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  I’ve not successfully blogged in a while, mostly due to excessive miniature painting. I will post some of the years progress in a post soon.   Generally speaking I have not had much luck with 3d prints. Some have had poor detail, others wrong scale, others rather fragile. The only 3d prints I’ve bought that have been great was my Man-O-War fleet. It cost me £30 off Ebay for a 1000pt dark elf fleet and it’s been a blast to play with. The perfidious Brets approach my glorious dragon fleet   Man-O-War was released by GW in the 1990s, it was one of their shorter run base game plus a few expansions then done products and it is very much a game of its time. Its best and worst features are typical of 80s and 90s games.   Avast ye surly dogs!   Broad brush Man-O-War is a very traditional naval game. Your fleet will have 5-10 ships in a typical game, you have a basic system for determining wind direction, which influences sail movement. Your ships have tu...

The IJN had been deployed to the Bay of Tonkin in support of Imperial China's war against France in 1903. Set backs on land required further troop reinforcements and an escort under way in early May. The IJN fleet consisted of;   Ø   Battleship Mikasa Ø   Battleship Fuji Ø   Battleship Shikishima Ø   Cruiser Chitose Ø   Cruiser Nisshan Ø   Cruiser Idzumi Ø   Cruiser Matsushima Ø   Battleship Chen Yuan Ø   Cruiser Idzumo Ø   Cruiser Choyoda Ø   Cruiser Naniwa Ø   Cruiser Itsukushuma Ø   Cruiser Katsuragi Ø   3x destroyers   Divided into five squadrons with three transport ships in a sixth squadron.   The French Marine Nationale under Auguste Boué de Lapeyère found them at dawn. Their six squadrons consisted of; Ø   Battleship Iena Ø   Battleship Messena Ø   Battleship Henri IV Ø   Battleship Jaureguiberry Ø   Battleship Carnot Ø   2x cruiser Friant Ø   Armoured Cruiser ...