Italo-Turkish & First Balkan Naval Wars

[pierre the shy]

The green fields of France in 1914 are calling d_Guy

Time for a sea change Paul?  

[paulr]

 

[paulr]

Base coated the next two batches; Italians & Austro-Hungarians

Summoning the enthusiasm to base 47 ships

[JeffNNN]

Apologies if this is further back in the thread, but what rules are you planning to use? I've got currently unemployed Russian and Japanese fleets for 1904

[paulr]

Hi Jeff,

We use General Quarters I & II with some pre-Dreadnought mods from the GQ Yahoo group.

I've tweaked the mods a bit further by changing the Defence Factors (DF) from 1 per 2,000 tons to 1 per 500 tons displacement and scaled the Attack Factors (AF) appropriately.

They are a simpler set of rules than the more modern GQ III but we use them for WWI, WWII and pre-dreadnoughts and find they give plenty of period feel and play much faster

[paulr]

Enthusiasm was summoned to base 47 ships
Unfortunately real life got in the way
But I shouldn't complain about a nice lunch and stroll around town with my wife on a beautiful day

We also managed to finish our Napoleonic game last night, all I will say is the Brigade of Guards felt let down by the Scots

I got the first 14 ships based before breakfast this morning

[JeffNNN]

Hi Jeff,

We use General Quarters I & II with some pre-Dreadnought mods from the GQ Yahoo group.

I've tweaked the mods a bit further by changing the Defence Factors (DF) from 1 per 2,000 tons to 1 per 500 tons displacement and scaled the Attack Factors (AF) appropriately.

They are a simpler set of rules than the more modern GQ III but we use them for WWI, WWII and pre-dreadnoughts and find they give plenty of period feel and play much faster

d
Thank you sir, I'll have a look. Trying to find a set I can use solo till my friend sorts out final version of his rules and does Russian stats.

[pierre the shy]

I got the first 14 ships based before breakfast this morning

I have managed to finish and base 4 ships since the order arrived.....  

Thank you sir, I'll have a look. Trying to find a set I can use solo till my friend sorts out final version of his rules and does Russian stats.

Have a look here if you want to get a copy of GQ 1 or 2 http://navwar.co.uk/nav/default.asp?MMID=103

Despite their age they reprinted the rulebooks last year. As Paul says they are a very good set of rules.

[paulr]

I have managed to finish and base 4 ships since the order arrived.....  

I have a few less distractions as my kids no longer live at home, or even in the same city

Based the remaining 33 ships

Cut out and prepared the bases for the next couple of batches

[paulr]

Finalised the Battle of Elli scenario ready for Saturday evening

Waves and wakes painted on the latest batches

Good progress on painting the bases for the next couple of batches

Decks painted on next couple of batches

[toxicpixie]

I can second the call to General Quarters (I/II), they're a rockingly good set of simple, quick and tactical fleet level rules

Good luck getting them all on table, sounds like you're at least 50% firing all cylinders

[paulr]

Finished painting the bases for the next couple of batches

Painted the details of the next couple of batches

Touched up the next couple of batches
Managed to avoid the death spiral of

... hull then decks ..... then hull then decks .... then  hull .... then decks    ... then the fr*gg*n hull .....   

[paulr]

Glued magnetic vinyl on bases for next couple of batches

Cut out labels for next couple of batches
Will glue those on shortly

Washed next couple of batches

Weather cooperated so last batches varnished

[paulr]

I even managed to take some pictures despite some clouds changing the lighting

The last of the Ottomans, 3 Ironclads


Some more Italians, 3 Battleships and 3 Armoured cruisers


A Gunboat and two Torpedo cruisers


Four Destroyers and ten Torpedo boats


The first of the Austro-Hungarians, 9 Battleships


Three Protected cruisers and two Armoured cruisers


Four Destroyers and eight Torpedo boats


A close up of the Austro-Hungarian Battleship Monarch (to give a better idea of the 'Montecuccolin' green)

[pierre the shy]

very nice as usual Paul  

Just as well the KuK Marine decided to use the names of former rulers for their battleships rather than for their torpedo boats - trying to fit "Erzherzog Ferdinand Max" instead of "74T" on a destroyer sized base would be challenging