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new video making the fenders

Plastic community has fully embrassed weathering, maybe deep down I'm a plastic modeler Jokes aside it's funny how things turn out, I started with planes, but there wasn't enough challenge on the assembly, and the final result depended too much from the painting, and I hated painting, tried cars and tanks, same problem, the tried a plastic ship, the assembly was satisfying, but still the damn painting, so clearly running away from painting I went on wooden ship, that didn't need painting And now 20 years later, here I am, painting wodden ships and weathering them Anyway, decided to change the anchors and started the boats

Missed this post Matt varnish and a glass box when it's done

Acetate painted with clear red, the paint you use on car lights Thank you Anchors

Chain for the rudder, Lanterns on the stern, and started the anchors

new video, doing the catheads

Thank you for the kind words I also considered chalk paint, but limited color choice at the time that I searched arround where I live drove me away from it, I'm sure I'll revisit the idea on a future project Meanwhile, I have finished all the cannons and gunports at last

Thank you Jonny 007, hope to see yours soon Made the bellfry from wood instead of the metal one from the kit, the bell is weathered with amonia Meanwhile the last gunport hinges have arrived and I'm back to working on the last 34

Finished the chainplates, added some more pieces on the deck, glued the figurehead and started work on the bellfry

new video about the rest of the samson posts

Couple more done

Chainplates

new video

there's no video with dead eyes yet, the videos are always a bit behind the pictures the dead eyes are dipped in dark oak stain, just that

Wich wood are you referring to? The deck?

Meanwhile 21 dummy cannons are done and in place

It's not about offending, it's the constant stream of people "reminding" that a ship wouldn't reach this point, that the sailor responsible for the cannon would be whipped for letting it reach this point, and many many reminders alike, that are too many to list all of them It's the mindset beeing stuck on what is the usual model that anything that deviates from the usual is to be reminded it's not real The mindset that the ultimate goal of the hobby is historical accuracy, even if lots of inacuracies are simply accepted And also... the idea that realism and historical accuracy are synonyms, and they are not, you can make something look real, even if it never existed Plastic modeling also went through it, but more than 20 years ago It's at best an average kit, barelly has any decorations, it's for sure missing many details, it has a very poor stern, it was a perfect candidate for the "extreme weathering yet historically inaccurate" aproach

Is it written somewhere that I have to make the ship respecting your idea of how much a ship would be allowed to weather? Is it written anywhere that the ship I'm building for myself has to be considered realistically possible overall and by you in particular? Have you posted on every build log that the builder didnt paint the ship saying that leaving the wood exposed wouldn't happen on the real ship? Have you posted on every build log that the builder used varnish or oils to give some shine and accent the wood that the ship wouldn't be like that in reality? Have you posted on all the Santisima Trinidad build logs that the bulwark on the top deck is wrong? Have you posted on all the Santisima Trinidad build logs that the occre stern is clearly not real? Are we going to tell everyone that as painted the victory or is going to paint it in yellow to paint it on the pinkish yellow in the name of what is now the perceived reality of the color? From using different types of wood to simulate paint, to including some details, not including others, making things off scale, painting some parts and not painting others, cheats tricks, and so many other things,. We make choices and compromises that at the end of the day are purely an aesthetic choice and nobody attacks them under the "the ship wouldn't be like this" because you are used to it, or because even if it's not real it appeals to you, so no need for the regular reality excuse. Weathering the ship, to whatever extent I have decided, is another of those choices, one you don't have to like, and one you are clearly not used to see, but still as unreal as a santisima Trinidad or a hms victory without any paint, and I don't see the reality defenders attacking those choices weathering is not for everyone, I get that, you don't like it, awesome, what I don't get is the need to use the, this wouldn't happen in reality excuse. Everyone is welcomed to state their opinion, positive or negative, just not under this bs excuse. If you pretend the ship survived the battle, was taken by pirates and not taken care, is it plausible then? Does a hipothetical scenario help ou accept my choice of weathering? On tank camouflage sometimes modelers make up their own design and usually state "fictional camo", If I ask a mod to add "fictional weathering" to the topic title would make you more confortable? Am I trying to weather a model or make it look like a shipwreck? Neither, I'm trying to weather a model exactly to this extent, for my viewing pleasure and completely disregarding what you consider to be tasteful weathering or too much weathering. You don't like this look, I'm sure you are not alone, and that's fine, just take it for what it is and don't use the not real excuse I don't make shiny ships, I make some more weathered and others less, this one is a lot, and it's not even all weathering done, I like it, the girlfriend also likes it, that's good enough for me If I really wanted to make it as real as possible, I would have to do mud at the bottom of the sea

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