A squadron of Royal Navy 6th Rates |
Admiral Comrade James in action! |
As a result, I felt like a Commodore fighting a squadron, letting the ship Captains fight their ships. We managed to play a 3 v 3 and a 2 v 2 game all in an evening. Great fun!
Fire as she bears! |
A lovely Langton ship under French colours with ratlines and rigging |
British Squadron of 3rd Rate Ships of the Line deploy smartly in formation |
All these lovely ships belong to the other players, but they have given me some inspiration to break these out during the upcoming painting challenge. Long have they daunted me..
http://furphy1914.blogspot.com.au/search/label/1%2F1200%20Langton%20Miniatures%20Napoleonic%20Sailing%20Ships%20.
http://volsminiatures.blogspot.com.au/search/label/1%3A1200
http://volsminiatures.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/rory-mccreadies-step-by-step-guide-to.html
http://jwhitegallery.blogspot.com.au/search/label/1%2F1200
http://squadpainter.blogspot.com.au/search/label/1%3A1200
http://www.sweetwater-forum.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=3263
There really isn't anything prettier in the gaming world than a table with a blue matt and Langton minis
ReplyDeleteHard to argue with that Miles...in a hobby sense anyway! :-)
DeleteLooking good! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard!
DeleteI want to look into these now. THanks Paul! I have "Sails of Glory" still in the shrink wrapping and am terrified to open them for fear of complexity!
ReplyDeleteSoG has a great wrap, though I've never played them.
DeleteIf you can play Battlegroup you don't need to be concerned :-)
In any event, you can always use the ships and play with Osprey's Fighting Sail rules.
Fantastic looking ships!
ReplyDeleteYes they are! Sadly not my work though :-)
Delete> Long have they daunted me...
ReplyDeleteDo what I did. Get your mates to paint and rig them for you as a birthday present :-)
You clearly have some good, close friends Millsy!
DeleteI look forward to seeing those ships in the Challenge! Great looking game, good to hear the rules work.
ReplyDeleteVery nice pictures. The rules philosophy you described sounds very interesting - although I enjoy Battlefleet 1900 I do find myself bogged down with a pencil and paper a lot. Perhaps a rewrite is in order...
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