Finished up more ships!

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Finished up more ships! Jun 2, 2021 1:43:07 GMT au64, nrnstraswa, and 3 more like this

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Post by ruckdog on Jun 2, 2021 1:43:07 GMT

Finally got some more of my ships painted up. These are a mixture of Warlord and 3D prints from XPForge (sculpts by Ghukek).

I finished up the Yorktown, Enterprise, Hornet, Essex, New Mexico, and Arizona:

grgbobe Forumini Lieutenant Posts: 956	Finished up more ships! Jun 2, 2021 14:14:16 GMT ruckdog likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grgbobe on Jun 2, 2021 14:14:16 GMT Nice! Are your deck lines decals or have you cracked the code on doing such straight lines by hand?

ruckdog Forumini Ensign Posts: 301	Finished up more ships! Jun 3, 2021 16:29:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ruckdog on Jun 3, 2021 16:29:21 GMT The lines are decals! I ordered a custom set of solid and dashed white line decals from Miscellaneous Miniatures at 0.4mm in width. I find decals far easier to work with than masking or free handing.

brenticus86 Forumini Ensign Posts: 420	Finished up more ships! Jun 4, 2021 1:10:05 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brenticus86 on Jun 4, 2021 1:10:05 GMT Very nice! Hoping my carriers come out that nice.

nrnstraswa Forumini Lieutenant Posts: 614	Finished up more ships! Jun 7, 2021 1:03:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nrnstraswa on Jun 7, 2021 1:03:38 GMT Amazing work! The carriers look amazing, I especially like your Enterprise.
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Finished up more ships! Jun 7, 2021 1:42:12 GMT ruckdog likes this

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Post by weedsrock2 on Jun 7, 2021 1:42:12 GMT

Very nice.

I see you persevered with the hull camo on the Victory at Sea minis. I am not too keen on painting the miniatures I received with Victory at Sea because painting the hulls looks like a royal pain in the neck to me. I generally mask some of the straight lines on the camouflage schemes and that looks impossible with the ocean in the way.

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Finished up more ships! Jun 7, 2021 2:17:41 GMT

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Post by ruckdog on Jun 7, 2021 2:17:41 GMT

Jun 7, 2021 1:42:12 GMT weedsrock2 said:

Very nice.

I see you persevered with the hull camo on the Victory at Sea minis. I am not too keen on painting the miniatures I received with Victory at Sea because painting the hulls looks like a royal pain in the neck to me. I generally mask some of the straight lines on the camouflage schemes and that looks impossible with the ocean in the way.

It's definitely a pain in the aft end, for sure! Best technique I've found is to get the ship done, and then go back and CAREFULLY paint the base. The way Warlord have it set up, there is a bit of a "trough" in the water effects all the way around the ship, which makes a nice settling place for a blue wash/glaze to to help hide any minor mistakes. I did all the camo free-hand; due to the flight deck overhangs, it would have been very difficult to do a masking job for the pattern on the Essex.

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Finished up more ships!

Post by ruckdog on Jun 2, 2021 1:43:07 GMT

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Post by brenticus86 on Jun 4, 2021 1:10:05 GMT

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