Author Topic: Siege of Rhodes 305BC - Siege game (Read 1931 times)

Melnibonean · « **on:** April 29, 2019, 10:02:46 AM »

Hello Folks, over the past few months I've been building things for a 6mm siege game - Rhodes 305BC.

Except for the ships involved everything else was started from scratch. I had no 6mm figures so I had to learn where to get them and how to paint and base them. I also had to build the city of ancient Rhodes.

Surprisingly, none of this took very long. I started in October 2017 with the ordering of some figures but I really got stuck into it in January this year. I played tested the first full game at the start of this month and now it's finished and will be present at Little Wars (Melbourne) as a participation game.

You can see lots of pics on my blog at: http://this28mmlife.blogspot.com/2019/04/siege-of-rhodes-game-1.html
If you go though the past couple of months you can see all the progress reports telling what I was thinking and what I ended up doing.

Here's a few pics to give an idea of what it looks like.

Easy E · « **Reply #1 on:** April 29, 2019, 09:11:47 PM »

Wow, nice.

williamb · « **Reply #2 on:** April 29, 2019, 09:23:09 PM »

Nice work on the siege and city. At first glance I thought that the city was from the Roman Seas fortification and building sets.

carlos marighela · « **Reply #3 on:** April 29, 2019, 10:12:55 PM »

Very nice indeed! Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh.

Melnibonean · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2019, 12:42:58 AM »

Quote from: williamb on April 29, 2019, 09:23:09 PM

Nice work on the siege and city. At first glance I thought that the city was from the Roman Seas fortification and building sets.

Thanks. Some of the buildings are Roman Seas but I designed the majority of them and the walls. Re-reading my initial comment looks a bit misleading - I meant that I started with nothing except some ships.

MHoxie · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2019, 12:56:16 AM »

Eu ge!

t_c_inquisitor · « **Reply #6 on:** April 30, 2019, 06:44:21 AM »

Incredible amount of talent to turn out such a great looking game at that scale.

armchairgeneral · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2019, 10:34:50 PM »

Looks fantastic

James Morris · « **Reply #8 on:** May 04, 2019, 07:38:38 AM »

Beautifully done. What’a great example of what can be achieved with smaller scales.

DivisMal · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2019, 08:57:42 AM »

I am speechless. This is magnificent in a truly ancient sense. Maybe it’s one of the seven world wonders of ancient wargaming.

blacksoilbill · « **Reply #10 on:** May 07, 2019, 08:01:58 AM »

That looks great! Something different from the norm. Is your sea velour fabric? It's really effective.

Irregular Wars Nic · « **Reply #11 on:** May 08, 2019, 07:40:21 AM »

Echoing everyone else here, but that is something pretty special.

... and when Demetrios loses, you can melt his army down to produce a little lead colossus ...

DintheDin · « **Reply #12 on:** May 09, 2019, 09:27:07 AM »

A giant project, executed with great love to historical accuracy!
Many congrats!

Suber · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2019, 12:02:13 AM »

Sir, you took this to another level

von Lucky · « **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2019, 10:40:06 PM »

I played on this table at Little Wars Melbourne. The visual appeal is what drew me to play on Melnibonean's table.

Was an absolutely a joy to play on, and I took some photos too:
https://donnerundblitzenwargaming.blogspot.com/2019/05/little-wars-melbourne-2019-waterloo-and.html

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