I Can Sea Clearly Now

 This solution seems better, if somewhat dangerous.

I might get in a little trouble if a certain someone discovers that her camping tarpaulin is suddenly involved in a fierce sea battle, or worse, is damaged during said battle but "faint heart never played a wargame".

Battle Stations!

There's just too much work to be done before Winter sets in to allow more than a bit of hobby time so I decided to just focus on two opposing ships.   I had a wee bit of trouble getting the paint to stick to some of the plastic despite my bag of tricks but I got there eventually (so far at least).

(ps: The dark ship is actually dark brown, not black.)

I started in on a set of rules for  maneuvering the ships etc and soon finding myself getting too focused on the weather, winds, and seamanship when all I really want is an action packed game which can be turned into a blog story. So the sailing bits are now minimized and my current Prince Valiant rules will do the rest.

Oh yes, there is one more obstacle, I used to have a blue cloth big enough to cover my table. I wonder where the rest of it is? 

 

 

Cog Inspiration

 Here's a few of the online Cog photos that I selected as inspiration. They were taken from www.tallship-fan.de.  Since my ships, like my Elastolin figures, are meant to be toys rather than accurate models, any resemblance to the real thing is vague at best.

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A few details to be added, as well as 4 more ships to be finished.