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Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #30 on: October 17, 2020, 01:17:08 PM »
And I also have a cargo ship now! Albeit a very small one! And also a fb page. It's getting out of hand...
https://www.facebook.com/Alkedo-575574606447852/

Offline Captain Harlock

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #31 on: October 20, 2020, 11:39:34 PM »
 lol i love it when it gets out if hand

Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #32 on: October 24, 2020, 10:14:09 AM »
Forth and final trireme ready!


Now just another cargo and then I'll mould in metal. For more photos:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=641370939868218&id=575574606447852

Offline Captain Harlock

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #33 on: October 25, 2020, 01:46:01 AM »
Are you going to mold them yourself?

Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #34 on: October 25, 2020, 08:31:29 AM »
No, I am leaving it to a professional moulder. I'd probably do some 15 copies each, but I have no idea of the price yet

Offline Captain Harlock

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #35 on: October 25, 2020, 07:59:49 PM »
No, I am leaving it to a professional moulder. I'd probably do some 15 copies each, but I have no idea of the price yet

Can they do so few pieces?

Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #36 on: October 25, 2020, 09:20:05 PM »
Not really, but theres another guy in my wargame club who moulds his own stuff, so I am basically piggybacking! But then, a couple other guys in the club just showed interest, so I may "increase the production" if there is demand. No profit, of course, just for the sake of it.
« Last Edit: October 25, 2020, 09:27:28 PM by valerio81 »

Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #37 on: October 31, 2020, 08:47:35 AM »
Yesterday I provided the master to my friend, who is going to have them moulded along with his own stuff in a couple of weeks!! I am so happy. If these tests looks good, I will then print a whole bunch of the little ships and finally have them on the table soon!!! I cannot believe it. I expect the tests to reveal some egregious sculpting mistake that I did not notice...

Anyway, I also added an akatos to the fleet. We needed a larger cargo of course.. So the line so far is 4 war aglleys, trireme, and 2 freighters. Enough for a respectable Greek internecine war.
Please find other pictures here https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=646974325974546&id=575574606447852


Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #38 on: December 01, 2020, 04:43:18 PM »
Finally, I got the first test prints!! Very very happy. Here in the picture you see the 4 triremes attacking a Navwar 1/1200, just for size. More pictures here https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=670696606935651&id=575574606447852


Offline pancakeonions

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #39 on: December 01, 2020, 05:56:25 PM »
Brilliant, love projects like this!  Have you considered casting in resin?  I've used do-it-yourself, 2-part silicone mold making to cast resin ships and while they're lightweight, they came out great.  This was just a fun project for myself, to see if I could do it. 

The rear of some of your triremes have this overhang "hook" which would catch your mold and might make it hard to get the models out, but if you re-sculpt those as less of a hook, and more of an upward-facing point, I bet you could cast a ton of these yourself quite easily.

But if you're all about metal, that's of course a whole 'nuther kettle of fish!

Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #40 on: December 02, 2020, 07:56:34 AM »
Many thanks pancake! Yes I did consider casting by myself, I normally use blu stuff for moulding and resin powder for casts, and it actually works fine for these models. But, I overall prefer metal and I am in contact with a professional moulder through a friend.

Plus, I already had such "fun" in sculpting these that I really do not look forward to casting them as well! Really, it is very rewarding but, at times, so very much frustrating...

Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #41 on: January 17, 2021, 02:06:32 PM »
Dear all, finally, after more than one year and a half, the Alkedo ships are finally at sea! I prepared the first full squadron of 14 triremes - here they are, practicing diekplous defence.
More pictures in my blog here https://alkedominis.wixsite.com/blog/post/the-first-alkedo-squadron-is-finally-at-sea.
Many thanks to everyone here for the great encouragement!

Offline valerio81

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Re: Trireme fleet (in being)
« Reply #42 on: May 20, 2021, 10:30:08 AM »
Yes well, so in the end... this will be a proper range since Irregular miniatures is going to produce it! It has now bloomed into a set of 9 different sculpts https://alkedominis.wixsite.com/blog/post/alkedo-ships-soon-available-from-irregular-minis
Just wanted to thank all of you for the big support!