Volunteer  | 15 Jan 2015 7:21 p.m. PST |
Just finished HMS Defense. Defense participated in the battles of Cuddalore, Glorious 1st of June, The Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar.
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79thPA  | 15 Jan 2015 7:45 p.m. PST |
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| Dynaman8789 | 15 Jan 2015 8:18 p.m. PST |
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| Kevin in Albuquerque | 15 Jan 2015 8:33 p.m. PST |
Vol, lovely work. What did you make the staysails out of? |
| Volunteer | 15 Jan 2015 9:18 p.m. PST |
Drawing sketch paper Kevin. |
| Temporary like Achilles | 15 Jan 2015 11:01 p.m. PST |
Superb, and those water effects are great. They will be handsome looking battles! Cheers,
Aaron |
| NappyBuff | 16 Jan 2015 12:16 a.m. PST |
Great work. I like how you reworked the bowsprit. I do that too. |
| devsdoc | 16 Jan 2015 6:02 p.m. PST |
Arrrrrrrr!
Why do you do your ships so nicely. I must say not shown above but your deck furniture on this ship is the best I've seen. You must add that photo to this thread. I too love your sea.
So you don't get big-headed :) I still think your bases are to long!!!!!!!!
Be safe my friend
Rory |
| miniatureperday | 16 Jan 2015 6:34 p.m. PST |
Yeah, this ship is great. Everything about it is great. I especially like the rigging and the water effects on the base. Especially how they end so neatly at the sides of the base. |
| whitejamest | 16 Jan 2015 6:42 p.m. PST |
Absolutely beautiful Vol. Is that based on the Bellona model? I agree with the others, the sea is fantastic. Rory, he's trying to improve his chaser range on you, watch out! |
| Volunteer | 16 Jan 2015 8:18 p.m. PST |
Yes James, Bellona was the archtype for the 74 common SOL. The Ardent class followed diectly after Bellona with the dimentions being identicle. All Thomas Slade designs. |
| KTravlos | 17 Jan 2015 3:22 a.m. PST |
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| Volunteer | 19 Jan 2015 12:17 a.m. PST |
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| Andrewdrexler | 20 Jan 2015 12:58 p.m. PST |
Very inspiring. Quick question though, how do you do your bases? |
| ModelJShip | 20 Jan 2015 2:38 p.m. PST |
Great ship Vol, I really like your ship bases |
| Volunteer | 20 Jan 2015 4:00 p.m. PST |
Andrew, I do all my bases using acid free art Matt board and vinyl house Spackle. First cut the Matt board to fit the ship class. Then 2 coats of varnish on both sides and let dry. Spread the Spackle on and form the waves. Cut a piece of plastic from an old credit or club card to match the bottom of the hull. Trace the hull out on the plastic with a fine tip marker. Then I cut it out with scissors. I have to make several trim corrections until it is an exact match to the hull. Then, before the Spackle is completely dry, I press the plastic down hard on the center of the base, pushing the vinyl out around it. This simulates the wake quite nicely. Let completely dry. I take a Xacto knife and carefully trace around the plastic until I can remove it. I use white PVA now to glue the plastic hull silhouette back down to the base. When that's dry I paint the whole thing with Navy blue. After drying I dry brush in the wave direction with an aqua color, in this instance I used Anita's all purpose acrylic 11056 Ocean Blue. Last I dry brush against the waves with white and line the wake with white. After this is dry I cover the whole base with Americana Triple Thick Gloss Glaze. Any decoupage product will work. When completely dry the base is very hard and stiff. Regards,
Vol |
| Andrewdrexler | 20 Jan 2015 5:42 p.m. PST |
Thank you for sharing. Your work always makes me drool. |
