Taking a Punt on Orc Boats

Scenario involving a landing? That'll need some boats then, which means a nice little hobby project (within the hobby, but you know what I mean).

Now, I've wanted to make some boats for years, especially since Perry Miniatures put out those lovely Napoleonic British boats years ago, which I won't look at since I'm going to feel old by checking the date of release.

So, how to knock something up quick and cheap? The basic shape is pretty easy - its a landing boat, not a work of art - but what to do about a frame for it? 

The answer lay close to hand - the sprue surroundings for bases. 

Great. Right shape, readily available, good use of redundant materials, and I know that at least ten models will fit v nicely into this space. 

A short amount of cutting and gluing later, and we have the below:

Next, to fill this out with planking and decking. Easy.........

No, this didn't involve running up the nearest Costa and stripping them bare of coffee sticks. For a start, I don't drink coffee, and secondly, I'm an upstanding citizen and paragon of good behaviour in my local area, so such things are beneath me. A £5 order for a couple of hundred did the job.

Quick blast of black primer, followed by a light blast of grey. Drybrush up with some bone. 

Texture with AK corrosion effect for some muck n filth. 

Unintentionally, this means that one boat looks like someone has dropped a turd in it, which I cannot unsee now I've noticed it.

And there we go. One Orc fleet of landing craft all done in a quick hour or twos work. Nice. 

Obvs have to get all the toys out and pose them in the boats, because We Must.

Next stop is to watch the lads get a consumate jobbing when attempting to make land in these. 

Perhaps I should have modelled engines on them.........powered by "magic", naturally.