Hello from the Great White North (yes we just got our first big snow of the season) of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. I had hoped to have received my second sail ship (first was the Golden Hind) but first real challenging build by now, but it is late in delivery and now longer due to a new postal strike. Grrrr. The ship ordered is one I have wanted for a number of years now is the Heller 1/100 scale le soleil royal. I wanted to do a wood build but I decided to start small and do a plastic model with some modifications. Being retired now for 11 years I have the time and a room to do it in without the wife always saying “clean up your mess”.
I plan on making it similar to John Otts version but with a slight difference. I ordered a pair of books on rigging from amazon which should be here tomorrow but meanwhile I am going to work on something else to pass the time.
I want to man/crew the ship but have looked all over the internet etc for figures, figures not just to match up with a sailing ship but a ship of the SRs time period without too much modification and to scale….but alas no such luck.
I am a bit of an artist and did some sculptures years ago in art college, so I am thinking, why not sculpt some figures from pictures, scan them, and then print them off on a 3D printer.
I will make several figures ranging from Admiral Tourville, a few officers, powder monkeys, and different gun crews both in action and at rest. Included will be crew members on deck and up in the rigging….or on the “head?”.
Here is a question for those in the know….. did the french ships in 17th century have a company of “french marines” for things like defensive action and boardings? Since I will be using soft modeling clay I will be able to twist most of the figures into different poses between scans. Saves on making 50 different figures, and not most in the same pose.
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