"1/1200 Ancient Naval – Punic Wars" Topic
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| NCC1717 | 26 Jun 2019 5:22 a.m. PST |
A few more 1/1200 scale ancient quadriremes and quinqueremes have been added to the fleet: link
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 Yellow Admiral  | 26 Jun 2019 7:05 a.m. PST |
Impressive! A "few" more, indeed. Heh. - Ix |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 26 Jun 2019 10:52 a.m. PST |
How are you going to represent masts and sails? |
| olicana | 28 Jun 2019 1:47 a.m. PST |
Of course, technically he doesn't have to because they took down the mast prior to battle. A ramming collision with it up could snap it clean off, toppling it onto the deck crew, or even shatter the keel. Personally, I think galleys always look better with a mast – to give the model height – but, it's historically a load of rubbish and I do it purely for the aesthetic ( a big dollop of artistic license). Mine (1:600 Xyston models):
The collection:
Scaled down Actium:
Actium in full swing:
Another battle, a close up of a 10. A converted Xyston heptereme (heightened with more bow and stern added – see red heptereme behind it for original model). With 1:600 you can do catapults and deck crew. Beads, bottom to top, crew quality, squadron, flagship – no long rosters in my games:
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| NCC1717 | 28 Jun 2019 9:08 a.m. PST |
That is a great looking fleet and table olicana. The deck artillery is particularly nice. |
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