Thats pretty much how AoS gamers have worked for the last 30 years or so :)
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Since they even claim it to be the Bucentaure-class ship there is none. Those were first launched 1803 which is long after the spanker had been accepted as the way to go. I'd guess someone wanted a lateen on their Agamemnon or Bonhomme Richard and the designer mixed up ships.
My guess is they decided "it looks too much like a Temeraire so we need a way to tell them apart." Never mind that EVERY SINGLE GORRAM painting, drawing, etc. of a Tonnant or Bucentaure CLEARLY shows a Gaff as obvious as someone who's just had my steeltoe driven into his grapefruits like I was going for the Field Goal from the entire opposite End Zone...
No offense intended, guys, but the more I see of people the more glad I become that my kid's a tyrannosaur... (We'll have to see about checking Junior out on Sails over the Christmas break.)
Guess you are correct there DB it was certainly a gaff on someones part.
Ares designers have now made enough gaffs to put the whole thing right.:fixit:
Rob.
If there was any doubt as to the Tonnant/Bucentaure is smaller, I am in the process of adding ratlines to my Tonnant.
As for the rest of my fleet I am using Langtons brass etched 1/1200 sets.
The Tonnant is done using PE2 whereas the Temeraires and Elizabeths all use PE1
Well my package from Keith arrived in Sydney last Wednesday. So now I will be sitting by the window waiting for the postman every day till the package arrives...............:erk:
Whats this could it be a package from Kieth?
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...0&d=1512371802
Congratulations Alastair.
Rob.
https://www.sailsofglory.org/attachm...9&d=1512371763
Yes it is this is my order of the new ships, what to open first?:question:
I need to order some eastern merchants...
(The payroll ship hasn’t arrived)
Thanks Rob.
Is it not great to finally get what you are waiting for...............kind of like your favorite beer on a hot summer day:happy: Have fun unpacking and such. I have two of each and
setting them up to represent each ship. Maybe will be able to finally make up the lists for Trafalgar.
Have you seen Captain Duff's list of which models are compatible for Trafalgar compared with the models Ares have released Shane?
Rob.
Killick, as a fellow Aussie and Queenslander, where have you found the best place to purchase from for Ares SoG?
At present I'm finishing shipping to be the biggest cost impediment to building a larger fleet.
Here you go Shane
https://sailsofglory.org/showthread....ject-Trafalgar
The list is after a bit of research plus assistance and info from DB here on the forumI am still looking at what can be used for the missing ships
Thanks Chris. Saved me the trouble of having to find it again.
Rob.
Has anyone posted pictures of the new minis? I'm looking forward to seeing non-stock photos. In the stock photos it's difficult to tell what the sterns look like.
Ill see if I can get a couple of pics of the Tonnant and Africa posted this weekend
Well, after reading the accounts on SOG about the battle posted on this site I am definitely interested in trying it myself. I like the idea of keeping the French and Spanish fleet
in tight formation and only able to move in a straight line. It makes perfect sense to limit the fleet, until the British committed to set direction of travel, the combined fleet would have to just take a wait and shoot approach.
Andrew postage is always a problem for those of us living Australia as apart from "Mighty Ape" there are no decent SoG stores in Australia that I know of and even then Australia Post is not cheep and you have to wait at least 3 months from when the Anchorage Store has got the new releases, so for me it is worth paying the postage. Its the same with Wings of Glory.
Alastair/Andrew,
Rivalsky was supposed to be expanding into Sails from Wings here in Aus but I haven't seen any sign of it yet.
Still hoping he will get stock soon.
@Killick - Thanks for the info. I just used Miniature Market and received my order today. Very impressed with the price and speed of standard postage. I am going to make another order with their "slow and cheap" shipping option.
@twsl - oh I hope Evan will expand into Sails! He has been so easy to deal with on Wings.
A quiet updated on this.
I ordered a few ships from Miniature Market on the 22nd December 2017 using their 'slow shipping' option (cheapest postage to Australia). Received today 8th January 2018 which I consider exceptional.
I'm not sure if this is usual, or just a boosted speed due to Christmas period possibly making extra global shipments, but that's remarkable in my opinion.
Where do Miniature Market ship from Paul? I would like to get some comparisons for members from various sources.
Rob.
OK you site veterans, try to imagine the time when your very first ships arrived at your home...are you there ? Then please keep that in mind for what follows: OMG THE SHIPS ARE HERE !!!
My introductory game box and additional ships ordered arrived today ... I am so excited I nearly sprung a leak !
My modest flotilla now includes:
Britain: HMS Defence/HMS Vanguard, HMS Terpsichore/HMS Meleager, HMS Victory
France: Genereux/Aquilon, Courageuse/Unite, Commerce de Bordeaux/Duguay-Trouin, Montagne/Commerce de Marseille
Spain: Mohanesa/Ninfa, Santa Ana/Mejicano
U.S. : Constitution, BonHomme Richard, Thorn/Atlanta
Regrettably the Santa Ana arrived with its foremast broken off at the deck level -- so into the yard it goes for repairs even before its maiden voyage.
I cannot wait to get stared...I feel a mission coming over me tonight....
Rob, Bill is spot on with his answer to your question and his selection for his fledgling fleet. :minis::moneygone:
Rob, from the perspective of an Australian gamer, where we tend to overpay for both content and shipping from overseas, Miniature Market are excellent in my opinion and I highly recommend.
The fact that the US shipping was only around USD$25 for 5 ships at standard rates, and USD$13 for their "slow discounted rate" means that it didn't increase costs overly much. With the slow version only taking approx three weeks to reach Australia from the USA (they do suggest it can take 6-8 weeks btw) I am going to be using them as my first port of call.
Thanks for the info chaps.
Rob.
I was able visit Miniature Market earlier this year when in town for a shipmates Navy retirement. I purchased the last of my requirements to fill my fleets. Well, before the new release. I did pick up 4 of the new releases for Christmas.
Hi Jerome,
I noticed your insignia and CMDCM rating on your post -- my Dad was a Chief Petty Officer in World War II -- at the time CPO was the highest enlisted rank. He was offered Warrant Officer during the occupation of Japan if he signed over for another tour, but he chose to come home, marry my Mom and have me!!! (who could blame him for that ???).
Bill,
I spent 30 years in the navy, mostly on submarines and one amphibious ship. Do know what your dad's rating was? I can see why most servicemen wanted to return home after the war.
Did your dad share any of his experiences with you?
Hi Jerome,
My Dad enlisted right after Pearl Harbor as a common seaman -- he was 27 at the time (old for a recruit) -- he granted the Navy permission to operate on his nose in order to take him (he had been a ham and egg prize fighter during the depression). He was also a butcher so he was rated as a commissary steward and assigned to the attack oiler U.S.S. Merrimack (AO-37) where he quickly rose to CPO rank (although everyone on his ship had gunnery duties). His ship did the North Atlantic run to the U.K. early in the war, then a run up to Archangel Russia with lend-lease equipment. then all of the North Africa landings followed by the Sicily invasion. They then went through the Panama Canal to the Pacific for the Philippine liberation campaign, Okinawa landing and surrender of Japan in Tokyo harbor. He went ashore in Hiroshima as part of a landing party several weeks after the atomic bomb drop -- his stories about that were amazing. If you go to the Wings of Glory page, I have a couple of photo albums about my Dad's ship and Halsey's Typhoon under my handle there -- NewFlyBoy.
best,
Bill