Airfix Golden Hind 1/72 with added rigging and details

[kirill4]

Good day John,
Spainish state traditional colors - straigt combination of red/yellow,
but on english elizabethian galleon most likely they were not used for hull decoration in such combination as red-yellow, for english galleon varios combination of - white, green, red , blue color, yellow ochre ... royal blue in that period most likely used in Royal coat of arm colors ? Lion and Dragon in Elizabeth I royal coat of arms - both golden.

 

[johnlattanzio]

Kirill you are a champion!
I am not a fan of the historic colours so I will modify slightly... I acknowledge my deviation from historical accuracy.

I guess also the pigments available were quite limited at the time, which probably had a significant affect on the colours used.

 

[kirill4]

Of course , it matter only from historical accuracy point of view ,when necessary to follow colors schemes - Spanish Kings as a rule - Red- Yellow, Tudor's colors - Elizabeth I - Green-White-red( note , Lion and Dragon of Her Coat of Arms, both of them , must be painted in gold ).... but from point of view of "artistic license" , it doesn't matter at all which colors to use to paint galleon model... but it could be looks interesting, this combination red-yellow of Spanish Crown colors in ornament and if You will decide to use banners in Tudor's colors later on... ?
As I rememmber , GH could be painted in Spanish Crown colors due to her special mission during that famous Drake voyage, but than, don't forget to use spanish banners as well...

 

[johnlattanzio]

My extra cannons for the gun decks arrived today! They are brass. I guess I should paint them matt black? Is it true that sometimes they were left in the raw metal? I thought I read that somewhere. What is most appropriate for 1580s? I notice that Kirill's (spectacular!) galleon has black cannons.