Hi folks, I wanted to share pictures of something I was experimenting with recently.
1:2400 ships are a great gaming scale, as it lets you create large fleet actions in a small area, but I've not really been satisfied with my brushwork in this scale in the past. I've never been able to create a good checkerboard pattern on the hulls. I just don't have that kind of brush control.
Recently I was working on some of War Artisan's excellent paper kits, and it occurred to me that since the graphics can be scaled down to whatever scale you like, this might offer another option.
I scaled one of Jeff's paper kits down to 1:2400 (actually I had to change the length and width ratios because his paper models are far more accurate in their dimensions than the Tumbling Dice miniatures) and then cut off the side panels and glued them directly to the metal miniature. A pretty simple process, and I was very pleased with the look.
Between the beauty of Jeff's artwork and the great sturdiness of the Tumbling Dice models, I think it's a happy combination.
As many of you know, you can find Jeff's awesome kits here. If you haven't checked them out before, you should definitely take a look. They're extremely impressive.
warartisan.com
Here are some more photos of the kit combination on my blog:
link
paints brigs for the British fleet.
