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12 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

With the centre groov  I would  use a  small  v shape  file  and  work  it around.

 

OC.

Yes I can do it just in my hands with a file like that,  but would like it spinning to get that groove centered, deep and clean.

 

Been reading a bit more and followed an amazing build by Alex M.

Wow such craftsmanship.

I will borrow a few methods and see what I can come up with for shaping the groove and the inclines on the deadeye’s faces.

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Well I had a fun day to myself doing what I wanted…modelling and it felt great.
I can make these deadeyes work, takes some time but I can get it done bit by bit

I made about 130 plugs blanks and 40 or so finished ones 

 

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Excellent work.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Very nice!   I like the orange glow of the lanterns as well as the spooky feeling conjured by the reddish glow from below deck, as if there were supernaturally reanimated skeleton pirates waiting down there to ambush the crew.

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49 minutes ago, Jeff T said:

Very nice!   I like the orange glow of the lanterns as well as the spooky feeling conjured by the reddish glow from below deck, as if there were supernaturally reanimated skeleton pirates waiting down there to ambush the crew.

Ok cool. I was concerned it might be too orange blazing fire and not yellow candle light enough 🤔

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I think that orange conveys a “dimmer” effect than bright yellow, just on the basis of color, even though it may be the same intensity LED.  This can let one imagine that a single small candle is burning within the lantern rather than a magnificent bright candelabra.  And some candles may actually burn with an orange hue.  On my own Spanish Galleon build, I chose an orange glow-in-the dark paint for my lanterns, which I think may give a more realistic, less “neon” look than bright yellow.

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Excellent work  Scott.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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Made some more of the deadeyes today. I have about 25 more to go to get the 130 or so I will make

Switched gears and worked on some figures to bring the ship to life

Modify the same set of figures OC used. Made two main characters of POTC, Capt Jack Sparrow and Mr Gibbs 

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I like this one. They stand at the wheel watching the sea, missing most of their boat, but that is beside the point

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Scott, that is great detail for such a small scale!  What color do you use for priming, and then, do you use a wash for “weathering” the clothing?  Or for bringing out facial detail?  I will be painting some figures soon, and am trying to figure out a good way to approach it, since I don’t have much experience with it.  Your technique looks excellent — both for your large scale Captain Sparrow as well as for the small scale figures.

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9 hours ago, Jeff T said:

Scott, that is great detail for such a small scale!  What color do you use for priming, and then, do you use a wash for “weathering” the clothing?  Or for bringing out facial detail?  I will be painting some figures soon, and am trying to figure out a good way to approach it, since I don’t have much experience with it.  Your technique looks excellent — both for your large scale Captain Sparrow as well as for the small scale figures.

Thanks Jeff , I am glad you like them….still think I can do better and get cleaner/sharper details at 1/72 but it is hard

Priming: I do a flat black…stylenrez or Ultimate model products

Weathering wash: I made a “magic wash” one flat and one clear. It is just clear acrylic+india ink.

At 1/72 scale I think it gives too muddy a look. Jack sparrow got the wash and Gibbs didn’t and I think Gibbs looks better. The larger scale  Jack sparrow definitely got acrylic magic washes.

 

Before leather I prime a loose layer (ie not super dense, thinned slightly) of a tan primer again stylenrez, then oil burnt umber on top and you can wipe some off before it fully dries to show wear. Other brown oils can be used for lighter leather 

For faces:

Flesh is Tamiya flat flesh..but I think vajello or citadel might brush paint easier

Trick layer is  a coat of a rusty red stylenrz, very thin like a glaze. It gives a reddish alive with blood look to the face

this is a good video summary of faces and pretty much what was done

 

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Great work  Scott,  those  figures  are  not easy to work  with  due to their  soft plastic  nature  - looking good.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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2 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Great work  Scott,  those  figures  are  not easy to work  with  due to their  soft plastic  nature  - looking good.

 

OC.

Thanks OC

Yes, not very crisp moulding detail, hard to cut or sand and don’t take paint all that great

I am hoping to get some of my 3D printed ones dialed in for the general crew

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4 hours ago, Twokidsnosleep said:

Thanks OC

Yes, not very crisp moulding detail, hard to cut or sand and don’t take paint all that great

I am hoping to get some of my 3D printed ones dialed in for the general crew

I remember  too  well  trying to  remove their  mould  lines  either  by  blade  or  sand paper  -  no  go,  certainly  can't   detail  them,  I think   your  3D  idea  is  a  Great  one  -  let  me  know  how  things  go  with  that.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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I measured the plastic dead eye lines, the moulded shroud and rat lines from the kit last night and did an order for some polyester ropes from Ropes of Scale.

Super happy to see they are in Canada and am watching lots of videos of tying the clove hitch rat lines and rigging the deadeyes.

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It is good to know that there are readily available polyester ropes —  I didn’t know about Ropes of Scale.  I was looking for something like that because it is my understanding that nylon may stretch more, and also, I want to be able to use cyanoacrylate on them (without potentially smoldering the cotton in the cotton/poly blend of Syren ropes due to the thermal reaction).

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I gotta get my wiring into the hull now so I can move on and keep the build going forward. Managed to fry a couple orange LED’s in my test circuit wiring for the lighting🙄

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The calculations  said I was ok with the 3 volts and specifications of the bulbs but clearly not. I had to put a 100 ohm resistor on the positive line and then it was all ok and no smoking

 

 

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  Over time, ordinary batteries can leak and make a mess ... unless there is easy access and they are changed annually.  CR2032 round lithium batteries may be a better option.

Completed builds:  Khufu Solar Barge - 1:72 Woody Joe

Current project(s): Gorch Fock restoration 1:100, Billing Wasa (bust) - 1:100 Billings, Great Harry (bust) 1:88 ex. Sergal 1:65

 

 

 

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6 hours ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

  Over time, ordinary batteries can leak and make a mess ... unless there is easy access and they are changed annually.  CR2032 round lithium batteries may be a better option.

Good thought

I don’t usually leave batteries stored in the builds I do just for such reason…household stuff too

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Thanking OC for another modification…the catheads to support the anchors

 3D printed out a couple of lion heads in various sizes to make the carved face at the end of the beam

The Pearl has the carvings, though hard to see

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some research pics, this isn’t the Pearl

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My 3D prints and the styrene beams

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I have a couple back ups and larger versions to test out my patina paint efforts for weathering

You can dial down the sizes on the print program so these are 10% , 2.5% and 2% of the full figure size.

It also correlates the sizes in mm’s

 

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Verdigris painting time. Using the Citadel oxide overtop a gold

 

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My test  cat heads

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The gorgeous moulded  figurehead sprayed Tamiya gold 

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Lamps too

 

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She is beautiful

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Working on the bowsprit mast. I did as OC suggested and put a tapered dowel inside
A ship starts getting pretty big once you put some masts on…my entire desk pad and my entire spray booth

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Superb work,  all the extra work  will  so be worth it  as  she builds into a  real piece of art.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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