Monday 22 April 2019

French Ironclads First Half Finished

Eleven down...eight to go!

Coastal Defence Ironclad Rams

Ironclad Monitor and Ram

Early Ironclads

Later Ironclads and Screw Sloop

Scratchbuilt Casemate Ironclad 
Not too bad a match?

I had a very productive day at the workbench, with half of the 1/2400th scale French ironclads finally painted and finished. I have been 'um-ing' and 'ah-ing' over these for months but decided to bite the bullet and just get on with it, which turned out to be a good idea as they ended up looking not too bad. I also sorted out a sea colour scheme, using Foundry Union Blue as a basecoat with various dry brushed layers on top, which isn't a bad match for the Tiny Wargames blue sea cloth that I'll be using for games. To round things off I also repainted the base on the Onondaga to match the new sea shades, so I now have an extra ironclad monitor to add to the squadron. I'll tackle the remaining ships over the next week or so, then hopefully get on to the Royal Navy sooner rather than later. Full Steam Ahead!
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous22 April 2019 at 19:33

    Nicely done!

    The base and sea colors match very well.

    Seeing your basing, I have convinced myself to put the names of my ships in a similar manner. I had drawn them alongside the ships, but your solution definitely looks better.
    My ships are missile armed but otherwise work the same. :-))

    Swen

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  2. A J22 April 2019 at 20:34

    Excellent! Looking forward to seeing them in action.

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  3. Jim Jackaman22 April 2019 at 20:35

    Thanks Swen,

    The labels are just done in WORD then cut out and stuck on with PVA...easy. It makes it much easier to work out which is which!

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  4. Jim Jackaman22 April 2019 at 20:36

    Thanks AJ

    I was thinking of painting a similar number of British ships first, so that I can actually set up a game in colour not black and white for a change!

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  5. David Manley22 April 2019 at 20:57

    Looking good :)

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  6. Jim Jackaman22 April 2019 at 21:02

    They're destined for more Broadside and Ram...good fun!

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  7. Stew24 April 2019 at 04:34

    Ships look cool and I think the bases match the sea mat well. 😀

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  8. Colkitto24 April 2019 at 19:56

    These look really nice. Would you care to share some details of your painting method?

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  9. Jim Jackaman24 April 2019 at 21:16

    No problem. It's easier if I do a post on that, so I'll try and get one organised asap.

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  10. Colkitto25 April 2019 at 18:31

    Excellent! Thanks Jim. I look forward to reading that when you get the chance.

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