USS Constellation custom painted Shapeways Giveaway

This is a big one! The "what-if" USS Constellation battlecruiser. One of the planned Lexington class battlecruisers that were canceled for the Washington Naval Treaty. Of course, Lexington and Saratoga were completed as aircraft carriers instead. This miniature represents how she might have been fitted out at the start of the war. So I have painted her in the immediate pre-war Measure 1 dark gray camouflage scheme. The actual color was almost black, but it faded quickly. So I took advantage of that to prevent painting a black blob. Constellation is from Tiny Thingamajigs and the base is by Reacher.

You can enter if you have not won a miniature in one of my monthly giveaways in the last six months. If you have a mini from me by any other means like a contest prize you are still eligible. According to my list the ineligible contestants are firehouse, curtm1911, attackercat, sirfrydsen, raevski, and generalrubenski. All others are eligible. If the prize is not claimed within two weeks of the drawing I will roll the die again from the same list of participants.

Just post to this thread:

"War at Sea: A constellation of cards!" before Monday, October 3rd, 2022, 8 PM US Central Time. I will compile the list in order of posting as usual, and then roll for the winner on Tuesday night, October 4th, around 9:00 pm US Central Time.

The fine print: As always, entries are limited to members of the Forumini that joined the board as of the time this message was posted. I paint several copies of each miniature and the one you receive may be slightly different from the miniature in the photographs. Weedsrock2, his affiliates, and heirs, take no responsibility for the outcome of any game where this miniature is used.

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