New to Sails of Glory and looking forward to chatting about my new venture.
I've always been interested in Napoleonic naval warfare and my daughter has a passion for the Pirates of the carribean films, so this seems the best game for us to share in my wargames hobby and her interest in pirates. I love the look of the models and the simplicity yet effectiveness of the rules.
Hey its win, win for me as i must have offended the dice gods in a past life, NO dice in this game? YAY!

So, im going to paint up one of my starter ships as the Black pearl (inspired by a thread on this here forum), Whats the best approach to painting these models?

Being a regular visitor to Portsmouth to see my footie team (play up pompey!!!!), i am gagging to get myself a model of HMS Victory, is it likely to be available?
If Vicky is to be a kickstarter payee offer only, can someone get me one?

Also, ratlines for my little boaties, how best do i go about getting them? Us poor UK folk get fairly hammered by customs on items from the US.

So fire away shipmates!