Blood & Plunder - Brigantine

Not quite dead yet. And even better, there's sails on the horizon!

I think she's spanish, sah.

So. I'm finally finished with my brigantine for Blood & Plunder. One step larger than the Sloop, she's an impressive ship, at the same time easy and tricky to build and rig.

She's currently flying Spanish colours, but I have a feeling that this ship, more than any of the others, will see use with all my factions, both current and yet to come. The Brigantine seems to hit that sweet spot of neither too much, nor too little (of course, I haven't played nearly enough to be certain of this, but it's a working theory).

She's got one more deck, and one more mast, than the Sloop, giving space for more units, and not quite as vulnerable to getting the mast shot off. Of course, that comes at a price. She's not as maneuverable as the Sloop, and is more affected by the wind coming in from the fore.

The rear deck has space for two Swivel guns as well as four cannons (two on each side).

The middle deck has an additional four cannons (or at least space and gun ports for them), as well as a mast.

The fore deck only contains a mast and space for four swivel guns. Still, an excellent position for either snipers or a boarding party (and/or a defense-against-boarding party, if that's a thing).

She even got a nameplate. 3D printed letters, attached with super glue. She's named Hermione, not as a Harry Potter reference, but because I found out that the English, the Spanish and the French all had had at least one ship named Hermione. Since she's going to be a multicultural ship, that makes it an excellent name for her.

As with the sloop, most guns, as well as the tiller, are attached with magnets and can be removed when not needed (or, in the case of the tiller, in case I need to fill the aft deck with men).

The cannons on the aft deck, however, are just the ends of barrels sticking out, and has not been magnetised. My theory is that I will want at least four cannons on her at all times so it should be less of a problem. And it greatly simplified assembly and transport.

Everything can then be picked off, the masts folded, flags removed (as with the sloop, and thus replaced with appropriate ones for whichever nation's currently sailing her), and she's ready for transport.

She's had a few battles already, and so far come out victorious (which is defined as "still floating in the end"...)

Now, bring me that horizon

/Fool out