HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD

[michael mott]

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

 

[bartley]

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

Edited October 31, 2021 by bartley

[DORIS]

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

 

[Amalio]

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.

[KORTES]

Your handicraft is truly amazing!

[Richmond]

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

[Jeronimo]

Hello Doris.

 

Her work and photos are fantastic and wonderful.

In comparsion, I feel like a beginner.

 

Regards

Karl

 

 

 

 

 

[Sailor1234567890]

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....

[DORIS]

Dear friends,
thank you all for your comments, praise and "likes", your words mean a lot for me and are much appreciated.

21 hours ago, montañes said:

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.

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.

 

 

16 hours ago, KORTES said:

Your handicraft is truly amazing!

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.😉

 

16 hours ago, Richmond said:

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

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.

 

9 hours ago, Jeronimo said:

Hello Doris.

 

Her work and photos are fantastic and wonderful.

In comparsion, I feel like a beginner.

 

Regards

Karl

 

 

 

 

 

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.  

 

7 hours ago, Sailor1234567890 said:

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....

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 ...😊

 

 

 

[DORIS]

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:

 

Edited December 4, 2018 by DORIS

[Mirabell61]

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

[Jeronimo]

Hello Doris,

Nils has met exactly the words, this is also my opinion about your model.

Regards

Karl

[Dziadeczek]

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.

Edited December 5, 2018 by Dziadeczek

[dvm27]

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. 

[JeffT]

You are a true artist Doris.

[RdK]

9 hours ago, Dziadeczek said:

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.

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

[Richmond]

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

Edited December 5, 2018 by Richmond

[DORIS]

Hello dear friends,
I do appreciate your comments, thank you all very much.

 

23 hours ago, Mirabell61 said:

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

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.

 

13 hours ago, Dziadeczek said:

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.

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.

 

4 hours ago, RdK said:

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

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

 

[Amalio]

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.

[DORIS]

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by DORIS

[Ab Hoving]

Congratulations with your beautiful work. It is beyond any critisism.

[DORIS]

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.

 

[ShipWrong]

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

[DORIS]

Thank you dear friends, I am pleased you like my work.

 

Dirk: In fact it is quite easy cause I usually try to find the easiest way how to manage the process and achieve better result. I have no special tools, so I don't even have other options.

 

15 minutes ago, ShipWrong said:

..... are you going to roll your own canon?

 

I have this saved for all the glorious details and videos you have left for us

Yes, of course, I am going to roll my own cannons using card.  The process will be documented and I will post my tutorials here. I like to share my technologies with you. I also find here a lot of beautiful inspiration that helps me a lot.

 

Kind regards,

Doris

[druxey]

Brilliant, as usual, Doris!

[michael mott]

Doris....What Druxey said!!

 

Michael

[dvm27]

You are truly an artist, Doris. Just noticed those elegant scarph joints in the wales.

 

Also love the work on your beakhead bulkhead. Will there be doors eventually to allow passage?

[Hubac's Historian]

Doris - have you ever considered applying your ornamental talents to a French ship?  Any projects you are kicking around for the future?

[Ab Hoving]

Are you sure there are entrance ports on both sides of the ship? I'm not an expert on English ships, but as far as I know the starboard side has always been the side where high-ranked people were welcomed.

[DORIS]

Dear friends,
thank you all very much for your kind words and comments I am pleased and appreciated your support a lot.

 

11 hours ago, dvm27 said:

You are truly an artist, Doris. Just noticed those elegant scarph joints in the wales.

 

Also love the work on your beakhead bulkhead. Will there be doors eventually to allow passage?

Hello Greg,

the right remark. Of course I am going to add two doors on that bulkhead at marked places:

 

 

9 hours ago, Hubac's Historian said:

Doris - have you ever considered applying your ornamental talents to a French ship?  Any projects you are kicking around for the future?

Yes, I would like to build a larger French ship probably from 17th century as my future project.Their decoration and design are beautiful so this is a great challenge for me. I admire your current project  Le Soleil Royal, it is a superb inspiration and pleasure to watch.

 

51 minutes ago, Ab Hoving said:

Are you sure there are entrance ports on both sides of the ship? I'm not an expert on English ships, but as far as I know the starboard side has always been the side where high-ranked people were welcomed.

Well I am not sure with several things that I apply on the model, but suppose the entry ports could be on both sides of this ship. On Vale´s painting you can see the entry port on the starboard, so it is also O.K. on my model. On museum models of similar English ships from that period I can see the entry ports usually only on the port side ( therefore I also made it there on my RK) , but it is often missing on the starboard. 

 

 

And here on this model of the warship 90-94 guns from 1670 you can see entry ports on both sides so I believe it is also right on my model:

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66333.html

 

Kind regards,

Doris

 

 

Edited December 8, 2018 by DORIS