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Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut





Lancaster



I must say that on receiving my copy of Games Workshop’s latest limited edition release, Dreadfleet, I really was impressed. The box is much larger and weightier than I expected and made of a thick, durable cardboard. There was even a thin sheet of card separating the plastic sprues from the rulebook and cards ensuring that they do not get scratched. The deep box really is filled with plastic and a lot of thought has clearly gone into the layout of the sprues which are absolutely packed with ships, islands, monsters and all manner of gaming accessories. One thing I really like about the set is the fact that, with the obvious exception of the cards and dice, all of the gaming counters/pieces required for the game are models in themselves. It’s little details like this that really make the game stand out. The detail on the models is very crisp and there are very few mold lines to remove. The designers have also made good use of ‘negative space’ on the shipwrecks and models such as the Shadewraith.



I only have a few complaints about the set and these are very minor indeed, hardly worth noting at all. Firstly, the giant skulls are a bit silly but skulls are increasingly becoming a part of the Warhammer aesthetic (so much so in fact that one GW blog post on Dreadfleet reads: “Like all things Dreadfleet, it is, of course, liberally covered in skulls” -29.09.11). I guess it’s just a matter of personal taste. Also, there is only one design of cog for each fleet which is odd considering the amount of detail that has gone into the rest of the design. However, again this is only a very minor complaint, just nitpicking really.

Since its release the internet has been awash with comments and reviews about Dreadfleet, some good, and some bad. However, I for one am certainly very happy with my purchase. Although I have not yet played a game,I am incredibly satisfied with the models which is the primary reason why I bought the game.

Painting the Terrain

When it came to painting the set, I decided to start with the terrain and various gubbins that come in the box as these will be needed for every scenario. So far work has commenced on the islands and shipwreck pieces, all of which are in various stages of painting. For these I started with a coat of Charadon Granite followed by a heavy drybrush of Charadon Granite and Codex Grey and then pure Codex Grey. This looked a little too grey and so I followed this with a slightly more patchy drybrush of Khemri Brown. This was followed with Fortress Grey, a Fortress Grey and Bleached Bone mix and finally Bleached Bone on its own. For each drybrush I used less and less paint until I was only catching the fine details of the model. Watered-down Catachan Green was then applied to add some more variety, concentrating on the bottom of each piece where the tide would result in the rocks becoming very green and slimy. Leviathan Purple (a very appropriately named colour for this project) was then painted into the recesses to add depth and variation to the shadows and to mimic the slightly purplish hue that rocks have in real life.



The water was painted Regal Blue to provide a nice dark base to work from. This was then layered with Hawk Turquoise leaving only the recesses uncovered and highlighted by adding increasing amounts of Skull White to Hawk Turquoise. The water was then randomly washed with Asurmen Blue and Thrakka Green to provide additional variation. The white spray on the crest of the waves was stippled Atronomican Grey followed by Skull White.



More to follow soon. Have a good week.

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http://miniaturemiscellany.wordpress.com/ 
   
Made in gb
Violent Enforcer







Nice work, very clean and bright painting. I can't wait to see more!
   
Made in jp
Steadfast Grey Hunter





Finland

Have been waiting for somebody to make a Dreadfleet blog.

Great looking stuff so far, hope to see the ships and monsters soon.

   
Made in nl
Werewolf of Angmar




Far over the MistyMountains cold

wow...those islands and shipwrecks are painted great. i wish my dreadfleet scenery pieces looked like that.... :(

looking forward to see more of your dreadfleet.

I'm not sure wether that is a sword... it's more like a letteropener, really. 
   
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Courageous Silver Helm




Amsterdam

I think the contrast the models have offer great potential for gaming terrain. I also like the fact that you didnt go all "ghost-ship" on the wrecks. The pieces look awesome, cant wait to see some ships. Also painting my DreadFleet at the moment and its nice to see stuff others do.

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Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut





Lancaster

master of asgard wrote:Nice work, very clean and bright painting. I can't wait to see more!


Thanks. I'm glad you like them.

Northen wrote:Have been waiting for somebody to make a Dreadfleet blog.

Great looking stuff so far, hope to see the ships and monsters soon.


I was surprised to see the lack of Dreadfleet blogs here on Dakka and so decided to add my own. Ships and monsters coming soon.

supremeoverlordVECT wrote:wow...those islands and shipwrecks are painted great. i wish my dreadfleet scenery pieces looked like that.... :(

looking forward to see more of your dreadfleet.


Thanks. Have you posted any pics of your Dreadfleet set?

MakeH wrote:I think the contrast the models have offer great potential for gaming terrain. I also like the fact that you didnt go all "ghost-ship" on the wrecks. The pieces look awesome, cant wait to see some ships. Also painting my DreadFleet at the moment and its nice to see stuff others do.


I also didn't like the 'ghost ship' look. It seems to me that if these are wrecks grounded on the rocks rather than resurrected apparitions then they would be physical ships and not ghosts. Ah well, the Galleon's Graveyard is a strange and magical place.

I have made some progress with the shipwrecks and other pieces. Here they are on the gaming mat.













I'm not entirely happy with the volcano. I may yet go back and repaint the lava.

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Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut





Lancaster

I decided to repaint the lava. On the whole I am much happier with it now.





The lava was basecoated Red Gore and airbrushed using Blood Red, Blazing Orange, Bad Moon Yellow and Skull White in that order to achieve a glowing effect. This was then touched up using the old Citadel Yellow and Orange Inks (although I am sure that any other inks would do). Overall I am much more happy with its appearance now.

I wanted to paint the temple on the other side of the volcano as obsidian to look like it had been built out of volcanic rock. To achieve this the temple was painted Chaos Black and edge highlighted using Adeptus Battle Grey followed by Codex Grey. It was then finished off with a coat of gloss varnish in order to give it a nice shiny appearance.

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Boosting Space Marine Biker




La Habra, CA

That lava looks amazing, great job!

 
   
Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut





Lancaster

Thanks, glad you like it.

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Made in jp
Steadfast Grey Hunter





Finland

The updated lava looks great, big improvement to the first version (which wasn't that shabby either)

The warm light on the cliff walls from the lava's glow was just the thing, bit of "realism"

Hope to see some of the ships soon.

   
Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut





Lancaster

Here's Count Noctilus's flagship, The Bloody Reaver















More pictures on my blog.http://miniaturemiscellany.wordpress.com/

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