WWII - Royal Navy

Victory at Sea - Royal Navy

This week I am showcasing something a bit different, the Royal Navy starter set from Victory at Sea. Most of my blogs to date have varied in writing style, sometimes I plunge into painting or modelling detail other times I add a bit of fantasy or history fluff.

Newly added to the cabinet 

I like to bounce around a bit because first and foremost I am not a writer, in fact I have a passionate dislike for English literature as a subject full stop. Gammer nazis are the pinnacle of all things wrong with the subject in my opinion, anyone spending their time judging others for a missed colon or full stop have lost their own minds. Anyway back to my point, one of which is that I don’t really know my own style nor am I very good at the whole blog thing. So I hope that for those of you reading these little logs/blogs/diary entries, that they are good little digests and always fresh and of use, in some instances at least!

One SQN of Swordfish Bi-planes

On to the topic in hand, the RN starter set was gifted to me and after a few games I was inspired enough to paint the models. One Aircraft Carrier with some Bi-planes, one Battleship, three light Cruisers of various classes, and three Destroyers. 

Full Set Photo

This nice little fleet, and are all one piece resin casts except for the odd mast. I undercoated in grey with a light white drybrush. Then I used dark navy blue contrast to block in the sea, and natural grey for the ships. I watered down some putrid green to block in parts of the deck.

Battleship & Carrier

After these base colours were blocked in I found that all was needed to add was a very light ivory drybrush, which at this 1/1800 scale was enough to form a highlight. I know that’s a really short and basic explanation of the paints used but in this case entirely accurate description of the end result. 

Cruisers and Destroyers

Of the end result, I feel it’s brilliant for the time and effort (about a day for the whole fleet), with the hardest part to these models really being, the gluing in place of masts at the start. I recommend them to anyone just wanting to get on and play, and of course more time could be spent in adding a touch of black and metal, but actually at this scale probably unrealistic in itself to stand out. 

I’m sure there are some who will disagree and that’s fine, leave a comment and I will put you straight 😜