Hard to call what I had done on this before as painting. It looked like a very pale brown color with grey badly dry brushed over it. I believe I was going for a bleached look to the model, but it had no depth, nothing popping. If it ever had a wash applied to it I could not tell. Worst is that I actually used it in a game or two, horrible. So it was long overdue for enhancement, not certain if I have achieved the best 'enhancement'!
Two more ships done, as well as two lighthouses that go with the islands from a previous post. Took me too long to decide on the right grey colour to use on the second ship, the first ship just followed the pictures from the rule book. You may have noticed that the yard arms are not the same on both ships. Somehow in the course of a week I managed to misplace the originals for the grey ship. The stand ins come courtesy of the old GW Man of War game, they are Imperial masts/yardarms.
Old Spartan games scenery kit, actually two of them. It also came with some acrylic bases and sand dunes. (to be done later) These are very small bits of terrain, but grouped together they could become a difficult archipelago to navigate. Some structures also provide the possible objectives for the combatants. The large cylindrical towers can be removed and there are lighthouses that can be placed on top of the platform like structures. As I mentioned there are clear bases that came with these so that one could glue the really small rock outcrops onto them to form reefs etc.
For the most part, the island rocks were done my usual way, charcoal grey/brown base then a variety of layers using whatever grey paint that I had handy. All this followed by Vallejo sepia wash, and a final highlight of very light grey.I did use some contrast paints, black and brown, but in the end there is negligible difference between the end product. Some islands have slightly darker crevices. The sand start with contrast paints dune colour, then various sand colours and army painter light wash, then dry brush of Iraq sand.
These were quick and easy to do. Primed white, then GW contrast Snakebite leather for the brick, Vallejo Bronze green for the upper tower base colour, and craft paint mudstone for the concrete. Took a few tries at highlight colours for the green, while the concrete only got one dry brush of dove coat grey (craft paint) Hit it with a light wash and done. Also did up the add on bits, the various devices that one can place on the towers. They were simply primed black, dry brushed with grey steel and then some extra colours added were ever it seemed appropriate. Going for a generic look for these toppers, want them to be nation neutral.
They are done! Started these a couple of weeks back, but then got distracted by shinier items (Alamo and Tennessee) so they have been crowding my workspace. Not anymore! One of the large barges had been painted already, but whatever my prep work cleaning technique was, it was sorely lacking. So I stripped any primed landing craft and hand painted on some Vallejo black primer then had at it again.
