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Hi guys, I’ve put together a quick post to show how I go about building a boat out of coffee stirrers… A few of you were asking, so have at it – lots of pics, and not much words :-)
Add boiling water & leave overnight, then pour the water away and leave the stirrers for a day to dry while braced in position
Nice bend to them, still slightly damp
Braces glued on to form the sides
Put them ‘back to back’ (braces out!)
Cut the shape of the prow through both sides…
switch the sides around and glue prow and stern
and bottom… Let it all dry for a day or two
Add planking (I planked the bottom on this one to make a rowing boat, but my first one had the planking on top to make a deck… your choice!)
There we go, I hope that makes the process a bit clearer. Obviously, this is just a very quick scenery project – the boats are not especially to scale, and aren’t highly detailed. This is a quick, low cost solution to address a particular need within a Frostgrave scenario, but this approach should also work for a range of games from fantasy, historical, pirates, whatever! I daresay that with more time, effort and skill, you could really create something spectacular… (Mikko, I’m lookin’ at you bud!)
Peace out dudes, catch you all at high tide!