From TamsinP - ESU Raiding Fleet (130 Points)

Two submissions in one day and both have been SciFi :D

This is my 18th submission in 12 weeks and amazingly this is my first (and maybe only) submission of spaceships.

And so I present the 16th Patriotic Raiding Fleet of the Eurasian Solar Union Space Navy. Well, the start of it - I have a bunch more ships to add to it at some point. These are the ships in the Mega Fleet pack from Ground Zero Games.

These had already been primed black by hand, but the next stages were done with the airbrush - it got plenty of use last weekend. First up was a base coat of Hull Red. That was followed by a first highlight of Hull Red/Scarlet then a light second highlight of Scarlet. Once that was done, the final step with the airbrush was to add irregular black stripes. The airbrush paints I've been using are Vallejo Model Air.

The rest of the painting was done by hand. To help me distinguish between ships of the same class during games, I've picked out panels in either Dark Prussian Blue, Black Green or Black Red. The capital ships got panels in Dark Prussian Blue and Black Green.

They then got sprayed with satin varnish before getting a black wash to help bring out the raised details. This seems to have knocked the red back to a brownish colour - I actually think it looks better (thankfully).

Weapon tips and the SDN's hangar opening were done in Fluo Orange; the engine glow was finished with a wash of Fluo Green.

And onto the pretty pictures of spaceships!

Zheng He Class Scout Ships

Poryshkin Class Corvettes

Kuritsa Class Frigates

Ural Class Destroyers

Kiang Class Light Cruisers

 Oriskansky Class Escort Cruisers

Xinglong Class Heavy Cruisers

Pobyeda Class Battlecruiser

Khalinov Class Battleship

Morov Class Battle Dreadnought

Zhukov Class Super Dreadnought

I posted this pic on my blog last night, but for those who haven't seen it, here is a pic I took in the dark. You can just about make out a faint green engine glow.

I have no idea what these are worth in points - I've sent Curt some size pics to help him out.

I have next week booked off work, so you can expect either one huge entry or several smaller ones. I haven't quite decided what to paint up during my time off. I'm hoping to get about 300 points worth of something done though, leaving me in sight of my 2500 point target with just under 2 weeks to go.


From Curt:

Very nice Tamsin! 

I remember your excellent NAC Fleet from last year's Challenge and these 'Space Soviets' look like they'd be admirable adversaries. The ship design has a certain quasi-Klingon look about them - though somewhat more boxy and sharp edged - nonetheless, they have very cool silhouettes. Your use of the airbrush has allowed you to create some great effects with the mottled colours, while the orange running lights tie them all together. Do all of the ships have the same bright green engine flares as the Super Dreadnought? It's a nice touch.

Well done Ms. P!