Gnome coastal battleship [25x35] - steampunk, gnomes and moving parts!

^("This, is a weapon of war. It's made to) *^(kill)* ^(your enemy.")

^(Colonel Jack O'Neill, Stargate SG-1, S5.E18 "The Warrior")



72DPI map available on [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K0LkrWGXlTDSbeIa_A3mmatCN_C-br2e/view?usp=sharing)

150DPI grid/gridless version available **for free subscribers** on my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-ii-gnome-156763924?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link)




Coastal battleship, trimaran with a round deck, armour and weapons.

Or, as proper gnome would call it: ***Armored-floating-war-machine-using-the-power-of-expanding-steam-to-drive-paddle-wheels-for-propulsion-and-armed-with-an-experimental-long-range-cannon-in-a-rotating-turret.***

A ship designed for calmer, shallow waters, powered by partially protected paddle wheels. A lot of cogs, gears, bolts and everything that makes the gnome happy.

Also, a proper cannon. With runic powder, provided by Gond's grace.



And... a hot steam dispensing system, with hoses. To... *flush out the decks.*





IRL inspirations and lore:

1) A bit obscure, but fascinating piece of naval history: the brainchild of Imperial Russia's admiral Popov, circular coastal battleship Novgorod .

Instead of following the Novgorod scheme I've added a few tweaks - mainly closed, rotating turret inspired by US civil war veteran and participant in first ever battle between modern armored ships - USS Monitor.

For the rest of design - it was a bit of freestyle.







**^(Credits and attributions:)**

^(Map was created in Dungeon Alchemist, with some additional assets.)

^(Great thanks for DA uploaders and creators - SAC, Centimar DeVarion, DallasRT, DangerWeasel, Vaako and smashbear76.)

^(I've used some assets published under CCA/CC0 on sketchfab - great thanks for: Freepoly org, Satisfaction, Mad\_Lobster\_Workshop and Virtual Museums of Małopolska)

^(Special nod to couchwarriortv for an idea to use iris window from DA as a gunport.)