Dystopian Wars – Building & Painting The Titanic Sisters | Part 3
March 1, 2024 by johnlyons
John paints up the RMS Olympic which saw service in World War I under the name HMT Olympic and now finds a new lease of life as part of the Fortune And Glory Starter Set for Dystopian Wars alongside the rest of the Titanic Sisters. This time, we're diving into dazzle camouflage!
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Part three of this series is going to be a little bit of a headache when it comes to painting as John has to tackle the dazzle scheme that was used on the HMT Olympic and is now being transferred over to the Dystopian Wars ship!
Paints Used...
Army Painter
- Matt Black
- Bright Gold
- Dark Tone
- Plate Mail Metal
- Soft Tone
- Speed Paint: Blinding Light
- Strong Tone
- Troglodyte Blue
Citadel
- Corvus Black
Vallejo
- Beige Brown
- Flat White
This is going to come together into an awesome hobby and painting series exploring the introduction of majestic Historical ships into the Steampunk world of Dystopian Wars.
What do you think about this new project?
Amazing work John, the camo comes across as a very faithful recreation of the original scheme even with a different shape to work with. Cant wait to see you tackle the Britannic, there some great photos and artwork with it having a very weathered and rundown appearance which feels very contrasting to its white hull, the buff funnels really help set it apart too! I think that green stripe could be quite tricky though with the intricacy of the hull! This series has been a bit of a kick of inspiration into finally giving Dystopian Wars a go, I love… Read more »
Looks great bud!
@johnlyons the soft tone definitely brought out details that the camouflage concealed and gives the illusion of depth that contrasts nicely with the highlights you got by drybrushing.
How much difference did the Blinding Light speed paint make?
very nice. cant wait to see them all on diorama.