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One of the projects that I have been trying to find time to work on over the summer is the first Andur book. Here is an examples of work for it.
Being a trade and maritime port city, Andur sees visitors and merchants from all over the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. While many come in caravans the majority arrive by ship.
Now ships are not my strong point, but one of the things I have found frustrating has been the lack of good reference for ships from this neck of the woods. Usually all you'll only find is mention of the Dhow, as if everyone had just one type of ship. This didn't seem right since I can find neat, precise, divisions for European and American ships. Dozens of specific names and details for ships obscure and rare. Want to know what little French fishing vessel is well it is French Allege. Not to be mistaken with the Albanian Tartane. But if it is from the Red Sea its a dhow.
Fortunately I recently discovered Veres Laszlo and Richard Woodman's book "The Story of Sail" which is one of the best works I have seen on the subject. Especially since they actually devote real time and pages to ships from this region of the world.
Nuirh is a common workhorse for merchants and traders working out of and visiting Andur. Its twin lateen rigged masts and long pointed bow they sail up and down the coast of Africa and sometimes as far east as the Empire of the East.
Being a trade and maritime port city, Andur sees visitors and merchants from all over the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. While many come in caravans the majority arrive by ship.
Now ships are not my strong point, but one of the things I have found frustrating has been the lack of good reference for ships from this neck of the woods. Usually all you'll only find is mention of the Dhow, as if everyone had just one type of ship. This didn't seem right since I can find neat, precise, divisions for European and American ships. Dozens of specific names and details for ships obscure and rare. Want to know what little French fishing vessel is well it is French Allege. Not to be mistaken with the Albanian Tartane. But if it is from the Red Sea its a dhow.
Fortunately I recently discovered Veres Laszlo and Richard Woodman's book "The Story of Sail" which is one of the best works I have seen on the subject. Especially since they actually devote real time and pages to ships from this region of the world.
Nuirh is a common workhorse for merchants and traders working out of and visiting Andur. Its twin lateen rigged masts and long pointed bow they sail up and down the coast of Africa and sometimes as far east as the Empire of the East.
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These are really gorgeous! I'd love to see more. I've only recently started trying to draw sailing vessels - I'd been totally chickenshit about doing so for years, and this commission meant that I need to figure out how to do it - and there's no way one can put them on paper and not have it be both beautiful and a ton of work.
Nice work! And yes, the lack of information on the kind of ships used in Arabian waters and/or the Persian Gulf in medieval and earlier periods can be frustrating. At least it is if you're writing something set then and would like to know how they shipped large amounts of men, war materiel, and horses around!
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