HNoms Thor was built for the Norwegian navy in 181, whilst Norway was still part of Sweden. The Thor was an improvement over the Skorpionen class of monitors being wider, and carrying overall more armour with 7 inches (177.8mm) of deck armour and 14 inches (355mm) of turret armour. Her career was largely uneventful, with…
The Spanish Ironclad Pelayo was an ironclad battleship of the Spanish Armada, built in 1887 by the French after 3 years of construction. She would be presen for the Spanish American war, but ultimately did not openly enguage in the conflict, and was present for the outbreak of ww1, remaining as a training ship until…
The Emperor Carlos V was an armoured cruiser of the Spanish navy laid down in March 1892 and launched in March 1895 with a total displacement of around 9000 tonnes. She carried fairly heavy guns for the displacement, carrying 2 – 11 inch guns and a smattering of smaller guns around the ship, but also…
Delphines Union is a pre-dreadnought style coastal defence ship, taking much of its design influence from French ships of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The ships itself features 6 – 200mm guns and a small battery of 120mm and 47mm guns scattered around the ship. The ship operates whithin the Melisian archipelago and protects…
Salegs Revenge is a steam ship of the line which would have been produced during the early – late 1850’s, and whithin the lore of Mellisay she stands as the last age of sail ship before the plunge into the ironclad era. The construction would likely be a hybrid of iron frames and supports with…
The desert oasis diorama is a small village based around an oasis with a small trade route leading through the area. Initially the concept was sketched out on an A3 sheet along with the buildings which were individually drawn, then translated onto sketchup.
Recently I visited the Scottish maritime museum for the first time as a first time visit to the site and had a good look around on what was going on in the museum.
Welcome to my new site the calm seas. For a while I have been making 3D models of various creations with ships eventually taking the main bulk of my work. In 2017 I decided to return to sketchfab with the drive to create and release 3D models to the public beginning with my pirates and…