The Redoubt Nile Paddle Steamer kit comes with three deck buildings in heavyweight resin - the wheel house for the top deck, the boiler room that goes below it on the lower deck, and the stern building that also sits on the lower deck.
My plan was to go for a slightly weathered/worn and torn look for Cressida Rose but nevertheless with a smart(ish) white paint job. To that end I undercoated the buildings in matt white and planned to achieve shading effects using brilliant white for highlighting and a gloss varnish that would colour the white slightly and hence provide some shading. I also liked the look of the slightly rough resin finish (simulating paint having bubbled in the heat of the Sudan/Congo) so deliberately didn't file down the bobbles on some of the pieces.
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| The undercoated buildings |
After undercoating I painted the basic flat colours onto the buildings using Miniature Paints (Burgundy for doors, Royal Blue on the windows, Leather Brown on the woodwork and Matt Black for the boiler).
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| Flat base colours done |
Next up was to highlight the main paintwork in a brilliant white and paint two levels of highlights onto the coloured areas (and drybrushing dark grey on the boiler). The stairs and roof of the Wheelhouse were inked too.
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| Post-paint, pre-ink and varnish |
To finish, the pieces were gloss varnished to match the rest of the model.
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| Boiler room as seen from the port-side |
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| Boiler room from starboard |
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| The boiler itself |
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| The Wheelhouse from the bow |
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| The Wheelhouse from the port side |
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| Finished buildings |
Next up, barricades...
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