A view from the stern.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
1/1200th Tessarakonteres (from a 1/900th Deceres)
Finally managed to pick up a brush today - after several weeks of painting inactivity. This will be used in an Actium game as Cleopatra's command ship. It's a Valiant Ramming Speed 1/900th scale Deceres converted to be a 1/1200th scale Tessarakonteres; One of the largest of ships from Hellenistic times.
As the rest of the ships for this game are 1/1200th scale, this ship will be suitably large and identifiable as Cleopatra's. Here it is next to a Langton Quinquereme.
A view from the stern.
It is based upon this image of a Tessarakonteres.
The towers midship and fore were made from Green Stuff; the tent in the rear is made from spare plastic sprue. The three other ships will be painted up next as command ships belonging to Antony. They are a Langton Deceres and Octeres, as well well as another Ramming Speed Deceres.
A view from the stern.
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Great ships and conversion Dean! Cleopatra's ship looks suitably massive.
ReplyDeleteAnd if Cleopatra's ship had been smaller, would the course of history have been changed?
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Great conversion, Dean, and an imposing flagship for the Ptolemaic fleet!
Nice work especially having to re-purpose the ship!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if your brushes enjoyed the time off? Good to see works coming out of your shop again.
Wow, that's incredible detail on such tiny ships.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gents! Appreciate the continued visit and nice words. Warm Regards, Dean
ReplyDeleteGreat conversion, a fabulous work!
ReplyDeleteWell I wasn't expecting these Dean, lovely work nonetheless and a smart conversion too.
ReplyDeleteGreat work Dean, you've created a very striking looking vessel there :-)
ReplyDeleteYes very striking indeed!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful !!
ReplyDeleteI suppose that at this scale, it is quite a small ship in "real" ?
Very nice! Would be awesome to read a battle report using those lovely ships...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit and great comments, Gentlemen!
ReplyDelete@ Sam: just about 5.5cm from stem to stern.
Warm Regards, Dean
A lovely little beauty Dean!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fran. Appreciate you dropping by and your kind words. Best, Dean
DeleteFantastic, that is a heckuva big ship! I always get a bit blue when I get to reading the part where Antony & Cleopatra's combined fleets lose.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Monty. Sadly, that was their destiny. Not to mention one of Antony's generals defecting the day before and disclosing the battle plan to Octavian and Agrippa. Regards, Dean
DeleteGreat work on the conversions. I have also used the 1/900 ships as larger 1/1200s. Recently the 1/900 deceres were used as command ships in a Hail Agrippa game:
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I would like to convert a couple of the deceres to siege ships based on Murray's book:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Titans-Hellenistic-Hellenic/dp/019538864X
Mark:
DeleteThank you very much for checking out the post and also for your kind comments! I picked up the WSS issue with your article as I wanted to see how you adapted Hail Caesar. I plan to use something similar or your excellent Delos rules - as I plan to run it at a convention. I will likely add towers to the other Valiant Deceres model - also sails as although likely not used in battle they ID the ships as command vessels. I'll be interested in seeing your siege ship conversions too. Warm regards, Dean
I didn't write the WSS article so I can't take credit for the Hail Agrippa rules. My club did seem to enjoy the game, and I'm working on a magnet basing system to allow more flexibility in using those rules as well as Delos with the same miniatures.
ReplyDeleteOops, I thought it was yours - but I do like Delos ;)!
DeleteDean, it is nice to see you doing some naval stuff. Maybe all my Naval Gazing posts are rubbing off.
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Thanks, Dave. Yessir, your site is always pleasant to visit - and your nautical knowledge is impressive. Best, Dean
DeleteI finally got around to finishing my siege ship based on old Valiant hulls:
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Cool! Checking it out right now. Thanks for the update. Dean
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