Royal Navy Ships of the Line

I was kindly asked by a friend of mine, who has been inspired by some recent games of Blood, Bilge and Iron Balls at the club, if I could paint and rig some ships for him. 

Of course I said yes and we looked at one of the Langton's starter sets. It comprises of the 100 gun Royal Sovereign, the 80 gun Caesar, a 74 gun and a 64 gun.

These were the first ships I have done for about 8 years(!) so I was a little nervous about getting back in to the swing of the rigging! I was actually really pleased with how they came out, I have better lighting these days and also magnifying specs which really helped.

Here are some close up shots of them:

100 gun HMS Royal Sovereign - this includes a little jolly boat from NavWar of which I had a few going spare.

80 gun HMS Caesar

74 gun 'Common'

64 gun 

Spanish Commissions

Here are a few photos of a recent Napoleonic 'Armada Espanõla' I was commissioned to produce.
100 gun from Skytrex, albeit Langton base and rat lines 
A selection of other Skytrex ships




And an 80 gun and two 74s from Langton

Spanish frigates

I'm afraid life has taken a turn for the busy over the past few months with our house being renovated; time for hobbies has been negligible. However, I was able last week to produce a couple of 36 gun Spanish frigates for a commission - a short post, more to let any readers know I'm still here!

Commissions

I've been approached to do some commissioned work for my ships.

I'm not in the league of some naval modellers such as ModelJShip or JWhite, but then I wouldn't charge as much either!

If you are interested in commissioning me to do a ship or two (or indeed any other painting/terrain)for your wargames/collections then please use the contact form in the sidebar.

Many thanks!