snapper_city Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hi Guys Bit of a random one. I am looking at pirate bits for a friend for Christmas. He is a Warhammer 40k player but loves his Pirate related stuff and I would like to get him something different this year to get him out of his comfort zone.. I have looked about at Pirate ship kits with choices from Revell and Zvezda but these are quite expensive unless you go for an easy build kit. So I have started to look at figures 1/35 and larger. I saw some about a few weeks back but can't remember the website as it is one I haven't been on before. Google isn't much help either. Can someone please point me in the direction of somewhere (UK) that sells Pirate figures, Pirate ship kits for no more than £40 or anything Pirate related modelling wise. Many Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Search for "54mm Pirate Figures" on ebay or the web -- there are some Glencoe figures (16 in a set) and others by Barszo... bestest, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Nice one. I have found that Verlinden do a few and found a few mini's by Black Scorpion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Zvezda do a 1/100th Ghost Ship which can be built as a generic pirate ship. Its also boxed as the Conquistador. The only difference is that the Ghost Ship has "torn" sails, which would look better on a pirate ship. The Ghost boxing is 1/3rd off at hannants at the moment. Hannants also do boxes of pirate figures in 1:72nd as well as Zombie pirates based on the characters from Pirates Of The Carribean. I've picked up a couple of the boxes of pirates for my future Black Pearl build. http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ZVE9042 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ZVE9008 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MAR72009 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MAR72070 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) The Zvezda ghost ship looks interesting. Is it glow in the dark plastic? Edit: No its not... Edited December 12, 2013 by snapper_city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Ive just finished getting the hull together on the ghost ship. The only downside I see (and this is being really picky), is that you only get 4 cannons. Aftermarket cannons are available for a few quid so its no biggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Thanks guys. that should all help me make a decision... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Hello. As has been said earlier, Verlinden used to do some 120mm (which I THINK is 1/12th scale) pirate resin figures. May not be what you're after, but they look really cool with a good paint-job and they're beautifully molded. I have a couple of kits from Verlinden's Fantasy range and I could not fault them, apart from the prices. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 There are some great looking figures by Verlinden here. He is a really good figure painter so no fears for a good paint job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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