Saturday, March 16, 2013

Carribean: Red Jack - hard passage through Port Maria

Scenario: Red Jack and a couple of his crew had gone ashore during the night at Port Maria, Jumeida, the next day they have to get back to their boat through the town - soldiers are on the look out .....
 
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Red-Jack and two of his crew move across the fields near the outskirts of the town ....
The soldiers start their serach of the port town, while the Governor watches ....
an unfortunate inquisitive passer-by is dispatched
The soldiers moving down the main street are held up by the local sedan chair ...
An old amour accosts Red Jack ....
As they move towards the main street - soldiers by the windmill move their way ...
No sign of him yet sir, reports an officer to the Governor - I'll take a couple of men and check the quayside ....
Red Jack moves down towards the main street ... soldiers are behind him ...
Red Jack hides by the cart preparing to make a dash to get into the churchyard.. then shots are heard
The soldiers rush off to investigate, finding one of their men down and a pirate dead....
with the soldiers gone Red Jack moves up the main street, keeping an eye open ...
spotting more soliders up the street Red Jack goes into the Inn; he bumps into the his old mate Pegleg Johnson who tells him to wait out the back while he distracts any soldiers in the street ...
with Pegleg Johnson distracting the soldiers, Red Jack makes his move towards the port
he now moves up behind one of the warehouses  ...
Red Jack moves to the headland and is spotted by his men on the boat ...
As Red Jack moves towards the boat along the quay, a couple of his crew move up the jetty  - the officer shouts 'there he is !'
Red Jack dodges under the colonnade of the customs house... while some of his crew from the boat attack the soldiers ...
Red Jack fires his pistols and runs at a soldier brandishing his cutlass ...as one of his crew fights with an officer...
So close now, they get nearer to the jetty ... one of the pirates is down ...
... more sword play - the soldier is forced off the jetty into the harbour and Red Jack makes it to the boat - they set sail for his ship the Saucy Sue, the soldiers fire a couple of shots but miss ....
one of Red Jack's men on the headland discards his weapons and swims out to picked up...the commander of the detachment searching the town updates the Governor ....
Red Jack got away sir - three pirates killed two men wounded and one dead ; the Governor is not amused ..... he wants Red Jack dead ....

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Carribean: Red Jack in trouble ?

Red Jack and a couple of his crew had gone ashore during the night at Port Maria, Jumeida, to recce for a raid inland; however they had got lost and were trying to find their way back ....
 
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A small boat is at the end of the jetty, they are pirates from Red Jack's ship, waiting to pick him up - they are anxious it is daylight and he has not yet come back ...
Trouble - someone spotted Red Jack last night down by the quay and informed the authorities; now in the morning they are getting ready to search for him in the town - an added complication for the commanding officer is that the Governor is visiting the port and he has taken up a position on the balcony of a building to watch what happens ...
The rest of the town of Port Maria - plenty of places for Red Jack to hide, and many possible ways back to the harbour ...
Red Jack has finally found a trail back and has reached the outskirts of Port Maria, he stops to consider his best way back to the harbour ....
 
can Red Jack get back through the town to his boat and make his get-away ?
 
to be continued.....

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Additions/Alterations to buildings....

First a new building for India now painted up and finished off ..
Also I have some Games of War pirate buildings which in Carribean mode look like:
I made some alterate roofs for them out of card/foamboard and a couple of resin dome castings; they can now be used for India ...