Meadow Tickle - Sea Rat Hideout

[Kwatchi]

Meadow Tickle

Tickle (n): a Newfoundland (Canada) term first coined in 1770.  It describes i) a narrow salt-water strait, as in the  entrance to a harbour or between islands & other land masses, often difficult to navigate due to narrowness, shallowness, tides, etc.; ii) a 'settlement adjoining such a passage.  So named as a boat which traverses it may feel a "tickle" on the bottom of their hull.

The fishing village of Meadow Tickle was composed of a handful of fisherman families and their huts, their existence on the edge of civilization was a hard one.  Named for the explorer who discovered it (Captain Daniel Médaux), During the recent monsoons, two of the local skiffs were lost with all hands, devastating the community and threatening their livelihood.  So when a pirate fleet came around the cape and asked to barter for supplies in exchange for hard currency, they jumped at the chance and the little hamlet prospered as never before.

This represents a SEA RAT Pirate Hideout. 

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I had this MOC finished back in August, but I had to obviously wait for the rules to be finalized before posting.  The ship used was a micro version of my class 5 Marvel, which of course managed to get itself sunk during the MRCA that just ended last week.  Murphy's frakkin law!

 

 

 

[Professor Thaum]

A lovely one... so where is the password and the location ?

[Darnok]

Great microbuild! The essence of the scene is captured nicely, and the story supports it well.

[Elostirion]

Cool background story, and so fantastically executed! Lovely.

The skull and the sabres at the frame are an excellent addition.

[Bregir]

Fitting story and neat microbuild. I like how you built beach and water, particularly the breakers. And the microship is very very good.

[Bart]

Neat little micro build Kwatchi

[Roadmonkeytj]

Nice one indeed... 

[Bodi]

Neat microbuild, but I definitely prefer the larger Marvel. 

[Fraunces]

The names backstory makes the built much more alive. The build looks good as well