From AdamC: North African Warriors Sword and Sandals, Royal Navy and Pirate ships 190 Points

These are some Muslim Warriors from North Africa for use in Saga or Lion/Dragon Rampant.  They could also serve as Tolkien's Southrons or Armies of Al-Rassan from the Books of Guy Kay.  

I decided to do alternating stripes in the fashion of the Groms of North Africa.

14 Spear armed warriors the poses are a bit casual but all in all they look good. 

The Red head wraps/scarfs are intended to tie them to the army of Cartada in Al-Rassan which I did a commander/champion for in the challenge a few yeas ago . 

Also a sword armed command group and and banner man.

our chainmail armored chief here with his elegant mustache. 

He has two sword armed body guards as an escort. the rear imagine really shows the striped coats. They should form the core of an army or an allied unit.  So we have 18 Arabes (some indeed wearing sandals) for the sword and sandals studio. 

Ok I know there may have been some disappointment with a lack of Ships(mostly myself) but I am making up for that now with 4 Royal Navy Ships HMS Colossus, HMS Ajax, HMS Naiad and HMS Indefatigable and 3 smaller craft. 

HMS Colossus one of a two ship class of British ships of the line she was heavily armed with 32 pounders and 24 pounders on her lower and upper Gun decks, respectively. 

This gave her a heavier than average broad side (most English ships carried 18 pounders on the uper deck). Colossus was purt of Collingwood's column a Trafalgar 

She engaged three enemy ships on that day Argonaute, Bahama and Swiftsure and her captain was wounded.  

HMS Ajax Ship of the line (armed in the same manner as Colossus)  with a fairly active carrier including service under Captain Cochrane in Egypt under Sidney Smith (her crew provided part of the landing force for the Battler of Alexandria) and the battle for Cape Finisterre and Trafalgar. 

I can find no details of her part in the battle of Cape Finisterre but at Trafalgar she was part of Nelson's line.  She was commanded by Lt. Pilfold there because her Captain was called in as a witness in the courts martial that resulted form Cape Finisterre. 

Ajax engaged Bucentaur and Santissima Trinidad as well as the Intrepid at Trafalgar taking only 9 casualties.  Lt. Pilfold was promoted straight to Post Captain after the battle (skipping the rang of Master & Commander)  Ajax was destroyed by fire in 1807. 

HMS Naiad an Amazon class frigate with a very active carrier during wich she engaged in several ations and captured a number of ships 

She supported Nelson's Fleet at Trafalgar relaying signals and conducting rescues and towing the Belleisle to Gibraltar. She remained in active service through out the Napoleonic Wars. 

She ended her life as a depot ship serving in that capacity from 1846 to 1898 (if she had made it a little longer she might have become a museum ship) 

HMS Indifagitable One of the most famous ships of the Royal Navy. Often called a Frigate she was actual a Razee and cut down Ship of the line.  Her most famous captain was Sir Edward Pellew readers of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower will be familiar with her actions. 

Under Pellew she captured of destroyed 16 armed ships including two frigates and a French 74 tje "Driots de l'Homme"

She als to part in the Battle of the Basque Roads. She was broken up in 1816. 

Here we have 3 Pirate vessels two Brigs and a ship sloop. 

I added stern windows to these 18 gun brigs.

Flags can be removed so they an serve in other navies 

The Ship Sloop is from two brigs (the cut down brig HMS Sophi appeared earlier in the challenge)

I gave her a bit of quarter/poop deck as well as a stern window.  She can serve as an excellent pirate ship of as Post-ship/ship-sloop or Corvette depending on the Navy. 

Points 18 x 25mm figures making 90 points Plus another 20 for the studio

The ships of the line are 15 points each and the frigates are 10 each so another 50 points

the Pirate ships are 10 points each for another 30.  

That's a total of 190 points for what will probably be my final entry.  It should also give me 3 more Squirrels.  Kids and Covid have slowed me down but its been fun and production. 

You certainly seem to have made up for the lack of ships in this last post, the British squadron and the pirate raiders look fantastic. The striped clothing on the North Africans adds a lot of character to the models, well done.

-StuartL