Old John wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 21, 2020 8:02 am

....... nice intro by Barry Hilton there too

cheers Old John

Yeah, I skipped past that...

My copy of The Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1645-1718 by Bruno Mugnai arrived today and it looks well worth waiting for.



Brief first impressions - click here.

The first Xebec finished. And how I got there ( click here .) https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oS5Gwbm-Uqs/XteWsRvKH5I/AAAAAAAABmo/1Cx5NHAzxj8AXEXW1R4PjSPqDiKTmErqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Xebec%2Bmodeal%2BA1.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eTBSF38HIx0/XteWsazJMHI/AAAAAAAABmk/KQMlA2T7LVEz3hsxG0EOP4pquxOP4-ZMQCLcBGA...

Seems you have got your hands full on a modelling scale :D :wink: 1/450th Scale you say? Pretty large. You know those two Companies and their 1/450th Ranges I presume https://minairons.eu/en/76-1-600-catalogue - 1/450th is part of that and https://www.peterpig.co.uk/pirateships.html Yes, it’s mainl...

After moaning about Barry's use of Xebecs in the free example 4Play scenario pack*, I decided to build my own 1/450 models... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8pjdpXvq3bI/XtJGih6BPXI/AAAAAAAABik/PjdMuxMZmOkjcUIWsE1C1lhqBFM-bfCLwCK4BGAsYHg/s320/brig%2Bprow%2Bdetail02b.jpg The whole sorry procedure on my Wo...

Added some reinforcements to my nascent fleets (click here):



Two more Dutch ships and one English (they are starting to feel very outnumbered!)

Great minds...



(Mine are going to be Moldavians/ Wallachians)

Anyway back on topic (I think I managed to derail myself somehow...) Some thoughts about big models for use in my impractical chosen scale of 1/450... on my Workbench blog (click here... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-epUcneXy03Q/XnJ21TR_waI/AAAAAAAABYQ/8JhFeynF8zQyhwi5QaNSqW5n3wDUq8ZXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/...

not sure why you can't comment on the blog. DOB can't either. I will ask the VA Oracle Could be a case with Browser Pop up Blocker. Might be no harm if you check this in your Browser. If I knew what a browser was and where to find it? I would try that but it seems strange that I can post here witho...

I do sometimes think that "mission creep" is a concept very familiar to wargamers! A logical expansion for you though and a good excuse to use Poles at the height of their powers rather than the sad shadow of the GNW.

No gaming or other group activities means I have time to take some pictures of where I am with my Ottoman project: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irBMXQAJd80/XoiO5gNEXdI/AAAAAAAABaw/f-wpobMMINIWKcLX0_qPgQ7qKgBTn2KewCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Janissary%2BOrta02.jpg Those are Warfare figures, they are making up a d...

Friedrich August I. wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:39 pm

barr7430 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:12 pm

not sure why you can't comment on the blog. DOB can't either. I will ask the VA Oracle

Could be a case with Browser Pop up Blocker. Might be no harm if you check this in your Browser.

Good call Günter, I now have a voice (bwa ha ha!)

I saw the first blog post, tried to leave a a comment but it doesn't let me (probably quite a good policy!*) Looked like a really good way to include the influence of characters. It does seem like a period when captains and admirals were important and often in the thick of the action. The frequent h...

barr7430 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 14, 2020 5:55 pm

watch out for a wee post tonight or tomorrow on single ship-ish combat:)

I'm already finding I can lose a single ship REALLY quickly!

Basically you're just a slacker; is that what you are saying?