Dipping a Toe into Black Seas
Base Colours
I had a couple of Warlord’s plastic brig models sitting around that caught my eye when deciding what to paint next. No idea if this will prompt me into a deeper dive into Black Seas, I guess that depends on how much I enjoy painting these two.
There’s been no research into historically appropriate colours, but I’ve been reliably infomed that ship’s captain had leeway to choose their own schemes. I’ve gone for something pretty fast and easy. The models were primed in white, and then base colours blocked in. Colours used were as follows (VJ – Vallejo, CT – Citadel):
- VJ Middlestone for the masts and part of the hull.
- VJ Dark Sea Blue mixed roughly 3:1 with VJ Black for the spars, cannon and deck details, and hull.
- CT Khorne Red for the inside of the deck
- VJ Off-White for the bottom of the hull.
- CT Steel Legion Drab for the deck.
- VJ Buff for the furled sails.
Need to be more thorough in removing mould lines!
First lesson learnt – I cursed my past self for being over enthusiastic when assembling the models, as it would have been much easier to paint the hulls and main masts separately.
congratulations on the gold button your ship look fantastic @scribbs
This was exactly what I needed thank you man! And congrats on the golden button. Well earned I say
No worries, very glad it might be useful. Please feel free to ping me a message if anything is unclear.