Fully Rigging a Blood & Plunder Sloop
Painting and chain plates.
After all of the bits were installed from the last step I primed and moved onto painting. Painting was done with a mix of airbrushing and regular brush work. The hull is mostly a dark brown except for near the back of the boat where the upper section was painted red. I did the trim in black and the interior in red as well. Deck was painted a earth/tan color and got a brown wash. I used a black wash on the rest of the ship.
The pictures go through the progression the ship went though as I worked on it. It took longer then I would have wanted but it got done.
After paint the next step was to install the chain plates. Chain plates attach the ropes for the shroud to the hull so they are very important. I used pre-made chain plates with a 5mm deadeye.
To install them I lined them up with the top of the mast then drilled a hole through the bottom of the chain plate into the hull. For the nail I used a modified jewelry head pin, and once all three had been installed a piece of wood went over the channel covering the chain plates and preventing them from falling out.
Next will be the masts, bowsprits and the fighting top.
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