Imjin War - MT Miniatures "At The Height Of Battle" 1/1200th Ships

Here are the ships that come with the "At The Height Of Battle" starter set. My buddy is painting his set up and once he's done, we'll have a play test or two.

The ships are very nicely detailed and had no flash or other bits to clean up. Besides the "castle" for the Japanese O Ataka Bune command ship, the only components to put together are the sails (the small Seki Bune don't have sails).

To more easily identify the two sides, I gave the Japanese red and yellow flags and the Koreans black and dark blue.

After attaching the ships to the plasticard with textured acrylic caulking, they were given a white basecoat. Vallejo Skin Wash with a little Black Wash was applied over the ships to simulate wood. This was later drybrush to highlight the raised areas - including the oars (barely visible at the waterline, but they're there).

The sails were painted in layers - starting with a neutral gray, then two successive lighter layers with a little white added.

For the water, I used about a 65:35 mixture of Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue and Deep Green (it actually is a bit greener in-person - a sort of teal blue). The mixture was watered down a bit to allow it to seep into the acrylic caulking, and leaving the high areas lighter and having a translucent finish. Finally, a light drybrush of white was added to the crest of the waves and wake.

ADDENDUM: Found these pics from back when I was stationed in Korea (2002-2003-ish). We went onto a Turtle Ship replica at Namhae. We were the only ones there and no one else around - we went into the replica ship and there was a table with weapons and armor, so me and my sons put some on. We walked all around inside the ship and it had mannequins in period costume manning the ship and guns.

We just strolled onto the ship with no one around - no entrance fee that I could see. There was also a shrine up on the hillside dedicated to Admiral Yi. We check it out too - again, with no one around.

The armor was really heavy as it had metal plates sewn inside of the cloth.

While awaiting my buddy to finish his ships, I have a box each of Victrix Austrian Grenadiers and Perry AWI British and Continentals to peruse. Thanks for stopping by and hope you all are doing well and enjoying the hobby!