I like the way you think. (most of the time)Originally Posted by Kentop
I like the way you think. (most of the time)
Winter helped.
These would certainly broaden the locations for scenarios.
Ya know, there's a historical precedent for those turd-sucking whiners' attitudes: if memory serves, the Royal Army had a similar attitude towards folks like the Swamp Fox. "Daw-mit, why won't these bloody Colonial bah-stahds fight FAIR and line up and die like civilized opponents?"
:p
Well you all know my opinion on this gentlemen.
Play it as it comes.
War is not fair, nor are sides well balanced. I am well used to seeing my British line cut down by Cpt. Kiwi's Colonial Rifles and Minute men. Then Alex at Front Rank brought out his dismounted Dragoons and for a couple of exhilarating games, I had a force which could gall the flanks of the American Army, until Andy got his American Dragoons painted. then it was back to the status quo. It did not spoil my game, because just occasionally I got the upper hand.
Rob.
My reaction to something like that would be to find some decent people to play against instead of morons.
such a shame you sold your figures. I've sold off very few o my painted stuff over the years and have regretted it later most times when I have.
Who on earth are the Royal Army?
So would I (eve better with an amended system that suited small ship actions)
Alas I think we'll be waiting a VERY long time for stuff like this, if indeed it ever comes (there's a chance we might see a xebec if the promised merchants/pirates wave ever sees the light of day).
Russians, Turks, Dutch and Swedes - all very welcome but agani, I think we'll be into the next decade before we see much of these.
Of course it would be nice to be proved wrong :)
Nicely back on topic mates.
I just didn't want to be seen as the, "Thread Pirate Roberts" and get too far off topic.
I do not know for sure if this is right, but I heard that most of the Turkish war ships where designed after French ships. if this is so, we have a Turkish fleet to hand with a little work.
So one down, three to go!
Be safe
Rory
You're right about the Turkish/French ships Rory, but never the less, it would be nice to see at least one of each rate by Ares.
It is a pity that we cannot buy some stickers with different flags printed on them so that we can change the nationality of ships.
The rest of the Royal Hajj's picture
Did someone say "stickers?" All my elves need are desired flag images and sizes . . .
I think the stickers for flags may be a poor solution, the flags on the ships are fairly chunky already!!
I would carefully remove the flag from the model flagpole, and replace it with a paper flag printed off to scale and folded over with a reverse image of it to make a nice 2 sided flag!
You then use a little glue to stick a narrow edge to the flagpole and voila!
A bigger problem is making a new log to play on with the right name etc!
Did not Vol make flag sheets and put them in the down-load part of this site. Or where they lost in the BIG CRASH? I have not looked. If they are gone we could ask him to re-post them. As said above it will be the ships logs. Could this site do some house-rules for the Turks?
Be safe
Rory
When I tried to download Vol's flags, I got "ERROR: File not found".
The main problem I find with downloading flags that scale is the lack of definition when printing on an Inkjet. The smaller detail such as the white stripes on the British flag is subsumed by the pixel;s on either side.
Rob.
I made flags for my ww2 ships this way, though I found I had to use really good hammered finish paper in my printer to get a good result!
Hope this helps,
All are for 1-1200 scale
French Flags (1).doc
French Flags.doc
Sails of Glory Ensigns- Royal Navy.doc
Sails of Glory Royal Dutch Navy.doc
Sails of Glory Russian Navy Flags and Ensigns.doc
Be safe
Rory
I have been using Photo paper for mine. Maybe I need a better quality.I made flags for my ww2 ships this way, though I found I had to use really good hammered finish paper in my printer to get a good result!
Rob.
Also thanks for the flags doc Rory.
Rob.
War junks would definitely be nice to see, especially the larger ones like the Baochuan.
That is why I bought a colour laser printer and was very careful to choose one with high resolution in both vertical and horizontal. It's common for them to list them as 2400 dpi but they are only 600 dpi vertically. Mine is 1200x1200. It's what I have used to printed all my flags and on ordinary paper. My main problem is that when I bend the flag the colour may flake and I want to add colour to the edges. Therefore I usually add a little paint manually.
