More additions to the Carthaginians for Trebia have been completed along with several more refurbished 1/3000 scale ships.
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| Only 2 bases will be required for Trebia but with an extra pack in the unpainted pile it needed to be done. A little more uniform in appearance than I originally intended! As with nearly all my 6mm figures they are from the Baccus range. |
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| 3 more bases of Numidian cavalry were required for Mago's ambush. |
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| A refurbished King George V. |
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| A before and after photo. The Valiant on the left and Nelson. They would have been painted over 30 years ago. |
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| A good soaking in nail varnish remover does a good job on the old paint. Most of it strips away easily with a stiff brush. An aft mast was added to the Valiant but other than all a new coat of paint was all that was required. A note about the 'blue' bases. I have seen this discussed on various forums and many prefer a more realistic dark sea-grey look more reminiscent of the north Atlantic. The camera lightens the blue a little but my decision to go for this shade has more to do with the look of the ships. In this scale I find that having the sea colour not dissimilar to the grey ship 'loses' the ship. Mine are all basking under a clear blue sky in the Med! |
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