The Spanish fleet goes up a notch with the arrival of the Santisima Trinidad. Delivering a whooping 140 guns to the party and the manoeuvrability of a 4 ton Preseli Spotted Dolerite. But despite these flaws it is bound to project fear into any opposing fleet, before it catches fire uncontrollably and sinks. JJ’s Wargames blog has much better information on this ship and I again recommend his site.
I painted up this nice model from Hagen-Miniatures based in Germany. Had really nice prompt delivery and packaging.
It’s their Vauban Island Fortress. It looks like it is based off the French fort Fort Louvois. The model came in three pieces and fitted together nicely. The guns were all provided separately. There were a couple of small air holes I should have filled but nothing big, so overall it was a really nice resin addition to the Black Seas world.
Neptuno is a third rate ship, this is not a comment from a sailor on trip advisor. It was technically a third rate. Again JJs Wargames blog will explain all. Again I tried following all of the advice from Mr Jones and was pretty pleased with the result. Still no ratlines or anchors, oops! I might write a post of the high and lows of loom ratlines at some point.
Time for a diversion across the seas. I have been following JJ’s. Wargame blog and have always wanted to have a go at some Napoleonic ships. Problem was, I did not have a clue about them. I didn’t know my mizzen mast from my dolphin striker. Luckily Jonathon Jones knows a lot and has very generously shared part of that knowledge on his blog pages, big thank you for that. Warlord Games Black Seas also offer a great scale to get started at 1:700. This really gives some nice proportions.
First up is the Spanish First Rate Santa Ana. More details on this ship and some really nice pictures can be found on JJ’s webpages. My version is bound to have some mistakes but I was fairly pleased with the result, and very thankful to Jonathan for his excellent guides. Also note, no ratlines have been added. I’m currently working on a small loom and have not quite got the technique yet.
Small conversion needed on these AB figures. The lance was removed from one and some lace removed from the officer figure. The limber horse...
