The past few weeks been using a lot of downtime at work to get some ships done for my Black Seas French fleet. Its been decent, 20 minutes here and there at work when we are on break, instead of doomscrolling facebook I get a bit of paint in.
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
The Shipyards are working overtime (Black Seas French)
The past few weeks been using a lot of downtime at work to get some ships done for my Black Seas French fleet. Its been decent, 20 minutes here and there at work when we are on break, instead of doomscrolling facebook I get a bit of paint in.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Black Seas Merchant conversion from 5th Rate
by Matt Varnish
One of the scenarios in the Black Seas book needs a Merchant ship.. and here I am with a free sprue from Wargames Illustrated.. fresh off the heels of putting rigging and sails on my starter set ships, why not convert the freebie into a merchant.
Someone kindly made a printable version of the sails that are double sided, and I used some cut up balsa rod to make some crates..
And now painted up
With spare boats and wood rod I made up some floating wreckage.. to count as the different Damaged States.
Just need to figure out merchant flags and pennants and good to go!
Thursday, October 24, 2019
How I paint my Black Seas ships up QUICKLY
by Matt Varnish
After our first game, I wanted to get that other ship painted, and try my hand at Rigging. I used the above replica as a guide..
Oak Brown by Army Painter, or Vallejo Flat Brown works too
Ivory or Off White for the hammock shielding on the sides, furled sails, window and skylight frames
Contrast paint or Army Painter Soft Tone over the wood and furled sails
Black on the lower hull cannons and yards
Old Wood (or even USA Tan Earth) for railings planks and other details
I used blue tone over the windows for quick and dirty windows
Ivory and patience for the stern plate and name
All Rigged and Sails.. Highly recommend working from rear mast to forward, and on each, bottom to top. I skipped Rigging the Backstays and Bowsprit, since I hate Rigging almost as much as I hate painting Horses!
The growing fleet and the tools for rigging: Gorilla Glue gel, reverse-pressure tweezers, small scissors and a heap of patience. I used this guide for rigging and sails: https://youtu.be/AhoTiGUarzQ?feature=shared
Monday, October 14, 2019
First Black Seas Battle
by Matt Varnish
Forgive the unpainted models.... but we just had to have a game
Monday, August 8, 2016
Down Memory Lane
Dennis