Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Wars

[paulr]

After a bit of a model & painting hiatus I'm starting a new project, the Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Naval Wars

I've ordered quite a few 2mm laser cut plywood galleys from LaserCast in Australia

PS I should get the few WWI extras I'm painting for Pierre the Shy done before the galleys arrive

[paulr]

Bases for this project arrived on Friday, had a productive weekend adding rare-earth magnets and filling remaining holes in the bases

They will need a light sand to remove any excess filler before galleys are based

LaserCast should have made a start on cutting the galleys so they will hopefully arrive soon

Created scenarios for Sybota 433 BC & Arginusae 406 BC. Almost completed the scenario for Salamis 480 BC

Finished the few WWI extras I'm painting for Pierre the Shy 

Also, two evenings gaming and a video chat with our usual group of gamers

Overall a very enjoyable and productive weekend    

[fsn]

Interesting.

Who are getting the ship from?

[jimduncanuk]

https://lasercast.bigcartel.com/

[Ithoriel]

Interesting.

Who are getting the ship from?

Paul is getting them from Lasercast, in Australia (and not Austria as my spell checker keeps "helpfully" suggesting).

They do a whole lot of 2mm scale stuff for Strength and Honour, Blucher and general use, including Ancient galleys.

I've ordered a handful myself to see what they are like .... plus a Roman marching camp which I don't need ( I have two others already!) but it was just too "Ooh! Shiny!" to resist and some 2mm scale siege equipment.

[fsn]

https://lasercast.bigcartel.com/product/2mm-scale-quinqueremes
https://lasercast.bigcartel.com/product/2mm-scale-triremes-and-quinqueremes
Cute.
Hmm. A$8 for 5 triremes ... £1.60 at A$0.48 to the £ ... means about 77p per trireme. Postage about £11.


Photos! I need photos!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Pssst, FSN...
https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/1-2400-naval-classical-ancient-c800bc-1300ad

[T13A]

Hi Paul

After a bit of a model & painting hiatus I'm starting a new project, the Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Naval Wars

Always had a soft spot for the Peloponnesian war, what naval rules are you using?

Cheers Paul

[fsn]

Pssst, FSN...
https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/1-2400-naval-classical-ancient-c800bc-1300ad

Yeah.    I've got a few of these and not terribly happy with them - or rather my presentation of them.

[paulr]

Ithoriel is correct they are coming from LaserCast in Victoria. They have been cut and the package has reached Melbourne

Triremes (both kinds), Lembos, and Pentekonters plus a few merchant ships
2mm scale Triremes, Lembos, and Pentekonters
2mm scale Ancient Merchant Ships and Boats (including picture of based ships)

Always had a soft spot for the Peloponnesian war, what naval rules are you using?

After not being able to find a set of rules that I like that are pitched at large battles I'm helping write a set based on a set of Ancient and Medieval land rules.

They will let me play Salamis 480 BC with 20 galleys per unit/base. For smaller action a base could represent 5, 10, or 15 galleys.

I'm halfway through painting the underside of the MDF bases to seal them, planning to glue the galleys to the bases and paint in situ, finishing with the sea.

I've got one spare cataphract trireme in the order so will be painting this up as a test before launching into 'production'

I've bagged up Pierre the Shy's few WWI extras for him to collect at our game on Friday night.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh, those are fun! 

[paulr]

Package of galleys has been at international departures in Melbourne since Friday morning, either that or the tracking sites aren't updating  

Pierre the Shy's few WWI extras handed over at our game on Friday night

Finished painting the underside of all the MDF bases

[paulr]

It appears to be a long way from Melbourne to Auckland, either that or AusPost doesn't work on weekends

The package of galleys arrived in Auckland on Monday afternoon, cleared Customs and was on its way to the 'local' depot within 13 minutes

Took over an hour to get to the 'local' depot, that's Auckland traffic for you

Will hopefully travel down to Wellington overnight

In time to be delivered tomorrow or Thursday before the Matariki holiday weekend that starts on Friday

[paulr]

Package traveled down to Wellington overnight

Was delivered and was waiting for me when I got home from work  


A lot of galleys in a very small box, next to pizza boxes of prepared bases   

Tim from LaserCast kindly included a few boats and a couple of fishing villages as a bonus


First galley assembled, this is a test to see how they go together, it was very straightforward
I've done a little bit of sanding to angle the oars and take the hard edge off the prow and stern
To give a sense of size the grid on my cutting mat is 5mm

The way the order and my basing worked out this is the only spare galley in the order and it will be used to test my painting approach.
It is not on the bases I'll be using for the units.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Are the oars the wrong way round, or is it a fire stroke?