The naval project, hinted at in my previous post, is indeed Great War naval in 1/2400. This marks a return to one of my original historical projects, as I first dabbled with these dreadnoughts in the mid 1990's using the fine miniatures from CinC. Another attempt in this century was made with 1/3000 ships and again with 1/1800, but nothing really stuck and many of these ships were accidentally discarded.
But, the world turns and so does my attention, and here we are back with 1/2400, this time with GHQ ships. I am trying to guide this project along a few lines: one, as a solo project I am going to try and not get too carried away with purchases (we'll see!); two, also along the lines of a solo project I am going to try and purchase these ships as they come on sale from GHQ or other sources; three, limiting the theatre of operations to the Baltic (and maybe the Black Sea); and lastly to not be too concerned with historical squadrons and just get a game on.
First up are some Russians:
GHQ lists them as BB-class, but in reality they are pre-dreadnoughts. Slava and Tsessarevitch are survivors of the Russo-Japanese War, and Imperator Pavel is only slightly more recent.
A mixed bag of cruisers:
And a few German heavy units:
The shift away from purely historical encounters starts straight away with these selections. SEYDLITZ, as far as I know, did not engage in any combat missions in the Baltic during the Great War, but I certainly will put her in harm's way. And SEYDLITZ will not be the only one, as I intend to get the Russian Gangut-class battleships in action as well, eventually.
Next item on the list is rules. I have some in mind already, old ones and newer ones to try out.
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