cbovill those are georgeous. As are all that are being posted here.
I'm coming back on, having finished my ship collection in 2400 scale to pose a question. Its not really micronauts but this is the group I want to get feedback from.
I've recently purchased the Gearbox diecast line of WWII ships in 700 scale for shelf decoration. I am really pleased with the ships, highly recommend them to anyone. One note; the pictures you see online of the ships are not the ships themselves, they must be prototypes, because the actual production ships are much better detailed and precise. So don't judge them by the ebay photos you may find.
Moving on, upon receiving them I am posed with a decision, do I:
- paint detail them,
- paint detail and weather detail them,
- paint detail, weather detail, and PE detail them,
- leave them as is.
The reason I put that last one in there is that they look, as you'll see in the pics below, almost like builders' or shipyard models. Granted they have a low paint color count as is to be expected, but the detail is quite nice, its not even really apparent in my pictures (although the detail in my pics is better than what you can see in their online catelogs). Also, not being waterline models, it feels a little odd to weather them, though that was my original intent before they arrived.
Anyway here they are, flash and non-flash shots of each:
USS Arizona
The Arizona displays the only casting flaw of the entire line, as you can see above a seam on the bridge deck and a vertical seam on the towers. Other than that it and all the other ships are solid, heavy, and display no flaws whatsoever. The detail (turret rivetting, deck planking, etc) is not nearly as "bulbous-y" as it appears here, the small bits are really crisp in real life.
USS Indianapolis
USS Intrepid
I will be painting those planes regardless of what else I do or don't.
USS Missouri
All side by side on desk:
By way of comparison here's how I liked to weather my 2400 waterlines;
Your opinions on how I should finish them out or leave them appreciated in advance.
Here are a few pics of my finished destroyers:
Like I said, there are some really talented folks posting some beautiful pieces on the forums. I wish there were more naval gamers in my area so I could find more need to paint ships.
