It’ll be obvious which is the flagship in my Spanish fleet.
Left is painted by me and right painted by Julían.
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I can still say mine isn’t finished yet…
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It’ll be obvious which is the flagship in my Spanish fleet.
Left is painted by me and right painted by Julían.
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I can still say mine isn’t finished yet…
I am very happy that you like it and that the ship has arrived safely.
What do you think of metal masts?
They are great. I really need to continue working on my Spanish fleet now.
For most navies a first rate or two is the most you’ll ever need, but with the Spanish you need something like six of them for a single battle. Their navy may have had the mightiest ships in guns and numbers.
Waiting to see the complete fleet, should be impressive. :beer:
I’m working on a surrendered ship.
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When you can print your own hulls easily it’s quite cheap to make wrecks.
Ooh, I like the subtle list. What diid the taff rail in? That's a heck of a wound! It's like the kraken took a bite out of her!
Wow, that is quite a compliment Eric, thank you very much! Cloth ensigns sound great but I am not that good at painting, especially on cloth. I've never tried it but I can't imagine it would be easy with the bleed effect. If I could figure a way to print flags on cloth, now that would be something!
I finished the ship yesterday evening.
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More photos at https://volsminiatures.blogspot.com/...rouin.html?m=1
It looks stunning.
That is one great looking ship, Vol.
That is one of the better ships ever posted on this forum.
I asked Speedwell Lass, and she adds textile medium to the acrylic paint or textile dye she is using. This thickens the paint and prevents the water in it leaching out into the cloth. She suggests trying it on a test piece of the material until you get the proportions right before doing anything important.
Rob.
Started working on my next cloth sail set for another Temeraire class 74 last night. I went a bit lighter this time using Linen with a drop of antique white.
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I don't think I am ever going to build that plastic Victory kit now, haha.
Another Spanish hull finished. This time San Justo. It’s Simon’s model for San Joaquin class.
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I repainted the lion into another figurehead.
Coming along well Jonas.
I still have not done any more on my Captain model.
Rob.
Very nice Jonas! See, that is what I was talking about. Changing a lion head into a different figurehead with just paint! Or adding tiny decoration medallions to stern galleries. Your painting skils are over the top.
I loved the subtle changes made to those ships myself. I tried to emulate them with my Swedish Frigates but am afraid I came out a very poor imitator.
Rob.
Well I wish I could have done you more justice Jonas.
Rob.
The sails and masts are ready for the next French 74
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That is already looking great Vol. You really have mastered those sails.
Rob.
Very good work Vol. The appearance of those sails is very good. The masts also look very crafted. :thumbsup:
Thank Julian
Hardly mastery Rob, haha! It is only the second set. I did make new stencils for the main course and stay sails for 1st and 3rd rates going forward. Eventually I'll need stencils for studding sails as well.
If it's only your second set that is all the more impressive Vol.:clap:
Rob.
San Justo has taken its place in the fleet.
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The slowly growing Spanish fleet.
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I made a new bowsprit for my first rates…
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A veritable Armada Jonas. My word, they do look good.
Rob.
That is a lot of ships Jonas! I envy your ability to work on so many at one time. I can only do one at a time.
I am the same as you Vol. I very seldom indulge in batch production even though it has its advantages.
Rob.
And I envy Chris’ ability to get ships finished quickly and with rigging and ratlines.
And it’s only after I got my 3Dprinter I started batch work.
Somehow printing five ships at a time made me prime them in batch and then paint the deck in batch and then the hull. By that time I didn’t even have bases and sails. Then I found Simon’s good sails and Chris made the bases.
That reminds me that I need to buy PVA glue for the bases and probably a blue spray paint to make it easier.
I bought 30 bases of Chris and I have 23 Spanish ships in the works. Add to that Bahama and Rayo it would make it at least 25 ships of the line. I need more than 5 Spanish frigates just for the big battles. It’s something like 4 36 gun and 2 40 gun frigates plus smaller crafts at St Vincent. Hmm… If I’m to put all of the Spanish on similar bases (that would look good) I think I need more of them…
The best of luck to you sir.
All I managed today was to knock out some HEIC cards.
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Nice cards Rob. I know you have said before but I can't recall. What program are you using again to produce them?
Just good old photoshop Vol. Got a game taking up my time today but hope to find enough time to do my last HEIC cards for the Camden. These two ships are curtesy of Neil. I snagged them at Doncaster when he was selling up his ships.
Rob.
Here are the Camden cards I promised you.
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Another Sen Ildefonso…
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There’s a few ships I “need” to do, the two 64s, but otherwise I’m just adding ships until Simon releases Bahama and Rayo rebuild.
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