All the parts were coated with Tamyia grey primer. Trying to stay as close to the real thing as I can, I tried to find the proper colours. I thought that the yellow ochre paint from Caldercraft (which I will be using with the Heller kit) would not fit the smaller scale of this ship. I opted for a lighter ochre from Andrea Color (#15).I started with the masts, plugged into a Pepsi Cola bottle cap. This paint requires a wet brush so as not to clog on the parts. After two coats, I washed the masts with diluted Scorched Brown and finally dry brushed them with the initial ochre.
Here are some view of the naked hull. The choice of colours is (base - shading - lighting):
deck: Bleached Bone - Chaos Black - Bleached Bone
wooden parts (gangways, bits, wheel): Scorched Brown - n/a - Snakebite Leather or Vermin Brown
hull: ochre 15 - Scorched Brown - ochre 15 (same as the masts)
sails: Bleached Bone - Bubonic Brown - Bleached Bone
hamocks: Codex Grey - n/a - Skull White
The base of the ship was made with a piece of masonite (85x40mm). I made the seascape from kleenex bits following the method described here. The waves were shaped by pushing the wet kleenex back with a brush, so it is possible to enhance the wake effects. I penciled the shape of the hull first to make sure I left enough space to put it in place, but not too much so as not to leave a gap between the "sea" and the ship. Chosing the colours was a bit of a gamble but a lucky one this time. The base coat is Regal Blue. Then I dry-brushed Shadow grey very liberaly, because I wanted to leave only the recesses in the darker blue tone. Finally, dry-brushing some Skull White on the top of the waves helps to give the frothing look. I used it more in the wake of the ship that at the front of it. The hull was then glued to the base with a two-part epoxy liquid glue.
See also Langton HMS Victory part 1.
