gave me for Christmas, and these are some of...

These men were seen crewing the deck of the Dred Hawk, but I wanted to give you a closer look. Again, these models are Foundry Swashbuckers...

In the wake of the Pirate Paint-athon, I found myself with a few of the leftover miniatures. Though surprised that none of the kids wanted t...

After weeks of prep, the actual night of the Pirate Paint-a-thon was upon us, and I trekked out to Pasadena where I could put on the event. ...

I was recently asked to put on a miniature painting class/clinic for a local youth group. It being a church-based, kid-friendly activity, I ...

As I was working with a hand auger, and not a power drill, my mast holes are not exactly the size I was hoping for when I drilled them. U...

Bowsprit and fo'c's'le The bowsprit is nested and glued into a hole i drilled at an angle into the solid hull (another perk ...

Continuing on with the construction of my 18th-19th century Sloop of War, here are some Hull shots of HMS Sophie. Hull of my HMS Sophie, ...

The next phase in the construction was further work aloft in the rigging. Ive attached the spars to the masts using a system that compromise...

[Dusts off blog] This will be the first in my series of WIP posts to detail the progress on my HMS Sophie project. I am working on a (rou...

This is a shot of my Foundry Swashbucklers crew i've put together. I am using the boarding pike models sans pike, so that they can be ha...