Raider’s Raft is a custom pirate boat that was made to transport buccaneers around Challis Island. It was expertly designed in-house and lovingly handmade in our Northamptonshire workshop. This pirate raft is made – like the rest of Challis Island – to look as though it’s straight out the year 1718 but that doesn’t mean to say it has to operate as such. It features a thoroughly modern outboard motor that is neatly concealed at the rear – a perfect blend of traditional handcrafting techniques and modern technology.
From the blog
We’ve Won Two Awards for our Themed Pirate Architecture and InteriorsNovember 15, 2014 - 1:09 pmIt is with great pleasure that I’m able to announce that the team here at The Master Wishmakers have won not one, but two International Property Awards for the design and construction of Challis Island – the themed pirate island that we built in the Cambridgeshire countryside. Challis Island was borne out of our Limitless […]
Prop-making and set design in the 4K ageOctober 23, 2014 - 1:20 pm4K Ultra High Definition TV (also known as UHD), and high frame rates (HFR) are two of the hottest buzzwords in the TV and film industries at the minute, and for good reason. 4K delivers four times as much detail as the 1080p HD that’s the norm in the industry, and indeed, in most households […]
