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Wider Wargaming => General Discussion => Topic started by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2019, 02:39:25 AM

Title: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2019, 02:39:25 AM
I fancy a beached ship or two as part of a Viking camp. Obviously smallish (guessing about 5"), and not too expensive. Anyone party to secret information (and ready to violate the secrecy)?
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: pierre the shy on 16 October 2019, 04:54:52 AM
What about these 6mm ones from H&R - or are they too small?

http://www.heroicsandros.co.uk/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=catshow&ref=Dark_Ages&sid=xo89zoijc0839cj462t3917hh9yv748p

Oh, you actually want to see what they look like???  :o  ;D

Try this blog for some pictures: http://ablogofwar.blogspot.com/2015/08/

Or if you want a bit bigger scale Essex do some 15mm Dark Ages Boats...got a couple of these with the Leidang army I inherited, they are nice  8)

https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/products/boat1?_pos=26&_sid=f26b9b1f5&_ss=r

Good luck with your search Kitty


Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2019, 05:47:24 AM
Thanks.
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2019, 06:52:26 AM
In case anyone else is interested in a few, I think these look just about right: https://hracky.nuff.cz/hracka/smer-model-lod-drakkar-oseberg-1180-stavebnice-lode/

I hope you can find a translator to help with the website, mind you....
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Sunray on 16 October 2019, 07:44:51 AM
In my Viking days (sigh!) I found a Heller in 1/180 scale   "Drakktar Oseberg"  = dragon ship was close enough for backdrop scenery.

The moulds may now be with SMER or Mister Craft - currently still around £8 on ebay.   
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 16 October 2019, 07:53:11 AM
Baggage train do some nice ones - take a look at their web site, but dont tell Mr Oates I sent you  ;)

IanS
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Sunray on 16 October 2019, 10:17:16 AM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 16 October 2019, 07:53:11 AM
Baggage train do some nice ones - take a look at their web site, but dont tell Mr Oates I sent you  ;)

IanS

I think they are 28mm.(1/60 ?)  Would dwarf a 10mm game.  The 1/180 plastic from SMER is currently on ebay -  £10 including postage.
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2019, 10:19:52 AM
The price from the Czechs is 4. 17, however.   :D
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Wulf on 16 October 2019, 02:03:09 PM
I'll print you one if you like, I fancy doing a Drakkar - it'll look like this, about 5" long, or I can rescale it. one or two bits to the hull, other bits & bobs to add shields, oars (deployed for rowing, I'm afraid), etc.

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ah199/WulfC/0/41c9bd40-b269-4bee-a77d-c14dec3b56a7-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/WulfC/p/41c9bd40-b269-4bee-a77d-c14dec3b56a7)

Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2019, 02:05:08 PM
"It'll look like this", you say - is there a picture?
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Ithoriel on 16 October 2019, 02:50:16 PM
Gripping Beast do a small ship

SHP03 Small Sailing Vessel

Dimensions: 3cm x 7cm x 20cm

£8.50

(https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/userfiles/images/sys/products/SHP03_Small_Sailing_Vessel_17036jpeg.jpg)

Somewhat bigger than you asked for, to be fair.
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Wulf on 16 October 2019, 03:04:03 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 16 October 2019, 02:05:08 PM
"It'll look like this", you say - is there a picture?
I hate the new Photobucket... Now fixed
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Ithoriel on 16 October 2019, 04:22:18 PM
That's one snazzy piece of Viking kit, Wulf, I'm impressed!
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Wulf on 16 October 2019, 04:26:21 PM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 16 October 2019, 04:22:18 PM
That's one snazzy piece of Viking kit, Wulf, I'm impressed!
Nothing to do with me so far, I just downloaded someone else's work. I can print it in around 8-10 hours though...

(...once I finish printing some railway stuff for someone else...)
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: steve_holmes_11 on 16 October 2019, 07:34:15 PM
Peter Pig's "Wrath of the vikings" range include

1/600 scale viking ships "These are small" and
6 inch viking ships "These are far away" - with masts either lowered or raised.
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 18 October 2019, 08:00:00 AM
Alexander - checked with Steve Oates last night - not on sale for a couple of months but he is doing the long ship in 10mm, just making the production molds. Mind you given his normal oractice it will be next century before you find em in the Baggage Train Catalogue. !

IanS
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: FierceKitty on 18 October 2019, 08:06:47 AM
Thanks, everyone. A truly Viking response to the call to get a boat in the water!
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Wulf on 18 October 2019, 03:27:20 PM
I printed one anyway... No Vikings handy so I posed a couple of PD Normans for scale.

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ah199/WulfC/0/a1378492-b6c5-4506-9364-93d35483319b-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/WulfC/p/a1378492-b6c5-4506-9364-93d35483319b) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ah199/WulfC/0/df580a84-8d77-48c5-a66b-ba38c97fd90e-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/WulfC/p/df580a84-8d77-48c5-a66b-ba38c97fd90e) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ah199/WulfC/0/358b26d3-f3ef-40ab-ab67-a7f7fa7235e8-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/WulfC/p/358b26d3-f3ef-40ab-ab67-a7f7fa7235e8) (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ah199/WulfC/0/bf3cb995-5229-4677-b3a2-ebc532f09c88-original.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://beta.photobucket.com/u/WulfC/p/bf3cb995-5229-4677-b3a2-ebc532f09c88)
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Wulf on 18 October 2019, 03:40:18 PM
Note that this is one of the magical Longships used by Magnus Barelegs to 'sail' over the Mull of Kintyre at Tarbert ('Tarbert' = 'Boat Pull') in accordance with King Malcolm III's law that they could have any place they could sail round if they left the rest of Scotland alone.

It's lifted off the surface on it's oars, if you haven't noticed...  :D
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Techno on 18 October 2019, 05:03:13 PM
I am really impressed with that !!

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Wulf on 18 October 2019, 05:29:51 PM
Quote from: Techno on 18 October 2019, 05:03:13 PM
I am really impressed with that !!
Ta  :-*

I'm reprinting the sail - it looks fine, but the back surface - which was the LOWER surface when printing - is a mess, as normal for FDM printing - the support structure never leaves a clean, smooth surface.
Title: Re: Longship suggestions sought
Post by: Womble67 on 19 October 2019, 07:08:55 AM
Wow that looks great

Take care

Andy