"Russian color schemes" Topic

I need to paint up my 1/2400 GHQ Russian WW1 ships. Any advice on a color scheme or where to look?

John Kelly

This might help. It is a re-post from Mal Wright:

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Thanks. I am being stupid here but what exactly does it mean when it says "waterlines were painted in green." Is it that the lower portion of the hull below the water, was painted green?

JPK

Yep, thatīs it exactly. I think at 1/2400 you wonīt have to worry about that though. Still, a nice change from the traditional red

So Texas, I see you are an aficionado of naval gaming. I presume that you are not an Aggie as you seem to be well informed.
Have you played Battleship Captain by Minden Games? Do you have a favorite pre-dreadnought rule set? I have a bunch of Houston's ships, not painted, but was thinking of mainly doing 1/3000 pre-dreadnoughts as the selection in 1/2400 is not so good.

John Kelly
Rice U. 1976

Hi John, no, Iīm no Aggie! U of H ī84 for me. Itīs funny, my last job in the US was for Rice. Worked there 97-99, and even suffered through three seasons of football season tickets.

For pre-dreads, I am currently at work on my own set, but those wonīt be available until around Christmas this year (I hope!). But aside from mine, I think the best for fast play are the free set Quickfire, from WTJ. They are a bit simplified, but at the same time they give a good game with good results. Only thing is you have to fudge your own stats for some ships, especially those prior to 1890 and after 1905.

Houston ships are really lovely, but I donīt have the table size for such a big scale. So what 1/3000 ships are you going to get? Mine are mostly Navwar with a few WTJ to give the fleet some class. However I think trying to buy Navwar in the US is difficult these days. Still, if you went to Rice then you are clever enough to figure it out!

I haven't ordered Navwar for years, though when I last did it was easy. WTJ seems like the best bet, though I haven't seen one in person.
GHQ makes only a few in 1/2400. Viking also makes some 1/2400. Warren Bruhn has, in this forum, a review of the 1/2400 ships available. I am not sure there is a large enough selection.
I have several sets of rules, but I will be sure to try the WTJ ones soon. I have always like David Manley's rules (with the possible exception of his Victory at Sea by Mongoose publications) though I am not sure what the name of he pre-dreadnaught set is. Right now I am trying out Battleship Captain by Minden Games. If you have not seen them then I suggest you order a copy from Minden. They are very well done.
My favorite rules were Battlewagon, which I played for WW2. They were reasonably quick yet detailed. Sort of a simplified Seekreig.

About three years ago or so Navwar decided to handle all sales direct, so no more middlemen. The biggest problem with that is the old-school order system (fax, phone, or snail mail) and for you in the States, a rather high shipping cost of 40%. WTJ are beautiful, but substantially more expensive than Navwar. However, if you factor in the postage then things kind of even out. If I still lived in Texas I would for sure go with WTJ, though the range is quite limited.

David Manleyīs pre-dread rules are called Fire When Ready, and I agree, they are quite good. I donīt know Battleship Captain but I will be sure to check them out. I remember Battlewagon- an oldie but a goodie!