Posted by John M
on April 30, 2009, 9:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Models with a soul"
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Chris Ellis (Airfix Magazine etc.) was a great advocate of adding depth to small ship models via painting techniques. In early 1970s articles for Model World Magazine, he built and painted a series of 1/1200 Almark (ex-Casadio) ship kits and developed a technique he called "counter shading". This involved applying a darker shade of the base colour into overhangs and sheltered areas and a lighter shade of the base colour (often dry brushed) to corner angles, along gun barrels etc.
His ideas were quite influential for a time, but modern 1/1200 modellers and collectors seem to value an "as new" paint finish. Military modellers have spent years creating a whole variety of weathering and shading techniques. The 1/700 model ship brigade also enjoy a bit of dust and rust on their models.
Have we become a bit too conservative in our approach to the miniship hobby? Painting 1/1200 model ships - art or science? Discuss.
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