NORSKE LOVE - Billing Boats 1:75 scale

Dean62 said:
Can anyone guess who woke up and demanded a seat on his throne? ROTF
So the good servant I am, I got busy with his request…
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There is going to be a scroll at the top of the piece I am making now, it will join the same piece on the port side and sit at the top of the keel behind the Lion…looking forward to that. ;)
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Good morning Dean. Man we have been waiting a long time for the Lion to come out of his cage. He must be very chuffed. And Deans NL roars again. Beautiful ! Cheers Grant
 
I touched up the paint and started painting the gold on the edges. I am undecided about whether to paint the entire surface gold like in the rest of the ship. I may have to put the other ones on first before deciding. Opinions welcome.
It will also start to look better once I put the board with hawse holes in it on the bow, because it is black too.
Here it is for now…
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Dean62 said:
I touched up the paint and started painting the gold on the edges. I am undecided about whether to paint the entire surface gold like in the rest of the ship. I may have to put the other ones on first before deciding. Opinions welcome.
It will also start to look better once I put the board with hawse holes in it on the bow, because it is black too.
Here it is for now…
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Good morning Dean. I like the edges just gold it looks refined. I get your indecision tho as the edges are thin. Your call(as always) but if you stand back do those thin edges stand out enough? Answering your question with a question.;). No helpROTF. Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning Dean. I like the edges just gold it looks refined. I get your indecision tho as the edges are thin. Your call(as always) but if you stand back do those thin edges stand out enough? Answering your question with a question.;). No helpROTF. Cheers Grant
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Thank you Grant, that is a good point, can you see them from a distance. ;)
 
Dean62 said:
I touched up the paint and started painting the gold on the edges. I am undecided about whether to paint the entire surface gold like in the rest of the ship. I may have to put the other ones on first before deciding. Opinions welcome.
It will also start to look better once I put the board with hawse holes in it on the bow, because it is black too.
Here it is for now…
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With the Lion in it's rightful place, there's not going to be a peaceful moment until completion...
Poor Dean.
 
RDN1954 said:
I think the gold needs substance, right now it seems unbalanced with the Lion.
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Thank you for the input Johan! That same thought came to me initially....balance!
But once all of the railings are on, and they all have gold borders, then I think we will see balance. If they are all solid gold, they may overpower the Lion?
So I still want the Lion to be the focal point. So I think I will decide once all rails are on. It would be easy to add gold in the middle of the rails, the hard part is the edge painting! ;)
 
This one was fun to make…
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The edge against the hull has to be curved and beveled as shown above…
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The edge against the keel has to be curved upwards and angled inwards, with the top being no thicker the Lions foot…as shown above…
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Above it is shown painted.

Now on the ship, I also added the board with the hawse holes for the anchor ropes…



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From 6 feet away…


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End view…
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In conclusion, I feel like the black and gold makes it hard to see the profiling I did on the boards. I am starting to lean towards all gold with a wash to bring out the profile…;)
 
Dean62 said:
So I still want the Lion to be the focal point. So I think I will decide once all rails are on. It would be easy to add gold in the middle of the rails, the hard part is the edge painting!
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Fair point.
Your example show the rails to be similarly painted as your current rail. Once all rails are done, the balance might be restored,
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Definitely better all gold! I think it actually lessens the tendency to overtake the figurehead, helps to kind of “point to it”? With the added benefit of seeing the awesome railing details!
 
Stargazer said:
Definitely better all gold! I think it actually lessens the tendency to overtake the figurehead, helps to kind of “point to it”? With the added benefit of seeing the awesome railing details!
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Thank you Lou! It was a hard decision, but in the end, I agree this is the way to go. ;)
 
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