"Painting Shell Splashes" Topic
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| Cuchulainn | 22 Jan 2011 12:10 p.m. PST |
I'm running a naval game in the next month or so and would like to use some of the shell splashes produced by Clydeside Models. I have no idea how to paint these though, so any suggestions will be very much appreciated. |
| macconermaoile | 22 Jan 2011 1:05 p.m. PST |
A Chara,
How about sea blue/green with with white on top ! |
hindsTMP  | 22 Jan 2011 3:47 p.m. PST |
Shell splashes I've seen pictures of look mostly white, especially if collapsing. Maybe paint them the same color as your playing surface, but then heavily dry-brush with white? Final color should probably be mostly white when done; see the Mers el Kebir video:
YouTube link Mark H. |
| Shagnasty | 22 Jan 2011 4:42 p.m. PST |
Very light blue with white highlights, unless you are doing the colored shell splashes used by the French and Japanese. |
| Schlesien | 24 Jan 2011 8:17 a.m. PST |
I use dark blue then paint lots of white on top: picture Note two sizes of Clydeside shell splashes present in the picture. |
| Shagnasty | 24 Jan 2011 11:35 a.m. PST |
Very nice! 12" and 6" shell splashes? |
| The Wishful Wargamer | 05 Mar 2014 6:36 a.m. PST |
Here are some shell splashes I made last year. Full instructions, including the paints I used, are in the blog post. link I've also got some smaller ones in production but the method is the same. |
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