This one is for Doncaster weekend in September, but like all the others elements of it will be used at other shows during the next year, often just to add a bit of visual interest to the games to draw in the punters.
Rob.
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This one is for Doncaster weekend in September, but like all the others elements of it will be used at other shows during the next year, often just to add a bit of visual interest to the games to draw in the punters.
Rob.
Understood
I will also use it in some of my AARs Vol.
Rob.
Here is today's progress on the last terrain section.
Rough terra forming completed and ready for sealing with dilute PVA and then undercoating.
Rob.
Great looking terrain as always Rob, just found a martello file if any needed
Thanks for the comments Chris. No more towers to add now, but I will bear it in mind for the next time.
Thanks.
Rob.
Here is my progress for today.
I sealed the terrain overnight.
This morning I refined some of the coatline and hills, then undercoated the lot.
After lunch I started adding the base coat for the rock faces.
Rob.
I completed the anchor details tonight.
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The detail in your work is excellent as usual Vol. It is almost worth Rep just for that part of the ship.
Great stuff.
Rob.
Today I completed the last link in the terrain.
Tomorrow back to put the finishing touches to the city itself.
Rob.
Looks really good Rob!
I am printing Henry's new 62 gun Ottoman today, both FDM and Chunky version, while I continue work on the Bounty.
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Had to make a quick jig for the 1/190 scale ratlines
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And thank you for the rep points Paul
Interesting to see the actual printing process in an interim state, and also your ratline jig in action Vol.
I may well get back onto my Bounty in a week or so.
Rob.
Good news this morning. The foam for housing my Dubrovnik terrain has finally arrived in the nick of time so that it has a home when I have finished it in a few days time.
Good to see the Adriatic Coast finally coming to its final stages, Rob.
I'm making progress with my 17th century Dutch fleet - rigging done on all but the two pinnaces (two ships in the middle back of the starboard view and the two on the left of the stern view). The pinnaces have their forestays done - need to do the shrouds/ratlines, backstays and running rigging. A small error happened with the smaller Langton ship with the rigging done - the running rigging knotted to the bowsprit stay ended up with the knot to far forward. I like it such that the lines down to the catheads is nearly vertical (as it is with the large Langton ship). I did not notice that until I was done rigging the bowsprit. I had another problem with that particular rigging due to snipping a bit of excess line from the knot to the yard on the lower sail before the glue had dried. Ooops. That was fixable the other would be really complicated to fix - I would need to re-do the forestay line and the running rigging for the bowsprit without damaging stuff after the glued has dried. I've tried that before and it's a disaster.
So, remaining steps - for the pinnaces: shrouds/ratlines, backstays; for all ships: final/touch-up painting, flags (for the Langtons - the Ark Royals have flags) and the sea bases.
I'm getting to a stage where doing the running rigging with thread is almost meditative. LoL
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Those ships are looking magnificent Paul. Can't wait to see them in action.
Rob.
Thanks, Rob. I'm really quite happy with the large, 60-gun Langton (front right of the starboard view). I've done the Wassenaar coat of arms on the tafferel (not that one can really see that at 1/1200 scale). Since I've in Wassenaar for 9 years I had to do the ship as the Wassenaar. Curiously enough, the Wassenaar won't be in my first game. She will show up in a future game but I'll need to do more ships before then.
Beautiful fleet Paul! And I'm with you, rigging is my favorite part of a build.
Excellent work everyone, I hope to post a few more pics this coming week, including the ratline jig from the wargaming3d site. I have found they work ok, but be prepared for a number of failures. Beauty beingnof course it is only cotton being wasted on the failures.
Today I produced the storage for Dubrovnik and its hinterland.
Rob.
That is a perfect way to transport fragile pieces Rob. Well done!
Today, while the wife is getting new countertops installed, I get to hide in the basement and work on Bounty!
Currently working on the upper ratlines. No jig for these, I'm freehanding them in place. Port side done and trimmed. Starboard side next.
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Meanwhile I am still printing my latest ship order from Henry.
These 3 are his Amsterdam merchants
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And these, left to right (FDM & Chunky), are the Ottoman 62 gun Peling-i-bahri , Leda class 38, French Courageux 74, British Courageux 74:
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Your fleet is certainly progressing at a pace Vol. It is nice to be able to work on one job whilst another is underway automatically. I wish I could do that. The ratlines are superb. You would never guess that they were hand made.
Also thank you for the Rep you gave me with regards to the storage of Dubrovnic, it is a follow up to the box I made for the Nile project. That has now outgrown its box with the addition of the Tripoli Forts last year.
Rob.
Your projects are all very beautiful as usual and I love the scale of HMS Bounty :happy:. It's great that you've found a plastic box with the right dimensions for your scenery, Rob. It's perfect against dust. I should proceed the same way because my shelfs are not so optimal with flocking.
So today I take the plunge and share some pictures of the pieces I managed to paint last months since I've never dared to show anything from the beginning. I know that there are blemishes and inconsistent "flashy" colours. I try to improve as much as I can and I guess, it will come with time. I've also got another project in progress with land army miniatures in order to link it with Navy that gives me the opportunity to try a lot of different colours approaches and tests.
There are basically various ships-of-the-line and some unrated ones and gunboats from UK, Spain and France. Amongst them, the specific : HMS Royal Sovereign (I really have to plan a HMS Victory soon!), L'Orient, La Santísima Trinidad, Montañes and San Juan Nepomuceno. I'm also making my very first island scenery as an outline (I would like thereafter to make an inhabited island with a fortified little harbour) so I will for sure follow your models because it is a very exciting undertaking but thorny too (the global shape, flocking, paints to get something quite realistic).
Hoping you'll enjoy them !
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Last of the Dutch fleet rigged! Next steps are easy - painting, flags and bases. The should be fighting the Portuguese later in the coming week. AAR to follow. :happy:
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That work is very fine Roméo. Painting the names on the ships certainly adds a certain Je ne sais quoi in the English sense of the word. A certain special something.
Rob.
Today I have been mainly making bridges. Two down and two to go. Then I can get back to painting the last dozen or so houses before gluing them in place.
Rob.
Really nice looking fleet Roméo. I recognize the Warlord Games Black Seas named vessels there. I also like your use of the signal flags. Well done!
Paul, those Dutch Langtons are awfully pretty ships!
Time to make sails for Bounty
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I also printed out Henry's new baglah dhow, three ships in the file, two large and one small with sails.
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Yet another set of ships coming along well Vol.
High time I got Dubrovnic off the stocks and got a few more ships onto them.
Rob.
Those Dhows would make a nice addition to my Indian Ocean campaign Vol.
Rob.
I was thinking of a Sinbad scenario, haha.
The dhow has an interesting history.
https://www.marhaba.qa/the-origins-of-the-dhow/
Geniious Vol!
Rob.:sly:
Thank you for your kind, promising replies. Absolutely, ships from Warlord factory and it is true that the possibility for some of them to paint the name of the ship is a real plus to the result. About the signal flags, since the Victory set in stone a very famous sentence, I had to leave an answer to that on the Orient's foremast !
I'm really impressed by your French level, Rob. :wink: Bravo, Monsieur !
Here are all four bridges completed and now in place.
Rob.
Really looks great Rob
Rob done the Ottoman and looking at getting the Dhow, nowEaster done I can get the pics uploaded
Great Chris I am agog to see these ships.
Rob.
Thank you for your kind remarks and the Rep Paul.
Rob.