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Hello all,
If I wanted to create a simulation of actions on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812, does Sails of Glory offer ships that would be typical of the time? Probably brigs would be the largest ships, along with corvette ships and sloops. I haven’t seen anything like that, but thought I would ask. Are there any other suppliers of 1:1000 ships that have those types of ships? Where might I find extra bases and how to figure out movement cards. I know, I’m asking a lot...
The best choice is generally Langton's, which makes models in 1:1200. For gunboats, I would pick up some from both their Great Lakes and Napoleonic lines.
Ares makes sloops. Langton's or GHQ for schooners, brigs, and gunboats.
If You can wait a few days, I should have an order through from Langton's and can show you a gunboat Thomas.
Rob.
Sounds great!
The lake battles ships would be at the bottom end of the Ares SoG line. As Jason said Langton is your best bet for a similar scale model. Langton has a War of 1812 line so you can get the complete oob. I have been using Langton 1/1200 scale ships to run the Battle of Lake Erie. (Using "Kiss Me Hardy" rules with a supplement for the lakes). The Warlord Games Black Seas miniatures would work well and are 1/700 scale. They have schooners, gunboats and brigs. Some of the large ships on the lakes were equivalent to the frigate model as well. War Artisan makes paper ships for the lake battles as well. Lastly if you are a modeler and ambitious Thoroughbred Models "Sea Eagles" range of ships has the Ontario fleet in 15mm scale (For perspective a one gun schooner is 6" long).Quote:
Originally Posted by kptom