The title for the previous post is from the song "Workin' for a Livin'" by Huey Lewis and the News. After I made the post, I looked the song up and discovered it was primarily a US hit instead of an international one. So, apologies to any international readers I shortchanged. Consequently, the musical reference in this title is so easy, I wouldn't even bother to give out a hint (well, if I gave out hints, which I haven't yet). Let's just presume everyone got it, and move on. Of course, for that
one person who doesn't know the tune this title is riffing on, I will name it at the beginning of the next post. 😣
For the ship itself, there's not a lot to say really. She's another British 74, of the Middling persuasion. That means she measures between 173-175 feet on the gundeck, and normally carries 28 18-pounders on her upper gundeck. This miniature will be representing one of the five Middling class vessels at Trafalgar. I decided to paint her as a ship that is fresh out of the dockyard: whitish sails, no additional coloring or decoration other than stock. My thought here is that perhaps her commander doesn't have a lot of extra money to spend on flashy decorations. So, much like Captain Hardy in
Victory, our fictional captain here took what he was given.
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| I haven't posted a picture with the Quarter of Comparison (TM) in a while. |
The next few sailing ships up on the blog are going to be Spanish ones. I recently made an order from Waterloo Minis (
http://waterloominis.com/) that will allow me to finish my Spanish fleet for the Trafalgar Project. If you're in the US or Canada and need to buy Langton miniatures, Waterloo is
definitely the place. Jeff is a great guy to deal with; if he has it in stock you'll get it, and if he doesn't he will let you know. I trust him enough that when I order masts and sails, I'll tell him "I don't want X or Y, but any other setting is fine." Given how finicky I am about my ships, that is high praise indeed!
