Saint Kristos – Pirate Island – Chapter 15

Yesterday I showed you the fleet as it stands. Today I’d like to show you some progress I made on converting The Empress (Mega Bloks Ship from the Pirates of Caribbean range).

I started by painstakingly snipping off 80% of the little knobs, nodules whatever they’re called. This was an annoying task but I put on my “cabin” playlist and whittled away. 

Then I sanded down the holes. Next, using two sizes of icicle sticks, I got to work laying planks. Maybe I should’ve had them all running one way but in retrospect I kind of like the variation. 

It was fiddly but I had lots of fun doing it.

I kept the trapdoor to the lower deck. 

For the Bow I have an idea on what to add as a figurehead but more on that in a different post. 

The open doors will remain as they are and yeah they’re a bit small but passable. I might even hang some cloth over them to act as screens/doors. 

I’m quite pleased with what I achieved in a couple of hours this evening. Its not perfect but its looking less like a toy. Now I’m off to go and watch Jason and the Argonauts.

Cheers

IRO