Navwar 1/3000?

Haven't heard of that, what is it?

I'm also a fan of Navwar's prices, MUCH cheaper than W@S

nagato01 I've had the NavWar WWI British and German Fleets for Jutland before and they're not that bad.

I have 4 painted and based Pre-Dreadnought Fleets mostly NavWar but some WTJ minis that I'm going to sell.

Great Britain-65 ships(a mix of Pre-Dreadnought Battleships and various Cruisers)

Germany-47 ships(similar to the British Fleet)

Austria-Hungary-21 ships

Italy-26 ships

If you're interested let me know.

Thanks
Michael

Not sure yet Nagato, but brother Ill let you know after next weekend, planning to play my first WW1 battle using these exact miniatures tomorrow, I can post some pics of the battle if you like. Been wanting to purchase some myself but am a little conflicted over scale Id be thinking 1:3000th is too small for my liking but may be the cheapest way to go, GHQ Micronauts are superb 1:1200th or 1250th cant recall exactly, but I have a few in the WW2 line which are simply stunning, but these are really expensive. Shapeways also have a huge range but once again quite exxy. Ill let you know what I think about the 1:3000th Navwar range tomorrow after taking a look at them.


Cheers for now


Dan

Hi Nagato, hi everyone,


Well John and I got busy yesterday and tried out something new....after a quick 200 pointer of War at Sea of course...lol Royal Navy Vs Regia Marina.


As promised, I took a couple of pictures of Johns Navwar 1:3000th WWI Minis, we first played HMAS Sydney Vs the Emden, we then played a "what's if" HMAS Australia (Battlecruiser) Vs the German Scharnhorst & Gneisenau lastly we played the Battle of Coronelle (forgive spelling....on the fly here). So here are just a few shots of the minis we used from the Navwar 1:3000th range of WWI miniatures:


John's Navwar 1:3000th WWI Minis, just a basecoat with a light wash and dry-brush.


The German Cruiser Emden


Scharny & Gneisenau trying to be tactical.....didn't work out so good.

My Impressions:
Mate they are ok, the sculpting isn't too bad for this scale, and they were surprisingly a little larger than I had first anticipated, so that was a good thing, they will actually paint up fairly well, there is enough room to be able to paint in some wooden decking on the Cruisers and Battleships so that was also good or you can just do as John as done here and give a base coat (primer) with a wash and dry-brush and they come up ok. The Cruisers come in at around 50mm, while the Battleships and Battlecruisers come in at roughly between 70-80mm. But mate the big seller for me was how cheap they are, around 2 Pounds or $4.00AUD each, but you can also buy Battle Packs and the big seller for me Fleet Packs of 250 ships, everything at Jutland which will be ample for any WWI game you may want to play for around $250.00AUD. It may seem like a lot but you think of the ships you would require for a half decent game using GHQ Micronaut or Shapeways and you would need to take out a bloody mortgage on your home...lol, as much as they are far superior to Navwar in terms of sculpt. 

Hope that gives you a little idea of the quality and scale of the miniatures Nagato.

Cheers mate and cheers everyone.

Dan

 

Hi Striker,

Thank you very much, the Islands you see are all made and painted by myself in my workshop.

Base - MDF Board cut with a jigsaw then bevelled with sandpaper.
Island Structure - Household grade Polystyrene cut and shaped with "Hotwire" foam cutter. Texture added with a mixture of Plaster of Paris and PVA glue added to the mix is fine grade gravel and sand, this dries hard and adds stability and body to the Polystyrene and gives a rocky effect. Of course this is painted dark grey then dry-brushed in light grey or dark brown and then Light Brown.
Flocks (grassy effect) - Fine grade sawdust mixed with green paint. (heaps cheaper than the model shop stuff and really fun to make).





Cheers guys

Dan

Thank you so much for the quick reply! The ships look absolutely perfect, I believe I will doing a combination of Navwar and WTJ in 1/3000 scale. I am currently still working my WW1 naval wargame out, if any of you are interested in playtesting the rules that'd awesome!