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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Jaeger on January 16, 2012, 08:09:54 PM

Title: Landships
Post by: Jaeger on January 16, 2012, 08:09:54 PM

I plan on creating a series of cardboard Landships and design a rulesystem to go with them.

For now I've started on the "blue-prints" for the largest type of Landship (below are the plans for the HMS Dreadnought - a bit wider than the original):

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/LandshipPlansCompare.jpg)

Side view of the Landship:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/LandshipPlansSideView.jpg)

/Jaeger

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: Ray Rivers on January 16, 2012, 08:44:16 PM

Interesting idea!

What scale are we talking here?

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: Jaeger on January 16, 2012, 08:58:35 PM

Hmm. Not quite sure. Didn't build to any scale.

This model will be 18,5cm long, 5,5cm wide and 4,5cm high (chimney top).

The "real deal" would be about 300 feet long.

/Jaeger

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: Jaeger on January 16, 2012, 10:17:11 PM

Well I felt inspired and got straight to building the thing:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/LandshipProgress1.jpg)

It won't be a perfect fit, but good enough for me anyway.

/Jaeger

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: OSHIROmodels on January 16, 2012, 10:28:12 PM

Interesting  :)

Looks to me to be about 1/300 or 6mm?

cheers

James

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: Jaeger on January 18, 2012, 02:35:30 PM

More like 1/500 I think.

A little progress:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/LandshipProgress2.jpg)

/Jaeger

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: answer_is_42 on January 18, 2012, 07:33:21 PM

Oh, very nice, looks like a 'proper' landship, not merely a scaled up tank. I do wish I could construct things from scratch like that.

I shall be watching this. :)

On rules; I assume you know of Wessex Games' Land Ironclads set?

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: Jaeger on January 18, 2012, 08:27:38 PM

Thanks. :)

I'm currently working on the tracks. They're somewhat inspired by WW1 tanks, but the model still retains the ship-look imo:

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/BelialPhoto/LandshipProgress3.jpg)

I must confess that I have little experience with naval games other than Battlefleet Gothic and Man'O'War and I still browsing the net for a good source on WW1 Naval Tactics. Event though the fighting is transfered to land, I still feel that some of the same elements apply.

/Jaeger

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: answer_is_42 on January 19, 2012, 11:26:18 AM

Quote from: Jaeger on January 18, 2012, 08:27:38 PM

I must confess that I have little experience with naval games other than Battlefleet Gothic and Man'O'War and I still browsing the net for a good source on WW1 Naval Tactics. Event though the fighting is transfered to land, I still feel that some of the same elements apply.

I was refering to this:
http://www.blease.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/WG.landironclads.html
 :)

Title: Re: Landships
Post by: Melnibonean on January 28, 2012, 11:59:43 PM

Great stuff. I can't wait to see the finished results.