When I first saw mention of Warlord Games new game, Cruel Seas, I was both intrigued and a little tempted.
So far I have put together the models I got free with Wargames Illustrated and have now given them a white undercoat and a basecoat of Humbrol Grey. That didn’t cover too well.
Royal Navy Vosper MTB
The Vosper 73 foot motor torpedo boat was a mid-twentieth century British motor torpedo boat designed by Vospers that served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War
The plastic sprue that came with Wargames Illustrated has two Vosper MTBs, one type I and one type II.
I then sprayed the models with Humbrol Grey.
It didn’t cover too well.
Kriegsmarine S-Boats
E-boat was the Western Allies’ designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning “fast boat”) of the Kriegsmarine during World War II. The most popular, the S-100 class, were very seaworthy, heavily armed and capable of sustaining 43.5 knots.
The plastic sprue that came with Wargames Illustrated has two S-Boats, an S-100 and an S-38.
I then sprayed the models with Humbrol Grey.
US Navy PT Boats
With the January 2019 Wargames Illustrated I did manage to get two more boats for Cruel Seas, a pair of US Navy PT Boats.
Having constructed the models I gave them both a white undercoat.
I then sprayed the models with Humbrol Grey.
Workbench features on these models.
I also have a miniatures gallery on various coastal forces miniatures from the 1990s.