To my defence I was getting dangerously close to being almost halfway done with my main miniature project of painting up a 10mm great northern war battle, and after some inspiring chats with a good friend who's working at a naval museum, I've gone about getting some 1:3000th scale napoleonic warships X_X X_X
(https://i.imgur.com/Cxs7v03.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/SSW1L5h.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZpNUC66.jpg)
Plan is to use them for GNW naval battles rather than Napoleonic, possibly the battle of Köge bay 1710, which is a battle directly connected to the battle of Helsingborg...
That's nice. I did Napoleonics in 1:2400 and was not satisfied.
Perhaps 1:3000 would be better.
Off track maybe but your stuff still looks great 8) .
They really are superb
Excellent! In wargaming there is no such thing as "off track". :d
Good stuff but I wouldn't want to try rigging them
Forged in Battle models?
:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
What rules are you looking to use?
Those are fabulous
Those look ace! Good stuff.
No doubt FK will be along shortly to ask me why I haven't finished my 1/4800 scale Napoleonic ships :)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 11 September 2022, 09:33:26 AMThose look ace! Good stuff.
No doubt FK will be along shortly to ask me why I haven't finished my 1/4800 scale Napoleonic ships :)
Now, now, You're the only man I've ever bought jewelry for. Do you think I'd be nasty to you?
Fair point, FK, fair point :)
Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 10 September 2022, 07:14:34 AMGood stuff but I wouldn't want to try rigging them
Yeah that was one of the reasons I went for 1/3000, rigging looks like chore...
Quote from: FierceKitty on 10 September 2022, 08:39:19 AMForged in Battle models?
Indeed! Very happy with the quality of the casts :)
Quote from: paulr on 11 September 2022, 12:45:57 AM:-bd =D> :-bd =D>
What rules are you looking to use?
Uhm I'm not sure actually. I'm thinking League of Augsburg's coming Mad for War ruleset looks pretty good, but we'll see. I don't really know what rules are popular for late 17th/early 18th century naval wargaming....
Ooh, those look great!
Isn't it traditional when first starting out in Age of Sail wargaming to get a British frigate and an aging Spanish 50-gun ship of the line and refight HMS Lydia vs. the Natividad?
I'm certainly tempted (again) . . .
Quote from: Raider4 on 19 September 2022, 12:37:32 PMOoh, those look great!
Isn't it traditional when first starting out in Age of Sail wargaming to get a British frigate and an aging Spanish 50-gun ship of the line and refight HMS Lydia vs. the Natividad?
I'm certainly tempted (again) . . .
Haha, I honestly know very little about that, we have a lot of interesting naval history here in Scandinavia to play around with ;D
Some more Swedish ship-o-the-lines, a two-decker and a three-decker:
(https://i.imgur.com/hLtsDVm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/D5Uz1Gx.jpg)
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