Re: OT: Scratchbuilding a fleet
Yeah mine unfortunately probobly don't look as individually "Detailed" however I also went for a more "artistic" approach where all the ships are slightly unique to one another.
This will fit with the race Fluff for my friend and my game so that isn't a problem for me.
Also one of the things that I am planning on doing is creating a slightly more uniform appearance the larger the ships get representing the fact that bigger ships are obviously harder to make unique and yet the same "class".
The largest ship I plan on making depending on available wood will be 6 inches long and 3 wide with a top deck 5 inches long and 1 1/2 wide though the official max ship size for the models given there is 4 by 2.
I only plan on making one or two of these to represent the flagships of my navy for my campaign with my buddy and if I can get access to his Digital camera I'll show you a pic of my current fleet.
Oh BTW if your wondering the cost so far it has cost me 4 dollars to get the necessary wood and other materials and I ALREADY have 26 frigates, 18 destroyers and 9 merchantmen (though only the frigates and 3 merchies are finished) and I'm only half way through my FIRST block of wood.
My planned fleet will be as big as I have free time and a few spare dollars because so far it's relaxing and entertaining and after I coat my ships they feel just like plastic so they're pretty tough.
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