Medieval Cargo Skiff Set: 15th Century Flatwater Trade Boats Tabletop Terrain, Model Railroading Diorama

Set Includes:
• 4x Open-hull medieval cargo skiffs with modular deck designs
• 1x Sunken skiff terrain piece—ideal for wreck scenes or water hazards
• 3x Interchangeable deck inserts:
 – Covered cargo compartment (for secure or noble transport)
 – Seated crew/passenger module
 – Cargo loadout with crates, sacks, barrels, and amphorae
• 1x Oar accessory (poseable or deck-mounted)
• All components designed for 28mm scale gaming
• Perfect for rivers, docks, port cities, trade routes, and fishing settlements

Description:
Bring rivers, canals, and harbor scenes to life with the Medieval Cargo Skiff Set—a versatile collection of flatwater trade boats perfect for transporting goods, people, or secrets across fantasy and historical terrain. This modular set includes open-deck skiffs with removable inserts, offering seated configurations, bulk cargo loads, or a covered hold for transporting VIPs or contraband.

One skiff is modeled as a sunken wreck, making it a ready-to-play water hazard, sunken treasure hook, or combat objective.

Each piece features crisp plank textures, detailed cargo sculpting, and smooth curves that make painting easy and rewarding. Whether dry brushing wood tones, weathering barrels, or customizing the sunken wreck with algae and grime, these models are ideal for hobbyists who love visual storytelling on the tabletop.

Historical Relevance:
Inspired by 15th-century European flat-bottomed riverboats, these skiffs reflect real-world designs used in trade-heavy regions such as the Low Countries, Italian city-states, and German inland markets. They were essential to local economies, ferrying goods and people through narrow waterways, especially where deep-draft vessels couldn't operate.

The skiffs’ modular layouts and compact design echo historical merchant craft, used in both everyday commerce and covert travel across waterways in the medieval period.

Theater of Battle Applications:
• Historic and Fantasy Towns: Populate riverbanks, ports, and canals with active river traffic
• Quest Hubs: Great for transporting VIPs, smuggling goods, or triggering river-based story arcs
• Military Campaigns: Useful for stealth infiltration, riverside ambushes, or coastal skirmishes
• Resource Gathering: Represent trade goods, hidden caches, or riverside mission objectives

Features:
• Interchangeable modular deck inserts: cargo, covered hold, or seated arrangement
• Detailed woodgrain, rivet lines, and cargo textures for easy dry brushing and layering
• One sunken skiff piece for use in aquatic hazard or story-rich scenarios
• Models accept washes, contrast paints, and highlights beautifully
• Durable single-piece hulls optimized for regular gameplay handling

Usage Ideas:
Compatible with Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Frostgrave, Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game, and other fantasy RPGs and wargames.
Use these skiffs for smuggling routes, merchant crossings, port-side plots, or sunken encounters in your campaign world.
Ideal for dock encounters, canal infiltration, market ambushes, and resource-based missions.

Available Size:
This model set is available in 28mm (1/60 scale) only.
Custom sizes are not available for this item.

Notes:
Our models are printed to order and not kept in stock. Please allow time for production. We use advanced FDM 3D printers and filament, NOT RESIN. Contact us with any questions. Follow us on Etsy messaging. Follow our progress on Facebook or Instagram @centrion3d for updates, assembly videos, and behind-the-scenes content.
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Materials: pla, 28mm.