I received an unusual request on Shapeways recently, which was to make a full-hull Roman trireme in 1:700 scale. Why is that unusual? Well, given that wooden ships tend to be quite small, 1:700 scale doesn't exactly make for a nicely-sized display model. Regardless, I think it came out quite well, 88 oars and all:
I could have done a much better job "painting" it, but I think I'll save that for the day that I make a 1:300 scale model in multiple pieces.
You may not be able to tell, but this is sitting on a water base. It's not the nice water base that I've experimented with before, since I did this with older software. Besides, with a very shallow draught (1,25 metres, and even that is generous for a ship of this type), and the oars barely dipping, it's difficult to see.
Now that I think about it, the eyes might be a little bit too far apart. Then again, these eyes are more Egyptian than Roman, so I should probably make different eye decals anyway.
That stern looks more like that of a liburna than a trireme, at least at the waterline. Whatever, triremes are supposed to have rows of shields on the main deck, but there is no way to include such details at this scale.
There is plenty of room on the deck for arrow towers and a corvus (Latin for "raven") boarding bridge. Such variants may appear in my shop, so if that sort of thing interests you, keep your eyes open. Until then, here is the basic model:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/JS2U3RZAC/1-700-full-hull-roman-trireme
