< Home < Roleplaying < Props

Other Stuff

Potion Labels

Professor Pinkman's Patent Poison Preventative (PDF, approx. 880 KB)

Doctor Arnolfio's Muscular Enhancer (PDF, approx. 470 KB)


Longboat

This is a work in progress which I've been meaning to get around to finishing for a good long time now. I've since become resigned to the fact that finishing it may be some way off in the distant future, so I've elected instead to upload the model now, since it's in a more-or-less useable state. (NOTE: The figures don't come with the model. Just in case you thought I had some magic way of storing 25mm lead figures in a PDF file.)

This model is a PDF file of about 50 kilobytes. Construction isn't difficult, but it's not entirely straightforward either. Following are some basic instructions:

  1. Cut out all the bits - don't cut along dotted lines; those are fold lines. Score along any fold lines. Note that both sides of the hull are butted up against each other on the printed page, you will need to cut them apart.
  2. Glue the rudder and prow areas of the hull sides together. Be careful not to get glue anywhere else. Leave the glue to dry thoroughly before moving to the next step.
  3. Cut and fold all the tabs on the BASE part, and push it down between the two HULL sections. The curved edge of the hull sections are glued to these tabs, and the sides need to splay out so that the curve ends up flush with the flat base. You may find it helpful to glue something rigid to the base to keep it flat — ice-block (popsicle) sticks work well.
  4. Bend the strakes (the sticky-outy bits) of the DECK part and push the deck down between the two hulls. Glue the strakes to the inside of each hull so that they butt up against the scored line at the upper edge of the hulls.
    IMPORTANT: Start gluing the strakes from the middle of the deck and move steadily forward and back, alternating. If you try to glue it all in one go, you will almost certainly fail, and then you'll swear and think Bad Thoughts about me, and I don't want that.
  5. fold over the upper edges of the hulls, and glue them over the top edges of the strakes.
  6. Fold and glue the rudder bar around the sternpost.

I've included two pages of sails which need to be printed double-sided, if they're used at all. Personally I don't, since I find they just get in the way when using the model in gaming. You will need to sort out some masts and yards if you want to mount the sails — I haven't got that far yet, and probably never will.