Progress on ship and submarine - and floating dock

Great progress on assembling a submarine.

That little 'bump out' near the water was a cool thrift store find - got three of them and used all three on this build. The 'mast' on the submarine was part of the thrift store find and made need some adjusting if not straight (?).

May - or may not - add a propeller at the stern.

Added a ram at the front - my variation on the Verne Nautilus afterall: JVS Naughtylust The source of the ram was just a plastic part I had laying around which needed a couple of arms sawed off.

A top down shot shwoing what, for now, will be the pilots cabin (just a plastic rectangular piece but I'd like to find something better, especially a 'bubble').

Masked off the upper portions of the tramp steamers.

Painted them a burgundy color.

Demasked after the paint dried.

Added some plank decking - just using Evergreen plastic sheet.

Did a top down painting of the planking - and added a couple of squares and a funnel (painted before adding that last). Both the submarine and tramp steamer (another one to work on) are a bit crude but I think they will work as game 'scenery' if not more. Still plan to add a bunch of details to the steamer and, maybe, a little bit to the sub.

Added the sides to the floating dock and did some rattle can painting - will need more work later which may or may not occur before the November game.

A Detour into the Shape of Things to Come

Some mixed metaphors. Some self-indulgence. And, with a little luck, some self-inspiration. Oh, and a new item to show off - if not yet painted. And, yes, a number of items in this post are not painted but, as said, some self-indulgence in just seeing items on a mini-table all together, only 32" x 40", a fraction of a 'normal' table for me which, at minimum, is usually, at least, 5' x 6' (or 8') which is more than triple what you are about to see.

A first view, the building to the top is the proximate reason for this post, more on that later.

An overall view of pulp, Africa colonial and perhaps more, thus the mixed metaphors. And only in this shot, up near the top, can you see some in progress crocodiles though a bit of a blur but there are three each on two stands.

Hippos in process both in and out of the water and some Cape buffalo on the land.

A dozen grayrillas as I call them, pulp or otherwise.

Elephants, wildebeest, zebras and more.

Porters heading towards the river's edge.

Giraffe and quagga, the latter likely to get some repainting work at some point, stripes should be a little darker and more visible.

A few okapi in the jungle. The trees are still in process, some just need basing work, the others trunk work, canopy work, and basing textured.

Some monkeys on small tree trunks.

A few rhinos in process.

A small boat in process with a couple of figures on board - from the pulp game in process of preparing.

The bow of the larger river boat with a few similar figures.

A few more figures in front of - unpainted - a jungle cruise building I've had for a bit.

And those same figures in front of the newer jungle cruise building that just arrived today. Finally - took about six weeks.

Another view of the same new building.

The view of the other side of the building - with some critters in view.

A rather large ape in the image - apparently a very stealthy beast because no panic among man or beast. Yet.

And one more shot of the zebras and wildebeest, just for me because I wanted it.