Author Topic: 1:1200 Ancient Galleys - My Fleet is Finished. (Read 4532 times)

Melnibonean · « **on:** November 03, 2017, 09:29:14 AM »

I've been lured into the realm of ancient naval wargaming. The other guys at my club are using 1:1200 scale so I followed suit.
I wasn't aware how tiny these ships are - 30mm long and maybe 10mm wide. Tiny!
I thought that I'd start with a small fleet of triremes to supplement my ancient Greeks with plan to upgrade them to a Successor fleet.

Here are some pics and you can go to my blog to see more: http://this28mmlife.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Naval
Hoping to get a game with them in a week or so.

Mad Doc Morris · « **Reply #1 on:** November 03, 2017, 11:26:48 AM »

Always nice to see something different, keep it coming. Very nice paintjobs on these tiny ships. In case I've missed that bit; which rules are you going to use?

Hu Rhu · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2017, 06:42:27 PM »

Wow, they are tiny.

Good paint job though.

Vanvlak · « **Reply #3 on:** November 04, 2017, 11:24:06 AM »

Cool!

Melnibonean · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2017, 08:05:38 PM »

I've added a couple of new galleys to my growing fleet. This time half a dozen quinquereme and a hepteres (7).

Argonor · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2017, 05:47:04 AM »

Nice little fleet, there.

I purchased Osprey's 'Poseidon's Warriors' quite a while ago, as I intended to do something about that subject, too, but as with som many other plans, I haven't gotten around to do something about it, yet.

Melnibonean · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2017, 10:52:21 PM »

Well, my final wargaming act for 2018 was to finish my little Diadochi fleet. It comes in at 30 vessels and I don't think it's going to grow any larger any time soon.
A few more pics at my blog: http://this28mmlife.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/farewell-2017.html

Corso · « **Reply #7 on:** January 01, 2018, 07:30:53 AM »

They are quite cool!

I always admire people who paint that scale - it requires a lot of patience and dedication - thumbs up!

Sheepman · « **Reply #8 on:** January 01, 2018, 11:57:48 AM »

Very nice indeed, I have some 1/600 Xyston, must get back to them.
Dave.

Arundel · « **Reply #9 on:** January 01, 2018, 02:44:21 PM »

Those are beautifully done! Love the colours and overall look.

MediumAl · « **Reply #10 on:** January 01, 2018, 03:45:01 PM »

Looks great - especially like the sails.

Al

Vagabond · « **Reply #11 on:** January 02, 2018, 01:29:29 AM »

These are nicely detailed and you've made a good job of painting them, the sails look particularly nice.

We used to have naval battles many years ago, in this scale, using hexagon printed sheets as sea to provide movement and manoeuvring.

The rules were quite complex, Deikplus or something similar. What rules are you going to use?

Melnibonean · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2018, 04:38:22 AM »

Quote from: Vagabond on January 02, 2018, 01:29:29 AM

These are nicely detailed and you've made a good job of painting them, the sails look particularly nice.

We used to have naval battles many years ago, in this scale, using hexagon printed sheets as sea to provide movement and manoeuvring.

The rules were quite complex, Deikplus or something similar. What rules are you going to use?

I've only played Ad Mare Bellum so far but I also have Poseidon's Warriors. But I like the idea of hex-based movement. I use to play WWII naval games almost 40 years ago on hex sheets.

Vagabond · « **Reply #13 on:** January 03, 2018, 04:56:11 PM »

Quote from: Melnibonean on January 03, 2018, 04:38:22 AM

I've only played Ad Mare Bellum so far but I also have Poseidon's Warriors. But I like the idea of hex-based movement. I use to play WWII naval games almost 40 years ago on hex sheets.

Good grief mate you must be almost as old as me

Just looked out the rules - Diekplus - Newbury Rules published May 1979 written by Geoff Curran and the other ones I have are even older - Rules for Greek Naval Warfare - London Wargames Section written by Ed Smith they use an offset rectangular board that gives a similar movement to Hexagons. I think we only used these once but had quite a lot of games with the Diekplus Rules.

Rules for Greek Naval Warfare - they would never sell nowadays without some catchy reworking of the title.

Phillius · « **Reply #14 on:** January 03, 2018, 07:05:47 PM »

Looking nice. I have been looking at some of the models lately, getting quite tempted.

Am I allowed to say oar-some?

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