Ahoy there, ya lubbers!
I have been doing a lot of work on ships for Seahammer. I believe old Arrberg (J/S) had linked up one of my sites for creating Arabian Dhows. Silly git forgot to link up the rest of the fleet.
I have a tutorial on building ships out of pink insulation board here:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_Warpath/index.php?showtopic=22660I have three ships in the painting booth and will be completed as soon as A3 is wrapped up. You can see the fleet in the link above. On my drawing board are a corvette (Bretonnian frigate) and a greenskin brig. The foam is already cut out for those ships. Yes, I am that crazy!
I also was completing the Emporer's Dreadnaught for my son. A tutorial can be found here:
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_Warpath/index.php?showtopic=20872Of course, I abandoned that ship and the hull is going to become the base for a greenskin hulk.
For those of you who are not inclined to build a whole fleet or even one ship, there is another way to get decent ships. Gary Chalk created some nifty plans for creating ships for tabletops, and those plans are alive and for sale today here:
http://minimi.co.uk/pirates/index.htmOf course, if you would rather build something like one of these, here is a good tutorial on how to do that:
http://6mm.wargaming.info/page1010.shtmlI would highly recommend reading the Master and Commander series by Patrick O'Brien. This really gets your juices flowing, especially with Jack Aubrey's first command (The Sophie) in Master and Commander. There are some really good battles and scenarios that you can play on the tabletop.
As far as our A3 Campaign, it is almost over. I was hoping for more naval action considering the amount of sea tiles and island bases available, but only a couple of enterprising gits got after those locations. Pssst: they were easy points to get for your faction! I am encouraged that some folks did play Man-O-War and Seahammer as part of the campaign. There were some events, scenarios and epic sea battles that we never explored as part of the A3 Campaign, and I have tucked them away for future campaigns. Trust me, I have some ideas!
BTW, kudos to all the CIM folks for including sea battles. That was a really fun campaign and I tip my greenskin hat to them. It really got me motivated to get these ships in shape and tabletop ready.
Regardless, in future campaigns, I will definitely encourage having sea battles or river battle as part of the game. It is a lot of fun and really opens the door to something new.
Good luck!
Goomb