Wilco’s Trafalgar’s Ships of the Line

Next is to add the acetate rat-lines. easy to cut out and apply, normally I would use PVA to prevent clouding but due to the positioning and the minimum glue needed, I sticker with the liquid super glue.

Time to add Flags and Banners, the final details that pull it all together.

going to take this step by step.

using the Warlord Games online rigging guide and you tube video I will rig HMS Victory.

Black Seas: Rigging your Ships

The Detailing includes:

-Cleaning up all the fun decks.

-Painting all Gun Ports Red.

-Washing the Deck.

-All final detail colours.

Now she is all assemble it is time to do the rigging and sails.

Painting the Masts

need to paint the masts yellow, the yards in black, crows nests in black and sales in white shades to a cream/beige.

Adding the Black lines around the hull dos need a steady had but also painting the cannons without missing bits can be fun to.

After the zenith I needed to as the yellow to the hull and a light brown to the decks before moving on to detailing and other colours.

Decks airbrushed with Scale 75, Fantasy range Peanut Butter

Part Assembled, Prime and Zenith

Once the clean up is done I assemble all the parts that wouldn’t impede the painting proses such as the rear windows to the hull, life boats, and front mast.

Normally I would use  Badger airbrush primer but I wanted to see what other options there are so I have go for Green Stuff Worlds: Black Matt Surface Primer.

the primer went down a treat, defiantly recommend it, remember when applying with an airbrush to thin 2-1 primer to thinner and always apply in multiple thin coats.

once primed I used a Vallejo Air White to Zenith the mini. As one of the main colours of the Victory is a yellow I want a lot stronger with the white so the yellow can chow up better.

Pre-Assemble and Cleaning

Before cleaning the resin and metal parts I did a bit of pre building of the parts to see if there are anything I need to fix or adapt to the parts before painting.

I found the masts where a bit loos in the pre-set holes in the hull so I pin drilled a snugger hole for them to sit In to. I also drilled some additional holes for the rigging so they are set before painting even though I expect to re-dill them once it has a layer of pain on them.

Cleaning all parts in a bowl of warm water with a bit of fairy liquid, leave to soke but if need be I used a tooth brush to clean between some of the details to make shore there was not mould release hiding.

To start this project I have purchased from the OnTableTop Store Warlord Games: Black Seas HMS Victory.

wanted to start with one ship, was considering getting the starter set but I didn’t want to get it and find I didn’t enjoy making, painting and ragging one ship and then not go the others and if I find that after doing Victory ad least ill have a nice iconic ship to put in my cabernet.