My first PP pirates

[Smoking gun]

Sean,
I have the first rule set too. I also have two of the SDD resin ships, they aren't in good condition but could be refurbished.

Best wishes,
Martin Buck

[Leslie BT]

The SDD ships are great, have a couple to make up.  Had the masts re-welded ready for paint.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Hobbycraft have the two Revell pirate ships at the lowest price I've seen them:

The Black Pearl at £18.75 (down from £25)
The Ghost Ship at £15 (down from £20).

https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/advancedsearchresults.aspx?query=pirate

They're nominally 1:150, but I'm not sure anyone's going to quibble over that.

Simon

[Daniele]

I had to stop some months with my works but now I'm finally back and I completed another bunch of miniatures. This time we have fierce citizens coming out to face the pirates and some special character too. Next bunch of miniatures will be Governor's troops...I hope you like

[Daniele]

[Colonel Kilgore]

You've brought out the detail of Martin's sculpts very nicely, Daniele - great job!

Simon

[martin goddard]

Daniele, they have come out well. I see good use of ink there?

martin

[Anatoli]

Very nice painting which highlights the quality of sculpture (and atmosphere !) of these miniatures.

Superb !

[Daniele]

Yes Martin I used inks to shadow them. I find it's the most rapid way to make it with good results.
The problem with inks is that they can give a dirty look to your miniatures if you don't use them with the right technic.
In addition to this they can also give an unwanted shiny aspect. This happened with the red dress of the blond lady but I could easily correct this by adding a layer of matt clear colour.

[Colonel Kilgore]

Staining of light colours is what often puts me off using inks on figures (less of an issue on vehicles). I find that brushing on the Army Painter dip - either Light Tone or Strong Tone - gives the shading but with much less staining.

It's obviously shiny (rather more so than many inks) but matt varnish can help here too.

Simon

[Smiley Miley 66]

Do you mean this box set ?
Still even have the free magazine dated April 1997.
Miles

[Daniele]

A bunch of spanish Governor's troops.

[Colonel Kilgore]

They look very nice, Daniele - well done!

Simon

[Sean Clark]

Love the blue coats with red cuffs. Very striking.

[Leman (Andy)]

I agree with the others that the ink wash has really brought out the shading on those figures.