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Hello everyone! Today I want to start a project that started about five years ago when I bought the revell pirate ship "Black Swan" wich is originally from Zvezda and is basically the black pearl with a different figurehead... a swan... yeah really pirate like... So I bought this five years ago, opened the box and decided I'm not yet ready for this... So now I am... at least I'll try anyway! So my plans are to get this to look really realistic, so no deep black ship that looks like it survided a wildfire. I want to change the figurehead and then find a suitable name. so here's the box: Its massive... but a big portion of the parts will not be used... the shrouds will be done with real ropes and wooden bull's-eyes and the yards (and masts) will be replicated in wood I might use the blocks provided in the kit they do look well done First thing I have done was deciding on colors for the wooden decks and the hull I used the life boat for testing I quite like the result... here is one for scale... not at all the right figure but the only 1/72 I had and a mock up to show the size of this beauty... I am so stoked about finally doing this! So then I started with the decks First a basecoat of a skin toned beige, than multiple tonal variations by mixing it with different colors and washes in brown and sephia ...followed by a heavy wash of black and last but not least a dry brushing with an off-white cream color and again a quick mock up to see if it works for the scale... I like the result very much! The lower battery deck got the same treatment minus the tonal variation as almost none of it will be visible through the gun ports or the stairways... Next up: Building 32 Canons, painting them and painting of the inner walls... Sounds like fun! Thanks for watching! Any Input or recommendations regarding figureheads are more than welcome! Cheers Konrad
