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Title: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: Froggy the Great on July 25, 2022, 05:49:33 PM
Two flying 1914 Great Power naval fleets for the game "Castles in the Sky" by Blood and Spectacles / Osprey Wargames. It is set a couple decades after the failed Martian invasion as faithfully chronicled by H. G. Wells, in the tense peace just prior to The Great War.

Each fleet has two battleships, four cruisers, and six escorts, set up generically so I can play whichever nations I want just by swapping flags. The battleships are roughly 70mm from stern to bow.

The superstructures and flying spars are Lego-compatible pistols and rifles. The rest is made of wooden coffee-stirrers and plastic card.

(https://forum.reapermini.com/uploads/monthly_2022_07/pixlr_20220725100453743.jpg.45582d4a86952cc62fc9d088b6ac0256.jpg)
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: Shahbahraz on July 25, 2022, 06:41:43 PM
That's a very clever and well done build. Excellent.
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: Easy E on July 25, 2022, 06:42:15 PM
Super, duper cool! 

Many "Raid" forces are a mix of 1 Battleship, 2-4 Cruisers, and 1-2 escorts. 

These will work great!   
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: fred on July 25, 2022, 08:22:46 PM
Excellent, I was about to ask which range these were from, then I read the last couple of lines, and went back for a closer look - very clever and well executed.
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: Ray Rivers on July 26, 2022, 03:10:30 PM
Great looking fleet, Froggy!  :-*

Doesn't surprise me you built them yourself. You have a way of doing such things with wonderful results.
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: YPU on July 26, 2022, 03:17:45 PM
I've said it before over discord but these are superb!
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: commissarmoody on July 27, 2022, 07:39:30 AM
 :o WOW! Excellent scratch built fleet.
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: Golgotha on July 27, 2022, 09:09:25 AM
Inspired - not many can look at a lego-like guns and think... I'll make a fleet of flying ships...  lol

Well done.
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: Dr DeAth on July 27, 2022, 09:10:49 AM
That's a very clever idea and they look really good.
Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: zemjw on July 27, 2022, 09:37:29 AM
It is a brilliant idea, but I kind-of wish you hadn't shared the secret.

When I first looked at them I had no idea what you'd used, and now I can't unsee the guns lol

Title: Re: Two fleets for Castles in the Sky
Post by: MaleGriffin on July 28, 2022, 12:46:16 AM
Very clever! Great looking fleets!