Show threadOFMD RecapsMar 30, 2025

⛵ Tiny Crew Big Raffle

Great news! Tiny Crew Big Raffle is back!

The Raffle went live yesterday, March 29th, and will be open until May 3 - this time with a super amazing prize made by the props team of OFMD!

The baby monkey was behind the bar at Spanish Jackie'z and helped to really build the ambiance of the place! It was donated by our fabulous S2 Set Decorator Megan Vertelle.

To learn more and keep up to date, remember to check out their website and/or socials:

🌐 https://tinycrewbigraffle.com
 https://tinycrewbigraffle.tumblr.com
🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/tinycrewbigraffle.bsky.social
 https://www.instagram.com/tinycrewbigraffle

(Image shows a baby monkey doll - hidden as some folks might find it creepy. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHCJX6eOJGk)

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Charity raffle to win authentic Our Flag Means Death props

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Show threadOFMD RecapsMar 19, 2025

🧵 (13/18)

⛵ Tiny Crew Big Raffle

Looks like there's going to be a new Tiny Crew Big Raffle coming up March 29 through May 3rd!

Keep an eye out on the Tiny Crew Big Raffle Socials or sign up for their newsletter: https://linktr.ee/ofmd.buys.boats

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Charity Raffle for fans of the show Our Flag Means Death to win genuine props.

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Show threadOFMD RecapsJan 7, 2025

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 Tiny Crew Big Raffle (Part 2)

Amy:
Speaking of the tiny boats, we’d be remiss if we didn’t ask about them too - how did you make them and how long did it take you? I can testify from making repairs to our broken ones that they’re fiddly little things!

Linds:
Yes they are! The strain on my eyes that week! The bases of these tiny ships are custom lead molds created in the Propmakers Workshop. Next, painted and aged brown. Then, one by one I stabilized them and carefully drilled one tiny hole in the semi-center of each ship's base. Hoping each time that I didn't push too hard or for too long, potentially breaking through to the bottom. So I held my breath and got through all of that step. Off to the side, I had the makings for the tiny flags. I painted and aged what felt like a million toothpicks to start. Trimming off the bottoms of one end so they would sit flat inside my pre-drilled hole. I cut the different pieces of construction paper in a tiny triangle with one flat end, and put a line of glue on that side to place underneath a toothpick and rolled it over to hold. Some bits of my fingertips are definitely attached to the glue inside those tricky little flags. When my deadline was getting closer, I started to just begin placing the dried flags inside the bases the next day. Until I found some of them falling over by the time I came back from lunch. So then I realized I needed to add one tiny drop of super glue into the hole first. The final precise measure was making sure when I held the flag down to attach, that I was holding it straight up & down. Sounds easy enough, but if you're only looking at one side, you may be pushing the flag down and away. So if you check your other angles afterward, you'd notice it's leaning to that opposite side, as if the tiny ship is in a storm, someone told me. [...]

Once again - for the whole interview and additional BTS please check out their substack! https://substack.com/@tinycrewbigraffle

Thank you so much to OFMD Buys Boats for not only giving us this wonderful gift but allowing me to share some of them as well!

#OFMDRecaps #OurFlagMeansDeath #LindseyCantrell #OFMDBTS #OFMDBuysBoats #TinyCrewBigRaffle

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Amy and Christina. Organisers of the OFMD Buys Boats Tiny Crew and the #TinyCrewBigRaffle, the charity raffle that raised over $11k for 7 charities, for the chance to win the final 7 Our Flag Means Death prop tiny boats.

Show threadOFMD RecapsJan 7, 2025

🧵 (20/24)

💗 Fan Spotlight

 Tiny Crew Big Raffle (Part 1)

In honor of the Tiny Boats raffle, the OFMD Buys Boats team had an interview with our dear Set Dresser, Lindsey Cantrell! You can read the full thing on their substack: https://substack.com/@tinycrewbigraffle

Here's a sneak preview!

Amy:
What was your favourite set to dress?

