All assembled with its two masts held down by magnets.
The latest miniature wonders made by WizK!ds have blown me away, or as Popeye the Sailer would say, “Well blow me down!” As you can see above is the Fallen Star, a sailing vessel they helped designed for D&D Fifth Edition and Forgotten Realms. I have no idea what the story is but I had to have it, OK, I bought two! Yes, if you’re going to have pirates and good guys duke it out, you need two vessels. I’ll just live with both ships having the same mastheads. WizK!ds also makes minis for Pathfinder so the vessel is to scale for their stuff as well as those bitchin’ HeroForge customized minis we have.
You can see the grid for minis in this overhead view.
I did an open-box experience at my workplace’s cafeteria with the recently formed D&D club amongst us employees (I belong to the Pathfinder subgroup of course). This will be why you see my new friend in the background.
The ship’s bow. Check out the anchor and masthead.
The Fallen Star didn’t require much assembly. You have to put together the sails. The helm (or steering wheel) is a mini you can place where you wish but we all know it’s in the stern region to be close to the rudder. Her lower decks (for the cargo, passengers; the other would be filled with rocks for ballast) are separate, super-thick cardboard maps that are double sided; you can choose the grid of non-grid options.
The detail on the stairs are fantastic!
Here comes the downside. WizK!ds manufactured very few of these ships. My store couldn’t order enough to have one on the shelf if someone wanted to buy it on impulse. I was wise enough to ask for my two as a special order as soon as this product was announced. I think I bought the only two they received. I do hope WizK!ds had tremendous success and will either make more or go on to design another! I will whip out another $250 for the latter.
Thought these were for cannons but they’re oar ports.
Since these are Fantasy-level ships, despite their post-Middle Ages’ design, I purchased all the ballistas Rogues Gallery had in order to arm them. Gunpowder either doesn’t exist, work well or is terribly expensive in D&D/PF. The crews are going to be armed with crossbows too.
The door even opens!
I can’t wait to deploy my vessels. There are many well-loved, sea-faring adventures in D&D/PF’s history; The Isle of Dread, The Salt Marsh trilogy and the Skull & Shackles adventure path.
Need dividers, the captain wouldn’t get all this living space.
My ships are free to borrow if you live in my area, you’re a fellow DM and I know you will take good care of them too.
Maybe the officers live here.