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Hoplite
I think this one is the best of the bunch, but that does not mean I'm happy with it.
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Hoplite
Rear view.
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Hoplite
Side view.
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Hoplite
The face is completely mucked up.
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Hoplite
The final highlight is probably too light.
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Hoplite
Rear view.
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ACW Fleet
Here's my ACW riverine forces. All are NavWar 1/1200 models.
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ACW Fleet
I've these for some years, but I just recently based them.
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ACW Fleet
The Maury gunboats. This was supposed to be a class of 100 mass-produced guboats, but only these two actually saw service.
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ACW Fleet
Blockade runner.
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ACW Fleet
The famous CSS Virginia. Or Merrimack, if you prefer. But it certainly wasn't the only vessel to change owners in this war.
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ACW Fleet
CSS Manassas, or maybe it's a crash landed UFO?
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ACW Fleet
Another nifty CSS ram, the Albemarle.
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ACW Fleet
Classic sternwheeler riverboat, USS Forest Rose.
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ACW Fleet
USS Tyler, a timberclab sidewheeler gunboat.
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ACW Fleet
USS Essex, pretty typical casemate ironclad.
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ACW Fleet
The classic USS Monitor, the first turreted warship in history. Even though it was primarily a land war, ACW saw a lot of firsts in naval warfare.
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ACW Fleet
USS Chippewa, a gunboat.
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ACW Fleet
USS Chippewa from the other side. I really don't know what those outrigger thingies are.
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ACW Fleet
USS Cairo, another typical casemate ironclad.
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WWI British ships
The British present an ideal bombing target. Too bad there aren't any viable bombers around...
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WWI British ships
This is the contents of the NavWar 1/3000 WWI British starter pack.
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WWI British ships
A K-class destroyer, Ambuscade. For some bright reason the admiralty renamed the Acasta -class as K-class, even though none of the ships have names starting with K.
And what the heck is an ambuscade anyway?
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WWI British ships
Ambuscade close up.
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WWI British ships
Light cruisers Champion and Calliope, in late war setup.
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WWI British ships
Here's the Calliope.
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WWI British ships
Light cruisers Birmingham and Nottingham.
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WWI British ships
Birmingham. WWI era light cruisers tended to be much smaller than the ones in WWII.
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WWI British ships
Battlecruiser Lion. Darn long ship, almost didn't fit on the base.
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WWI British ships
Interesting inner courtyard... The British painted the turret tops on their capital ships green.
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WWI British ships
KGV, a popular name for British battleships. Unlike some WWI battleships, these did not survive to WWII. They were scrapped and another ship bore the same name.
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WWI British ships
Battlecruiser Invincible, one of the victors of the extremely one-sided battle near Falklands.
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WWI British ships
The one that started it all: Dreadnought, though again, this was not the first ship to bear this name.
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WWI British ships
But even Jackie Fisher didn't get everything right at first. Dreadnought's turret layout is designed for stern chases which unduly limits its broadside capability.
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WWI British ships
Royal Sovereign. These big ships with 15 inch guns mostly made it to WWII.
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WWI British ships
Queen Ellie, pride and joy of the royal navy.
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WWI British ships
M-class destroyers.
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WWI British ships
Mischief up close.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
Kev White's early work: Firstborn Iron guard.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
And the obligatory overhead view.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
Basic trooper. Curiously, there are four poses of the trooper in the boxed set, but only two in blisters.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
Leader. This guy came without a tab for the base. As his pose is also a rather tiptoe one, I attached a 2mm wire to the base and drilled a hole for it under the skirt.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
Another basic trooper.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
Yet another trooper. The official color scheme was a bit black, but I wanted to give them silver armor to offset them against the swordsmen and macemen.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
The final trooper pose.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
Standard bearer. The soft metal pole in not very good for this.
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Firstborn Iron Guard
Closeup of the standard bearer.
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Greeks
Three hoplites and one unidentified light trooper.
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Skirmisher
This is the first mini I did entirely in the Foundry/Dallimore 3-color style. Unfortunately, the results aren't that hot.
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Skirmisher
Side view of the skirmisher.
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Skirmisher
Another view of the skirmisher.
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Hoplites
These are Essex figures. They are also an experiment in the Foundry 3-color style, but the end result looks more like something from a Navigator ad.
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Hoplite
Thankfully no face visible...
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