Historical Ship Models

[widgren]

now i have done a little more painting and building. a gfew ships are still WIPs and some are PIPs.
battleship..





inspirede by..

did you see the fire ships in the background?

and the firse ship carrier. note the bay doors in the front.



and the troop carrier. made fore close action

and the ship that inspired it

and last the great cannon ship of the thunder dragon.

[Kaptajn Congoboy]

I'd just like to quote a high medieval norwegian manuscript called the Konungs Skuggsia, or the "King's Mirror". It is a princely mirror (old, well-established genre meant as useful instructions for the upper classes):

Weapons of many sorts may be used to advantage on shipboard, which one has no occasion to use on land, except in a fortress or castle. Longhandled scythes and long-shafted broadaxes, "war-beams "and staff slings, darts,: and missiles of every sort are serviceable on ships. Crossbows and longbows are useful as well as all other forms of shooting weapons; but coal and sulphur are, however, the most effective munitions of all that I have named. Caltrops cast in lead and good halberds are also effective weapons on shipboard. A tower joined to the mast  will be serviceable along with these and many other defenses, as is also a beam cloven into four parts and set with prongs of hard steel, which is drawn up against the mast. A "prow-boar": with an ironclad snout is also useful in naval battles. But it is well for men to be carefully trained in handling these before they have to use them; for one knows neither the time nor the hour when he shall have to make use of any particular kind of weapons. But take good heed to collect as many types of weapons as possible, while you still have no need of them; for it is always a distinction to have good weapons, and, furthermore, they are a good possession in times of necessity when one has to use them. For a ship's defense the following arrangement is necessary: it should be fortified strongly with beams and logs built up into a high rampart, through which there should be four openings, each so large and wide that one or two men in full armor can leap through them; but outside and along the rampart on both sides of the ship there should he laid a level walk of planks to stand upon. This breastwork must be firmly and carefully braced so that it cannot be shaken though one leaps violently upon it. Wide shields and chain mail of every sort are good defensive weapons on shipboard; the chief protection, however, is the gambison made of soft linen thoroughly blackened, good helmets, and low caps of steel (this is lighter armour than he recommends for fighting on land either mounted or on foot). There are many other weapons that can be used in naval fights, but it seems needless to discuss more than those which I have now enumerated.

The romans can take their wimpy corvus and stuff it; real men hoist steel-bound battering rams up the mast and swing them at their enemies! 

It doesn't get entirely insane until he starts writing about siege machinery but anyone interested can read it themselves:
http://www.mediumaevum.com/75years/mirror/sec2.html#XXXVII

[ragados]

widgren, those are looking very nice!

[Spartan Gavin]

They are great!!

[widgren]

thsnk you guys.
have a look in my blog to see them painted.

http://forum.spartangames.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=767.0

have a nice day.

[Elfving71]

Would like to replay the Battle for Copenhaugen and beat your precious Lord.

The idea is awesome and I would play it right away.

Fighting the spanish amarda (not firestorm)

[widgren]

ships of the 1800s would be cool but i primarly want to play out ancient battles.

[StJohn]

Can we please remember ancients, as an Orc player I love to ram things

[widgren]

ramming, boarding and sailing. its all good:)

[belgaila6]

thanks

[Jews32]

that interesting.

Thanks guys....


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[Albertese]

Ancient battles would be awesome.  Like Trojan War type stuff.  You know what else is cool though? Victorian ships.  It's a great era around 1890 or so.  Pre-Dreadnaught.  What makes it so cool is that the historical ships were so varied during that time, as sail was phasing out and steam was coming into it's own.  I've looked around a bit and I can't seem to find much from this period in a gaming appropriate scale (or an any other scale) It would be awesome if you guys were inclined to make ships from the late Victorian era.

--Alex

[krouiik]

This is a very good job. The unusal shape (for an european brain) of oriental ships makes them more impressive.

[Christine10]

The good news is that the sculpts wouldn't take anybody off the core games. New blood, so to speak. Nothing would be diluted.


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[pogs]

Wow! Very cool creation. I envy you my friend. Can I have one?