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Piet
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Piet reacted to ShipWrong in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
I only heard of "card stock" today
and I stumbled into your world of modeling, simply EPIC
are you going to roll your own canon?
I have this saved for all the glorious details and videos you have left for us
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Ab Hoving: Thank you for your praise, I appreciate your words a lot.
Well, I have just completed the entry port on starboard. There will be added wooden stairs of course. Now I am going to continue with the same work on port.
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Piet reacted to Ab Hoving in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Congratulations with your beautiful work. It is beyond any critisism.
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Dear Amalio,
Thank you for your nice words and appreciation. I believe that in your great skills you would certainly have managed it. It's mainly about training and patience.
Your work is amazing and I admire your craftsmanship a lot.
Best reagards,
Doris
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I have started with decoration and the completion of the entry ports. The details of the decoration in Vale's painting arequite well recognisable - the figures on the supporting columns and the stylized fish on the roof, the rail around the entrance has a carving filling as well:
I found other information about the design of entry ports in these books:
The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War 1650-1850 (Peter Goodwin)
Ship Models 1650-1750 (John Franklin):
And here are almost all pieces of decoration I will use:
Soon I will post the final result.
Have a great time,
Doris
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Piet reacted to Amalio in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello, Doris.
If I managed to master the technique of decoration as you do, would be the happiest modeler in the world.
Greetings from Madrid.
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello dear friends,
I do appreciate your comments, thank you all very much.
Dear Nils,
I am honoured reading your words.I make paper/card models more than 35 years and IMHO there are always possibilities to do things better, so with each new project I want to improve my skills and technologies.
And making decoration is really one of the most enjoyable parts of the work.
Hello Richmond,
I have already posted here some tutorials as the colleagues mentioned above, but I will make some new tutorials from making sculptures for the base under ship hull. I believe, it could be useful and interesting for many people so I am going to post it here.
Exactly Radek, first I make one half and after baking the other. There is no problem with re-baking the clay. Some complicated sculptures I have to re-bake 4-5 times.
Best regards
Doris
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Piet reacted to Richmond in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hi Doris
Your gold paint is already amazing and realistic, it just appeared to me, from the fine results that you had produced, that you had already enhanced it. Well from my eye it needs no further enhancement. Your workmanship is unbeliveable, as always.
Regards
Richmond
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Piet reacted to RdK in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hi!
I think you made one half then the other, Doris, isn’t it so?
ButI am also interested in the same questions regarding re-baking the clay. Dziękuje Dziadeczku!
-Radek
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Piet reacted to JeffT in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
You are a true artist Doris.
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Piet reacted to dvm27 in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Doris had posted a video, long ago, of her sculpting the figurehead. It was her usual meticulous method of turning a blob of clay into a work of art by adding a bit of clay here and a bit there. I recall her spending several minutes fine tuning a leg and hoof that already looked perfect to me. No smoke and mirrors involved - just the same building up process she used for the smaller carvings.
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Piet reacted to Dziadeczek in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hi Doris,
If I may ask you another question. How did you make your figurehead from the modeling clay? I understand completely the theory behind these flat reliefs, which you executed so perfectly (rolling thin slivers on the wax paper and shaping them with a small brush + tweezers).
But when it comes to a 3D, free standing pieces, obviously you cannot place them on a paper. Did you fashion a skeleton for your horse-mounted king from a wire - an armature, before you started to build up his body from clay? Can you bake the initial body and subsequently add to it more fine details (like arms, details of clothing and armaments) and then you bake the whole thing again, or you have to make the entire figure at once and bake it in the oven?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
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Piet reacted to Mirabell61 in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hi Doris,
incredible work, as Amalio already has said, and you certainly have set the benchmark to the lonely high side of card ship modeling.
When looking at your superb photos I am in awe every time of your skills. Next to your ornamentation and sculpturing techniques, also in finding the wonderful warm and right wooden tone for those planks above the wales (in card material ! ) is more than perfect....
Nils
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
I have finished other sculptures and placed them on the front bulkhead. I tried to follow the original paintings od Royal Katherine from artists and also museum models - mainly HMS Prince (1670), where you can see similar sculptures.
