Post by toaster on Jul 27, 2012 17:59:08 GMT -5
My wife has taken up naval modeling in 1/1200 scale and it wasn't long before she asked about naval wargaming, of course Naval Thunder was the first I thought of and so she purchased a copy, this left us needing some gaming scale fleets that had to meet 3 requirements:
1 - Cheap
2 - Quick to make (I have my own projects on the go)
3 - They were not allowed to look better than Kylie's display models.
Those who are married will understand that no. 3 is the big one.
So I suggested that I make some simple cardboard silhouette models for gaming and last Saturday while she was out of the house I made a start, after a week I have
It's possible I exceeded my brief slightly but after calculating what we didn't have to spend on models she forgave me.
The models are made of layers of thick (approx 1mm) cardboard and I use 3 layers for a destroyer, 4 for a cruiser and 6 for a capital. This leaves them to narrow in beam for their scale but remember point 3.
Here are the components for a Revenge class battleship
The scale length is marked out and then the outline sketched in without to much concern for pinpoint accuracy.
I added masts to the freighters because they are such a distinctive feature but I've resisted the temptation to start adding details to the rest of the ships as once I start down that path it won't stop till I find myself attempting to sculpt leaping dolphins in the bow wave and I'll be taking a month on each model, this would definitely get me in trouble with point 3.
I mentioned the idea of making a troopship to go with the freighters and was immediately ordered to make a model of the Aquitania which her grandfather sailed to the war on, so much for point 3 on this one.
So in a little more detail here's the Royal Navy
The Kriegsmarine
Yes I know I don't need the U-boats but it seemed incomplete without them
And the Regia Marina
And to give an idea of scale a flower class corvette on my finger
Dressing these up for those who want to try something similar would be easy enough, the first thing would be to replace the turrets with scrap plastic and wire and trim the bridge structure to a more accurate plan shape.
Robert
1 - Cheap
2 - Quick to make (I have my own projects on the go)
3 - They were not allowed to look better than Kylie's display models.
Those who are married will understand that no. 3 is the big one.
So I suggested that I make some simple cardboard silhouette models for gaming and last Saturday while she was out of the house I made a start, after a week I have
It's possible I exceeded my brief slightly but after calculating what we didn't have to spend on models she forgave me.
The models are made of layers of thick (approx 1mm) cardboard and I use 3 layers for a destroyer, 4 for a cruiser and 6 for a capital. This leaves them to narrow in beam for their scale but remember point 3.
Here are the components for a Revenge class battleship
The scale length is marked out and then the outline sketched in without to much concern for pinpoint accuracy.
I added masts to the freighters because they are such a distinctive feature but I've resisted the temptation to start adding details to the rest of the ships as once I start down that path it won't stop till I find myself attempting to sculpt leaping dolphins in the bow wave and I'll be taking a month on each model, this would definitely get me in trouble with point 3.
I mentioned the idea of making a troopship to go with the freighters and was immediately ordered to make a model of the Aquitania which her grandfather sailed to the war on, so much for point 3 on this one.
So in a little more detail here's the Royal Navy
The Kriegsmarine
Yes I know I don't need the U-boats but it seemed incomplete without them
And the Regia Marina
And to give an idea of scale a flower class corvette on my finger
Dressing these up for those who want to try something similar would be easy enough, the first thing would be to replace the turrets with scrap plastic and wire and trim the bridge structure to a more accurate plan shape.
Robert
