A video about Naval paint schemes 1775-1815

[Linus Spjutsberg]

First of all I posted this in the wrong category at first I think. I can't remove it for some reason though. Maybe a mod can help with that? Its in the paint section. 

 

I have just released a new deep-dive video on how warships were probably painted during the Napoleonic Wars, including a possible history behind the famous Nelson chequer. The research includes firsthand accounts, dockyard notes and letters, official restoration reports, historic naval art, and examples from surviving models.

 

 

 

It covers the main fleets of the period (British, French, Spanish, American), and includes color swatches, visual comparisons, and what modern restorations like HMS Victory tell us about 1800s paintwork.

 

 

 

I made this primarily for 1/700 scale wargaming. But I am sure some of the findings should be useful to ship modelers, wargamers, reenactors, and anyone interested in Napoleonic naval history.

 

 

 

Watch here: