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    Crap! I was hoping they would be same scale to my Langton and GHQ ships. Thanks gentlemen!
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    Here's an example of the pirate......
    That's a lovely ship, David. I assume it is close to twice the size of an Ares ship?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bionic Wookie View Post
    Crap! I was hoping they would be same scale to my Langton and GHQ ships. Thanks gentlemen!
    Some folks have expressed that the scale difference will not seem too pronounced once on the table at several feet away. We used Pirates of the Spanish Main ships for merchants during a demo game last October to good effect.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7eat51 View Post
    That's a lovely ship, David. I assume it is close to twice the size of an Ares ship?
    At least, probably 3 times. i use them with my 1/450 but it is overscale
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    Here is an interesting article about Blackbeard that was linked from TMP. Nice article. Also mentioned another upcoming pirate TV series on NBC called "Crossbones".

    http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...180949440/?all
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bionic Wookie View Post
    Crap! I was hoping they would be same scale to my Langton and GHQ ships. Thanks gentlemen!
    So did we

    And originally they were
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