Showing posts with label pirate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pirate. Show all posts

Monday, September 28, 2020

Man O'War: Pirate Fleet

These are the basic wargalleys you get from the base Man O'War game. Once again, they are sans sails. They painted up pretty fast (I had them done 2 weeks ago), but I tried something different with the bases. I plan to use them as Pirate auxiliaries for the various fleets. If anyone ever makes some Empire Wolfships I could 3d print, I might expand them into a small fleet (3 Lone Wolfs and 6 Wargalleys is around 500 points iirc).

The bases are painted to match the Dreadfleet seascape fabric, and they blend in pretty darn good when you place them on it. I took tissue paper and soaked it in glue and made mounds on top, then took a second tissue paper and placed it so it covered the entire base and coated it with a generous helping of white glue (and some water so it soaked throughout). Painting wise, I tried to match the old white dwarf guide (found in issue 382 ... which you can find pdf's of online ... mine was lost when I basement flooded awhile back). So I painted it cornflower semi-gloss blue, wash of Naggaroth Night, drybrush of Caledor Sky, Wash of Biel-Tan, Drybrush of Caledor Sky, drybrush of Lothern Blue, drybrush of white, Wash of Guilliman Blue, and a final drybrush of white.  That sounds like a lot but it goes pretty quick (although it added a week onto the time). I'm a little worried that the ships might not be attached as well, since it's not a completely flat bond, but so far I haven't seen an issue.



 

Friday, October 4, 2019

Pillory


Another impulse purchase while looking for that stupid Beholder! This time it's some Nolzur's Marvelous Miniature's Pillories (I always thought they were called Stocks). Painted using the same method (and time) as the previous cannons. They should be a fun little "terrain" piece for battles taking place in the town square.

Cannons

I have a bunch of Pirates that I painted for GW's Legends of the High Seas games. I saw these (while looking for that elusive Beholder) and realized, I have no ship's cannons! How could I live with myself without ship cannons! I haven't played the game in forever ... but these seemed like they'd be fun to paint. Painted these in maybe 15-20 minutes.

Wood: Undercoat Mournfang Brown, drybrush Deathclaw, wash Agrax, light drybrush Admin Grey (to make the wood look slightly distressed/aged). Barrels/Metal bits: Undercoat Iron something something, rings: Gold something something, wash Agrax, highlight Iron & Gold again.