Meanwhile, Back At The Shipyard......

 Life begins to return to normal and work has resumed.

When I started out, I was thinking of Viking ships but it was soon clear that turning 17/18thC pirate ships into long ships was not going to happen. It also didn't take long to figure out that my Elastolins on washers, and the ships as cast, were an awkward mix. There just wasn't enough room for the Elastolins to take up fighting positions. 

A bit of digging around on the Web, and in my Prince Valiant reprint illustrated tales, soon decided me to work towards early medieval sailing ships or Cogs. 1st hurtle crossed. 

I decided to remove the foremast of the new, not yet painted, ships to make room for a few more warriors. Then I turned to the stern and decided that I needed a poop deck since the raised stern had a very narrow walk way around it that just too narrow for the washer based Elastolins. After a bit more searching for pictures, drawings, and some pondering, I decided to add a poop deck.  

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Then I thought, maybe I should have at least one ship with the capacity to mount a catapult. Since the Britons have more ships, I reluctantly decided  to give the Saxons the catapult capacity.......for now......

Now, back to painting!