Life begins to return to normal and work has resumed.
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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.
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!
Painting up very nicely indeed!
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They're looking very nice Ross - I'm looking forward to seeing some boarding actions!
ReplyDeleteSo am I but every time I start working on them, I find myself getting deeper into modifying the pirate ships!
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ReplyDeleteThese fellows look very versatile. My first thought: Corsairs of the Coast! But they could come from just about anywhere west of Suez.
I was reminded of a movie I dimly remember from my single digit years, of sea-going battles in the north sea between what might have been viking longships, against - and this is the haunting memory - 'castle ships'. These latter were cogs (not that I knew what a cog was at that age) with forecastle and 'aftercastle' protected by, presumably wooden, crenellations. I just WISH I could remember what this movie was... Bally exciting it was, and all.
Cheers,
Ion
Let me know if you figure out what the movie was!
DeleteThese ships with 2 masts didn't look right and were crowded but the single mast didn't look right not being in the middle. I hit the internet again and found a page of photos of a parade of reenactors' Cogs and that decided it. I spent my hobby time moving the masts. Pic to follow.
Yes, first thing I saw looking at those is ersatz chebecs/xebecs. Classic Corsair vessels….
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