DW Australian WIP Blog

[Ruckdog]

I finished my first Australian ship last night! It's one of the VICTORIA-class gunships:







Overall, I'm using a basic grey scheme (similar to my Prussians), but with a band of blue-green along the waterline to break up the profile of the ship somewhat. To play around some, I decided to more heavily weather this fleet than my others, based on the fluff in the Australian fleet book that says Australian ships are "hard wearing."  This ship was an experiment with some of GW's new technical paints, Typhus Corrosion and Ryza rust. I think the effect came out OK, though I get the feeling it will be better suited to larger models:







I kind of like the effect, so I am leaning towards carrying it over to the rest of the fleet. Here is one final shot in more normal light on a water mat, to give a better feel for what the scheme might look like on an actual table:



So, what do you think? I'm always open to suggestions!

[Fracas]

Looks good


And the deck color?

[Ruckdog]

Thanks! The decks are painted using my standard DW decking colors:

Vomit Brown/Tau Light Ochre, washed with Devlan Mud/Agrax Earthshade.

[Stitch_Reloaded]

Looks good, really liking the top down shot.  The metals really pop.

Also like the weathering/ soot on the stacks, that Tamiya or a wash?

Edit: What is everyone's opinion on the little bit "extra" resin at the bottom of the ships?  Sand or no sand?

Stitch

[Ruckdog]

Actually, it's just a little dry-brushed GW Chaos Black  .

[Ruckdog]

Now that I have the basic scheme nailed down, I am starting serial production!



So far, I've just got the first overbrushing of medium grey laid down. Next step will be highlights using lighter grey and finally white.

[Ruckdog]

Made a little more progress today!

Here is the fleet after the light grey and white highlights were applied:



And here, I am starting to mask a few for the blue along the water line:



I was only able to do the rest of the gunships and the two submarine tenders as far as the blue goes, but I think they came out pretty well:



Looks like that will be it for today!

[Ruckdog]

Another update

I finished getting the blue-green put on the hulls, and the wood decking done (always one of the most tedious parts!)



This shot was taken after the decks were washed with Devlan Mud:



From here the next step will be to paint all the metallic bits, do the weathering, and then the final touch-ups. This will probably be the last update for a week or so, though, as I'm about to hit the road to go visit family in Indiana.

[Last Rites]

Nice job! Finishing up on my AUS fleet now...so will be about another 2 weeks till their done 

[Ruckdog]

What is everyone's opinion on the little bit "extra" resin at the bottom of the ships?  Sand or no sand?

Stitch

Well, I'm more in the "no sand" camp, especially for a secondary fleet like this. It wouldn't be particularly hard, given the flat bottom location of the extra resin. However, I find this little bit of extra is only really noticeable in close-up photos. In person, I have to squint to see it!