"Dead Men Tell No Tales"

[Guy]

This is another project I am doing involving 5 120mm Pirates in a Diorama setting. This is the middle stage of the first pirate.

All comments are welcome

 

[Jason W.]

Looks good so far, Guy! Love the colors. Terrific job w/ the white shirt.

Jason

 

[KeithP]

Looks pretty good to me, too. That will be a heck of a dio with 5 figures.

Would you pls share the white mix that you used here?

Keith

 

[Guy]

Thanks for the comments Jason & Keith.

Keith - The white was started with a base coat of Floquil reefer white. After the base coat dried I used reefer gray and reefer white to blend (wet) over the base color. Then I drybrushed the tops of the folds with reefer white after the blending dried.

 

[Brad S]

Guy,

You are cranking them out! This will be on heck of dio. 5 in 120mm . WOW. I really like the white, and the pale yellow color on the pants.

Brad Spelts

 

[Roc]

Hey Guy, so far so good, looking forward to your next step.


Cheers

Roc.

 

[Guy]

Thanks guys. Here is the stage of putting together the major components and then comes the touch ups of joint areas if needed.

 

[pgarri27]

Hi Guy,
It's coming along very nice. The colors really look good. Is this a commercial figure?

Pete

 

[Jacek Spychalski]

Great job Guy, look forward to the next stage.

All the best

Jacek

 

[jjgurk]

Terrific colors Guy. Looking forward to seeing this one completed.

John

 

[Guy]

Thanks for the comments guys.
Pete - This is a Verlinden Pirate and is one of their series of 120mm Pirates that will be together in the diorama I have started.

 

[nagashino]

Hi Guy

Looks really good so far. I agree with Brad - five 120mm figures will be quite an eye-catcher.

Funny how recently, pirate figures have enjoyed a resurgence. A couple of years ago it was all Gladiators (and there are still a few appearing now) - now it's pirates. Wonder if this is all movie-generated. Anyhow, they are very modellable subjects and there's plenty of licence when painting them, so I can see their attraction.

Got to see this dio complete

Regards

Phil

 

[yeo_64]

5 120mm Figures ? Wow,that sounds AWESOME,Guy !! Will this be for Boston ? Looking forward to the completion too,my friend. Cheers !
Kenneth.

 

[megroot]

Great Guy,

You gotta do four pirate's?????
Well, good luck, i almost get the time to paint one in two months these days.
That is gonna be a great dio i think.

Marc

 

[Guy]

Thanks guys for the feedback. I appreciate it. The whole scene of 4 to 5 pirates will take me several months and I hope to have it finished this fall.

Unfortunetly I will not be able to attend Boston this year

 

[Brad S]

Guy,

No Boston! I'm trying to decide between Boston and Tulsa this year. Even though I know of some people, You and Anders are the only ones I really know. I really want to go to Boston, but why does it have be during the time of a holiday. My wifes birthday is during that time as well as a lot of family stuff. So I'm still deciding. Keep up the great work.

Brad Spelts

 

[Johan]

Guy, is that diorama of yours going to be along the lines of the famous Howard Pyle painting ? ... "Dead men tell no tales" is one of Pyle's best !

... Which figure is going to be the captain in your scene ? You know, in the end he was the only one who still had a loaded gun !

Great project !

 

[Guy]

Thanks Brad.........I hope you get a chance to see the Expo in Boston.

Thanks Johan.........This is not from Pyles paintings but from several movies I have seen over the last few years.

Here are some new pics with new camera.

 

[Guy]

Here is the 1st pirate finished and set on a tempory base until all the pirates are finished. I will start the 2nd and 3rd pirate later this week.

All comments are welcome

 

[Joe Hudson]

Hey Guy,

He looks pretty nice. I like the pants and the leather belts.

Joe