Okay,
the revival of my Bretonnia army keeps getting delays due to lack of
models but this idea won't leave me alone. You see, for a while my
friend Matt and I have wondered how exactly Bretonnian naval warfare
works when they don't have cannons. Logic dictates that they depend
on boarding actions and ramming manoeuvres but a few nights ago
something occurred to me:
What
if Bretonnia has invented the aircraft carrier?
I
just have this image of Bretonnian frigates acting as mobile bases
for Pegasus Knights. The Bretonnian ships close with the enemy and
whilst their peasant crews prepare for ramming speed and boarding the
Pegasus Knights sally forth to draw fire and harry the enemy crews.
Meanwhile Damsels using the Lore Of Life whip the sea up so as to
batter the enemy ships and speed their own fleet to attack positions.
Their Lore Of Beasts sisters use their own magic to augment the
Pegasus Knights' attack run.
(Yes,
I know Bretonnia is probably the most sexist and most superstitious
human nation in Warhammer so you could argue that women wouldn't be
allowed aboard. However, Damsels have long been established as beyond
all social rules enforced on the general female population and quite
a few enforced on the male population, too).
So
now my Pegasus Knights have a theme: lots of trident and merlion
heraldry to represent the coastal duchies. I wonder if I can pinch a
trident head from Matt's Lothern Skycutter for the champion?
2 comments:
In Man O'War the ships actually used catapults rather than cannons ;)
I did not know that. That's a fantastic visual. I'm imagining trebuchets on turntables.
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