Project Actium

Well I finally got around to painting and basing the C in C 1/1200th Roman ships I bought from a fellow TMPer several months ago. I split them into two fleets with about equal numbers of liburnian, trireme and quinquereme. I still have several cargo ships to paint too. Here they are representing the portion of the Battle of Actium with Cleopatra preparing to break out - those central ships are previously painted Langton and Valiant models.

Here are the C in C models - the red ones are Antony's fleet and the blue ones Octavian's.

The previous owner had most of the models painted with brown enamel. I soaked them in Green Stuff and used a toothbrush to remove the old paint. After a black undercoat, the oars were dry brushed a wood color. As they are about 60 of these total - I went into a production line method of painting. No fancy colors - just basic red and blue besides the natural wood areas.

I think the ones with covered decks are the quinqueremes - I think.

For the bases I cut up a plastic sign from a hardware store (Lowe's). This was a tip from a TMP post - the plastic is the same type as the Evergreen ones sold in hobby shops; but at a fraction of the cost. This sign cost about $5.00. Acrylic caulking was textured onto the bases and painted a blue green with white caps.

I currently have Roman Seas for rules, but plan on trying other sets out too. I would like a set with less charts; Roman Seas is still a good set though. I like using a hex mat for ease of movement too.