Wednesday 8 December 2010

USN WWII Battleship Basing and Painting (2)

Note to Self:
A little more detail on the painting, all Wet Brushed on:

Sea
Anita Acrylic's to my rescue
Base colour of: one drop of  Black (11002), one drop of Jungle Green (11016), one drop of Midnight Blue (11042)
Tone up of : one drop of Jungle Green (11016), one drop of Midnight Blue (11042), one drop of Ocean Blue (11056)
Highlight of: one drop of Jungle Green (11016), one drop of Midnight Blue (11042), three drops of Ocean Blue (11056)

Sea Crests: drop of Ocean Blue (11056) mixed with a spot of Games Workshop Skull White (use the 'gel' before it completely dries up), then dry brush with the Games Workshop Skull White for wake and peaks of odd waves

Hull and Superstructure
Game Workshop Chaos Black (still fluid at time of writing) mixed with Codex Grey (just because I am trying to use it up before it dries up)
Then a main base layer of Games Workshop Codex Grey (just because I am trying to use it up before it dries up)
Then a highlight layer of Games Workshop Fortress (looking a bit gluey) Grey added to the Codex Grey (just because I am trying to use it up before it dries up)
Finally a highlight of pure Games Workshop Fortress (looking a bit gluey) Grey round the leading edges

Decking
A layer of 11044 Coffee colour (Anita's Acrylic)
Then a repeat touch-up of 11044 Coffee colour (Anita's Acrylic) as first application always seems a little weal on metal
Mix in a bit of Games Workshop Desert Yellow (just because I am trying to use it up before it dries up)
Then add a spot of Games Workshop Skull White (again use the gel before it completely dries up) for some highlights

Not much (if any) historical research to the above other than a quick view of US WWII Battleship 1/350 to 1/700 scale models on Google Images. Sounds a lot more fiddly than it actually was as the models are small and the paints are easily mixed when the pots are open and to hand.

I don't think I ever paint different batches of ships from the same fleet the same way ;) 

4 comments:

Paul´s Bods said...

The Anita acrylics how good are they..I mean how to they compare to Vallejo, gamesworkshop etc.
Amazing amount of stuf you´ve got here :-)
Cheers
Palu

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Hello Paul's Bods,

AA Paints:

Anita's Acrylics come in big tubes 59ml (and I really like that) versus the 17ml Vallejo and 12ml Games Workshop

The price is (AA) £0.99 versus (V) £1.80 versus (GW) £2.50

Yes, less than half the price for five times as much as GW, or slightly over half the price of Vallejo for over three times as much paint.

The range of colours rivals Vallejo.

The only down side is that I generally use two coats to get good coverage and depth of colour.

But if you layer from dark, mid to highlight this is not an issue as you build up the layers anyway.

I really like the way the sea effect has come out on the ship bases, in fact I think they are perfect for basing paints.

The only thing I would not use them for is undercoating because of the coverage and the tendency to rub off. Painted on top of a Tamiya, Vallejo or GW black there are no issues as Anita's Acrylic sticks well

Tim Gow said...

Rather more scientific than my own approach to painting!
Tim

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Hello Tim,

I know, it may seem a bit over the top.

I just got frustrated one day with the lack of my imagination, as in the sea was just a Tamiya Blue with a bit of white added ;)