Friday 28 August 2020

1/2400th Scratchbuilt Ironclads Painted






I've painted four of the scratch built ironclads for my Messing About on the River solo campaign including the USS Benton, USS Essex, USS Lafeyette and CSS Arkansas. They look okay but it would have been nice to be able to highlight more of the details, which is something that my limited painting skills aren't quite up to. The bases aren't quite what I was looking for either but they look fine at arms length, which is where most of them will be viewed from during games. I've added an additional drybrush to tone down the gloss effect a bit since the photos were taken, although the flash does make them look more shiny than they really are. I now have nine of the scratch built and converted river gunboats to paint over the weekend, leaving the transports and barges for later.

8 comments:

  1. Those look great.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  2. A fine brown water navy :)

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    1. It's still a small flotilla but I'm getting there.

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  3. Nice work on these. I'm looking forward to your solo campaign.

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    1. It's a start. I now need to paint eight gunboat, a couple of transport sterwheelers and some barges!

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  4. These look fantastic. Its a shame they couldn't have fallen in a mold before you painted them.

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