Linds:
What a hard question. The favorite that first comes to mind is John Bartholomew's Captain's Quarters. The scene where Zheng Yi Sao leads a raid on Bartholomew's ship, and then convinces him to join her crew.
The day we were going to shoot this scene was pulled up in the schedule, so during a few lunches and a few private rehearsals, I was brought over to the unfinished set to get my opinion on the status of its dress. What to add, where to move items, take away, etc. And it needed to get done quickly. We were pulling dressing from all over. Production Designer Ra and Art Director Troy really wanted it to be layered. They were discussing someone who'd lived in that space for ages. Our Set Dec team left the bones of it in a good place, but on the day we went to shoot it, we still scrambled a bit throwing items together for more chaos (some good ideas, some bad- ie: a stool ended up on top of a dresser?)
I still love the way the lighting was shot through those windows and how it all came together. Plus, didn't that charcuterie look delicious?"

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#TinyCrewBigRaffle | Substack

Amy and Christina. Organisers of the OFMD Buys Boats Tiny Crew and the #TinyCrewBigRaffle, the charity raffle that raised over $11k for 7 charities, for the chance to win the final 7 Our Flag Means Death prop tiny boats.

Show threadOFMD RecapsJan 5, 2025

🧵 (8/10) 💗 Fan Spotlight

 OFMD Buys Boats

Last on the list for the Tiny Crew Big Raffle Donations was:
World Central Kitchen, David Jenkins: $US 1,779.07, £278.69, €611.91, CAD$82.81!
Well done all!
(Image source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DD70JnsOoir)

I ran out of images in this recap, but the next will feature all the awesome BTS Lindsey Cantrell shared with the ofmd-buys-boats and the rest of the crew for everyone's generosity!

 Never Left Podcast

Never Left Podcast's latest episode is about Fan Fic! Check it out on their linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/neverleftpodcast
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Auntie's Tiny Fleet (OFMD) on Instagram: "Last, but most certainly not least, Day Seven of the #TinyCrewBigRaffle Countdown to Christmas Eve! We couldn't hold a charity #OFMD raffle without a cause for our one and only Pirate Daddy (and now actual daddy!), @dvidjenkins, and so we selected @wckitchen. This was our most donated to charity, and we would be remiss not to shout out to @mx.alexis44 for their repeated donation matching to @wckitchen. Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises. Applying our model of quick action, leveraging local resources, and adapting in real time, WCK has served more than 450 million nourishing meals around the world. When disaster strikes, WCK’s Relief Team mobilizes with the urgency of now to start cooking and serving meals to people in need. By partnering with organizations on the ground and activating a network of local restaurants, food trucks, and emergency kitchens, WCK serves comforting meals to survivors of disasters quickly and effectively. To support regional economies, WCK prioritizes purchasing local ingredients to cook with or distribute directly to families in need. We know that good food provides not only nourishment, but also comfort and hope, especially in times of crisis."

24 likes, 1 comments - ofmd.buys.boats on December 23, 2024: "Last, but most certainly not least, Day Seven of the #TinyCrewBigRaffle Countdown to Christmas Eve! We couldn't hold a charity #OFMD raffle without a cause for our one and only Pirate Daddy (and now actual daddy!), @dvidjenkins, and so we selected @wckitchen. This was our most donated to charity, and we would be remiss not to shout out to @mx.alexis44 for their repeated donation matching to @wckitchen. Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a nonprofit organization that is first to the frontlines providing fresh meals in response to crises. Applying our model of quick action, leveraging local resources, and adapting in real time, WCK has served more than 450 million nourishing meals around the world. When disaster strikes, WCK’s Relief Team mobilizes with the urgency of now to start cooking and serving meals to people in need. By partnering with organizations on the ground and activating a network of local restaurants, food trucks, and emergency kitchens, WCK serves comforting meals to survivors of disasters quickly and effectively. To support regional economies, WCK prioritizes purchasing local ingredients to cook with or distribute directly to families in need. We know that good food provides not only nourishment, but also comfort and hope, especially in times of crisis.".

