Something a little naughtical
Ghost Ship - Part One
Taking a little break from adding foliage to the islands, and thought I would knock out a quick ship.
Some time ago, I picked up a 3D printed ship from a company called OTP that is no longer in business. The ship was one that they had printed out as a sample that they would have on show on their trade stand.
To be honest, it was not very well printed and had some significant gaps that needed filling with modelling putty. I didn’t go overboard with the tidy-up on this, as it was always destined to be a Ghost Ship.
It didn’t come with masts or any fittings, so I had to source some myself.
The Obvious choice was Firelock Games, where I got hold of an extra set of masts. Digging through my bits box, I found enough metal gun barrels to use as cannon.
Gun ports were quickly created using 3D builder software and printed out. Elastic was added to the masts to create a little interest in the straight poles.
The entire model was then given a black undercoat before being given a good dry-brushing with white.
The model was then painted using stippling and dry brushing techniques.
Purple for the shadows going through dark blue, green and then into Fluro paints.
With fluorescent paint, they do not really stick to models as well, so adding a little ice yellow or white helps with coverage. Keep building up layers to get a lighter and lighter colour for a ghostly green effect.
The next stage will be to add rigging and sails.
