I am in the middle of texturing the mdf bases on the Italian pre-dreadnoughts, using some cheap artist's acrylic paste that I bought in a French supermarket. I applied a plastic spatula to create a wave effect, then glued down the models using a splodge of gel superglue. If you slide the model onto the base rather than plonking it down, you can also get a bow wave effect, although you have to be careful not to over cook it. The blank strip at the aft end of the base is for a name label, which I will print out and stick on after the painting had been finished. It's all a bit boring but quite satisfying at the same time!
Thank you for all your posts! I love and drool over all the ships from this very fascinating time period.
ReplyDeleteCould you please add a post for how you make, print out and stick that name label? I've not been able to find any posts about it here or elsewhere, and I've not being good at it myself.
Thank you very much in advance!
Will do Jens :0)
DeleteReally looking forward to it. Cheers!
DeleteI know what you mean about the mix of boring and satisfying with basing. The results in your case are superb!
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Thanks James,
DeleteI've done them all now and I'm still sane, I think?