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...

I have completed my test group of British Peninsula War troops. They were a blast to paint. For some variety, I gave a few grey trousers ...