Here's something I've started working on. More information to follow. :sly:
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Here's something I've started working on. More information to follow. :sly:
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Looks good!
And the drooling begins …
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm very nice............Now to get the ships........like the Trinidad, Santa Anna etc.
I have lmost completed collecting the entire 1st and second wave of ships............Now the Spanish , I also have 3 pirate frigates to test just need my FTF group back from summer vacation.
Next step and I'm back to the workbench.
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Ready for rigging. . .but touch up and sealer comes first. It's too humid to do the sealer so hopefully tomorrow?
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Jim, she's beautiful. :hatsoff:
She would make such a striking figure on any game mat.
I hope Ares takes notice.
Yeah, she looks gorgeous indeed. :thumbsup:
Good work Jim.
I really like!!!
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Very nice.
What is the original model you modified?
Seems to be a french 118 gun ship.
Jim, How on earth did you get your lines so straight and perfect?
Very nicely done, it looks professional and worthy of the ship.
It's a kit bashed Orient that was damaged in shipping.
Yup, it is.
The first Santisima Trinidad I did was a Langton mini and I used decals to get the white and black lines rather than risking my hand painting. In the interim I discovered a seller of graphic charting tape used in drafting (before CAD, etc.). That's what I used for most of the lines. It holds well on initial placement, but you really need to put a sealer down to make sure it stays put. I think they might have sold all the white, but they still have black.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
P.S. They still have white: http://www.amazon.com/Graphic-Chart-...A11CSR91P49K9B
wow :shock: that is awesome!
Another nice repaint. Can't wait to see what's next.:thumbsup:
The tape is a great idea, Jim. I am learning how folks on the 'Drome are using decals and stickers on planes, especially to accomplish patterns on wings and fuselages.
I finished up the Santisima Trinidad early this evening. It might be fun to put this into a game at some point, but I have no idea how I'd configure the ship log or if the base card and lifted "Ocean" stats are appropriate? If any of our experts wish to chime in I wouldn't mind.
While I kit bashed this ST to 140 guns (Three Decks indicates this configuration in 1805) I've read elsewhere she may not have had that many guns at Trafalgar? There's also a lot of conflicting information as to how she was painted at Trafalgar, but I went with the 'popular' version. Originally I think she was buff/yellow and black?
The Anchorage brass ratlines really make the ship stand out, and once again I used the Wave 1 SGN102 set to complete the model. Cheers and enjoy the photos!
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The ship looks wonderful, good work! :thumbsup:
Fantastic, Jim! :thumbsup:
Looks good Jim. Nice rigging.
Man she's a big ship. Intimidating even as a model:takecover:
Incredible, Jim. You truly are an artist and master. :salute: :hatsoff:
That ship would grace any table.
Great work, Jim! :salute:
Testing to see if tablet pictures can be uploaded to the Anchorage. (I see they can so I'll be able to post pics from GenCon).
The picture looks good, Jim - decent resolution. Looking forward to sharing in your trip.
Seeing it - yeah, I am sure you should sneak one of your minis onto the record table. I am confident if these ships were at Origins, folks would go nuts. I would love to have a setup like Rory's, too. I think it would be a real draw as well as add a lot to the players' experience.
The Trinidad had a lot of problems though, she had a big crew, but they were not the same quality as the Brits or French. I would go with 136 guns, musketry roughly the same as the French, a burden of 6, but she had very poor maneuvering characteristics therefore a veer of 3, and the worst maneuvor deck possible. She was top heavy due to her fourth deck. But she would definately have a bigger broadside than an ocean class................ouch
Here's the thing, though... a lot of her broadside was small guns. Fire a twelve-pounder at HMS Victory and you might as well just turn around and fart in Nelson's general direction...
1805 Trafalgar armament:
Lower Gun Deck 16 Spanish 24-Pound Obusier @24.29#ea = 194.32# broadside
Lower Gun Deck 4 Spanish 4-Pound Pederoso @4.05#ea = 8.1# broadside
(why here? You want those in position to REPEL BOARDERS; and Obusiers need to AIM HIGH as indirect-fire weapons--I think these are really Deck 4)
Lower Gun Deck 32 Spanish 36-Pounder @36.43#ea = 582.88# broadside
Middle Gun Deck 34 Spanish 24-Pounder @24.29#ea = 412.93# broadside
Upper Gun Deck 36 Spanish 12-Pounder @12.14#ea = 218.52# broadside
Quarterdeck/Forecastle 18 Spanish 8-Pounder @8.1#ea = 72.9# broadside
Aggregate total 1489.65# broadside, only about 1200# of shot being of weight for real structural damage, ~200 of which was indirect-fire for lobbing into masts, rigging or to drop on decks. She's big and looks intimidating, but Hibernia throws almost as much (1476, including 256# worth of 32# carronade)--and statistically more of it in weights that deal real damage against SOL's (18# and up, when used in quantity).
even if she gets the same gunnery as Hibernia, that's still pretty nice.
Plus, maybe now we know what Ares was saving "the last hull box" for (i.e., the one box left empty on the first rates...)
Incredible Jim,
You keep amazing us with your beautifull conversions!!!
Like the running rigging aswell!
Cheers,
Thijs
I’m jealous! Here’s what mine looks like at the moment.
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Damn photo didn’t take.
I just can’t figure out how to keep the ports black and square!
My other two conversions were Surprise and Indefatigable both frigates with one row of ports. This beastie has four!
This a better angle Bob?
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I intend to mask mine in the longitudinal line and then you can paint straight up and down the port with only the width to worry about.
Rob.
Thanks, I can’t seem to make these photos come out right. More practice I guess. I was thinking the same way on the masking.
Missed this thread completely, I have taken a copy of the card and insert, would have saved me some work if only I had checked, great stuff I must admit
Cheers Jim, the font I used on this one is Bodoni Classic Condensed Plus, got it as a free download.
I am now going back through and replacing my old AR Blanca font with this one