All of Our Painted Naval Ships

[Bluebear]

Well I've now painted a dozen Pre-Dreadnoughts for the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) . . . and posted a couple of photos on my new blog:

jeffsnavy.blogspot.com/

All of these 1/2400 scale ships are approximately 2" (i.e., 50mm) in length . . . give or take a bit. They are Panzerschiffe resin miniatures, most of which retail for $3 US each.


-- Jeff

[warchariot]

Great pictures and nice paint job. You can really tell them apart with the pre-war paint jobs.

[Bluebear]

I should point out that this thread is for others to post photos of their naval ships too . . . but please let us know just what period they are for . . . Pre-dread, WWI, WWII, other.


-- Jeff

[TheDreadnought]

After GenCon I'll have to get on here and post my fleets.

[fluorophil]

I'd be very interested to see them all - what periods? And would that include CB?

[jmilesr]

I've painted up 17 WWI ships (1/2400 GHQ Models). It's a motley collection to be sure but they were a lot of fun to build. Any suggestions for improvements are most welcome.

lairoftheubergeek.blogspot.com/2010/08/wwi-fleet-update.html

Thanks
Miles

[warchariot]

Nice job again, like the name plate with the flag and role.

[Bluebear]

jmilesr,

I have two mild suggestions . . . and neither has to do with the ships themselves.

First, you might want to consider a lighter "sea color" so that there is a bit more contrast (thus showing the ships to better advantage) . . . of course if the bases are already painted the color of your playing surface this would be counter-productive.

Second, I would suggest that you consider adding "wakes" to your ships. A lot of vessels aren't that easy for those not knowledgeable to tell the bow from stern.

The ships themselves look very good, sir. Thank you very much for sharing them.


-- Jeff

[jmilesr]

Jeff:

I agree the bases came out too dark and need to be lightened up a good bit.

I will also be adding bow and stern wakes - my first try on the Pennsylvania's base didn't come out that well so I'll be doing a few practice runs to get the technique down.

Thanks for the compliments.

Miles

[Bluebear]

I see that Jim Pitts has asked for comments on some of his 1904 Russian Pacific Squadron "test" paint jobs:

colcampbell-shipyard.blogspot.com/


-- Jeff

[jmilesr]

I've finished my fleets (for now!). The only remaining work is to decide on a final base color and add some wakes, but the fleets are playable now

lairoftheubergeek.blogspot.com/2010/08/wwi-fleets-completed.html

[Bluebear]

Nice ships, sir. Very nice indeed.


-- Jeff