Saturday 24 January 2015

Galleys & Galleons: The Pirateology xebec

I recently bought three Pirateology xebecs as the basis of a Barbary Pirate fleet for Galleys & Galleons. Sold as a 'Barbary Galley', the ship is nicely modelled and although no scale is stated, it seems perfectly compatible with the Peter Pig 1/450 Pirate ship range. I thought it might be helpful to take some close-ups with a Peter Pig ship for comparison.

The models are not full-hulled (they have flat bottoms), but they'll need 'waterlining' before they can be based and used. I don't think I'll bother to repaint them. I'm still thinking about whether to add some Peter Pig crew figures.

The Peter Pig ship photographed for comparison is the Large Merchant.







2 comments:

  1. Hello! Nice idea. What are these pirateology ships? Is there a European distributor form them?

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    1. Hi! I bought mine from the States via eBay (UK). When I bought the xebecs the postage got aggregated, but when I bought some other ships it didn't which made them very expensive!

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