Horatio's Firstmate: Orktober 2020

Revisiting the gob firstmate to the Esteemed Horatio Noseblower, who has yet to be named, is going well. After taking a look back at Gerry’s presentation on painting old wood I thought there might be a few things I could do to the base to make it pop with interest outside of the added effects. Putting the airbrush to use I have a good base layer of VA Charred Brown (72.745) as my renewed base coat. I must admit it looks a lot better as a single coat than I had done before and makes me excited to see what will come later down the line. Other colors on deck (see what I did there?) will be VMC English Uniform (70.921), VA Earth (72.762) and RMS Oiled Leather (09110). I’m not sure about any final highlights but they might be very fait grays and balance with some Army Painter Strong Tone wash (maybe VMC Smoke?) to draw out the grain I inscribed. This might all be a bit hue intense for the moment but I think I might’ve found a use for the VMC Grey wash that’s been sitting around without a specific use to mute them slightly. I figure that after all this I’ll be hitting it with Tamiya black panel liner to pull out the spaces between the boards.

Quite a bit of planning and more stuff to think through before laying down paint as the first layer of primer for the gob dries for the zenithal treatment. I’m awaiting a shipment from Beast Tower now for the UV resin to create the billowing waves spilling up under the figure (maybe show that the crate/base sprung a few leaks as well). Again, more ideas and more work that will be shown off later.