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Ahoy! I am a Huge fan of board games. My favorite being Settlers of Catan. I own many copies of the game but they all have one major flaw; Durability. The tiles and cards are all made out of cardboard which tends to bend or warp over time. I am working on making a copy of the game out of sealed wood this way they are stronger and more resistant to water damage. I've decided that while I'm at it I'm going to tailor the game to my interests and make a Pirates of Catan. The issue I'm having is with the actual game pieces. In Settlers of Catan the players work with 2 types of pieces: Settlements and Cities. I'd like to do something along the lines of Ship and Hideouts or 2 different size ships. Maybe Sloops and Frigates. Although Carving the pieces out of wood would look nice it would be too time consuming. I'd LOVE to have metal pieces but I have no way to cast them. My latest idea is to use a 2 part resin and make Plastic duplicates of other pieces that I like. The ships from Dread pirate will work GREAT and I happen to have that game. That just leaves me with making the 2nd type of piece. I can't seem to find other game pieces or pirate knick knacks that I could make a mold of for game pieces. Any ideas would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! I did find this game online: Pirates Demise I tried to contact the manufacturer about buying some pieces from them but have gotten no response. I would Really Appreciate some help Thank Ye Capn Antonio Malasses
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From the album: Realistic pirate art
Pirate wearing sailor's suit of clothes. What is notable is that he has a sash, which was evidently used by some sailors pirates in the form depicted here. Mustache were rare sight but people had them (of course). The pirate's breeches are the Striped Shag Breeches from Rn slops contract and the color of them is based on one source that don't bother to identify now. (there was another form of striped breeches as well and I have pictured them with blue and white stripes in my pictures but here are the other striped pant from the slops). He has tied a pistol with cloth sling and he has cutlass and a Blunderbuss Pistol. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
While I know that kerchiefs are exaggerated by romantic illustration of Howard Pyle and Hollywood I have dressed this pirate with one. It is not really inaccurate as we have some references of them. The pirate here has a checked kerchief around his head; it was meant to be a neckerchief but now he has tied it to work as headgear. The Striped trousers may seem improvised but trousers were used in the Golden age and so were a great number of striped garments and we have references for blue and striped trousers at least from 1730s. So that's reasonable extrapolation to dress an early 1700s pirate that way. His linen shirt is ordinary and he has shoes and musket as well as a back for ammunition. -
Sailor dressed for hot Caribbean climate
Swashbuckler 1700 posted a gallery image in Pub Members Gallery
From the album: Realistic pirate art
Circa 1690-1730 pirate in his sea dress that would fit to hot weather. Dress: A brimmed round hat made from felt or other material, neckerchief and petticoat breeches with check pattern. He is leaning agaist a sack. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This is a pirate navigator wearing a sailor’s outfit with brim hat, jacket, shoes long stockings, shirt and flowered breeches that were around in that time. He has a map and a Backstaff. He is a rather experienced, educated and middle aged man. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This early 1700s pirate has Rn slop contract jacket, canvas trousers, wool cap etc. He is armed with a grenade with the fuse lightened perhaps with his pistol's flintlock. His axe is based on a rarer type of boarding axe with an additional pike. Sword is there too with a belt and the ammo box. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This is a woman pirate with sailor clothing. There were really few women aboard pirate vessels but this image represents one of those few… she might be Bonny or Read. Of course she is based on looks of Anne Bonny and Mary Read. I used period illustration like http://s1.hubimg.com...096276_f496.jpg or http://leogirl1975.f...nread.gif (with needed criticism of course) and also the testimony of one eyewitness was thoroughly exploited. The testimony told “(the two women) wore men's jackets, and long trousers, and handkerchiefs tied about their heads; and that each of them had a machete and pistol in their hands,…” So my female pirate wears this clothing and is armed with naval weaponry of that era. She has typical sailor clothing of the early 1700s though the kerchief, in reality, was not so popular than it is in popular image of the pirates. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This pirate or why not armed seaman has a round brim hat, a blue neck cloth, a striped sleeved waistcoat/jacket and breeches (the waistcoat is not from Navy slops because it has metal buttons). Linen socks are there too. He has an axe. There is also a sword belt with a sword and an ammo box. He also has a double-barreled flintlock. This heavily striped clothing seems a bit funny to me but he is a realistic pirate figure. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
He has a complete suit of Royal navy slop clothing of the era of 1706-1730's. Leather cap with red cloth facing, gray jacket/coat etc. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This is an older pirate man about 50-60 years old. He has a green olive jacket as well as a black waistcoat and breeches. Wool stockings are brown and shoes are ordinary buckled ones. The Clothing is realistic and colors are pretty realistic too. This pirate has a red neck cloth and a Monmouth cap with knitted brim. In his belt there is a common sailor knife. He has a cutlass and pistol. The latter one hangs on cloth sling so it is not too easy to get lost. The cloth is tied on a hoop on the other side of the gun so that is why the knot cannot be seen. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This sailor has no hat, shoes or shirt for practical reasons. He has a neck cloth and a short jacket. He has checkered petticoat-breeches. (Based in period evidence like http://www.reconstru...landsSafety.jpg and http://pic100.pictur...55/85796168.jpg ) -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This is a pirate captain. He wears a fine suit of clothing. From head to toes: He has a cloth cap edged with rich fur. It is based on period evidence of sailors clothing. While the fur cap might seem odd especially in the hot West- Indies in colder weather especially when at sea and when sailing in the north it would be useful. Even captain Blackbeard was described to have a fur cap in contemporary evidence. So pirate captain can really well wear one (there is even contemporary picture of Privateer Jean Bart with such hat). The Captain also possesses a nice embroidered crimson sleeved waistcoat and breeches inspired by Bart Roberts and period fashions. This captain has two pairs of pistols in his sash –it is accurate since occasional and short sashes were sometimes worn (but not the big ones that H. Pyle’s paintings are full of or many movies). He has silk socks and fine high heeled gentleman shoes. His expression and gestures indicates that he is recruiting captured sailors to join him (that is also why he is so well dressed). -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
