Dusty Project XII, Last of the galleons

 

the Golden Hind in a rather bright and fanciful color scheme

 

and the Black Swan in an intensely dour paint ob

       After a brief pause to honor Mother's Day I once more returned to the workshop and knocked out the last two galleons; one a Pirate Ship and the other a Golden Hind.  I intentionally painted them to lok very different from the other models of their type to make it easier to keep track during a game. I won't bother you with the step-by-step of the build as they have already been covered when I first built the type; follow the links for a look at a review of the kits and my first build of that type.

 

viewed from another vessel the black hull is dark and menacing

 

but, from the crew's position, there is plenty of bright cheery colors

 

arrg! the Captain is a master of psychology!

 

again, I ditched the topgallants and moved a sail 

out onto the bowsprit to give the ship a more 1610 sort of look

 

the Golden Hind did not need such trickery

but the colors might be a little over-the-top for the period

 

the last copy was painted in a rather more historical manner

 

the decals really show better with a bright paint job

 

the entire fleet in review

       Now, the question is this; do I try my hand at scratchbuilding a couple of galeasses? Or do I dust off those Greek Hoplites in 28mm and give the Citadel contrast paint for flesh a try?

 

a size comparison with a ruler helps