What's on your workbench for April.

[Vagabond]

Hi John,
If you go back to the web version of the blog and select the "Terrain" label from the list, the island and harbour construction are there.

Thanks I'll have a look at that. Almost all the coastline and islands that folk make are on a base for obvious reasons of structural integrity. The only jarring note for me, is that they have to paint some of it as sea and it's always a different colour to the sea mat they are using, that was the main reason I thought of using clear pvc but I can see it isn't the perfect solution. Mind you, what is?

[Bligh]

If you have a look at my constructions John you will see that they only include the beach, and in the harbour, I even cut out the dry dock for the ship beung masted so that when placed on the mat it looks as if the water is behind the lock gates so that the ship there is floating.

https://sailsofglory.org/content.php?44-Harbours

Rob.

[Vagabond]

If you have a look at my constructions John you will see that they only include the beach, and in the harbour, I even cut out the dry dock for the ship beung masted so that when placed on the mat it looks as if the water is behind the lock gates so that the ship there is floating.

https://sailsofglory.org/content.php?44-Harbours

Rob.

I'd noticed that on the cliffs but not the dry dock. I like what you did with the fallen rocks on the beach as well. I am considering making a separate beach for clandestine landings in some of the coves, lots of possibilities.

It's all personal preference and there's no right and wrong way to do things. For example I've removed my pirates the ones posted at the beginning of April from their black bases and mounted them on clear PVC ones because it means they blend in better on ships decks, desert islands and in the local tavern, that's my preference for these figures. I've heard some folk say that's just lazy and wrong.

At the end of the day if you like what you've done that's all that matters.

[Bligh]

I quite agree John.

Whatever floats your boat. Talking to Andrea about his game he is of the same opinion. He has no objections to us messing about with his very carefully thought out rule as long as we enjoy the game.
I actually put my sinking ships on clear because I feel it gives a better impression of a sinking ship.
My harbour is made modular so that I can change it for different situations. It can range from the bustling seaport in the picture to small cove with a hamlet. Even the Fort Morro plugs into that headland so it can be exchanged for a different fort, or just have cliffs in a headland with no fort. Because the harbour wall sits on the blue mat, it can also be changed in shape and function, so as to maximise its usage. Also to prevent that sense of Deja vu which you can get in games which use the same terrain over and over again.

I'm sure that you will come up with some very novel and interesting ideas of your own very soon, which we will all brazenly poach for our own games.

Rob.

[Vagabond]

I actually put my sinking ships on clear because I feel it gives a better impression of a sinking ship.

This is something I've been thinking about. Cutting the peg off the bottom of the ships, attaching a couple of the small strong magnets and discarding the thick blue bases and using the clear plastic base with the ships wind arcs scribed into the clear plastic with a couple of the same magnets let into it to hold the ships firmly to the base. I think this would give a visually more appealing game but might cause mast breakages due to not having the thick base to get hold of.