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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: bluewillow on 21 September 2023, 06:34:32 PM

Title: Galleys
Post by: bluewillow on 21 September 2023, 06:34:32 PM
Some 1/1200th galleys from my pile of shame project drawers, that I am trying to clear this year.

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Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Galleys
Post by: SJWi on 21 September 2023, 06:54:05 PM
Nice! Can you tell me the manufacturer.

 Thanks
Title: Re: Galleys
Post by: Easy E on 21 September 2023, 06:58:11 PM
Nice!  Tiny little things.
Title: Re: Galleys
Post by: bluewillow on 21 September 2023, 07:37:30 PM
Quote from: SJWi on 21 September 2023, 06:54:05 PM
Nice! Can you tell me the manufacturer.

 Thanks

I think from memory Navwar 1/1200th galleys

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Galleys
Post by: ithoriel on 21 September 2023, 10:53:00 PM
I have a 1/1200 scale Carthaginian fleet (painted) and a Roman fleet (unpainted - Doh!) by Navwar, those look very much the same.
They also look very good.
Though, why do some have a bare mast? Enquiring minds want to know.  :)
Title: Re: Galleys
Post by: bluewillow on 22 September 2023, 06:47:49 AM
Quote from: ithoriel on 21 September 2023, 10:53:00 PM
I have a 1/1200 scale Carthaginian fleet (painted) and a Roman fleet (unpainted - Doh!) by Navwar, those look very much the same.
They also look very good.
Though, why do some have a bare mast? Enquiring minds want to know.  :)

I want to do folded up sails, looking through my spares for the fold up sail bits

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Galleys
Post by: sir_shvantselot on 22 September 2023, 07:43:37 AM
Who does good rules for this kind of thing? Never come across it at a club.
Title: Re: Galleys
Post by: ithoriel on 22 September 2023, 03:52:47 PM
I used Poseidon's Warriors from Osprey. They give a good, fast game with a reasonable number of ships. They are not "rivet counters" rules though lacking much of the nuance of galley warfare in preference to keeping the game moving. I like them but YMMV!

I opted to model my galleys without sails, since historically they were left ashore pre-battle. however, having sails can help with identification. I punched out card disks with a hole punch, painted them in squadron colours and labelled them with the number of oar banks the ship had, to help those of my friends who cant tell a cataphract from a catapult!  :)
Images here for anyone interested - https://imageshack.com/a/FBqr7/1