Painting insignia on The Seahorse

I feel I passed a rather large milestone this evening. I finally hand painted on the seahorse insignia onto the hull of The Seahorse.

I originally came up with this idea back in October 2017 - six months ago! Phew, slow progress...

I started off designing the basic shape using vector illustration:

Then with that reference close by, I first drew a rough positional outline with a fine-tipped mechanical pencil:

And then holding my breath I took the plunge with paint and paintbrush:

And finished it up.

It's about 30mm tall, roughly 1 inch.

I think I'm happy with it - I may put a solid black inside so it's a black seahorse with a white outline, more like the serial numbers nearby. I'll sleep on it tonight and re-assess tomorrow if it needs tweaking.

Progress!

Cheers,

Dave