
"1:1200 v 1:2400 Ancients naval ships?" Topic
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Malchor | 18 May 2025 11:47 a.m. PST |
I'm looking to build up 15-20 ship fleets of varying ship size for: Greek vs Phoenician and Greek or Roman vs Carthage. I have a few CnC Triremes in 1/1200, but before I commit to that scale, want to step back and pick 1/1200 or 1/2400. I also have an interest in Renaissance to Napoleonic naval battles in the Mediterranean. So may build out navies for that too, and while those would be great in one scale, I think that should not affect ancients. Planned rules for now: Ed Smith's old rules (perhaps the updated version for Trireme) and/or Galleys and Galleons. 1/1200 I may mix Navwar with CnC if they are still taking orders. 1/2400, do Tumbling Dice and Figurehead mix well? Any feelings about one or the other? I am aware there is a distributor for the latter in the US. |
DFLange  | 18 May 2025 3:58 p.m. PST |
My collection is Navwar and I have gamed happily with them. They are not the prettiest 1/1200th ships (check Langton for that) but they are sturdy and paint up well. They might be difficult to get now as Navwar was going out of business as I last heard. However, you can probably find some available for resale on various sites that sell naval miniatures. |
rmaker | 18 May 2025 7:57 p.m. PST |
Most ancient ships are prety tiny at 1:2400. |
Prince Alberts Revenge | 19 May 2025 6:41 a.m. PST |
I have the Tumbling Dice 1/2400 ancient and renaissance galleys. The ancient galleys are fairly small and ideal for multi-ship basing or gaming on small tables. If I recall correctly, both the ancient and renaissance ships come with a base with water effects that has the oar banks sculpted into the base. The ship is dropped down into the base to make the complete ship. The renaissance ships are slightly bigger. Here are some images of Turkish and Christian ships here, the gaming mat was 4x4 if I recall correctly: link |
Shagnasty  | 19 May 2025 7:40 a.m. PST |
I went with 1/1200 and have been pleased. |
Alkedo | 19 May 2025 8:31 a.m. PST |
I suggest you find your rules first and your minis second. If you rules are based on single ships – i.e. it's mainly a ship vs ship set – then you probably want to go towards 1/1200 or even 1/600. If instead you plan to do big battles with rules such as He Hemetera Talassa or my own Oi Navarcoi (let me do a little self promotion here..) you can think 1/2400, multiple ships on bases. I like to do 1 to 1 scale, 15 ships squadrons. Here are some of mine in action, Alkedo models available from Irregular miniatures (little more self promotion!)
You can find more picture in the AAR here link |
Yellow Admiral  | 19 May 2025 7:17 p.m. PST |
I recently answered this question in this thread over here TL;DR: - 1/2400 models of ancient galleys are way too small for gaming small actions.
- 1/1200 can handle any size actions, but is a bit fiddly for single-ship-maneuvers.
- 1/600 is probably the scale you want for 15-20 ships per fleet.
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