Hot off the Desk: Shadows of Brimstone Derelict Ship Broken Grates

There's probably a better name for these.

Flying Frog sells a pack of 4 resin tiles that replace cardboard tokens on the Derelict Ship expansion.

Similar to the Corpse Piles a few weeks ago, I decided to hit these quickly and see what I could do with a limited time budget.

Methods were pretty simple:

• I'm now washing resin pieces in 70% isopropl alcohol (not soap), scrubbing lightly with a toothbrush, rinsing with water, and letting air dry overnight.
• Primer:  Stynlez, black. Applied with airbrush.  I'm a recent convert to Stynlrez, mostly because it doesn't require thinning before airbrushing.
• Base coat:  
• Metal decking:  AP Gun metal (airbrushed for speed)
• Wash:  AP Dark Tone Ink
• Pipes: AP Dark Stone wet blended to Scale 75 Necro Gold.  This is such a great combo; super easy to blend.  Once dry, I came back with a S75 Dwarven Gold highlight and touched up some of the ribs/recesses with AP Necromancer Cloak.  The Necro gold has green/brown undertones, the Dwarven gold is brighter with some red in it; the colors aren't that far apart but the highlight pops naturally thanks to the contrasting tones.  This combo (Stone/Necro/Dwarven) has been my go-to for hoses and doodads on a few Brimstone projects now.
• Dirt / dark areas: AP Dark Stone.
• For a burnt look, I airbrush shaded areas with AP Purple Tone Ink, then went back over partially with Liquitex Burnt Umber.  This makes the silver look like it got hot (purple) and then got sooty.
• AP Chainmail Metal for edge highlights on the torn metal.
• AP Blue Tone Ink (airbrushed) for some color
• AP Matt Black around the edges of the tile

Sprayed with AP Gun Metal Silver and then given a wash in AP Dark Tone Ink.  Here I'm basecoating pipes with a blend of AP Dark Stone and S75 Necro Gold.

First pair painted and shaded, ready for a little more edge highlighting.

Second pair.  Basecoated in AP Pistol Metal, then a quick coat of AP Dark Tone Ink.  I dry brushed the hex metal again with Pistol Metal to brighten.  Here I'm filling in the Dark Tone in the center (which is still wet!).

Shading the metal w/ Burnt Umber before basecoating the pipes/hoses.

Finished product. Total time investment is maybe 2 hrs (rounding up).  Keep it simple and on to the next.