Thread: fun with foam--deadeyes!

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I wanted to add some rigging to the pirate ship haunt this year, so I made this set of deadeyes. I worked out the process on this set, so when I make a second set I'll take some pictures of it in-progress for a tutorial.

If you're interested in doing this, it was a very easy project. 1/2" foam, cut into disks and glued together then scored to look like wood and painted (there are many threads on this forum with instructions on how to get this effect) and a couple of different sizes of rope is all you need. Here are a few pictures:








Here's one of the pictures I got off the interweb for guidance on how to lay it all out:



and you can get an idea of where these things will go with this picture of, you guessed it, the Pearl from POC:



The long boards on the sides of the ship above the gun ports are called channels, and you can barely make out the deadeyes attached to these. They connect to a set of ropes called shrouds that go from the channels to the masts.

wow they came out great!!!!

Wow those are awesome.

Wow! Those look great, that level of detail will really set you apart

they look to scale - although a bit white.

you know that the rope should look like it;s been tarred, right?

the only problem with the foam, is that if the lines are not stretched tight, its not rigging.

good job on the tackle. instead of having a rats nest of bitter enda atop the deadeyes, can you make a few thole pins oops belaying pins to wrap the excess in a figure8?

Nice job !

thanks for the nice comments. UR-dedd, I'm using a little black paint to mimic the tarred look, with a little green for contrast. Once I get everything situated it should have less slack in the line, but it is also going onto a shipwreck haunt so a little slack will be okay. Good idea for the belaying pins. thanks.

aye, maytee! they should be a nice addition to your haunt, have fun!

i built a 4' cannon (you are way ahead of me for this year), and it will eventually fire, it's steel inside the turned wood barrel. i should start puttin up somepics.

congrats.