| cpt shandy | 31 May 2014 2:27 a.m. PST |
Hi, for our WotR project, I've been scratch building a medieval cog:
link I know that the shape of the hull is too narrow for a medieval ship and I'm not sure if I should continue and make more of those or try a different approach… Cheers,
Shandy |
| Yesthatphil | 31 May 2014 4:05 a.m. PST |
Looks splendid cpt shandy …  !
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| dBerczerk | 31 May 2014 5:02 a.m. PST |
Zvezda makes plastic model kits of a Medieval Cog and a Medieval "life boat" in 1/72d scale. Should work well enough with 15mm figures. link |
| cpt shandy | 31 May 2014 6:40 a.m. PST |
dBerczerk, I saw the lifeboat at a show once and almost bought it… wasn't completely sure about how it would fit. Should have bought it anyway :-)
Also, sawing off the bottom to make it a waterline model sounds like a job I really would mess up…
Thanks for the nice feedback! |
| War In 15MM | 31 May 2014 6:43 a.m. PST |
Excellent job! It seems it's always the hull that presents the central problem with boats and ships. Thankfully some of us have great flea markets/swap meets to help overcome problems of that nature. For those less talented than you and/or lacking a great flea market/swap meet, Kobblestone Miniatures has just come out with their Medieval line of buildings and that line includes a beautiful cog for 28mm. Thanks for posting. Richard |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 31 May 2014 6:48 a.m. PST |
It looks perfect. Build more as opportunity allows. |
| cpt shandy | 31 May 2014 7:14 a.m. PST |
Thanks, after all the positive feedback, I'll certainly build more!
It's a shame that many of the nice ship models are made for 28mm… I'd really like to get a manufacturer to make 15mm medieval ships… and a crew! |
| Grelber | 31 May 2014 7:33 a.m. PST |
The fore and stern castles make the hull look rounder. A company called Down-East Crafts used to make a line of wooden ship models in the same style as the one you started from. I thought I'd see if they made a cog, or perhaps models of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, or even the Golden Hind, which would have had rounder hulls. Unfortunately, I can't find a website for them. I think the price for them new was about $5.00 USD each. Grelber |
| Intrepide | 31 May 2014 8:57 a.m. PST |
That is a very nice conversion. |
| Thatblodgettkid | 31 May 2014 10:50 a.m. PST |
As an aside to a beautiful scratchbuild, I have the Zvezda medieval cog and although it is advertised at 1/72 scale it really matches better with 28mm figures in my opinion. Michael |
| Zeelow | 31 May 2014 11:14 a.m. PST |
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| Pedrobear | 31 May 2014 7:20 p.m. PST |
Here is the Zvezda boat next to a LOTR dwarf figure.
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