Bismarck ready for its base to be painted
This post summarises how I am currently painting my 1/3000 scale WWII warships.
With the Royal Navy's Hood and Price of Wales done it was time to add some of the opposition. Bizmarck and Prinz Eugen.
First up I base the ships and then add the sand that will later become the wake for the ship. I then basecoat the miniatures in Chaos Black. This helps to shadow the model when painting it.
I then wet brush the model in Administratum Grey. Any paint getting on the base will be painted over later when I paint the water affect.
In painting, I stroke the brush over the model in order to leave the base coat showing through in some recesses.
I then paint the decks in Rakarth Flesh.
Historical colour schemes are then painted on, if they were present on the actual ship.
If a camouflage scheme was also present of the actual ship, I then paint this. Bizmarck, for example, had additional paint added to the bow and stern as well as stripes along the port and starboard.
Prinz Eugen also had a camouflage scheme.
I then paint the anchor chain along the bow deck using Boltgun Metal.
I then paint the model in Agrax Earthshade and await for it to dry.
Once dry, I again use Rakarth Flesh to paint highlights on the model's decks.
With the model finally done, I then paint the base. You can find how I did that here.
