Mad For War - 2nd Anglo-Dutch War - 1/1200 Scale Ark royal ships

 

Looking back on my posts, I seem to have missed posting the last of my 2 posts on my Dutch ships from Barry Hilton's Ark Royal Miniatures.

As you can see we have the 44 gunned Stad Gouda, the 26 gunned Schakerlo, the 26 gunned Schiedam and lastly the 26 gunned Overijssel.

Lastly the bases are once again from Warbases.

Mad For War - 2nd Anglo-Dutch War, The Dutch 1/1200 Captured English ships

 

Before the rest of the Rejects hoisted their colours and chose which countries ships they wanted to paint up, I had already bought the set squadrons of English and Dutch, from the Mad For War lists. Here. Lee wanted to do another English squadron, so I volunteered to do another Dutch squadron. 

I didn't really want a copy of exactly the same ships, so I asked Barry to come up with another squadron?

Which he did!

And in this squadron were these two ships, above we have a captured English 44 gun ship, the Essex.

and another captured English ship, the Leopard, now known by its Dutch spelling, Luipaard. 

The Luipaard is s a 50 gunner.

Here's Barry's list for my 2nd Squadron

76 gun flagship from ARD011

50 gun English prize from ARD012 (English style sails) (Not in the standard squadron pack)
44 gun English Prize from ARD012 (English style sails) (Not in the standard squadron pack)
44 gun from ARD012 (Dutch style sails)(Not in the standard squadron pack)
2 x 38 gun Frigate from ARD014 (Not in the standard squadron pack)
3 x 26 gun older hired merchants from ARD25 (Not in the standard squadron pack)
3 x fireships + 3 burning fireship models (pinnaces, fluyts) (Not in the standard squadron pack)

I do have a few more Dutch ships to post, so look out for those in the next post.

Mad For War - 2nd Anglo-Dutch War, The Dutch 1/1200 ships

I've finally painted up all of my 1/1200 Ark Royal ships, its taken me way longer than I thought it would!!

Well that's a lie straight off, I've still got a few bits to paint up........

 

Unlike the rest of the Rejects who all bought 1 squadron each, typically for me, I went over board and bought 2 Dutch squadrons and 1 English, with a few single ships added on the side, just for fun!!!

These two ships above are the largest Dutch ships, in the fleet, representing 2x 76 gunners, the Zevon Provicien and Eendragt.

Followed by 3x 60 gunners, Amsterdam, Provincie Utrecht and Groot Hollandia.

Unlike Reject Richard & BigLee, I've neither added the ratlines or rigging, its a long story......

We all planned not to do rigging and ratlines, but Richard did, so me and Lee felt the pressure to do so, Lee added rigging, while I bought all the ratlines for my fleet, which I will admit cost a fair few pennies, then put them in a safe place and now can't find the buggers!!!

So, one day I will get around to do the rigging and ratlines for my ships, but when that will be is anyone's guess.

And that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

So my plan is to post up some of the ships, over the next few weeks.

Thanks for paying my little slice of the wargaming world a visit!!

AHPC14 - Maritime - 1/1200 Ark Royal Advice Yachts

 

Last year, the Rejects joined Barry Hilton of the League of Augsburg fame, at the Rapture Show at Chatham Dockyard to refight the Dutch "Attack up the Medway" in 1666, using Barry's very own Mad for War rules, we all bought some ships, which I had been painting up prior to the Challenge. It was pretty apt to see the Maritime bonus round, so I quickly painted up two ships!

Maritime: Something wet and offshore

The ships are from Barry's Ark Royal Miniatures for the Anglo-Dutch Wars and can be found here. on the League of Augsberg website.

The other Rejects, Lee, Rich and Steve have chosen to use a water effect paste as the sea, but me and Postie are going rogue with the old method of polyfilla and paint.

The figures are Advice yachts on the left we have a Dutch ship and on the right their foe, the English.

The Yachts would usually carry messages or perhaps the Admiral of the fleet!

Ark Royal Miniatures are 1/200th scale, so are rather dinky, so I thought I'd have a Warlord paintpot added for scale. as for the points, I used this green wash mixed randomly with a blue was to try and get a decent sea colour, not too blue, not too green but a bit of both.

 Reject Lee Hadley posted up his Blue squadron of English earlier in the Challenge and was awarded 15 points each, although most of his ships were bigger ships??

So its a definite 20 points for the bonus round, but I'll let Teemu decided my fate on the points per ship.

Fathers Day - The Haul

 

I am a lucky lad, I have 4 beautiful daughters, who understand that their Dad likes to play with soldiers!

They asked me what I'd like for Father's Day, as I'd already bought Barry Hilton's Mad For War rules at Broadside the other week, I thought it'd be a good idea to get some ships?

Or rather give in to inevitability and get some ships.....

An English Squadron for the 2nd Anglo/Dutch War

And a Dutch squadron too!

With a few freebies from Barry!

A 40, 80 and 100 gun English ship

A big thanks you to Emily, Abi, Holly and Nieve xxxx

for my pressies!!!

Rapture, Medway Gaming Festival - Dutch Attack on the Medway, June 1667

 

At Parizan in 2022 I had a very long chat with Sir Barry Hilton of League of Augsberg, Beneath the Lily Banners and Donnybrook fame, whilst admiring his wonderful display of the Attack on the Medway in 1667, using his new Mad for War rules.

After the show a thought occurred to me, to see if I could persuade Barry to come down to Kent, to join the Rejects at Rapture Gaming Festival, funnily enough held at Chatham Dockyard, where we could refight the Attack on the Medway game. After all what better place to play the game, than the docks that were actually attacked.

He didn't need any persuading!

See Barry's post here.

Unfortunately for Barry, he's got a longer journey than most of the Rejects, it'll take us a mere 17 minutes and 9.2 miles, while Barry's journey will be 430 miles or a 860 mile round trip, that's dedication for you!!!

So if you feel fighting fit come and join Barry and the Rejects at Medway Gaming Festival on the 1st and 2nd of July at The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Main Gate Road, Chatham, Kent.

The Raid on the Medway, during the Second Anglo-Dutch Wars in June 1667, was a successful attack conducted by the Dutch navy on English warships laid up in the fleet anchorages off Chatham Dockyard and Gillingham in the county of Kent. At the time, the fortress of Upnor Castle and a barrier chain called the "Gillingham Line" were supposed to protect the English ships.

The Dutch, under nominal command of Wilem Joseph van Ghent and Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter over several days bombarded and captured the town of Sheerness, sailed up the Thames estuary to Gravesend, then sailed into the River Medway to Chatham and Gillingham, where they engaged fortifications with cannon fire, burned or captured three capital ships and ten more ships of the line and captured and towed away the flagship of the English fleet, HMS Royal Charles.

Politically, the raid was disastrous for the war plans of Charles II of England. It led to a quick end to the war, and a favourable peace for the Dutch. It was one of the worst defeats in the Royal Navy's history, and one of the worst suffered by the British military. Horace George Franks called it the "most serious defeat it has ever had in its home waters

Hopefully we'll see you there!!!