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| lainworks |
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 Registered Member #815 Joined: Sat Mar 20 2010, 07:04PMPosts: 12 | Just out of curiosity, is McLure's op-ed excerpt on painting vs. not painting still a live-wire in the modeling community? The reason I ask is that it seems there are a lot of reasons why one might build small ships and boats, but only one of those is the "job" of making exact replicas, unless there's a clause I missed when I signed my contract. While it is absolutely true that one absolutely must paint if one's goal is to recreate reality in miniature, surely it's legitimate to substitute varieties of wood for varieties of pigments on those occasions when one's goal is something else. The architecture and technology of ships are far too aesthetically and intellectually rich to be a foundation for only one class of modeling, no? | ||
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| twintrow |
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 Registered Member #55 Joined: Sun Aug 17 2008, 09:14PMPosts: 18 | My preference has always been not to paint but to let the natural wood beauty be shown. The exception has only been the Fair American which I did paint below the waterline white and the where the gun piercings were buff. Only to remain consistent with the Roger's model. And I will usually paint the bulwarks and cannon mounts red. | ||
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| EdT |
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| Registered Member #855 Joined: Fri Jun 11 2010, 04:47AMPosts: 9 | I think the question of painting or not painting is like many others in the hobby. The answer lies in questions each modeler must answer for himself. What am I building? Why am I building it? What are my objectives for the project and for the finished product? I suspect everyone would answer this differently. EdT | ||
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| robp |
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| Registered Member #125 Joined: Sat Aug 30 2008, 04:09PMPosts: 16 | But - check out (google, wikipedia) "Nelson Chequer" Rob R.J. Potter | ||
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