NAUMACHIA XIII : FINAL PART

The last, and largest of my fleet are the Russian card dikrotic pentekonters from UMBUM.

I have a review of them HERE.

Two ships not passing in the night

Troops are card Greeks and Persians from PERMES

I added some inserts for deck surfaces

Coolio , Julio. Quick build for quick gaming.

NAUMACHIA : PART XII

Following behind  Demetrios' fleet, here come his opponents - the Rhodians!

A trihemiolia - Rhodian speciality

Tetrereis coming up behind the trihemioliai

Another Rhodian favourite - the tetreres

NAUMACHIA : PART XI : And still they come...

Part of Demetrios' siege fleet ? A couple of octoreis, and some covered-in triereis, two of which tow a catamaran bearing an artillery tower.

An octores with fighting tower

Fully enclosed triereis

A slog for the triereis towing the tower catamaran

The artillery tower is packed with catapults I don't have to make !

An octores with fortified bow and massive ram

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NAUMACHIA : PART X

The barbarians are here !

Persian triereis provided by the maritime cities of Arados, Sidon, Byblos and Tyre.

Equipped with spike rams rather than the later trident type or the Greek theromorphic versions.

NAUMACHIA : PART IX

Sea trading and piracy go together like a horse and carriage. It was almost assumed that if you lived outside a city you made part of your living as a leistes or robber. Sea robbers had the advantage of being able to easily destroy all witnesses and evidence...

So it wasn't long after I built some freighters that pirates also appeared, hot on their heels.

Lembi and hemioliai ambush and pursue freighters.

Can sail outlast the pirates' oar muscles?

A motley crew closes on the large freighter, whose crew resists.

But the cavalry is here ! In the form of three pentekonters.

The small freighter is safe now.

NAUMACHIA : PART VIII

And now, as the fairy lights blaze to a a crescendo of fairylightness..

My own 10mm scale constructions. Here comes a batch of triereis plus a version of the great Leontophoros maybe ..

The oars are specific type of dress-maker's pin. Yes - pushed in one by one...until I made a small jig to put several in at a time. They have to be swept back so much to reduce space taken on the table.

The men are Magister Militum 10mm. Some painted by Wild Duck Trading some by me.

The ship style is a little exaggerated to give them character and let them differ from each other.

These are fully decked triereis of late Peloponnesian Wars era to 350 or so.With hide side-screens.

A large flagship of 4th century Successors - maybe Leontophoros..
(oops towers not completely painted yet!)

And so we bid farewell to the parade of Peloponnesisk triereis....