| Lonely Gamer | 11 Jun 2019 4:58 p.m. PST |
I had another run through of my new ACW Ironclad rules on Monday night, you can read a battle report on my site. link I hope you enjoy reading it. |
| DOUGKL | 11 Jun 2019 6:08 p.m. PST |
Nice report, good looking models. |
martin goddard  | 12 Jun 2019 5:21 a.m. PST |
Good to see your stuff on the table. ACW naval is very interesting to game. |
nnascati  | 12 Jun 2019 5:35 a.m. PST |
I've been having fun with ACW Naval as well. 1/600th ships and Bob Cordery's gridded naval rules. |
| martin goddard | 12 Jun 2019 7:49 a.m. PST |
I agree. The strangeness of the actual ships is at the heart of it. |
| Lonely Gamer | 12 Jun 2019 1:32 p.m. PST |
@DOUGKL thanks, I am still painting all my other ships, hopefully I will get some more games in soon. @martin goddard, I am still learning abut the ships and the battles of the time, there is some really interesting stuff, there is something about the ships and the battles that I am finding fascinating. @nnascati, most of my ships are from Peter Pig, but I have been 3D printing some, they don't look to bad once they are painted. |
| martin goddard | 13 Jun 2019 10:47 a.m. PST |
Thanks for using PP stuff Mac! |
| historygamer | 15 Jun 2019 4:11 p.m. PST |
I like the "water." What did you use to make that? |
| Lonely Gamer | 17 Jun 2019 6:43 a.m. PST |
@martin goddard I use them because they are nice ships, and not too expensive. @historygamer thanks, the water was made using green stuff, actually GW liquid green stuff which I gave a little while to dry out before modelling onto the base.
The bases are my second attempt, my first effort wasn't great, but I think they look fairly good now.
They have a black undercoat then some very watered-down Beasty Brown, followed by a Heavy Black Green thinned down with some Olive-Green Wash, I picked out some of the water at the back of each ship to try and show the water being churned up by the propellers and paddle-wheels etc. and then hit them with a heavy coat of Acrylic Gloss Varnish. |
| Rev Zoom | 17 Jun 2019 7:55 a.m. PST |
How did you do the "water" your ships are moving on – the base light blue table water? |
| Lonely Gamer | 17 Jun 2019 4:25 p.m. PST |
@Rev Zoom that is a Deep Cut Studios sea mat, a bit bright but at the moment it is the only one at the club. |
| Robert Kapa | 18 Jun 2019 11:39 a.m. PST |
Absolutely inspiring. I love how you base 6 figures per base. May ask you what is the size of each base? thank you! |
completes a Confederate river ironclad.