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Thanks guys, but I hope you dont give me cred for the picture of the 1:10 model at the museum. /Matti -
Cheers for the nice comments everyone! They give lots of energy to continue the build. Keith, its around 500 sculptures. Im not sure how many is left for me, but the gun port lions will be most work to get uniform and nice. I think the galleries and towers were most work on the model as all sculptures had to be individually shaped. Im glad I could shape them though so I could shape the wood the way I wanted. And it feels pretty nice to look at it afterwards. Lawrence, I hope you finish the trees soon so we can get some nice updates of your work! Phil, yeah the 1:10 looks bright and almost orange in those pics. It looks more muted in real life. Ill post a picture of the 1:10 looking more like real life. I always try to get natural colors when I paint models for effect and harmony My basic idea for this paintjob was to get a red like blood and a yellow like bones and the tarred hull like soil. The scale also looks more harmonic in muted natural colors in my opinion. Mark and Nigel, the original thingie looks like a sea monster with two smaller monsters at his sides. Ive read the grotesque style is common for north german renaissance. Im not sure I can get that shaped properly but I will try. /Matti PS: Heres a pic of the 1:10 model without the strong flash making the red and yellow look weird. I think the untreated look of the hull makes the colors look more bright than they would on a tarred ship.
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Good to see some update Jan! /Matti
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And here are the figures in place. I plan to try and make the strange monsters thingie behind the lion later on. /Matti
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Hey Lawrence, checked your thread earlier also looking for updates. I got the emperors in place today. Funny, it took me many hours to paint them and mounting them took one hour. I'll try to snap pics tomorrow. /Matti
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Looking forward to see the updates. I've missed them. /Matti
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Hey Lawrence, funny you should post that. I just grew tired of painting those 20 figures. Thanks for the encouragement! /Matti
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Thanks Wolf, Im very happy you like it! Phil, yeah thats the kit I was thinking of, I agree with you about the look. /Matti
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Wasa by Lin Feng - Sergal - 1:60
NAZGÛL replied to Lin Feng's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1501 - 1750
Nice progress Lin! /Matti -
Thanks mate! /Matti
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Thank you Lawrence and Phil. Ive started the work with the emperors. It feels almost strange to be this close to finish the figure painting. /Matti
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Bill, the royal ships were not just warships but also floating palaces used as symbols of power and for propaganda. The red was a royal color and at the time where she was built, bright colors were used by the powerful and the aesthetics was in the style of north german renaissance. I think its beautyful. Phil, Im not sure about your model, but the local hobbyshop had a really old Vasa model and I think it was a BB. It was from before they knew how she looked. You couldnt tell it was Vasa, but more a generic model of the ships from that time. It was about 50 cm. I cant tell if thats the same as yours, but if it is I would have made it a generic ship. Last week Ive been working on some sculptues. It took time to get them to get a good fit, thank good its plastic, as it allows for easy shaping. I have also made the knights cloaks and swords out of thin styrene sheet. Now its time to start with the emperors. /Matti
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Wow, youve got much job done. Looking good Erik! /Matti
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Thats really nice, I like the color very much! /Matti
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Well done Michael! The detail level on your Vasa makes it shine. Im happy you kept the nails as they are. /Matti
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Cheers Lawrence and Michael! /Matti
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Thanks Mark! /Matti
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Cheers WW and Nigel! Im working on the big tritons now. /Matti
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This week Ive been painting the sculptures that run below the bow. According to Landströms book it portrait the battle between Peleus and Thetis. I thinned the pieces down to make them thinner and sanded them to make them sit tight against the wood. The colors are muted variants of the 1:10 color scheme. I also thinned down and painted the Vasa shield for the lion. /Matti
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Nice upgrades! Those small lion details you painted earlier must be frustrating to do. Nice that you post your work for others to use. /Matti
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A big thanks for all nice comments BE, dafi, Frank, Jan and Lawrence! Good to hear from you again Frank, I hope you are feeling better! /Matti
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This is the first part in the book series: http://www.amazon.com/Vasa-Archaeology-Maritima-National-Maritime/dp/9197465909 Like said, Im not sure if rigging will be in part 2, but it will be released pretty soon and Im sure you can learn if it does before buying it. /Matti
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My condolences Andy! /Matti
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