Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Wars

[paulr]

Primary and secondary trin colours done on the triremes  

Second hull base coat and both base coats done on the oars of the penteconters     

[paulr]

Details done on the triremes

Primary and secondary trim and details done on the penteconters    

[paulr]

Touch ups done on triremes & penteconters   

12 more units of triremes prepared and assembled

First base coat on hulls done

[paulr]

Second base coat on hulls and both base coats on oars done     

Primary and secondary trim done  

[paulr]

My sea mat arrived yesterday I'm really pleased with how it looks        

Due to train disruptions (ice on the overhead powerlines) I worked from home today

Popped out at lunch time and bought dark blue and light blue paint that would match the main two colours on the mat

Painted some test bases with the dark blue, not quite the match I was hoping for

After work popped out and got the other dark blue I had been considering, a much better match  

Painted the other side of the test bases and will try some wave effects this weekend

[Ray Rivers]

Looking forward to see the result! 

[paulr]

Looking forward to see the result! 

So am I 

Tested wave effects and I'll be dry brushing them

Washed the fully painted galleys

[paulr]

I've been focusing on painting the bases of the fully painted galleys

I've done the first 16 units and have done the edges and two base coats of the next 17

Here a few pictures of some of the results on my new sea mat







The mat has a 10cm grid to help give a sense of scale

[Ithoriel]

Your ships are looking good, Navarchos!

Excellent match between mat and bases.

Easy to distinguish the aphract and cataphract ships even at that scale.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Those look brilliant 

[Steve J]

Lovely work . Personally though, having the oars in different alignment to the bow of the ships would do my head in when looking at them on the table!

[Ithoriel]

Lovely work . Personally though, having the oars in different alignment to the bow of the ships would do my head in when looking at them on the table!

And yet having each ship at the same point in the stroke as all the others would be as bizarre as having each man in a battalion in exactly the same pose at one time .... oh! wait! 

[d_Guy]

Really like them!
That you went to the trouble of making subtle changes in the tunic colours of the oarsmen is impressive attention to detail. 

[paulr]

Lovely work . Personally though, having the oars in different alignment to the bow of the ships would do my head in when looking at them on the table!

Thanks, I've added wakes at the stern and behind each set of oars to assist with orientation.
Also, in action each unit will have a small label protruding at the rear showing side, squadron and key stats for the unit.

And yet having each ship at the same point in the stroke as all the others would be as bizarre as having each man in a battalion in exactly the same pose at one time .... oh! wait! 

My preference is for variation of pose particularly when actions aren't synchronised, for examples horses and the stroke of different galleys.
I'm happy to have the same (or similar) poses when things are synchronised, for example men marching in step or the stroke on a single galley  

[paulr]

During the week I painted some 2mm MDF bases for some markers, glued labels to them today

Painted crew tunics on a couple of batches of galleys  

Cut out and painted the edges of label cards for a test game (or two) next weekend  

Glued printed labels to the label cards

The label cards are cardboard and go under the units with the printed label protruding at the rear showing side, squadron and key stats for the unit.

12 units of Cataphract triremes completed so far. Plus the 2mm MDF markers



12 units of Aphract triremes completed so far



9 units of Penteconters (all I'm planning on)