tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post3558275446202179467..comments2024-03-28T22:10:41.636-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: ACW Riverine ... Part VArchduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-2902225493886946982012-01-19T22:17:11.694-08:002012-01-19T22:17:11.694-08:00Magnificant ships and lovely to see the Airfix fig...Magnificant ships and lovely to see the Airfix figures and guns (?) too- excellent project proceeding so well!tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-28429978764233982742012-01-18T17:23:04.671-08:002012-01-18T17:23:04.671-08:00Looks great, especially the forced perspective in ...Looks great, especially the forced perspective in the first pic. Underscale buildings often work well in our games, why not underscale ships and boats, too?Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-90387633026312768682012-01-18T12:38:38.012-08:002012-01-18T12:38:38.012-08:00Thanks for your comment, Ross. I'll include s...Thanks for your comment, Ross. I'll include some dimensions in another posting shortly - probably in the form of 'ship cards' for my One-Brain-Cell Rule set.<br /><br />Decently wide waterways are the trick, of course. I haven't yet figured out a suitable form for this. In past games, the river was represented by having part of the table left bare.<br /><br />Having said that, not all waterways in which gunboats operated were so very wide. The Union naval operations on the Red River were stopped cold when the Confederates blocked the stream by placing a steamship athwart the passage with the bow firmly aground on one bank, the stern equally immovable on the opposite.<br /><br />Rear-Adm Porter was most impressed.<br />Cheers,<br />IonArchduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-77603974223508756212012-01-18T08:47:59.323-08:002012-01-18T08:47:59.323-08:00Looks great! Ships in operation are normally seen...Looks great! Ships in operation are normally seen at a distance anyway. The main trick will be making sure any river is wide enough to accomodate them.<br /><br />I like the Airifx figures too!<br /> <br />I anticipate the 1st shots of the Annapoloosa Campaign to be fired this weekend and am being forced to have some steam boats operate just off table due to the lack of suitable models. I'll have to make a not to check back here when the time comes to build some.<br /><br />-RossRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com