Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Flaming Scimitar colours
I've added a PS to the Flaming Scimitar post as I thought about it afterwards and realised an error in the colours I listed. The base colour on the sail is Vomit Brown but that only shows in he sail recesses. The body of the sail was then painted with a Vomit Brown/Bleached Bone mix with Bleached Bone highlights.
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Vomit brown is a perfect colour for a vessel sailing rough waters. But how rough does the sea need to be to include bleached bone ? If you're throwing up your bones then perhaps you've chosen the wrong calling. Following the call of the sea is not for you. Cleaning vomit brown out of the topsail recesses is one of the least attractive of mariner's chores, I should imagine. John
Regrettably, they have renamed both and they are now the much more pleasant if less interesting, Tau Light Ochre and Ushabti Bone. However, If I'd used the new names you would have had much less scope for a comment. Unless, that is, you happen to be friends with either Tau or Ushabti. Hardly both as they are sworn enemies. I don't know who swore at who but they are.
Tau is an old Greek character, he ran a kebab stall in Acrylicglu Square, Athens. Very sticky position behind the Acropolis. As for Ushabti, he's something of a wooden type, spends most of his time hanging around in ancient Egyptian tombs hoping for a job. "Gissajob" he says. My Gramp had his own barber's shop in Oxford in the very early 20th century. One day in an inattentive moment he cut a great lump out of a friends hair. From that day on they were shorn enemies. John
Both useful at sea though. One for sticking to a course, the other for navigating by dead reckoning.
As for Gramps - that were close to a bald statement.
New photo due when the sun comes out.
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