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WIP Mother of all Pirates

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by madeg, May 6, 2012.

  1. madeg Active Member

    Mother of all Pirates .

    After the previous 2 projects “Pirate’s Party” and “ A mermaids song “, both inspired by the concept art of Disney’s imageneer Marc Davis ,I returned to an original idea of my own .

    Mother of all Pirates combines all the clichés used in the artwork of pirates.

    This figure shows a rather ugly very heavy weight female pirate sitting on a cannon .

    On her right arm a parret and in the other hand a bottle of rum .When I sculp my own figurines , I love to use realistic dimensions . Not the perfect bodyshapes , widely used in sculpting art , but the real asymmetric look of a real human body .Maybe it’s because of my professional background ( radiology and human anatomy) , I can ensure you that the majority of humans are no centerfolds.

    But back to the figure : I used an old kit from Beneito models for the cannon .

    The sculpting is done using apoxie sculpt for the overall dimension of the body .

    Clothing was done using a mixture of green stuff and milliput .The belts are made from lead foil and insulation tape .

    The dress is done using apoxie sculpt because of the volume you have to create. It was the first time a used this product . And I like it .

    The head is my first attempt to sculp a face .The hands are from the spare box . The rumbottle and the crate are also from the spare box . ( original resi-cast items )

    The parret is part of a kit from MB models called US Navy Waves.

    http://www.mbltd.info/3556.htm

    Some small detailed items are from the Historex range , all made in white plastic . This French firm has a wide range of small parts .Very interesting for modelers but hard to get on fairs .


    apoxie_sculpt_sculpting_product - kopie.jpg IMG_0787 - kopie.jpg IMG_0790 - kopie.jpg IMG_0791.jpg IMG_0696 - kopie.jpg IMG_0789 - kopie.jpg IMG_0790.jpg IMG_0797.jpg IMG_0662 - kopie.jpg IMG_0788 - kopie.jpg IMG_0791 - kopie.jpg Painting will be done using Vallejo paints ( acryl) as base . The top surface will be done using Windsor and Newton oils .
  2. LVM Active Member

    Country:
    Belgium
    It is a funny project, and the sculpture is top :)

    Laurent
  3. bagelman1952 Well-Known Member

    Country:
    England
    I just love the look of this project

    Ken
  4. Lew J Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Very nice, she has a lot of character and certainly looks three sheets to the wind.

    Lew J.
  5. sam b Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Very nice ! I like this a lot
    Mike Stevens likes this.
  6. Pepperpot Active Member

    Country:
    Germany
    I really love the idea and the sculpting works out great!
    (y)
  7. pmfs A Fixture

    Country:
    Portugal
    Stunning work!
    Congrats!

    Pedro
  8. Mike Stevens PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    United-States
    Yes indeed, Very imaginative.
  9. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Awesome sculpting.
    Looking forward to the painted version.

    marc
  10. DEL A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    Absolutely brilliant....love it.
    Cheers
    Derek
  11. housecarl Moderator

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Superb, reminds me of Cher singing on the USS Missouri.;)
    Carl.(y)
  12. polyphemus Well-Known Member

    Carl, should have gone to specsavers:)

    Geoff
  13. Wigdog Active Member

    Country:
    United-States
  14. T-34/85 PlanetFigure Supporter

    Country:
    United-States
    If you decide to market this, Put me down for one! Fantastic sculpt(y)
  15. ChaosCossack A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Great idea, great sculpt.
    I believe a female pirate of this era would look more like this than the ones I've seen commercially available.... I don't think there were too many Jessica Biel look-a-likes crewing privateers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
    The truth may not be pretty but it is the truth.

    Can't wait to see some paint on this figure

    Colin
  16. Ulrich A Fixture

    Country:
    Germany
    Great Idea and I love it. That´s a pirate woman

    Ulrich
  17. DEL A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    Really? should've gone to specsavers :D
    Cheers
    Derek
  18. Patrick Kamsma Active Member

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Great sculpt. Nice subject and I like the oversized idea.

    :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
  19. Joe55 A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    She's so gross, she's great! Yes sir, if this goes on the market I'm getting one ;)!

    Joe
  20. sarouman A Fixture

    Country:
    Greece
    100% agree with Laurent!!!

    Alexandros

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