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Show threadOFMD RecapsJan 4, 2025

🧵 (14/16) 💗 Fan Spotlight

 Tiny Crew Big Raffle

More donation results from our friends over at OFMD Buys Boats from the Tiny Boats Raffle:
- Cure Kids, Taika's Charity of Choice: US$143.09, £21.42, €225.53, NZ$658 (https://www.instagram.com/p/DD21hE9O37u)
- Kitten Rescue LA, Rhys' Charity of Choice; US$ 1,198.12 , CAD $7.20 (https://www.instagram.com/p/DD5gfRAq3es)

One more charity to go and then some awesome BTS from Lindsey Cantrell (I ran out of photo room on this one sorry)!

 Our Flag Means Fanfiction

New episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction is out! It's a special holiday episode, and one of the co-hosts, Ringasunn was able to get several crew members to send some holiday messages (Lindsey Cantrell, Con O'Neill and more!)
You can listen in on spotify (https://www.instagram.com/p/DD5gfRAq3es) or choose your favorite listening platform on their linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/ofmff

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Auntie's Tiny Fleet (OFMD) on Instagram: "Welcome to Day Five of the #TinyCrewBigRaffle Countdown to Christmas Eve, and @curekidsnz! We're now moving on to the charities the #TinyCrewBigRaffle team selected from the various causes supported by the cast and crew of #OFMD. We chose @curekidsnz from the list of charities @taikawaititi has supported, as we wanted to include a Aotearoa New Zealand charity, home of our 2 brilliant leads and filming location for Season 2. We're absolutely thrilled so many of you chose to donate to them, and their vital work. Raising funds for big research so big breakthroughs in child health can happen. Cure Kids focus on raising funding to enable high-impact, New Zealand-based medical research to help save, extend and improve the lives of children diagnosed with serious life-impacting and life-limiting health conditions. Cure Kids was established by Rotary in 1971 as the Child Health Research Foundation, and since then we have invested more than $65 million in New Zealand research which has helped to shape and vastly improve the way children who live with serious diseases and health conditions are diagnosed and treated. Cure Kids’ funding supports researchers across New Zealand whose work focuses on childhood cancers, inherited heart conditions, epilepsy, infectious diseases, cystic fibrosis, sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI), stillbirth, burns as well as child and adolescent mental health – and many, many other areas of research. Cure Kids is the largest funder of child health research outside the government. We work hard to support the best research possible to make a measurable difference to the health and well-being of children in New Zealand. This is made possible by the continued generosity of individuals, businesses and community groups across our remarkable country."

23 likes, 0 comments - ofmd.buys.boats on December 21, 2024: "Welcome to Day Five of the #TinyCrewBigRaffle Countdown to Christmas Eve, and @curekidsnz! We're now moving on to the charities the #TinyCrewBigRaffle team selected from the various causes supported by the cast and crew of #OFMD. We chose @curekidsnz from the list of charities @taikawaititi has supported, as we wanted to include a Aotearoa New Zealand charity, home of our 2 brilliant leads and filming location for Season 2. We're absolutely thrilled so many of you chose to donate to them, and their vital work. Raising funds for big research so big breakthroughs in child health can happen. Cure Kids focus on raising funding to enable high-impact, New Zealand-based medical research to help save, extend and improve the lives of children diagnosed with serious life-impacting and life-limiting health conditions. Cure Kids was established by Rotary in 1971 as the Child Health Research Foundation, and since then we have invested more than $65 million in New Zealand research which has helped to shape and vastly improve the way children who live with serious diseases and health conditions are diagnosed and treated. Cure Kids’ funding supports researchers across New Zealand whose work focuses on childhood cancers, inherited heart conditions, epilepsy, infectious diseases, cystic fibrosis, sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI), stillbirth, burns as well as child and adolescent mental health – and many, many other areas of research. Cure Kids is the largest funder of child health research outside the government. We work hard to support the best research possible to make a measurable difference to the health and well-being of children in New Zealand. This is made possible by the continued generosity of individuals, businesses and community groups across our remarkable country.".

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