My pirates have been dipped in a sepia wash.   Next step is to fun through the lot with simple highlights.   These are just grunts for when I run Dungeons & Dragons.

I finally decided to play with the stand I picked up.  The stand I normally buy for my Gundam kits, Action Base 1, is pretty straightforward.   Features include an extensible main arm, extensible support arm, and an adjustable final connector.  One of the Gundams I've built, the MG 1/100 FA-78-3 Full Armor Gundam Thunderbolt, comes from a series that takes place in a debris field.   I had wanted to represent that debris, and Bandai make another stand that came with debris.   Sadly, this other stand was not compatible with the Gundam, nor was the debris compatible with the Action Base 1.   I picked up Action Base 5 in its stead.   I've sat on the 5 for some months, though.    5 was compatible.    See below.

Sadly the Action Base 5 is much too small for a Master Grade, much less this monstrosity.   Thunderbolt isn't even super huge.

I also started laying paint on the DB5.   I will most definitely need to come back with further coats as time allows.

I do kind of like how pale the one coat of BRG is on the body.   I might not take that super dark.   I probably will, though.