Friday, February 8, 2013

Final Nemesis

 

 Well, I finally took the time to complete the paintwork and add a dash of detailing on Nemesis. I think this has turned out pretty well for a spin-off of a failed project (it WAS supposed to be a small torpedoe-boat when this all started, an effort that I need to return to) albeit a fair bit larger than first planned. Even when I had decided to finish this project I still managed to get distracted and burn a few hours on stuff that would have been fine if left alone.



this is the sort of thing that always get me into trouble, a ship needs a boat,
 so I built a little thing, just a bit of balsa and some card

but it looked dumb just sitting on the deckhouse,
besides it was squishing the handles on the doors

so I built a frame to hold it, the French loved complicated
 boat-handling equipment so it just seemed right,
rivets were needed. of course

we were having a "snow-event" so I made my own angle-irons from card
 instead of going to buy Plastruct from the hobby shop

ta-da! a boat rack


having burned an hour and a half on that I got down to gluing the bits into place
after I had built a crane to lift the boat, when will I learn!

finally, when the glue had set for a bit, 
it was time for the official portrait photo shoot.
the bows

the midships, a very busy place

and the stern

the stern view

more of that busy midships, 
that boat sure looks cool up on that nifty rack....

the boat is deployable, of course

a close-up of one of the secondary guns

bows-on

the formal profile

stern-on

I rather got carried away didn't I? must learn to minimize deck clutter

formal profile the other way

and one with a ruler, for giving a sense of scale


         All in all I am pleased with the result. She may be a bit too modern looking and not VSF enough to make me really happy but it turned out well enough. I would like to thank everybody who provided input, encouragement and advice (even if I didn't follow all of it). Another half-dozen or so models and I will be able to put on a game!

9 comments:

  1. That is an amazing bit of modelling. Very very well done!

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  2. Absolutely brilliant, Anton! Well dnoe, Sir!

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  3. Oops! Well done, I meant! Been at the old port this evening, Old Chap!

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    1. If I have impressed the likes of the Good Colonel then I can rest well pleased indeed!

      I can appreciate a bit of the Old Port myself, a personal favorite is Fonseca Bin 27. Not a classic but good for daily use, to keep the blood in top condition as they say.

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    2. BTW Tex Wingspan is brilliant!

      How do you find time between making and gluing on rivets?

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  4. Very nice modeling. I'd be proud to sail on her in adventures of the VSF kind.

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  5. She's brilliant Anton! I'm glad that you ignored my advice and went with the gray hull, that was the better choice as I see now. I think the work you put into the boat and crane paid off, it loos very convincing.
    Looking forward to seeing her crewed and in action!

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    1. Crewing the existing ships will be a project in and of itself, I will soon be ordering grew figs from Pulp, TVAG and Reverisco; does anybody else out there know of other sources for naval crew minis in 28mm?

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