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Pete, these are great! I noticed the Balkenkreutze on the Lutzow Arado, wow! Your work is also a source for me, just finishing a batch of Dutch DDs, and I didn't look further than that

redleg, the labels are easy to do, Thay're actually Excel files, I just copy a flag, rework & resize it with Paint, and paste it in the frame. Bases are from a UK retailer, Warbases. I used to buy from Litko, but customs & shipping have gone insane over the year. A pity, since Litko is IMO better as their bases a twice as thin (less of the pesky refraction with them)

Foxbat,
Terrific painting work on your GHQ ships! Thank you for posting them for us to see.

I always enjoy seeing your work.

Looking forward to seeing more of you finished models.

Thanks very much, Foxbat! Do you have more ships in the works?

After a bit of a hiatus - well, not feeling like painting minis for a time - I've resumed work, and I'm happy to post my Big Mo. The GHQ model is really very detailed, and I can but pity any Japanese flyer tasked to taking on this porcupine bristling with AA guns. I may have missed one or two, but that's at least 15 Bofors 40mm mounts I counted, notwithsanding the 10 double barrelled 5" turrets... The ship is - approximately - painted in the scheme it displayed as Halsey's flagship and at the surrender of Japan.

That looks amazing Foxbat! Do you get that effect from painting, washing, and dry brushing? Or do you have some secret technique? I wish I could paint ships like that - it's beautiful!

Excellent work, Foxbat! It is great to see you posting again. The Missouri looks great! I know what it is like to not always be in the mood for painting.

Foxbat, excellent looking BB.

Awesome Battleship. I don’t do naval minis - how long does that take you to paint? It looks really detailed (and difficult)!

Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen.

Actually, even though it takes time to paint a mini, the most important point is the quality of the castings. What GHQ offers is a very successful blend of accuracy and enhancement of these details that give the model character IMO. This said, there is no way going around detailed painting of a model. I'm painting a few Clemson class DDs at the moment, this gives me an occasion to show 2 of them at various stages of painting.



The left one model has just received base coat, and had its deck painted. I don't mind spillovers at this stage. The right hand one has seen its uppper works and hull detailed. I'm using a good quality 0 size brush to paint at this stage. I'll still need to paint a few details (anchors, funnel caps) before I wash it (Using Citadel Nurn Oil pure, works really well, just take care not to let it pool). I inish with a very light drybrushing.

I've posted a more detailed how-to on my blog, here is the link. Just skip the camo stage.
https://foxbatfr-minisite-2.e-monsite.c ... -tuto.html

That's a great tutorial, Foxbat! Keep posting your work - it's very inspirational!

Thanks Foxbat- I bet it’s easy to get dry brush - that seems to be my dilemma and I spend more t time than I want to trying to fix that…

Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen.

Now, a few more - and mostly unlucky ships : the Dutch East Indies squadron, mostly destroyed during the campaign of the Malay Barrier in early 1942 :



The next 2 ships have already been posted, but for the sake of completion.... HNMS De Ruyter, Doorman's flagship :



HNMS Java

Both vrariants of Admiralen Class DDs. 1st variant








2nd variant

Lastly, HNMS Tromp, which was not sunk thanks to being under repairs at the time of the Battle of the Java Sea







All of them to play a part in my Java Sea campaign for NIMITZ, if i can set up a date

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/duqj8kwb ... cg0v7&dl=0

Those ships are beautiful Foxbat! Can't wait to see some pics of the game when you have it!