Austrian ironclads, part 2

After a long delay, I decided to get the shipyards going again.  Here is a brief glimpse:

Drache

Kaiser Max

A couple of Austrian ironclads to get the ball rolling again.  I am cutting the masts down somewhat, as I understand the Austrians ships, at Lissa, had reduced their rigging in advance of the engagement.  It will help differentiate the Austrians from the Italians, although the hull paint will cover that!

Leviathans, part 2

Here are some pics of the British light cruiser for Leviathans, HML Hertfordshire:

The models for Leviathans are 1/1200 scale.  They are 'lightly' pre-painted in the colors you see in these pics, but I believe they come unassembled.

Leviathans!

At the recently concluded PAX Prime convention, I had the rare opportunity to see a great new game just before launch - Leviathans, by Catalyst Game Labs.  We had next to no spare time as we were on our way to another presentation, but I had a brief chat with Randall Bills, mastermind of Leviathans, and as a token of appreciation (we were among the early playtesters - a few years ago - for the game) Mr. Bills gave us these:

A French light cruiser on the left, and a British light cruiser on the right.  These are nice models, and I will have more pics later!

Another naval blog

If you are not already following along at Castles of Tin, you really should - great stuff!

Becalmed

Just a temporary slow-down, I am sure, but the shipyard here is looking at some downtime. Since I have not had a regular game group in several years, I do not feel any impetus towards completing projects, and with my regular game partner, my lovely wife, dropping a bit of a blast with "I don't really like naval games' (WHAT!!!!) I have lost all headway with the naval projects. I did manage to get Erzherzog Ferdinand Max cleaned up and on a base, but that has been all for many weeks. I am slowly getting stuff done with my other projects...

I'll be back I promise!