Spanish galleon by Chrome - scale 1:1500 - BOTTLE

[Chrome]

I'm planning on doing sails but I'm not sure how yet, don't think I could find a cloth fine enough to pass as proper at that scale.

[IgorSky]

Are you going to do folded sails or straightened? I think that you can use not the cloth, but the tissue paper or the film.

[Omega1234]

Hi Igor

 

Could Tony use the same type of film that you gave me for my Rainbow's sails?

 

What do you think?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[IgorSky]

Hi Igor

Could Tony use the same type of film that you gave me for my Rainbow's sails?

What do you think?

Cheers

Patrick

Yes Patrick!

I mean something like this. But I think it is necessary a little to paint for this model.

[Chrome]

Oh, I will definitely paint it, and I think having at least the largest sails straight would make for a more interesting model. And also a chance to see if I'll be able to paint the emblems on the main sails.

[Chrome]

And after a bit of a hiatus where most of my spare time was gobbled up by this monster called "reality" I finally got some time to sit down and fiddle some more today.

 

Fist I decided to add some more details to the decks, can't go without railings between the decks after all, the crew could hurt themselves.

 

 

 

Then I got to painting, didn't take any progress pics though, the process proved to be fairly fast at this scale.

I'm feeling quite proud of the icon at the stern, even though it doesn't look like much when the pictures are this blown up.

 

 

 

Here are a couple other angles:

 

 

 

[Omega1234]

Hi Tony

 

Wow, wow and wow! What an impact the paint job has brought to the overall effect. You must be a pretty dab hand with the paintbrush, because the individual colours stand out cleanly and crisply from one another. No blurring of the colours, there.

 

Overall, I'd have to say that my favourite shot would have to be the stern photo with the emblem. Nice stuff.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited August 29, 2015 by Omega1234

[Chrome]

Thank you! I did opt for extra vibrant paints for this one, suspected that if i used paint that was less so it might wash out at this scale.

[captainbob]

Ah what a beauty you have going there.

 

Bob

[Chrome]

Today I went to the dollar store and bought something I never thought I'd buy for myself.

 

A pack of faux hair.

 

Decided that it would be better to use plastic and even coloured hair rather than my own for rigging and shrouds.

 

So, the rest of the day went towards making the rig for making shrouds and now it should be fairly straightforward to make all of them.

 

 

A test shroud to see how it works:

 

 

I need to be a bit more careful, managed to glue two horizontal hairs together on the test piece, but now I know it looks more or less to scale. Enough for a good looking effect at least!

 

[mtaylor]

Ratlines?  Just when you think you've seen it all...    Gobsmacked I am.

[Omega1234]

Ratlines?  Just when you think you've seen it all...    Gobsmacked I am.

Hey Mark

 

That makes two of us!

 

Nicely done, Tony!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[captainbob]

What a great way to make ratlines.

 

Bob

[Chrome]

Since movement have been out of the question today I've tested my patience with trying to find blonde hairs on a bright wooden surface for a couple hours.

 

 

[Omega1234]

Hi Tony

 

I'm loving the ratlines!

 

....can't wait for the rest of the rigging to be added.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[IgorSky]

Bravo Tony!

[Chrome]

Thank you guys! I'm enjoying this build a lot more than I thought I would and you have been a great help in making it so.

[Omega1234]

Hi Tony

 

That's what it's all about...having fun and enjoying the hobby!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Chrome]

Today I decided to have a go at the sails, starting with the main sail. It was made through wetting three layers of rice paper with pva and then shaping that over an ice cream stick. After that it got painted.

[Omega1234]

Hi Tony

 

Nice artwôrk!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick