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Offline marko.oja

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Ancient 1:1200 Galley size?
« on: June 05, 2009, 06:17:55 AM »
Hi,

would anyone happen to have any Rod Langton ancient galleys so they could tell me how big those are? We've been talking about giving ancient naval gaming a go, and as I'm pretty sure I found someone to buy one of my 40K armies I thought I could spend half of that on tiny little ships.

A picture of a trireme (or any other ship) next to a coin of recognizable size (€ or £) would be extra useful.

Cheers,
Marko
Currently painting: Black Hat Three Musketeers range.

Offline fastolfrus

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Re: Ancient 1:1200 Galley size?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2009, 07:48:56 AM »
I don't have any Rod langton, but do have the Navwar ones and they work out at about an inch long.

I'll see if I can get a photo done of the Navwar ones if you want.
Gary, Glynis, and Alasdair (there are three of us, but we are too mean to have more than one login)

Offline marko.oja

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Re: Ancient 1:1200 Galley size?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2009, 08:00:18 AM »
Thanks,

just over an inch is what I came up with using a calculator too. Don't worry about the photos, I have a bunch of Navwar 6mm WW2, and qualitywise I'm hoping the Langton stuff is - to put it bluntly - less bad. Navwar is cheap and looks ok painted up, but its just not that pretty to look at...

Marko

Offline Aaron

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Re: Ancient 1:1200 Galley size?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2009, 11:44:49 AM »
I have six Langton quinqremes and a frumentarium (sp?) and they are in the 3-4 cm range. They are also very lovely models. I do not think you will be disappointed!

Offline marko.oja

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Re: Ancient 1:1200 Galley size?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2009, 11:52:28 AM »
Well,

I'll see the rest of my gaming group in a week, so I guess that the question is just how many of these we will order then. I think this is best decided over several pints of refreshments :)

Marko

Offline fastolfrus

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Re: Ancient 1:1200 Galley size?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2009, 04:28:31 PM »
I think the ships are possibly better than the 6mm WWII

 

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