Manufactures of miniatures

[MartinWard]

With reference to the roman warships, can only go by what others have said and personal views but i purchased three warships, two roman and the other a greek warship to be honest they are basically the same, i got the greek one at a really knock down price, well under half retail price! lucky find for me, I made up the imperial ship as per instructions and to be honest the sizes didnt seem right. The other two kits were put aside until i decided to use both to make a larger(28mm)size ship, although it is going to be a bireme rather than a trireme when finished. I am planning to eventually model a beached ship on the medway crossing during the roman landings.....well big plans and all that ..... currently have widened and lengthened the ship using kit parts(the left over hull parts i have made into a small merchant boat) totally remade the deck and painted the subsequent almost finished ship with games workshop paints, i have used artistic licence and used republican shields and transfers from the fields of glory roman set to line the side rails, the sides of the ship are fully enclosed over the rowing positions. The 'outrigger' oar ports have been covered and the oars will be positioned as withdrwn into the hull when its completed. The main hurdle is the sail/mast. not sure if these would have been removed before action as i want to portray a landing on enemy soil with troops on the deck. i assume they would have been removed and the ship powered by oars to cross the medway.
Also in progress is a roman merchant ship conversion of the zvesda medieval cog which lends itself to conversion really well, albiet the planking is wrong for a start, but thats easily sorted.I must say that i was impressed at the size of the cog as its more 28mm size and will dwarf even the altered bireme i have made so far, if i remember the way to upload pics i will post some.
Various 28mm crew/marine/legionary figures by several firms are under construction as well so dont hold you breath this a work in progress at the moment with no end in sight

happy modelling you lucky people

Martin