An the painting begins

[itineranthobbyist]

I started painting - actually priming and a little dry brushing of the ships over a month ago.

Here's the link to my blog post. Within the post is a link to the YouTube video o the before and after primer video.

itineranthobbyist.blogspot.com/2012/01/dry-dock-and-volcanos.html?m=1

[itineranthobbyist]

Second round - pics are hard at this scale. Some thoughts on painting them and on basing.

itineranthobbyist.blogspot.com/2012/01/dry-dock-paining-some-completed-ships.html

[afilter]

Looks like you are off to a great start. You will learn new techniques over time.

For fine detail like your swastika I would suggest leaving the white circle and then when dry come back with a fine felt tip pen.

Not sure if you are doing this or not, but when you are happy with the paint job suggest you seal them with a clear coat as this will help protect the piant. I use "Testors dull coat" and spray a couple light coats.

Keep up the good work, you will be amazed how you will develop new techniques over time.

[TheDreadnought]

Looking good. I'v seen/heard of people using the fine point pen trick before. It works out pretty well.

Keep it up! And thanks for the kind words about Naval Thunder!

[itineranthobbyist]

More progress - and yes, i should've stuck with the pen for the flag. I even have a couple that may work on that.

Here are a couple more blog entries with photos:
itineranthobbyist.blogspot.com/2012/02/drydock-part-4-or-5-italian-ships.html

and

itineranthobbyist.blogspot.com/2012/02/drydock-pt-3-more-progress.html