Ottoman "Retrofitted" Daedalus Class Airship

Taking inspiration from Gouniaf's project to convert a Russian Tunguska I decided to convert one of my favorite airships, the Covenant Daedalus.

http://community.spartangames.co.uk/index.php?/topic/9702-when-the-ottomans-loot-a-tunguska/

When I realized in 2.0 that the Ottoman Separatists were allied with the Covenant and at war with the Ottoman traditionalists it clicked. What would happen if my traditionalist forces had captured a damaged or unfinished Daedalus in Separatist territory. Well now I don't have to wonder anymore, the Sultan has authorized a prototype be built from the captured Daedalus. It will be named the Lion of Antioch or Antakya Aslan.

The Daedalus before being retrofitted

My first task was to saw off the stacks and center portion of the superstructure to make space for the classic Ottoman Dome. I used a Revell made modelling razor saw to do the job. After sawing the section off of the model I used a modelling knife and some very fine sand paper to level and smooth the new section for the future dome. For the dome I took a Fettah cruiser and cut the off the fore piece of structure leaving the dome, four turrets and back structure with spots for the iconic spires. Below is a pre-glued placement of the new additions.

I added the Ottoman turret just to get an idea of what that would look. I need to find a way to acquire an additional turret as all four of the ones I have are currently being utilized by my dreadnought an battleship. Here is what the model looks like with some additional parts and pieces as well as the spires.

The kitbashed model with minuets all put together.

Basecoated model.

Initial coats of paint. Templar blue for the hull, gold for the domes, a chocolate brown for the wood decking and a light ivory drybrushing over superstructure.

Second, overhead picture of the base colors.

Some additional brass, copper and gold tones added. Silver for the broadsides. Minuets painted, and rivets drybrushed white.

Turret painted with a pewter, copper and scorched metal. Wood decking is drybrushed to make look a little more weathered. Red accents on the engines were added to tie into the red on the rest of the fleet.

Final picture of the finished coverted Ottoman Aslan class airship.

Ottoman Desert Shield Support Fleet

Lng have I eyed the stunning architecture of the Ottoman fleets. They really convey a sense of a floating city or fortress. I am also a big fan of the bombards and massive broadsides favored by this faction. I have acquired both the naval battle group and the support flotilla. I have also started a little kit-bash project to make an Ottoman airship. This project was heavily inspired by Gouniaf's "When the Ottomans loot a tunguska" post on the Spartan Games forum. 

http://community.spartangames.co.uk/index.php?/topic/9702-when-the-ottomans-loot-a-tunguska/

More on the project in another post :)

I haven't yet had a chance to play a game with this fleet but I am looking forward to the new 2.0 alliance stats being posted so that I can.

So far I have only had time to paint a few of my ottoman ships. The paints I used were Vallejo Burnt Cadmium Red for the Hulls. Silver for the gunports, ivory for the superstructure and copper for the domes. 

Kanuni Class Dreadnought

Sinop Class Armored Cruiser

Avci Class Destroyers

Chinese Federation Western Tide Fleet

In preparation for the new 2.0 Alliance fleets I will be posting my painted Alliance fleets. One of which should be easy to guess based on the post title. I also have a new Ottoman Fleet that I have been working to get finished up
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Over the next few weeks if I can find a few nights where I am not too busy I hope to post some pictures of the new fleets.

I will try to post some impressions after a short game with the new 2.0 rules as well. Just as a quick overview it was awesome! Once we got some of the new rules figured out it definitely felt more streamlined. Each ship felt a little more powerful and the capital ships now feel more unique due to the new upgrades you can apply to each. Overall we had a great time though my french fleet would have likely lost to my penguin opponent's fleet had we been able to finish the game.

Back on topic, the Chinese Western Tide Fleet is all painted except for the Liuxing Air Bombards. Currently commanded by the young Sun Feng the Western Tide Fleet is operating off the west coast of Africa in concert with several other Imperial Bond Aligned nations.

The color scheme was developed in the process of trying to indicate which vessels had jade armor. This was acomplished by painting their hulls with Vallejo emerald, then drybrushing with Italian Tank Crew Highlight and Ivory. The roofs were painted terracotta and the superstructure or non jade armored portions of the ship were painted a tan yellow and drybrushed ivory.

Dun Class Bastions

Flotilla of Nu Class frigates backed by two Chui Class support carriers and the Tide Star, Guan Dao Class Battlecruiser

Flotilla of Yue, Wuxing Shaolin a Jian Class Battleship and three Dao class Cruisers

Tide Star amidst the fleet