"Painting Russo-Japanese ships in 1/6000" Topic

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alan L	10 Feb 2017 11:20 a.m. PST
I have the Russo-Japanese fleet packs from Hallmark. Would welcome suggestions on giving these a reasonable paint job to get them on the table, without super-detailing, preferably using Vallejo acrylics. Thanks, Alan
ColCampbell	10 Feb 2017 11:42 a.m. PST
And here is probably the best available: link Although aimed at their 1:2400 scale ships, the colors and instructions should work with your 1:6000 scale ships. I used their suggested colors (modified for acrylic craft paints) on my Panzerschiffe 1:2400 pre-dreadnoughts. link Jim
Yellow Admiral	10 Feb 2017 6:36 p.m. PST
Go a few shades lighter for 1/6000 scale ships. For my WWI vessels, I used medium gray as "dark", light gray as "medium", and a light-medium gray base with a lot of grayish off-white as "light gray". Exception: black is still black, in every scale. :-) (However, I still recommend saving actual black for holes, and using a dark gray with a black wash for "black" things like ship sides.) - Ix
McKinstry	10 Feb 2017 9:15 p.m. PST
I've painted both and as Yellow Admiral says, going lighter helps. I also agree that at that scale, a black wash helps followed by a drybrush back up to pop detail.
alan L	11 Feb 2017 6:17 a.m. PST
Many thanks