So… after waxing lyrical about the sweaty desires I have had to paint boats with big guns I thought I should probably show you what some of them look like.
Here are my photos of the Russian Imperial Fleet’s 2nd & 3rd Pacific Squadrons that sailed all the way around the globe (setting a record until the White Fleets cruise) to fall prey to Japanese Guns and Shimose!
2nd Destroyer Division
ODD Blestyashchi, ODD Bezuprechni, ODD Bodri, ODD Gromki & ODD Grozni
1st Destroyer Division
ODD Byedovi, ODD Buini, ODD Bravi, & ODD Buistri
First Division
OBB Knyaz Suvorov, OBB Imperator Aleksander III, OBB Borodino & OBB Orel
OBB Borodino
Third Division
OBB Imperator Nikolai I, OBB Graf Admiral Apraxin, OBB Admiral Senyavin & Admiral Ushakov)
OBB Imperator Nikolai I
OBB Admiral Senyavin
First Cruiser Division
OCR Oleg, OCR Aurora, OCR Dimitri Donskoi & OCR Vladimir Monomakh
OCR Oleg
OCR Aurora
OCR’s Dimitri Donskoi & Vladimir Monomakh
Second Division
OBB Oslyabya, OBB Sisoi Veliki, OBB Navarin & OCR Admiral Nakhimov
OBB Oslyabya
OBB Navarin
OBB Sisoi Veliki
OCR Admiral Nakhimov
Second Scouting Division
CR Svyetlana & AMC Ural
Attached Cruisers
OCR Zhemchug & OCR Izumrud
OCR Zhemchug & OCR Izumrud
AH Kostroma
AH Oryel
AE Koreya
AP Irtyusa & AP Anadyr
AR Kamchatka
PY Almaz
AT’s Svir & Rus
The Auxiliary Squadron
So the key with painting miniatures of this scale is not to worry too much about the fine detail but to concentrate on the overall effect.
Whenever I see painted miniatures of this scale, there is always something that bothers me about what Im looking at. They always just seem to look so flat, and thats because there is no attention to fine detail… because in a lot of cases there is no fine detail to pay attention to. The way that I think I have overcome this problem with miniatures of this scale is that I paint a representation of planking on the decks of all my ships.
Not terribly accurate BUT makes a massive visual difference when you are looking at them with the naked eye!