And here is my work:
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Dear friends,
thank you all for your comments, praise and "likes", your words mean a lot for me and are much appreciated.
Hello Amalio,
I still try to improve my knowledge and craftsmanship to make better a more realistic models. I am very honoured reading your words. Thank you a lot.
Well, I believe it may be even better in my future project if I build models according to quality plans. Sometimes I must remodeling or modify some parts on the Royal Katherine model, cause I have no exact plans or drawings of the ship. So it is necessary to improvise as well.😉
Hello Richmond,
to be honest I use only one kind of gold acrylic paint so far, it creates a slightly darker shade in reliefs and slits. When I finish decoration completely I am going to do weathering using clear varnish with darker colours.
Dear Karl,
thank you very much for your kind words. Your work is also gorgeous and I admire your craftsmanship a lot. Each of us is unique. The most important in our hobby is to do things that we like.
Oh yes, she is really heavy. The models with its base weights more than 7,5kg. I have sometimes problem to move it from the table to another place. Well, though I'm not too strong ...😊
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Piet reacted to Sailor1234567890 in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Doris,
Out of curiosity, what does Royal Katherine weigh at this point? I imagine she's pretty heavy even though she's made of mostly paper....
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Piet reacted to Jeronimo in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello Doris.
Her work and photos are fantastic and wonderful.
In comparsion, I feel like a beginner.
Regards
Karl
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Piet reacted to Richmond in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hi Doris
It appears that you are using more than gold acrylic to get the detail - are you shading or weathering with a darker colours to get the shadows?
Regards
Richmond
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Piet reacted to Amalio in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
It's incredible. Everything is perfect and the result is magnificent.
I think you have reached the maximum that can be done in naval modeling.
You have all my admiration.
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello Michael and John,
thank you for your comments.That´s right, there are more types of modeling clays and each one has its typical properties. I also tried Fimo, but Modurit(modelit) suits me more. If it is baked, it remains flexible. But after being cooked in water it is brittle and crumbling. It is also necessary to keep clean hands during the work so that grease/sweat or impurities do not get into the clay.
Today I am going to make other 5 sculptures on the front bulkhead.
Here are some current pics in real colours on daylight:
Have a nice day,
Doris
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Piet reacted to bartley in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Michael,
None of us is in Doris' league. However, in my limited foray into this art I have discovered that there is quite a difference in flexibility of the baked clay depending on the brand. The brands available in the west are Fimo, Premo and Sculpey
For thin strips Fimo and Premo remain quite flexible but Sculpey III is very brittle
John
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Piet reacted to michael mott in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Wonderful Doris and thank you for the step by step tutorial. I am sure that the earlier modellers would have liked to have had the modeling clay that you are using.
Michael
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Good remark, Allan. There are more possibilities of course. I have good experience with this kind of wax paper and it is also easily available for me. The mass is baked in the oven at a temperature of about 130 ° C, so the wax paper endures without problems. I always use a new sheet of wax paper for next decoration.
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Today I made new ornaments for bow section, two pieces are situated around holes for anchor ropes.
Kind reagards and enjoy the pics
Doris
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Dear friends,
I do appreciate your kind words and praise, that is a great honour for me. Thank you all very much. I am pleased you like my tutorial and if anything interests you, just ask a question. My English is not very qood, but I will try to explain.
I suppose I will devote my ship models to a museum one day. I believe, it would bring pleasure to many people. Now I feel happy having all these beautiful ships at home. I like sailing ships since childhood.😊
You are welcome, Radek. I recommend to keep the brush slightly wet, so that the mass does not stick to it. Temperature is also very important for shaping that mass. BTW, your Mayflower looks great.
Best regards,
Doris
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Piet reacted to mtaylor in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Just beyond amazing work and I agree with others, your models should be in a museum.
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Piet reacted to RdK in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Thanks for describing your method. The pictures show clearly how you do this amazing details. "Pictures tell more than thousand words"
The idea with the brush is excellent! I will try it out myself (and of course I do not expect to achieve even a fraction as splendid a result as yours!) once I've finished my Mayflower and continue on the Neptune.
Thanks again!
-Radek
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