Good evening, with all of my vessels I have crewed them with figures. I always think a boat looks strange without a crew showing, this is only my personal thought for my boats and I get as much pleasure from making the larger scale figures to suit the boat in person. It was with these thoughts that I decided to have a go at a crewman for the Karoline. I first did a search for photos of period Dutch fishermen, which produced the 1st photo shown below. The guy on the right was the one I was to use for apparel ideas. The figure I used for the base is as before from the children’s Doctor Who series of play figures that I have acquired over the last few years for just this purpose. Photos 2-3 are the starting figure. I started by making his hat from light card, side, top and peak, photos 4-11.next the coat was removed, photo 12. Next an amount of mathematics to correct the figures height. The boat is 1/15th scale which equates to a 6 ft man ( 1828 mm) being 122 mm figure at this scale. The figure is 140mm so he needs trimming down. I have found in the past that the figures have longer legs and torsos for some reason, and find can be cut down and still look in proportion, also the neck can be trimmed too. photos 13-14-15. I cut the figure in pieces as shown and tidied up the new joints until happy with the overall size.