HMS Pickle for Sails of Glory
Please excuse the amateurish modeling...but this thing is tiny! Anyway, every British Fleet at Trafalgar needs one! I thought I'd see if this Langton 1:1200 Tops'l Schooner could be made into a Sails of Glory conversion, surely the smallest unrated ship you will find in the game. Probably 1/2 point battery strength. Useful for signaling and transferring the Admiral's Flag if not just for decoration. Anyway, I humbly submit, HMS Pickle for SOG.
Last edited by mdavis41; 06-29-2014 at 12:34.
Love it! Great job.
Fantastic! Nice Job, and yes....that is just a little guy... :)
Looks pretty good for an amateurish model!? Well done.
And a very nice Blog too!!
Last edited by Nightmoss; 06-29-2014 at 20:14. Reason: PS
Nice Pickle.It had to be said and I said it.
That would be a fine addition to any fleet Michael.
one of my favorite ships, based solely on the name. Glad to see it make a Sails appearance, and it looks mighty good!
And of course...the Pickle's ship card:
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Last edited by mdavis41; 06-29-2014 at 17:39.
Very cool, Michael. Great idea.
I have a question, though. Would it be kosher to play with such a ship? Some sailors earn their bread and butter through capturing prizes, making them dillerious with joy. Unfortunately, I doubt this one ever will have such luck, which could end up souring the crew. I mean it would surely take a captain who is cool as a cucumber to handle such disappointment, otherwise the crew might bury him in lime.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
hmmmmm......should we keelhaul you for this or put you over a (pickle) barrel for a taste of the cat?Originally Posted by 7eat51
Very cool, Michael. Great idea.
I have a question, though. Would it be kosher to play with such a ship? Some sailors earn their bread and butter through capturing prizes, making them dillerious with joy. Unfortunately, I doubt this one ever will have such luck, which could end up souring the crew. I mean it would surely take a captain who is cool as a cucumber to handle such disappointment, otherwise the crew might bury him in lime.
My wife certainly thinks the cat, as I spent hours working with Photoshop to create the image. What other ship's card features the crew? No, Pickle won't be standing in the Line of Battle, but she certainly makes the Rated vessels look the more impressive. However the pickle jokes were almost worth the effort.
A little slice of humor wedged amidst such a thread might not preserve the thread's original intent, but could be sweet nonetheless if one relishes it.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
Well, regardless, I have posted an article and more images of the very worthy HMS Pickle on my Blog.
http://horseandmusket2.blogspot.com/...ckle-1799.html
All pickle jokes aside, I love it......I fully encourage the creation of custom ships (within a reasonable historical context). If I ever get a more relaxed work schedule I may look into this myself, well done again.
Nice blog. I agree with "I hope this shows that Langton 1:1200 models, at least the smaller unrated vessels, can be used alongside the 1:1000 scale SOG models. This opens lots of possibilities for customizing the fleet."
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
I'd agree with Eric, nice blog post. I love the addition of being a dispatch vessel and carrying the news of Lord Nelson....Speaking of which this is the next book on my to read list
I think in addition to including dispatches and transferring the Admiral or Commodore's flag in the Rules, we need to think seriously about towing disabled ships by both frigates and ship-sloops, as well as tops'l schooners like Pickle.
Reasonable use of resources.
Michael, I think you have demonstrated that a line like Langton's Great Lakes Warships could be easily adapted to SoG. Additionally, as smaller ships anyway, they won't look significantly out of place on a table with Ares' larger ships, i.e. there aren't comparable Ares ships.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
>snicker<Very cool, Michael. Great idea.
I have a question, though. Would it be kosher to play with such a ship? Some sailors earn their bread and butter through capturing prizes, making them dillerious with joy. Unfortunately, I doubt this one ever will have such luck, which could end up souring the crew. I mean it would surely take a captain who is cool as a cucumber to handle such disappointment, otherwise the crew might bury him in lime.
I agree, but it may be more of a campaign rule than a tactical maneuver used in battle(?)
The other thing is, we could also use add-on rules to allow a chance to tow a Zero Hull or Zero Crew ship out of the line rather than being assumed captured--the rub is we need some way to decide "Destroyed? Y/N", and if D=N "Captured? Y/N" before even proceeding to allow a chance to Tow Home.
BTW, the towed ship should still be subject to capture or destruction, and some sharp maneuvering limits on the towing ship, bbut maybe allow some recovery of points for successfully towing a friendly derelict off your side of the map, more for an enemy one.
Well done, Michael!
<- feeling [d]ill...
Come on Chris. Can't you envision two of our U.K. shipmates playing SoG somewhere in Piccalilli Circus?
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
Eric, I think Chris's problem is that he's grown accustomed to having the monopoly on bad puns. :p
He must not relish the competition?
Like the model, neatly done,
But reading some of the posts can I ask why are we pickleing a cat in a barrel ?
Bad puns?????
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
A Vlasic example of "redundant". >:)
I think I must ship my mess and stow my dunnage in another place.
If anyone is interested and has a spare 70k sterling laying around you can buy a full size reproduction of the HMS Pickle:
http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2014/07/h...d+Salt+Blog%29
She does need a bit of work though...
Thanks for the tip. However, I must file this in the 'to do' list 'if I won the lottery'. I wonder if it will sell or not?
Compared to the previous price of 350k, the 70k price seems a bargain.
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Plato
The ship works,nicely done.
I fear this thread however may be headed for the briney deep.
It should be pickled and bottled up in an Archives section for when someone needs a laugh.
Massive head slap.
Sorry guys have to say this...................you will be in a real pickle if you had to fight something big :)
Good job though!
Shane
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