 War Artisan  | 01 Apr 2018 10:22 p.m. PST |
My ships are ready for the Battle of the Virginia Capes event at this year's Seven Years War Convention! 43 ships of the line, 6 frigates and a fireship . . . I just love a spectacle, don't you? The British Fleet:
The French Fleet:
All together:
By Wednesday, everything will be packed up and ready to go, and then it's off to my favorite Con. There will, of course, be plenty of pictures when I get back. For those of you fortunate enough to be able to attend . . . see you at the Con! Jeff |
| Winston Smith | 01 Apr 2018 10:43 p.m. PST |
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| Texas Jack | 02 Apr 2018 1:54 a.m. PST |
Splendid job Jeff! What scale did you print them up in? |
| War Artisan | 02 Apr 2018 2:18 a.m. PST |
These are 1:900. I'm going to need a big table. |
ZULUPAUL  | 02 Apr 2018 3:59 a.m. PST |
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| Texas Jack | 02 Apr 2018 4:27 a.m. PST |
These are 1:900. I'm going to need a big table. Damn straight! But it should be a grand spectacle! I do mine in 1/600 (it reduces the fiddly factor for my less than talented hands), but I've never had 50 ships on the table of course.  |
 ColCampbell | 02 Apr 2018 8:27 a.m. PST |
Wow, what a spectacle! I didn't realize that there were still that many British and French ships still using a lateen rig on their mizzen masts. Jim |
| whitejamest | 02 Apr 2018 9:03 a.m. PST |
Yowzas, now those are fleets! Spectacular indeed. I look forward to seeing the photos of the action. |
| War Artisan | 02 Apr 2018 9:08 a.m. PST |
I didn't realize that there were still that many British and French ships still using a lateen rig on their mizzen masts. Some had switched to the gaff-rigged mizzen by that time, mostly smaller vessels, but the changeover wasn't complete yet. Contemporary painters and engravers almost invariably depicted the ships in the New World in 1781 as having lateen-rigged mizzens, so I have, too. |
| Spanner | 02 Apr 2018 12:16 p.m. PST |
Stunning, should be a great looking game. |
| Bowman | 03 Apr 2018 6:42 a.m. PST |
Wow! Impressive. I'm not big on naval battles but I downloaded the sample ship from your website. I'll give it a whirl. Thanks. |
| dantheman | 03 Apr 2018 7:25 a.m. PST |
Lateen rig was prevalent in this era. However, they were starting to realize that lateen rig was difficult to handle with. As a result the lateen yard was often rigged with a half sail looking a lot like a spanker, especially in battle where station keeping was important. You notice this a lot in contemporary prints of the time. |
| Kevin in Albuquerque | 03 Apr 2018 10:39 a.m. PST |
Really, really, really nice. Ans second the motion for battle picts! |
| civildisobedience | 03 Apr 2018 3:36 p.m. PST |
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| billthecat | 03 Apr 2018 5:47 p.m. PST |
WOW, very nice. I hope you have lots of cotton wool for smoke… |
| Stew art | 03 Apr 2018 7:31 p.m. PST |
Well done! The effort looks to have really paid off!
Good job! |
| War Artisan | 04 Apr 2018 4:14 p.m. PST |
All packed up and ready to go, leaving in the morning so I can be there for the traditional Thursday-evening-before-the-con social hour. Any TMPers in attendance should feel free to stop by and say hello so I can put names to faces. I'll be running games all day Friday on Table 7, right in front of the wall of book vendors (oh-oh . . . that's going to be dangerous! Hopefully the games will keep me sufficiently occupied that I don't blow my entire budget on the first day.)
(OK, who am I kidding? That was going to happen anyway.) |
| corzin | 05 Apr 2018 3:55 a.m. PST |
so how do you pack themup? |
| ScottWashburn | 05 Apr 2018 4:12 a.m. PST |
Fabulous! What rules do you use? |
| War Artisan | 05 Apr 2018 4:56 a.m. PST |
so how do you pack themup? I put them in a box. No, seriously; that's all. People tend to think that paper ships must be very fragile, but these are engineered to be quite robust. I occasionally demonstrate this to doubters at a game by tossing one across the table or dropping one on the floor. They're not really heavy enough to damage each other if they jostle together in the box. They've traveled thousands of miles to various conventions and have only rarely needed minor repair . . . after their last trip I needed to reattach just two pieces of loose rigging, which took about a minute. What rules do you use? "Admirals", which you can find here (near the bottom of the page): warartisan.com/rules Gotta go now. See you at the con! |
| noigrim | 05 Apr 2018 12:58 p.m. PST |
Very nice, the rigging is specially well done |
| Fitzovich | 07 Apr 2018 11:37 a.m. PST |
They look great! I hope that the convention was enjoyable. |
| Ferreo Cuore | 31 May 2018 7:02 p.m. PST |
I still don't understand how those are paper ships!!! |
| War Artisan | 31 May 2018 10:03 p.m. PST |
Go to this page, Alessandro: link Download the free sample ship and look over the parts sheets and instructions, and all will be made clear. |
| Old Contemptibles | 01 Jun 2018 6:55 a.m. PST |
Ahoy! Great looking ships. |
has been spending time in paradise lately.
