I'm talking 1/4,800

HMS Victory gun deck is 57m @ 1/4,800 11.8mm, overall is 69m @ 1/4,800 14.4mm

Note length overall does not include the bowsprit, there are at least 5 different lengths for a vessel
LOA, LH, LOD, LPP, LWL, ...

The remaining two thirds of the masts and yards done in beige brown and US Tan Earth

Rigging next

Rigging done on half the ships 

The painting has reached an 'interesting' stage. I'm putting on very little paint but it is much more about not accidentally getting paint where it shouldn't be. The rigging is between two sets of sails which had to be painted first as they needed to be drybrushed

Rigging on the remaining ships finished

Two thirds of fighting tops done, one more colour to do

Made a start on bulwarks, three out of seven colours done

All stern and bow decoration colours done
Gold dry brush to do

Last third of the fighting tops done

Remaining four out of seven colours done on the bulwarks

All stern and bow decoration dry brushed Gold 

All hull strokes/stripes done

Touch ups, wash and model bases left to do

Prepared bases ready for painting

Both sides of bases painted and first coat on the edges of half the bases done

All base edges have had two coats

Glued magnetic vinyl to all bases

Touch ups finished on all ships

I will wash them tomorrow once the paint is fully dry

Blimey Paul, you're a machine

Washed the ships

Labelled underside of bases, just number of decks and if large

Basing tomorrow

Good timing.......got an email from Leon to say my WW1 stuff is on the way to NZ 

Put a second 'coat' of wash on the rigging so that more would settle into the lines representing the shrouds and ratlines
This worked

Touched up a few sails where the first 'coat' of wash had pooled too much, particularly on some of the outer jibs
This also worked

Painted the cast on sea

Once dry, I glued the ships to the bases

Seascaping tomorrow or maybe Sunday morning

Quote from: pierre the shy on 26 January 2017, 08:09:38 AM
Good timing.......got an email from Leon to say my WW1 stuff is on the way to NZ 

Don't worry Peter I've got some AWI terrain to keep me busy until our Pendraken (and then Navwar) orders arrive

Seascaping done

The filler, paint & PVA mix has dried a little lighter than the last lot of ships I did so I will have to paint the seascapes bases

Once dry I'll add some white wakes and wave tops

Of course now I have painted the seascapes they are slightly darker than the last batch

Wakes and wave tops done

The sea isn't all the same colour :S

The important bit is - when they're on the table, and you're an arms length away, does it look good?! Or at least acceptable