Landships

[Jaeger]

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):



Side view of the Landship:



/Jaeger

[Ray Rivers]

Interesting idea!

What scale are we talking here?

[Jaeger]

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

[Jaeger]

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



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

/Jaeger

[OSHIROmodels]

Interesting 

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

cheers

James

[Jaeger]

More like 1/500 I think.

A little progress:



/Jaeger

[answer_is_42]

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?

[Jaeger]

Thanks.

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



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

[answer_is_42]

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
 

[Melnibonean]

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