Now on to the project which got me into this blog. Making card ships.
Part inspired by Eric Hotz ships but made in a smaller size and less complicated to build, I gradually devised a series of ships in 10cm - about 1/450 scale or so.
They are printed -out flat and in one piece so not so much cutting and fitting as with Hotz ships.
However, discussing with others, people dont seem to like paper /card for ship models. Lead has the lead as one could say. However, weight and the elimination of painting argues well for them in my opinion.
First, various Greek triereis. Early, open style with crews visible toiling away.
A mix of different styles. With sidescreens or not. More or less decorated.
Here come the barbarians! Persians with their exotic triereis...and lots of deck fighters.
For figures it is simply a matter of print and fold - maybe stick them on a base.
For figures it is simply a matter of print and fold - maybe stick them on a base.
Now for the Carthaginians - a mix of Hotz ships printed smaller plus my own.
And the Romans with their scary quinqueremes - again with deadly Roman deckfighters.
I am still a big fan of the elegance of design and satisfaction of creating a 3d model from a flat piece of card. They are colourful and cheap. Still not sure what will become of them.
I like the ship models, not so sure about the figures.
ReplyDeleteFor my Hotz ships I have some 6mm figures, but their bases are very thick and spoil the effect so I'm still working on it.
A tip for 6mm figures is to sand th ebase very thin with file or paper and then stick them to clear acetate. Thi smakes the base less obtrusive. There are some fotos somewhere at Hotz sit eI think with bacchus figures. which look well on the ships.
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