Romanus Nauticus

[rumacara]

Hello all

Prof.Witchheimer this is for you.
A roman assassin and a patroll river boat.
The boat its not ready yet. Its a conversion from a SMER viking drakkar.
The assassin, following previous posts its a pictish warrior from west wind as it is without conversion.

Cheers

Rumacara

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Lovely updates! That assassin is a very nice idea, definitely. The boat seems to in be in the right scale but I'm not sure the design, would it be appropriate for the Ancient era? I'm not that into the boats, honestly, just wonder, the only reference of a small Roman boat I know is this relief.

[rumacara]

Hello

Professor, the idea came from these pictures.
I know that its not exactly the same but its the closest i could get.
I hope they can give better ideas for others with better skill in scratch built than i.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

The first pic is a gem 

[rumacara]

Hello all

Here are more pics of roman boats (one is from Spartacus last season) as well as a tent conversion from a plastic one from renedra.

[Carpathian]

Like the boat.   Roman merchant ships (as opposed to military vessels) seem to have come in all shapes and sizes.    There were also special craft for transporting up the river Tiber from the port.

http://www2.rgzm.de/navis/Themes/Commercio/CommerceEnglish.htm

[Prof.Witchheimer]

thanks for the link Carpathian, very interesting. Now I need someone who can build that boat in the proper scale for me



What does the second (from the left) guy hold in his hand, is it fish bones?

[nervisfr]

Could be interesting to recreate this nautical part of the topic into a new one.

Rumaraca, like your last pictures about roman force.
I have just started some roman Foundry centurions with stick/club for police duties in my street. Or to get back some legionary on leave to the barrack !
a kind of MP force !

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Could be interesting to recreate this nautical part of the topic into a new one.

Done!

[Rotorcraft]

Super inspiring thread, being the roman a maritime empire we rarely see that transported  to our usual games.

Please, keep going with that flow of amazing posts.  

Regards.

[Hammers]

Having just been to Rome and the ruins of Ostia Antiqua I find these images very evocative.

Peder

[rumacara]

Hello all

So,a post with romanus nauticus feeling, huummm....
Ok so i place everithing with a nautical flavour including ancient sailors?

Cheers

Rumacara

[nervisfr]

i haven't an harbor in my future roman city.............
 

and no time at the moment to built river boat...


if you need guys to handle your boat, see that welsh figurines from GB :

[bigredbat]

...by coincidence I've just started a Roman naval project, which I'll piggyback onto this thread.



Later, I'm going to make these look a bit more Roman, by adding steering oars, and hopefully a few converted crewmen.

http://bigredbat.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/a-new-project.html

I am also (very slowly) converting this ship into a "swan neck":-



Cheers, Simon

[rumacara]

wow

This post will jump high...
Locks like i have to post some more items regarding sailors.
Some of my gang figures will certainly do for roman armed crews.
Eric those welsh are very nice indeed but the idea for this boat is a armed crew as if it was a patrol or advancing scouts on enemy territory.
I will make a review of my armed fiures and post it.

Cheers

Rumacara