Thursday 25 August 2011

African River Gunboat

I've been inspired some of the pictures in Le Petit Journal to do some research into colonial river gunboats for my prospective Darkest Africa forces. I quite like the idea of a French naval landing party, complete with marines, sailors and tiralleurs Senegalese. As a result, I have compiled a few contemporary illustrations of the sort of gunboat I'd like to scratchbuild in 28mm, with a few concessions due to scale and gaming practicalities. 





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8 comments:

  1. Paul O'G25 August 2011 at 12:01

    You might also find this useful:
    http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/2008/01/nile-gunboats.html

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    1. Prague Mike22 November 2016 at 14:35

      Hi Paul,

      Is it possible to view this page?

      Regards
      Michael

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  2. Jim Jackaman25 August 2011 at 12:11

    Cheers Paul...good stuff!

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  3. SteelonSand25 August 2011 at 13:21

    Great idea! - look forward to seeing this develop - my vote would be for the fifth photo down - looks like a nice big gun forward and a useful crow's nest to fire down from - kind of like the effect in the final photo....
    :-)

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  4. A J25 August 2011 at 17:20

    Good idea - Colonial African gaming isn't the same without a gunboat or two. I'm close to finishing a classic Flatiron gunboat for my own campaign. Check it out at

    http://ajstable.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html

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  5. DLI25 August 2011 at 18:29

    Look forward to seeing the finished project.Could do with one myself.

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  6. The Wishful Wargamer25 August 2011 at 20:26

    Some nice pictures there and plenty of inspiration. Great stuff!

    regards WW

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  7. Steve25 August 2011 at 21:57

    ...and those nice new Artizan French miniatures as well! :-)

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