Dipping a Toe into Black Seas
Final Highlights
The deck was very lightly dry brushed with Citadel Tyrant Skull. I also did the deck grates too. There was some inevitable spill over onto the cannon.
Next, a very thin coat of Citadel Mechanicus Standard Grey was used to highlight the top of the cannon (which also rectified the spill over from above), and to edge the top of the barrels. The top of the spars, the outside edge of the deck and the anchors were also done. This was a very light touch highlight, as the wash over the dark sea blue had done most the work already.
The sails were highlighted with Vallejo Off-White, whilst the masts had a little Vallejo Buff added. The inside of the deck walls had some Vallejo Bloody Red applied around the top.
That was a pretty fast paint job, but looks fairly reasonable. However, painting the ships is really only the first step, and probably the easiest. We need to add sails, ratlines and the rigging.
Pair of brigs freshly painted, awaiting sails, ratlines and rigging.
Very smart!
Thanks Robert. They’re a long way off perfect, lots of small errors and slips, but I’m happy to call them done paint-wise. The challenge is going to be the rigging, and I’m busy looking at a few tutorials to get an idea about what I should be doing.
great work 🙂
Thanks very much