tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post5107738247182786455..comments2024-03-20T06:24:32.426+00:00Comments on SteelonSandBlog: Oops - I did it again - 1/2400th Ironclads!SteelonSandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12231931971295669901noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-91000447411892409152010-05-08T18:51:57.175+01:002010-05-08T18:51:57.175+01:00Or, if you just want to be even more obscure, you ...Or, if you just want to be even more obscure, you can just make up your own wars. <br />I'm currently working on the American Invasion of South America in the last years of the Nineteenth century!Mr.Marxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621335430374511354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-42133424614384559882010-05-08T15:58:00.653+01:002010-05-08T15:58:00.653+01:00Haha! Yes Indeed Mr Marx, just when you thought it...Haha! Yes Indeed Mr Marx, just when you thought it couldn't get any more rarified and obscure.....always fun to research and play those lesser-known conflicts!SteelonSandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231931971295669901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-73769155393085741922010-05-08T12:50:34.503+01:002010-05-08T12:50:34.503+01:00Its good to see that someone other than me has a V...Its good to see that someone other than me has a VIctorian ear Peruvian force in 2mm(ish) scale. Good stuff!Mr.Marxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621335430374511354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-12996370969741164712010-04-23T18:39:39.539+01:002010-04-23T18:39:39.539+01:00Spread the pain!! Actually its nice to see good pi...Spread the pain!! Actually its nice to see good pics of different products - you're doing us all a favour!Mad Carewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917237078144123139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-66724837482460721572010-04-22T17:40:05.966+01:002010-04-22T17:40:05.966+01:00Hi All, thanks as always for the comments; and wha...Hi All, thanks as always for the comments; and what a particularly informative and inspiring bunch they are! I thought I was going to slip this project in as a sidebar, under the radar of my conscience, but you guys have blown it up big time!<br /><br />@El Grego and Coopdevil - great suggestions for possible rulesets, there, and it's good to know that Mr Blease is able to see just how anticipated Aquanef is!<br /><br />Sorry to give the rest of you more temptation, but if I'm constantly getting distracted, I have to at least spread the pain around.... :-)<br /><br />I think this one could run and run, what with all the cross-over potential from the ACW to What-ifs to VSF, so a definite case of 'watch this space'....SteelonSandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231931971295669901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-62442763371577809422010-04-22T10:18:31.171+01:002010-04-22T10:18:31.171+01:00Our group is a great fan of Peter Pig's "...Our group is a great fan of Peter Pig's "Hammering Iron 2" for ACW riverine games. It's for 1:600 scale resin models so would probably need the measurements adjusted to suit but probably not by very much as the PP ships seems massively oversized for the ground scale.<br /><br />IIRC USS Cairo is one of a class of about half-a-dozen US ironclads - the "city" class each named after a US city. They were identified by different coloured bands on their smokestacks, don't have the colours to hand but a Google search should turn them up. One of them was paid for by subscriptions within a Masonic lodge and had a large Mason symbol slung between the stacks.Coopdevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219253658967958289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-74519183487686167492010-04-22T07:15:06.647+01:002010-04-22T07:15:06.647+01:00"AeroNef and its counterparts are more normal..."AeroNef and its counterparts are more normally associated with 1/1200th as a scale, although of course this is somewhat elastic, given the effective use of Irregular's 2mm or 1/900th minis by most of us alongside the offerings from Brigade"<br /><br />Even more elastic, the ships I'm using at Salute are 1/1000th and the aquanef 1/600th - that said it doesn't look wrong!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785517757211882618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-7733025325123484522010-04-22T06:05:42.729+01:002010-04-22T06:05:42.729+01:00Hi SoS, I have a heap of these little beauties tha...Hi SoS, I have a heap of these little beauties that are semi painted. I was going for an ACW type set up but they are currently in their unfinished state lurking boxed up in a cupboard. Aquanef is destined for release at some point after Salute and I am really looking forward to seeing the finished article - hopefully it will give me the inspiration to finish them off although I plan to ditch the seperate bases.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />OgreDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-6480379069656863452010-04-22T00:39:48.482+01:002010-04-22T00:39:48.482+01:00Have I mentioned before how terribly wicked it is ...Have I mentioned before how terribly wicked it is of you to keep tempting me with all these projects?<br /><br />Luckily I have no extra time or money, and the whole Iceland thing has pretty much vetoed transatlantic mail for the time being, so I'm not tempted. Well, not too much.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11700154915716765394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-80444373455215353192010-04-21T21:29:44.974+01:002010-04-21T21:29:44.974+01:00I've been wondering about those minis myself -...I've been wondering about those minis myself - well done! They will work well with my Figurehead ships...<br /><br />David Manley's Iron & Fire rules might be a place to look Boggler, or even Damn Battleships Again from Phil Barker - there is an ironclads adaptation on the DBSA yahoogroup. But, I do think Aquanef might really be the way once it is available!El Gregohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15255734917358886698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-81464482394321520192010-04-21T18:53:37.467+01:002010-04-21T18:53:37.467+01:00Those ships are really nice. I can fully understan...Those ships are really nice. I can fully understand the temptation - sadly the economic climate is still too depressing here at Mad Towers, so I won't be indulging in any of those vessels fot a while.Mad Carewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917237078144123139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688947053556352475.post-90830298015320492012010-04-21T11:13:20.256+01:002010-04-21T11:13:20.256+01:00I have loads of these models, mostly Victorian Fre...I have loads of these models, mostly Victorian French and British, but have yet to find a suitable simple set of one barincell rules to use them with, so they've remained in the box.<br /><br />I might have a look at Aquanef when it comes out to see if it might work.<br /><br />Thanks for the review and the idea.Jim Jackamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00418123950779160903noreply@blogger.com