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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: Lluís of Minairons on 05 December 2017, 04:44:18 PM
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I'm happy to show you our fifth batch of 1:600th scale Age of Sail naval flags sheets: this time, those belonging to 17th century Portuguese, Dutch and Ottoman warships.
(http://wargames.cat/minairons/nac/m_03conjunt5.jpg)
As usual, the new flag sets come as DIN A7 paper sheets, each including an ensign, two alternative/complementary mast flags, a bow jack and a pennant; all them, slightly textured and following the general pattern shown below:
(http://wargames.cat/minairons/nac/m_03mostra0.jpg)
After this addition, our Naval Flags range (http://www.minairons.eu/category.php?id_category=78) is right now comprising 15 different sets belonging up to 7 maritime nations --as well as those of a famous pirate! Besides, more flag sets from both 17th and 18th centuries are awaiting their chance on our Wishlist (http://www.minairons.eu/cms.php?id_cms=4).
Perhaps worth to be noted that these naval flags are perfectly suitable to Peter Pig's sailing ships range (http://www.minairons.eu/category.php?id_category=77), as it can be seen below:
(http://www.wargames.cat/minairons/nav/ppig/m_04PP18009.jpg)
Cheers,
Lluís Vilalta
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Very nice Lluís ! Will you make the flags in any other scale ? I would love to have some in 15/28mm for pirate games :D
Saludos
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When fitted on the ship, they look gorgeous! An excellent addition! Cheers!
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Very nice Lluís ! Will you make the flags in any other scale ? I would love to have some in 15/28mm for pirate games :D
Saludos
Well, naval flags of these times were literally huge --especially stern ensigns.
So, if an ensign drawn for 1:600 scale (3mm figures, roughly) can be up to 18mm long, let's imagine now how large should be that one properly scaled to 1:100 or even 1:56!! One such flag alone would fill up a DIN A5 or A4 sheet!
I imagine you don't need a strictly scaled ensign for your ships, but one adapted to your model ship actual size instead. Might I know how large are your ships? (length, width and height) If possible, show me a photo of the thing, so I can figure out what size of flags would match well.
Regards,
Lluís
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(sorry, I duplicated posting)
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Well, naval flags of these times were literally huge --especially stern ensigns.
So, if an ensign drawn for 1:600 scale (3mm figures, roughly) can be up to 18mm long, let's imagine now how large should be that one properly scaled to 1:100 or even 1:56!! One such flag alone would fill up a DIN A5 or A4 sheet!
I imagine you don't need a strictly scaled ensign for your ships, but one adapted to your model ship actual size instead. Might I know how large are your ships? (length, width and height) If possible, show me a photo of the thing, so I can figure out what size of flags would match well.
Regards,
Lluís
Hi Lluís,
a good example would be this one :
http://ainstycastings.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/63/products_id/648/osCsid/r5nj43m7ksdjteub83u03fqd66
a man of war for 28mm not fully scaled, but quite nice, the total lenght of the ship is 43cm long and 14 cm wide.
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Uhm, that would mean an ensign not less than 40mm long, even 50mm... Please would you mind writing to me at lvilalta [at] minairons [dot] eu?
Thanks,
Lluís