So I finally got all my bits painted up for Hammerin Iron, ships, newer ships, some even newer ships, forts and wrecks and objectives etc. So ensuring I took the picture from far enough away to make my paint jobs look half decent....here's the selection.
Look good, I like the wrecks
Very impressive looking array.
That does all look very nice!
I really should get around to painting mine one day...
You have been busy, it all looks very good, especially with the extra bits like the wrecks and shore based bits.
Thanks - this is the accumulation of I think three different purchase points. An initial load to get me going in the game a couple of years back with rules, mat and starter fleets, then an expansion once I liked the game and models - to give some variety. The last batch in the last couple of months where I did the wrecks, and about another half dozen ships to get more options. I am still short in the 500-750pts range and tinclads so I am trying to work on that next I think (after another project gets done.
Because I bring everything to the table for games at my club I have laminated 6 different fleet lists for each side which between them use all the ships I have in some combination and it gets games down fast.
I do have a bunch of the markers for mines, torpedo boats, subs and damage but didn't include them in the picture because since I did them they have flaked badly and and I am trying to work out how to fix that paint adherence issue. I am struggling a little because the metal fire/smoke markers from the same packs are all fine (and visible perched on a couple of the wrecks in the fleet picture), same with the penny mounted guns you can see for the Army Support Asset and the sheds I use for Depot objectives which were painted at the same time.
The wrecks I mounted on CDs so its rapidly obvious that it is a marker not a live ship and it fills the hex nicely, plus its easy to twirl to line up with active ships moving into the hex and not affect the game or get mixed up. I am toying with buying more mortar rafts so I have 16 and can make 4 strings of 4 each for the in water objective but that's not necessary. I have a few spare guns from the wrecks that rather than put on the wrecks I plan to paint a second set of Army Support Asset markers....but I just found my textured paint has gone solid and since it appears to be a latexy compound I think that unlike plain acrylic paint I cannot regenerate that with isopropanol.
The only thing I am missing from all this, and so from the Flotilla lists I have put together, is the Large Fort model which I am toying with getting....
Myrm, I am very impressed with what you have achieved so far. I always start my metal figure/model painting with Vallejo white primer (not undercoat), which is designed to adhere to metal. It can be applied as a spray, but I prefer to hand paint - slower but it does get in all the nooks and crannies. Since last autumn I have slightly changed my painting technique and now apply a black primer, produced by Stynylrez, on top of the white primer. This seems to prevent most of the paint flaking problems which come from handling figures and also assists with shading.
I must admit after receiving the wrecked ships and seeing the other fleet out. It has inspired me to get mine out dust them off and start on the Rebel fleet, and make a large fort.
I was thinking of doing Fort Massachusetts which is on the mouth of the Mississippi and is a Semi circle shaped Brick fort.
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Miles
You have a very good fleet there. Lots of good conversions. How about some games this year??
Would love to, haven't played the game for a while,so i am a bit rusty. Must do some ships cor objectives as well.
Getting back into playing CWB with Colin as well, i had forgotten how go the game plays when you apply the rules.
Think we have a good game table for Fisticuffs, but would make a good table for a good afternoon as well.
That's a mighty-fine looking fleet, Miles!
Oh that is an impressive looking fleet there - and that's just the Union?
That was well worth a look. I must get my stuff out, paint up the remainder and get some river actions in. currently working on early WWI at present. will put up some photos once I have some Tommies painted up.
Yes as i never got around to doing a Confederate fleet. But i think i might remedy that. I ve started on my Large fort and started to scratch build the 4 "target" ships as well. Then i will get on with the others