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Monday, 11 January 2016

(Naval Wargaming - 5) - Napoleonic Naval - 1/1200th - The Scenics

The final post in this series, and probably the most appealing to those with no interest in this period, the scenics.

The scenic pieces are all Langton and the Merchantmen are from Navwar:

Coastal Fort:

Harbour & buildings, along with blockship and floating battery:

Another Coastal Fort:

Telegraph station and shore battery:

Lighthouse:

Sinking Ship marker:

Martello Tower:

Harbour Boom:

Harbour:

Everything:

A couple of Merchantmen for scenario purposes:

Well that's that project completed, two fleets an a load of scenics, as an added bonus the whole lot stores very easily and doesn't take up much space, both factors being very important to me.

I am currently still working my way through my Epic Imperial Guard and hope to have them finished fairly soon.

Sunday, 10 January 2016

(Naval Wargaming - 4) - Napoleonic Naval - 1/1200th - The French

Following on from my last post here is my French fleet for Trafalgar:

Thursday, 7 January 2016

(Naval Wargaming - 3) - Napoleonic Naval - 1/1200th - The British

Welcome to the first of three posts each briefly showing my Napoleonic naval fleets and scenic pieces.

Firstly let me say that I do not consider myself either a Napoleonic or Naval wargamer, neither am I particularly well read on these subjects. I do however have a fascination with the ships of the period and had wanted to do some gaming with them for a while but had been put off by rules that require you to have actual sailing experience or vast amounts of nautical knowledge to play them. Also a number of the rule-sets I looked at appeared very tedious or drawn out and slow. That's when I stumbled across the Trafalgar rule-set from the now defunct Warhammer Historical line and my prayers were answered.

Now Trafalgar gets quite a bit of grief from actual naval gamers, they don't seem to like it, but for us non-naval types its ideal. Its fast playing, it incorporates the wind, sail settings etc without the need for a manual or hands on experience, yes it does simplify things and is generous with its "attitude to wind" template but these are plusses in my opinion, and even with all the allowances the game is still heavily dependant (as it should be) on your ability to manoeuvre your ships.
I have introduced a number of our gaming group to this system and it has met with universal approval, so much so that a number of players have tracked down their own copies of the rules and everyone has bought their own fleet, this despite none of us considering ourselves naval wargamers.

Anyway enough of that and on to the pics, all models are either Navwar or Langton:

Unrated ships (brigs, cutter, bomb vessel and gunboats):

Frigates:

3rd & 4th Rates:

1st Rate:

The Whole Fleet:

Ships Boats:

The French and scenics in the next posts.

Monday, 2 November 2015

Odds & Ends (9) - Fiasco 2015, a Castle and other odds and ends

I did a stint assisting my mate demo'ing his new game, Lords & Lands at Fiasco last weekend. I had never been to a show so early before and it was interesting to see behind the scenes so to speak, it also meant I could get my shopping done early and without having to queue. I managed to grab a few pics on my phone, so here they are:

As ever Fiasco was a good show, plenty to see and buy and a friendly atmosphere.

The Lords and Lands Demos game:

Microworlds Undead and Woodland Alliance

My blogging has gotten a little behind, so apologies to those few of you who keep an eye on it. My excuse is that I have been doing a lot of gaming and painting, speaking of which here are a few of the things I have been working on of late: