"IJN Carriers for Midway" Topic
13 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please do not use bad language on the forums.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the WWII Naval Gallery Message Board
Areas of InterestWorld War Two at Sea
Featured Link
Featured Showcase Article
Featured Workbench Article The Editor returns to paper modeling after a long absence.
Featured Book Review
|
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
| idontbelieveit | 31 Dec 2016 3:37 p.m. PST |
1/2400 GHQ models with flight deck decals.
Easy :-).
More on the blog as usual:
link |
Joes Shop  | 31 Dec 2016 3:48 p.m. PST |
|
| Texas Jack | 31 Dec 2016 4:09 p.m. PST |
Maybe easy, but beautiful just the same. And those meat balls do indeed make a good target! |
| Lucius | 31 Dec 2016 4:35 p.m. PST |
Nice work. I'm not a naval guy, but I've got this exact project pending as well. What gray did you use for hulls? Any tips? |
| idontbelieveit | 31 Dec 2016 4:38 p.m. PST |
Yeah. I would have thought the gray was a little darker but I needed to match the flight decks I figured. The Foundry Slate Gray C is a very good match for that – I don't know a Vallejo equivalent (I have a bunch of good grays from Foundry so don't have any VMC grays to compare them to). I find it easier to base the figure, put some grit on the base (to catch a dry brush later), then prime and paint the whole thing. Make sure the deck is white and has a gloss seal on it when you put on the decal and it will go on very smoothly. |
| coopman | 31 Dec 2016 6:56 p.m. PST |
They look real nice, IMO.
In my experience, it's hard to find a wargame where you have (or need) carriers on the table though. You'd have to be using a system that allows air attacks to be played out on the tabletop. |
| Combat Colours | 31 Dec 2016 7:15 p.m. PST |
|
| Space Ghost | 31 Dec 2016 7:24 p.m. PST |
|
| Lucius | 31 Dec 2016 9:21 p.m. PST |
How about your basing technique? I'd love to steal it, from A to Z . . . |
| idontbelieveit | 31 Dec 2016 9:41 p.m. PST |
Sure. It's pretty simple – I got some clear bases from Litko (1.5mm thick, 25mm wide, various lengths depending on the ship). I glue the ship onto the base. After that dries I smear a little grit on the base – I use Liquitex Ceramic Stucco thinned down with a lot of water. It goes on pretty thin but when dry you've got an uneven surface. I try to build up a little bit at the bow and trail that out to the sides but mostly I make it look like disturbed water with painting. I then prime the whole thing. I paint the base blue (I used blue #2 from the Andrea blue paint set). I very dry brush light grey (I used Foundry Austrian White A) all over the base then do a not quite as dry brush of the same light grey concentrated at the waterline of the ship (you'll probably have a little grit on the hull of the ship) and on the wave lines you want. Then I do another very dry brush of white on the wave lines. That's it. |
| Lucius | 01 Jan 2017 7:40 a.m. PST |
Thanks. Can't wait to start passing off your work as my own! |
| Temporary like Achilles | 03 Jan 2017 5:53 a.m. PST |
|
| Dynaman8789 | 03 Jan 2017 7:39 a.m. PST |
|
|
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
