At first, I was unaware of how this ship earned its title. I now understand; anyone who paints this ship will be cursing like a sailor.
Actually, it's a a relatively simple job, save for the alternating triangles that form the trim of the hull. The inexplicably baroque plan of building giant stone statues into a boat still yields an impressive result. After this project, I am going to hunt down a mini or two just to practice the jade/gold combination. The main ship is a paltry four pieces, with no sails to worry about. If it wasn't for the trim, this would be the fastest paint job in the box.
I really enjoyed what they did with the look of the model, working in the brand-new figures of the necrosphinx and ushtabi warriors from the recently updated Tomb Kings range. It's good to see that the sculptors were working closely on this project to make sure it was all in line with the parent range. I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few other clues in some of these models that give us an idea of where GW is heading next with Warhammer Fantasy Battles.
This weeks extra pieces were the monsters. It was nice to paint some figures that were a little closer to the 28mm infantry models I'm accustomed to, and the poses even allowed for two of the monsters to be single piece molds. The only real challenge was getting the color just right on the slugs crawling out of the undead serpent. They ended up being a combination of brown and purple, highlighted with magenta mixed with white.
That does it for the eighth ship in the box. Unfortunately, this marks the end of ships I can paint that don't have sails... and boy does next week's ship have some sails.
