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Tango0102 Apr 2024 12:36 p.m. PST

"What follows is my step by step guide to how I rig my Warlord Games 1:700th ships. The picture above shows
my rigging kit consisting of thick black thread for standing rigging, thinner brown thread for running rigging,
superglue and cocktail sticks to apply it on specific points, thin long tweezers, very useful for threading
rigging past masts and other lines, and a sharp modelling knife and scissors to cut thread…"

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Milgame03 Apr 2024 6:52 a.m. PST

Very nice guide and great and very helpful photos. I tried to get into AWI/Napoloeonic naval wargaming when Cruel Seas came out, but the running rigging alone was just too fiddly for my fat fingers, and it became so frustrating that I ended up selling everything at last year's Historicon. Perhaps if I'd had this guide I would have stuck with it.

Tango0103 Apr 2024 12:23 p.m. PST

Happy you enjoyed it…

Never is late… (smile)


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