{"id":5789,"date":"2025-10-28T00:57:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T04:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:08:11","slug":"french-ironclad-admiral-duperre-initial-blender-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/french-ironclad-admiral-duperre-initial-blender-work\/","title":{"rendered":"French Ironclad Admiral Duperre, Initial Blender work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Frances ironclad Admiral Duperre after about 3 weeks of Blender work<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct. 27 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Winter’s coming and I need a new resin printer anyway, it’s time to switch to Blender design work and prepare for next seasons model building projects.

Having had a most excellent time with Charles Martel<\/a>, and really loving the steam punk look of her, I decided to go back to the source of tumble home goodness.
I spent a day or so doing a deep dive into France’s early ironclads, her pre-pre-Dreadnoughts if you will. So many interesting options, (the ironclad era is chock full of them from all nations). It didn’t take too long before I found what I was looking for: Admiral Duperre<\/a> .
Sticking with France also allowed a connection to Charles Martel and you can readily see the evolution of design ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found Admiral Duperre to be an irresistible subject for modeling, she has so many naval design eras baked in:
– Straight from antiquity, the prominent ram bow and forecastle.
– From the preceding generation of ironclad frigates, 14 massive muzzle loading broadside canons 7 per side.
– Again from the age of sail, schooner rigging! Or was it barque? Anyway she’s got sails for Pete’s sake!
– The latest ironclad innovations were also present: Steam engines powering duel props, a fully steal and armor plated hull, 4 armored barbettes housing massive breach loading 13.4″ rifled cannons, (in pseudo turrets even!)
– And my three favorite design elements, two of her massive barbette guns are arranged forward, side by side in wing turret fashion, she’s got two giant side by side smoke stacks right behind them and of course a sexy tumble home hull.

I’m thinking she’s about half done. maybe an additional month or two of Blender design work before I’ll switch to parting mode, breaking her up into printable chunks. Hopefully I’ll have a new resin printer by then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update: Dec. 16, 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Admiral Duperre Blender work complete<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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