Wings

[Gunner]

All right, who's going to be the first one to put wings on a ship and try to use it in a WGF game ???

[The Cowman]

I'll take that challenge and raise you some cow spotted sails...

[Tommy Z]

All right, who's going to be the first one to put wings on a ship and try to use it in a WoG game ???

The Flying Dutchman had wings right?....:rolleyes:

[Dan-Sam]

I'll take that challenge and raise you some cow spotted sails...

Only sails? The experience of modern warfare make it clear that "masking pattern" makes sense on the hulls of ships. Flying Cowman? ;)

[SeaHunter]

The Flying Dutchman had wings right?....:rolleyes:

Hey, that's right! Good call Tommy.

[Bumblie3]

Only sails? The experience of modern warfare make it clear that "masking pattern" makes sense on the hulls of ships. Flying Cowman? ;)

I expect it is only cos modern warships tend not to have sails, that they paint the hulls, Ken.

Bumblie3

[David Manley]

If you didn't paint the hull there'd be nothing for the crew to do, and less for the Jimmy to moan about :)

[The Cowman]

I expect it is only cos modern warships tend not to have sails, that they paint the hulls, Ken.

Bumblie3

I may have to play around with a few different designs... who knows what I can come up with.

[David Manley]

How about these, from the latest "Three Musketeers" film?

[Gunner]

How about these, from the latest "Three Musketeers" film?

Hey Ken, I have an old Hot Wheels Blimp that would fit close to scale over a 1/1200 1st to 3rd rate that would look good with Cowman colors.

[Berthier]

Ah it's already been done and by an Australian of course!

Australia II, it was a winged keel though

[Bluedevil]

How about these, from the latest "Three Musketeers" film?

Alexandre Dumas is spinning around in his grave...:mad:

[Attila57]

With a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of japanese cartoon.... ;)

Attilio

[Tommy Z]

Alexandre Dumas is spining around in his grave...:mad:

I agree...from Dumas to Dumb-a**!

[David Manley]

Ah it's already been done and by an Australian of course!

Ah well, if you are going to consider hydrofoils then they've been around much longer than winged keels :)



Forlanini's hydrofoil from 1910, and Thornycroft was working on them in the late 1890s :)

[csadn]

All right, who's going to be the first one to put wings on a ship and try to use it in a WoG game ???

_Space:1889_/_SoG_ crossover, anyone? :)

[Blackrose]

_Space:1889_/_SoG_ crossover, anyone? :)

Hmmmmmmmm

Karl

[csadn]

Hmmmmmmmm

Already working on it -- altho' _S1889_ is mostly steam-age, so working out the armor is going to be a problem. :)

[David Manley]

Working armour into the rules shouldn't be that tricky. I had a go at something similar when I was adapting my own AoS rules for use in the Opium Wars (where the iron-hulled Nemesis makes an appearance). At a simple level introducing an "armour factor" that reduced the effect of each damage chit drawn when firing at the hull would seem a simple solution. I suspect more detailed yet satisfying solutions may present themselves when the rules are published.

[csadn]

I suspect more detailed yet satisfying solutions may present themselves when the rules are published.

Yes -- actually having the game would help. :) That said: The "damage point reduction" model seems simplest, so it's the one I'm working with ATM.