A few weeks back I showed some work in progress on basing GHQ 1/2400 scale model warships.
After some trial and error with cutting techniques, and thinking through some standard base sizes for ship classes, I've made some progress. Here is HMS Hood steaming proudly alongside my first trial piece, a Flower class corvette. The wake and bow waves are a combination of white carpenter's glue mixed with off-white paint. It would have been nice to put them on a proper sea mat, but I had to settle for slapping them down on the dining room table.
I try not to look too suddenly at the Hood model just in case it blows up.
Also finished is a little Great War RN squadron, two Calliope class light cruisers with an escort of three K or Acasta class destroyers.
I figured as these are all light ships, I would exaggerate the wake to suggest travel at speeds.
I find that painting these ship models is actually easier than cutting and painting the bases.
Next up: Prince of Wales, Bismarck, and Prinz Eugen - of course.
Cheers and blessings to your brushes, MP+
They look great - cutting a fine wake Padre!
ReplyDeleteI tend to use a cheap art scalpel and DIY tube based "smoothing filler", prime and then undercoat paint the base blue .. I them play around adding greens and other blues and the odd bit of white. Play around with a few empty test bases. Believe me it gets to be fun. No two bits of the sea are the same and the textured surface does most of the work. PS - I also use the cheaper acrylic tubes from the art shops.
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