"Painting a Longship" Topic
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Grelber | 28 Oct 2012 1:48 a.m. PST |
In a bout of extravagance, I bought a lovely resin longship so my 28mm Vikings could go raiding. Now I'm faced with painting it. Since it is a large and eyecatching piece, I'd like for it to to be a nice, warm brown, not just slop on a weathered gray, however historical that might be. Any suggestions as to how to best achieve this on resin? Grelber |
bsrlee | 28 Oct 2012 2:13 a.m. PST |
White undercoat and a series of thin red/brown paint washes, dry brush as needed between coats. Maybe some inks. Of you could go for a more Bayeaux Tapestry look, with each plank run painted a different or alternating colour. Apart from the colours from the Tapestry, black & yellow featured on the Gokstadt ship' shields. Black or dark brown would have been more liklely/common than weathered wood as a ship was a considerable investment, so the owner would have painted all the bare wood with some sort of preservative, such as Stockholm Tar (liquid pine resin) possibly with lamp black, or lamp black mixed with linseed oil. |
Puster | 28 Oct 2012 2:15 a.m. PST |
Use a can to get the base colour on the model. It gives a much better base to start from. A liberally applied wash and a drybrush should then be sufficient to make it look pretty good. If in doubt, try out the effects in areas that can easily be repainted (internal). |
Patrick R | 28 Oct 2012 2:49 a.m. PST |
Vallejo has a nice "Old Wood" colour in their range which is a beige with a bit of grey in it. It is not unreasonable to think that certain bits would have been painted. Also throughout history a rich colour would have been a hallmark of wealth, a status symbol, so pick a nice bright red or yellow to highlight your ship. |
x42brown | 28 Oct 2012 6:44 a.m. PST |
May I point out that pine tar was available to them. I don't know if it was used to preserve their ship wood but it possibly would making a brown not an unlikely colour.
x42 |
tadamson | 28 Oct 2012 12:10 p.m. PST |
Hulls were painted with tar or pitch. I would think that stem and stern posts might be highly decorated but can't think of any evidence to suggest it. Pretty shields hooked onto the sides was common for entering/exiting harbour. Tom.. |
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