Regia Marina Italian Heavy Cruiser 'Pola'

Wow nan, what a tremendous project, the harbour is looking really nice, well done, what craftsmanship, excuse the pun!

Comming on nicely louis.

We know you can do it.

Amazing..!!!! Louis....

Prosit Louis,

Tal-genn habib - another masterpiece to make SSM proud.

Lovely work Lou! Gonna look awesome

The swing bridge and the structure to support it is nearly complete....fiddly bits will go on after painting...this is a dry fit...

now to glue the various components together and start working on the top of the edifice...once done and painted I can concentrate on putting the vessel together

Bomba Louis,

vera bicca xoghol tal-genn.

Prosit habib.

Int veru Pecluq Impeclaq u mid-Dezert tirrifletti t-Tpeclieq Impeclaq

Bellezza Lou, this beats any you have done so far, that build is really nice. This ship is going to be sooooo impressive.

The structure is all finished ...now the fun begins...painting and weathering...

still a bit more sanding to do ...forgot
in nannu8)

Prosit Wig, really nice, dying to see it painted.

Lou this gonna be nice and really like the ambience, but IMO the main gate of the citadel needs to be rectified. Main gate facades are strait, and it shows in the modern fotos, in the BW foto they look strange but that is the side; if you open up in Photoshop and enlarge one notice it is a perspective trick and shadows ... hope I have not ruined anything and easily fixed but felt to tell you as this project is another masterpiece!

Ivan

thanks Ivan ....I was in a bit of a muddle how I was going to do this but I think if u watch these pics that the lower gate structure to be a bit tapered...maybe I did them a bit too much ..see what u think of these pics 





tahseb?
In nannu8)

First of a big PROSIT! for such fine craftsmanship! You've still got it!

As for the structure of the main gate, I agree with Ivan. From where I'm sitting looking at the pictures I don't see any taper in the design. What I see is the upper protruding wall slightly wider than the lower one..... but I see no taper.  What do the others think?

Good morning Louis,

I have to say that Ivan is right. As a matter of fact I wanted to meet you at the club, so that I can tell you personally. The lower part of the bastions are tapered, as any bastion should be. This was an architectural design to give more strength, and bear the overall weight of the bastions. But the gates ware always straight. If you see the gates of Fort St.Angelo and Fort Ricasoli, you will see that the bastions are tapered inwards, but the gates are straight.
It was basically the same all over Europe, especially places where the bastions date from the late middle ages to the Napoleonic period.

thanks guys will correct accordingly8)
In nannu8)

in nannu pec wrote:thanks guys will correct accordingly8)
In nannu8)

.... and you thought you were ready for painting and weathering!!!!

Noel Petroni wrote:

in nannu pec wrote:thanks guys will correct accordingly8)
In nannu8)

.... and you thought you were ready for painting and weathering!!!!

I've already airbrushed the initial coat...Noel...no problem....it will be fixed

ghiduli naqra ghax se naqleb mohhi   qabel ma nibda naqla ....
see what u think of this pic.....the middle entrance structure I tried it with a steel rule and there is an angle....xtahsbu 


in nannu:shock:

Louis..... in photographic pictures the perspective changes with the angle from point of view of which the photo is being taken, type of focal length measured in the lens, and type of lens.

I paint from photos, but an artist once told me not to replicate the vertical lines of the building as that in the photo.  For example, a building will have the vertical lines slightly tilting/tapering, but these have to be 90 degrees when replicated on canvas or drawing paper. Why? Because it is a distortion from the focal length in the lens, coupled with type of lens (zoom or fixed). However, if I had to paint on sight, I would not see any taper vertical lines.

Furthermore, if one wishes to pronounce a stronger perspective and point of view..... than the artist can go for taper lines to extenuate depth and height...... but this is when you are doing 2D.