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I’ll be painting these over the next week or so to add some opposition for the French:
http://jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com/2019/04/royal-navy-black-battlefeet-heavy.html
These are the ‘big guns’ but there are turret ships, coastal defence craft, rams and frigates to follow.
I’ve also added a third Minotaur class broadside ironclad to the squadron…not looking forward to painting all the sails!
I might just take a trip down to Pompey and see the real thing. It’s only 40 minutes down the road
This is what I’m basing my painting scheme on:
Due to the scale effect, I’ll probably make the stack more yellow and use a canvas shade for the sails, rather than the whiter colour in the picture. The masts are pretty much spot on for the look I’m after, however.
That took ages…but it’s now done. I’ll be on to the decks next…..
Just done a test run on the light brown shade for the masts etc, using a frigate and sloop as a test bed. It looks a bit messy at the moment but that will be cleaned up after I’ve washed them, once all the blocking in is done. I think the colour is OK though. I’ll add a highlight later too.
I’ve spent the weekend blocking in the basic colours, ready for an ink wash tomorrow (phew!):
Started the highlighting but have only got so far today, thanks to painting the kitchen instead
Almost there, just the bases to drybrush, matt varnish and name labels to glue on
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Thanks Matt
The paddle frigate has spars from the Tumbling Dice accessories range but is supplied with sails.
I’m sure you could get spars instead if you asked Paul nicely?
I wanted to try them out to see what they looked like, so I thought a paddler would be the most appropriate option.
Here’s the next lot on the workbench this weekend, although I need to paint the bases on the other ones first. It’s a mixed flotilla of turret ships, rams and a single broadside ironclad.
All finished…although I had to add another matt varnish coat to dull down the shiny look after I varnished them
Thanks
These are all for a ‘what if?’ Anglo-French naval conflict c1870 or so, for which I’ve already played a couple of try out games with Broadside and Ram.
The plan is to work out something more structured and run series of linked games as a mini-campaign (solo at the moment but possibly at the local club too)
The furled sails are from the TD accessories set and are really easy to use but I haven’t tried the mizzen mast surgery as it would be pretty difficult.
I may have a go at some point but I’m now concentrating on rigging them….which may also be quite fiddle.
I’ve made some simple splash markers, so I’m now ready for a game with the mid-Victorian ‘what if?’ Anglo French ironclads
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