"First try at 1/2400 WW2 ships" Topic
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| williamtheconker | 01 Jun 2015 9:34 a.m. PST |
So, just starting in to WW2 naval, here's my first go at some GHQ 1/2400, hope you like.
Warspite;
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| JasonAfrika | 01 Jun 2015 10:11 a.m. PST |
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| GROSSMAN | 01 Jun 2015 11:44 a.m. PST |
Pretty damn good for a fisrt try! |
| SymphonicPoet | 01 Jun 2015 6:20 p.m. PST |
Indeed. That is a particularly nice first effort. Should serve your fleet well for a long time to come. |
| Skarper | 01 Jun 2015 10:40 p.m. PST |
Yes – very nice. 1/2400 seems like a great scale for detail. I'm guessing Warspite scales out at about 3 inches long with destroyers about half that. I was reading a discussion about scales and the various pros/cons of 1/3000th, 1/6000, 1/4800 and 1/2400. How big a table do you need to have battleships engaging at realistic looking ranges in 1/2400? |
| williamtheconker | 02 Jun 2015 6:33 a.m. PST |
Hi all, many thanks for the kind remarks. I have based them now and will put a couple of pictures up later.
Skarper, yes I decided on 1/2400 for the extra detail, I have not tried the other scales so I don't know about those but from the photos I've seen you can get some nice results all the same.
Yes, Warspite is about 3 inches and destroyers inch and a quarter to a half depending on class obviously.
As for table, ah well I have a 8 foot x 6 foot table and really, realistically it should be bigger, but, you scale the range to suit and it was a trade off of nice looking detailed ships for game distance, I think I can go with that.
Mike |
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