Spanish Attack on Port Royal

 As one of the Spanish players involved in our Blood and Plunder Campaign still going strong nearly a year later, I've been able to change history and build up a fairly strong Fleet. Combining with the second Spanish player, we have two Galleons, two Merchant Frigates, four Brigs/Brigantines, and six Sloops. The following photos preview an upcoming game that will show the Spanish assaulting Port Royal in 1666. The game will consist of 1/700 and 1/600 scale models from Warlord Games Black Sails; Firelock Games Oak and Iron; and Leviathan Design. The 2D map is taken from a 17th century map, and Fort Charles I constructed out of balsa wood. We're going to use regular Blood and Plunder rules as this may be a one-up game at this scale and don't want to complicate matters by learning another set of rules. 

The amazingly narrow Port Royal peninsula with the Spanish on left (Sloops at top; Galleons/Frigates at center; Brigs lower left), and Buccaneer and Merchant ships on right. Harbor entrance is at top with Fort Charles at the peninsula's tip...

Focusing on the Galleons (l) and Frigates (r) approaching Ft Charles...

Down on the decks so to speak...

Fort Charles. Incredibly I located a source that showed me the exact guns, caliber and positions within the fort. Nine guns total at this early stage, two 12lb; four 9lb; and three 6lb...

While the rest of my Port Royal was simply drawn then painted, I just had to model the Fort in 3D. I didn't attempt to model the actual gun embrasures (afraid that the the balsa would simply begin to fall apart) but I like how the paint effects worked at this scale...

We'll see how the fight goes this coming Wednesday...