| Skull and Crown | 30 Aug 2015 9:57 p.m. PST |
A week away from Pacificon game Expo here in Northern California, as well as the Newark Show in the UK, I know that a lot of us out there in Blog land are working like shoemaker's elves on our projects. I'm happy to report one big chunk of mine done- Behold the "Lepanto Map" upon which I'll be running a Galleys Guns and Glory Lepanto game This coming Sunday at Pacificon, with my friend Jay White.
The entire game mat measures in at approx 12 x 8.5 feet, with the playable space being 10ish x 7ish feet. Hey, these old maps were never accurate. This particular piece was inspired by a wall painting of the battle I saw in the Vatican, years ago.
for more pics including the process, set your course over to my blog
skullandcrown.blogspot.com
Cheers
Thomas
skullncrown.com |
| evilcartoonist | 30 Aug 2015 10:43 p.m. PST |
That's going to be an amazing-looking game! |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 30 Aug 2015 10:48 p.m. PST |
Cool. As well as a sea-monster, the fleets will have to watch out for Poseidon's kids too. |
| Skull and Crown | 30 Aug 2015 11:10 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys- I learned today that you can't edit the title of a post- ergo the bad spellingz. Sheesh. @Whatisit- I have found that watermelon offerings appease the Children of Poseidon. |
| Costanzo1 | 30 Aug 2015 11:41 p.m. PST |
Hoooo!! Someone do something of great interest. Go!!! |
| williamb | 31 Aug 2015 4:48 a.m. PST |
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| Belisarius | 31 Aug 2015 6:54 a.m. PST |
Watermelon only stops them for a short period of time. Wait until they are 16 and asking for the car.
Nice Map |
| David Manley | 31 Aug 2015 10:25 a.m. PST |
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| Black Cavalier | 01 Sep 2015 8:00 a.m. PST |
Beautiful work as always. I had to look twice to make sure the sea monster wasn't a 3d model. You did a great job of painting those kids on the mat too ;) |
| Blackthorn | 01 Sep 2015 8:30 a.m. PST |
Simply amazing. Looking forward to seeing this live this weekend! |
| drgarlic | 01 Sep 2015 6:33 p.m. PST |
Amazing and awe-inspiring. Can you come over and paint my driveway too? Bill |
| Skull and Crown | 01 Sep 2015 7:59 p.m. PST |
Bill- you bet- although I'll warn you I'm entering my Vauban phase. Cheers
Ths |
| Belisarius | 02 Sep 2015 6:33 a.m. PST |
Ths
You can do Vauban provided you build galleys for Sweden Vs Russia during the Great Northern War. |
| Skull and Crown | 03 Sep 2015 8:05 a.m. PST |
Belidarius, as far as my limited knowledge of the time goes, the galley designs were roughly the same, although you saw more "gallea Grossa" or the larger galleys in those days, and more use of the smaller galiots for river type attacks. Flags and awnings, and bulwark trim of course would be different. Keen on any pointers to references. Cheers
Ths |
| Belisarius | 03 Sep 2015 10:26 a.m. PST |
Ths
I will drop you a email of what I know of the period and Peter the Greats building program.
Belisarius |
looks at a multi-period building.
