Hello Flintlock Miniatures, Beautiful sculpting by Angel, incredible details throughout. The painting by Kaz is spectacular, what realism!! Is the first picture in your post the box art? I'm very impressed. Worth the wait. Congrats, to all involved with this one. Regards, SG

Very nice indeed

very pleasant surprise. beautiful bust.

beautifull work from both.
I like this bust very, very much.

marc

I came, I saw, I purchased. Love this. Drama, character, excellent sculpting. I feel like I'm on the ship. What more can you ask?
Gerry

Just ordered mine , so much for being bored with busts .....

Really great one!!! Expressive, impressive, emotional!
Love it!

I really like this,great subject as well,pity we don't see more stuff on this subject,congratulations on a great new sculpt,it will be very popular

You couldn't be bored with this guy, he is so your thing mate!

Double...

Great Sculpture and painting .

I think this is a fantastic bust.
For a ships captain etc I don't think the powder shots on the cross belt would need adding - would that be right?
Cheers Mat

Superb sculpting and painting , this one if going on the to buy list.


Cheers David

I see him as a Conquestadore , not necessarily a captain , about to go on a search for gold ,so he is probably planning on shooting a lot of natives .

Yes, I think you're right, I see him as a conquistadore too - I was just responding to the earlier comment that suggested this guy could be on the Spanish Armada or a Columbus explorer type and in that case I was assuming/asking if the powder flasks wouldn't be worn at sea.
Cheers Mat

Let me add to all comments that personally I think this is a fantastic miniature! Superbly made!


Somehow, I dislike a bit the tittle "The world in their hands". Frankly, I hope I won't be misunderstood, but I find it quite pedantic.


The background in the composite image comes from the Movie: "Elisabeth, the Golden Age". But the Armada was defeated.





Sincerely, when I first saw the miniature and the tittle, at first glance (helmet apart) I thought it was a liberal interpretation of Francis Drake: Precisely the foe of the Armada.


As we all know, the Armada was defeated by England. However, my point does not end here: Mat questioned the credibility of him as a Captain.

The Armada's Captains wore much more elaborated costumes. Even under battle: It is unbelievable the number of war artifacts and paints from Spain that arrived to present times.


This figure shows much more informal clothes: Typical of the disembarking campaigns but not the Naval Skirmishes. To represent a ship commander he would most probably be a buccaneer or a pirate, of a much later era when the central america Islands were flooded with thugs fighting for no king but for themselves.

Returning now to the land conquests we can be just as far in the Central America but also, for example, in the conquest of Holland: This was a period of time when Spain tried to conquest the whole world: Tried ... but didn't succeed: That's why I dislike the title: The only thing achieved was the destruction of a civilization in south america and a failed attempt to subjugate all European countries and believes to a very dark fundamentalism: One of the worst periods in the history of Mankind.


Speaking now about references, while they abound, only searching the internet, there is a series of Spanish books, not widely known in English Speaking countries that are highly inspiring: "Guerreros Y Batallas"


I won't put here images of all available titles, but here is one cover:





And a link to the rest of the series.

http://www.libreria-almena.com/GUERREROS Y BATALLAS.htm




Just like I told in the beginning: I really love the miniature! But I hope I won't be misunderstood ... I really don't like the tittle. Please respect


Salutary divergence is one of the finest pillars of democracy!