I am afraid that is a cost that I just can't justify for printing Sails of Glory Flags Jonas.
I did look at one once, but my output of Flags and decals is just not enough.
Rob.
I us a bog-standard printer for my ships.
Be safe
Rory
A lot of things destroyed Napoleon's army in Russia, I do not know that one can give Cossacks all the credit (the regular Russian "brigades" played a big part, too). But for a company level war-game, excluding Light or irregular infantry in favor of does seem a bit strange. Arguably, company-sized skirmish games are the most historically appropriate venue for such units; you would rarely see a line infantry company operating by itself . . . unless, probably, it was attacking or being attacked by irregulars.
Any actual further news on the timing of wave three, or the Fleet action rules.
My Squadrons, with recent additions, are rapidly approaching what might be called a Fleet.
If we can add a few ships from wave three I will be there.
Rob.
I wonder how many ships are 'enough' !
I have been asked by one of the lads at our club to do a mini campaign -- and no doubt I will have to supply most of the ships!
I need a merchantman! - and some coastal fortifications, and have yet to find what I want. There is a show at the end of November in Stockton where I hope to get what I need.
Has anyone done a set of manoeuvre cards, or ships log for a generic merchantman?
Sheesck, I love this game!
That 2015 rumor seems far fetched now. It's just two months left and no pictures, no release dates...
With Ares pushing out other board games and their current Kickstarter for "Sword and Sorcery" I decided the chances of seeing new ship models very unlikely this year. Outside of Roberto's comments on BoardGame Geek we've heard very little and Sven confirmed nothing was said at Spiel. So all we can do is wait and hope something is announced before the end of the year?
To be honest I was more focused on the special surprise promised, but that has also failed to materialize?
"It's not the towering sails, but the unseen wind that moves a ship."
–English Proverb
26 ships and I feel I have enough to wet my appetite for many more months to come. I have 5 first raters with broken mast syndrome so I feel a conversion to a large merchantman could be in order. As to decks, anyone know of speeds? Where they comparative to warships or faster? How where they armed? Etc....
I'd recommend to start with a 40-gun frigate. It would be more of the right size and they don't have royals. I'd make them a little slower too.
If I was looking to set soemthing up quickly I would go for a medium sized frigate, but without gunnery or musketry factors (except for indiamen), and use a 1st rate manoeuvre deck
Thanks guys, I was wondering how big merchantmen were in the Napoleonic wars, your ideas help a lot!
Several East Indiamen were bought by the Royal Navy and converted to fourth-rate warships.
Works for me. Thanks Rory
Looks like the first raters will stay first raters then! Don't have enough frigate types to start messing around with them.
Yes, I may have to get some little ships too! - at least they are a few quid cheaper than the 1st rates!!!
Try using 3rd rate as big merchant-men! I do. They are only targets
Be safe
Rory
Would a 1/1200 3rd rate be about right for a merchantman?
I got a few spare of these ?
A third rate in 1:1200 with closed gun ports and without royals set would work well enough I'd say.
If you have with open gun ports it would be nice to file down and fill the lower gun deck's gun ports. If you care enough...
Closer to scale is always better but, as long as all players agree, that wouldn't be a problem
Just a thought, did other merchant ships than the aforementioned East Indiamen carry guns? and did they paint their hulls, or stick to dark brown?
Some merchants did, many carried a few small pieces, some could be quite heavily armed depending on the owner's pockets and the value of a typical cargo. Whether they were adequately manned...
As far as paint schemes, the answer is "yes", soem were painted in dour colours (cheap), others varnished, some painted brightly almost as a form of advertising (I recall seeing a description of (IIRC) an Italian merchant arriving in English waters as looking like a floating circus.
Most of my merchies are either dark brown, black or varnished wood. I think there is a pink one in the collection somewhere, mainly because Liz liked the colour :)
The things one does to please the better half
She used to have a pink 74 as well, oh and a pink P-40 (but that was based on a real aircraft that did the UK airshow circuit 30 years ago)
Lets not forget the
*massive barf take*
Don't forget the Beatles Yellow Submarine.
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