G'Karith Patrol Cruiser Normally the G'Karith is painted in the same complex patterning you see on the other Narn ships. However, for my fleet I wanted to work in some other colour schemes and I got the inspiration for it from the Gorith fighters. The palette is very simple and is a base of hawk turquoise to which I added increasing amounts of bleached bone for the highlights.
The rest of the detailing on the outer wings, bridge and engines used the same mix that I used on the G'Quan, namely a 50/50 mix of terracotta red and scab red with a blazing orange highlight. Similar to the G'Quan I added additional detailing with brass wire to the outer wings before painting a few 'very' small windows and lights along the bridge and wing sections. Ka'Toc Destroyers
The 'dagger' shaped Ka'Toc destroyers are quite simply one of the best skirmish ships in the Narn fleet. For my starter fleet I decided to take a pair of them as they operate excellently in hunting packs and with the support of the G'Karith were without doubt my best performers in the tournament consistently punching above their weight whilst remaining stubbornly resilient against enemy broadsides, much to some of my opponents chagrin. In exactly the same way as done for the G'Quan and the majority of my Narn fleet, the markings were started in reverse with the bleached bone lines and then very carefully filled in with a 50/50 mix of scorched brown and black. The bone lines were then tidied up with a final bone white and skull white highlight. The two flights of Frazi fighters are also stationed aboard the Ka'Toc's, one flight on each destroyer. With the skirmish ships mostly out of the way, that just leaves one 'Raid' level ship left to add; the mighty T'Loth. | Next: T'Loth Assault ship and Sho'Kar scout | All told, that brings the fleet to a nicely rounded five 'Raid' points, which is an ideal starting size for most regular games and gives me a solid platform into which to pull other ships and classes into the fleet for larger campaigns or battles. The fleet boxes I originally bought from Mongoose came with a whole plethora or other ships, so before too long I can see me adding vessels such as the Rongoth Destroyer and Thentus Frigate to really give the Centauri something to worry about. But that is for another day. |
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For
the interior sections of the hull and elliptical wing section I
started with boltgun metal and highlighted them using chainmail
silver. A black wash was then applied to bring out the detailing
and shadows before a final highlight using mithril silver picked
out the edges.