He is a pirate, navy or merchant sailor. He has many navy clothing pieces from slop contracts but not all of his stuff is from there since it was not compulsory to buy all slop clothing. So as there were no sailor uniforms he can be pure British navy seaman even when he wears only parts of the navy slop clothing. His dress includes: Small Leather Cap stitched with white Thread (like mentioned in the naval slop clothing contracts in about 1706-1725) the design of these caps is unknown but this cap with upturned peak is one of the most probable styles, Striped waistcoat (like mentioned in the naval slop clothing), Striped breeches (the navy slops again but oh wrong button color they are black while they should be white... well he has sewed new buttons there), blue jacket (not from the naval slop contract), a checkered neck cloth (not from the slops) a linen socks (same here), Double Sold Shoes (now these are from the navy slops). He is armed with Queen Anne dog-lock sea service musket (the dog-lock is a variation of flintlock) and the gun is painted black to cover it from rust. Based on this gun http://rockislandauc...aid/54/lid/3037 . There also a cutlass and a belt with “a belly box”. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
The sitting Man is looking realistic in sailor clothing (clothing would actually fit even other periods than just early 1700s): checkered shirt, Monmouth cap, blue neck cloth, canvas trousers and shoes. He has a pipe. The pirate parrot is a cliché but occasional birds might have been seen here and there. Parrots lived in The Caribbean and the parrot trade to Europe was booming business at the time so pirate could capture or steal parrots quite easily. Parrots could be good entertainers during boring sea voyages so there might have been few as pets. Historian’s opinions about parrots vary but there is no “definite no” for occasional birds. But since even occasional pirate parrot is hardy realistic (if it is at all) I have put parrot on ordinary seaman’s shoulder. And the parrot is actual Caribbean species which lives in The Bahamas as well. The parrot is "Cuban Amazon" (Amazona leucocephala) often called as "Cuban Parrot". -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
He is a gunner. He is prepared to work on the hot gun deck. He has no shirt and his neckerchief is tied around his head to keep out the sweat from his eyes and preventing hair to get in the way. He has a brush used to clean up the cannon’s mouth from burned gun powder when needed. Again he has petticoat breeches or “Slop breeches” but this time they are red… it is improvised but if there was white and patterned petticoat pants so why not colorful ones too? While he has no socks he has shoes (to protect toes from hazards like falling cannonballs) -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This sailor/pirate is rather ordinary. He wears a neck cloth, linen shirt, striped breeches and a Monmouth cap with brim (modern term is “Peter the great hat”). He has a lantern and he is not using shoes. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
He is an African pirate. However he has the European sailors clothing: Petticoat breeches (striped ones were used at least by Dutch and there is something like drawers under his petticoat breeches), jacket, neckerchief, round brim hat, shoes and stockings. He is armed with knife, axe and sword. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This pirate is not Scottish while he may seem so. He has, again, petticoat breeches this time with checked with red. There is a gray coat, a brown Monmouth cap and so on. He has –unusually, long beard so he does not like to shave. He has a boarding pike and pistol as well as sailors knife with belt and ammo bag. -
From the album: Realistic pirate art
This sailor or pirate carries a rum/beer/wine/ gunpowder barrel. He is wearing petticoat breeches and his checkered underpants can been seen under it. He has a pair of red stockings and a striped wool cap. He wears a commonplace linen shirt and shoes. He is not really special in any way so a rather common sailor of the era (circa 1690-1725). As far as I know people had striped wool caps back then… at least some sort of striped caps are mentioned in sailor’s inventories etc. -
Just wanted to let everyone know that this past weekend's event at the 2011 Pike River Rendezvous went splendidly! For all our crewe that came out and had fun...thank you again for making this a great event. And to all the new and old faces that we had the chance to meet up with this past weekend....from the Great Lake River Pirates battle to the lovely music and conversation after hours with so many....looking forward to next year with much anticipation.
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I wrote this short story for my mother, a teacher of mathematics, who asked me to write a ghost story about numbers. I did - but of course, I couldn't resist including pirates in it too.
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Not Sure when it will be, or if anyone is interested, but a few of my mates have already expressed an interest. But the Devil's Brood Pyrates (Ohio Chapter) is planning a pirate photoshoot, sometime in the spring at either Squire's Castle or Mentor Headlands Beach (both are in Ohio, one is on Lake Erie) This event is still in the early stages of development, so if the event is gonna happen, I need to have enough people interested and planning on attending... it will probably be in the spring/summer of this year. There is NO entrance fee, or fee to have photos taken, or fees whatsoever, policys in regard to food/drink/props are essentually, bring you own, and donations, to keep the Brood running, are appreciated, but not required.
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From the album: Some of my designs
A basic design that is really just some text in a snazzy font around an unmodified Rackham flag. I will probably update this one in the near future, but if you like it, swag featuring it is for sale like the others. -
From the album: Some of my designs
The Pirate Crown design with a wreath of victory! Aye, we're after a prize this day, let our foes beware...© Anthony Gillis
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