When I bought Warlord Games boxed Black Seas set recently, it came with a free figure depicting none other than Captain Jack Aubrey, ostensibly from the Patrick O’Brian novels, but more specifically based on Russell Crowe’s portrayal in the movie ‘Master and Commander’.
Whilst it is indeed an exquisite figure, the model is quite large, more like about 35mm. So it really doesn’t fit with any of my 28mm Royal Navy figures in my Napoleonic period armies.
However, with my lead mountain reduced to scraps during the Covid-19 lockdown, I decided to paint this figure for something to do. And what a pleasure it was!
I decided to restrict myself to Games Workshop Contrast paints, and they worked beautifully. No part of this figure has been shaded or highlighted – what you see here is how the Contrast paints come straight from the bottle.
Actually, the model in real life looks even better than these pics (which in such extreme close-up show how I wasn’t quite painting inside the lines!).
But, as Aubrey himself would doubtless say about Contrast paints, ‘Quick’s the word and sharp’s the action!’
DRESSING THE LINES 
What an excellent mini! You’ve convinced me to paint my American Revolution army with contrast paints. Superb work old boy!
Best
Mike
Great job, what colour did you use on the wooden part of the base?
Gore-Grunta Fur. Though in hindsight I would’ve preferred to use Skeleton Horde, as I think real decks weren’t as reddish-brown as I have portrayed on my model.
Great looking figure and an equally great piece of brushwork on your part.