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Title: Renaissance Naval Wargaming
Post by: doowopapocalypse on October 05, 2014, 11:48:13 PM

I've gotten it in my head to expand a collection of Renaissance figures into the naval arena. So: being a novice to this brand of miniature collecting, can anyone advise me regarding scale, brands, etc? Again, I'm aiming for the Venetian/Ottoman conflicts.

Title: Re: Renaissance Naval Wargaming
Post by: maxxon on October 06, 2014, 06:38:56 AM

Which rules are you going to use?

I'm interested in the subject myself, but haven't really done much about it so far.

NavWar has a range of ships in 1/1200. They are ok gaming pieces and relatively cheap, but not great models.

Title: Re: Renaissance Naval Wargaming
Post by: doowopapocalypse on October 07, 2014, 02:07:47 AM

As for rules, I'm not too sure. I'd much rather get a line on miniatures first...

Title: Re: Renaissance Naval Wargaming
Post by: huevans on October 07, 2014, 03:14:22 AM

http://www.rodlangton.com/rennaissance/list.htm

http://www.rodlangton.com/rennaissance/pictures.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Empires-Sea-Battle-Lepanto-Contest/dp/0812977645/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412648121&sr=1-1&keywords=empire+of+the+seas

(http://www.rodlangton.com/rennaissance/ren3b.jpg)

Title: Re: Renaissance Naval Wargaming
Post by: olicana on October 07, 2014, 09:35:03 AM

Like you, for me this has been slowly simmering on the back burner for some time.

I've looked around and for me it would have to be Rod Langton's stuff. A good range of nice sized ships at a fair price. I would not go smaller because everything gets so fiddly in the pell mell of galley warfare in smaller scales.

Title: Re: Renaissance Naval Wargaming
Post by: Aaron on October 07, 2014, 12:08:32 PM

I painted a dozen or so of the Langton galleys and they really were very nice.

Title: Re: Renaissance Naval Wargaming
Post by: doowopapocalypse on October 08, 2014, 01:12:53 AM

Thanks all! I wonder if anyone on LAF has bought Figurehead's Christians and Corsairs range, as I'm having the devil's own time finding pictures. The Langtons are tempting...

Title: Re: Renaissance Naval Wargaming
Post by: maxxon on October 08, 2014, 06:45:47 AM

I have a fair selection of Langton's ancient galleys. They are nicely cast, but I find them infuriatingly fiddly. I do NOT want separate detail parts on a 1/1200 model...

Then again, I'd never do rigging on these either. YMMV.