The Chimp at Rorke's Drift with a little help from my primemates

[Richie]

Hi All,
Merry Chimpmas well at least it is for me as it has come early. Thank you Father Chimpmas.

I was overjoyed when I received this as a present from my mate Dimitry a.k.a. Gaudin before he emigrated, his sculpting talent had me jumping up and down on my tyre and chain with elation.

I wanted this to be my prime(mate) cabinet show piece, as it's a very precious piece to me and so I asked a number of friends for their help and they were only too willing to put themselves out on my behalf.
You have just got to love this site and more importantly the friends you make along the way.

Therefore a massive public thank you has to go to;
Dimitry for the sculpt
Steve Readdie for the weapon and casting
Del for the printed labels
Chippy for the driftwood base
I'll congratulate myself for the foreign service helmet....thanks chimps and last, but at no means least

a very special thank you to Ron a.k.a. kagemusha for bringing him to life with such skilful brush work. I'm so proud to own painted pieces by Ron from my stable and this little chimp has pride of place at the front of my cabinet now.

I hope the photo's do the work justice - the eyes are unbelievably alive. Please enjoy the skill from some of my mates. Thank you all again from a big chimp, for my little chimp, I love him.
cheers
Richie

 

[swralph]

That's a great one for the cabinet.

 

[Nap]

Richie,

That is one very special piece ..pride of place in the cabinet for sure.

A really top notch thing to do from G and from Ron as well...the base looks great ...as does the labels .

Nice one to all concerned..one very happy Chimp

Nap

 

[Richie]

That's a great one for the cabinet.

Hi Ralph,
Yes another unique piece for my collection.
cheers
Richie

 

[Richie]

Richie,

That is one very special piece ..pride of place in the cabinet for sure.

A really top notch thing to do from G and from Ron as well...the base looks great ...as does the labels .

Nice one to all concerned..one very happy Chimp

Nap

Hi Nap,
Yes, one very happy chimp.
cheers
Richie

 

[kagemusha]

So very pleased you like him mate.....a real team effort

 

[Helm]

Nice work from all concerned
Steve

 

[1969]

Ron's finish has pulled it all together nicely mate, looks great and the likeness is uncanny

 

[ellie]

Well what can I say mate the likeness in uncanny LOL sorry mate could not resist. he looks great a credit to the whole team. that should have pride of place mate it's a great addition to your collection.

Cheers

Ian

www.elliesminiatures.com

 

[Richie]

Hi Ron,
You know I love him mate.

Hi Steve,
Yeah it was a real team effort and so glad it came off mate.

Hi Steve,
I know he's a dead ringer mate, I could hear you laughing all the way from Leicester.

Hi Ian,
Thanks mate and he's sitting in pride of place and he's waiting for the big chimp to finish the terrier to keep him company.

Thanks you all again.
cheers
Richie

 

[billyturnip]

What a great collaboration for a really nice bloke who I am proud to call my mate, you deserve to have this in your cabinet.

 

[Richie]

What a great collaboration for a really nice bloke who I am proud to call my mate, you deserve to have this in your cabinet.

Hey Roger............have you been at the ships grog supply again (cheque is in the pigeon seagull post)

Thank you my mate and I can assure you the sentiment is reciprocated my friend.

The wife saw him after coming in from work tonight and she was astounded, "the eyes are looking at me, they look real". So he definitely has pride of place.

cheers
Richie

 

[billyturnip]

The wife saw him after coming in from work tonight and she was astounded, "the eyes are looking at me, they look real". So he definitely has pride of place.

You'd have thought she'd be used to seeing monkey eyes by now.

Normal service has been resumed following the earlier pleasantries.

 

[Joe55]

Did he get busted or something? I thought he was an RSM!

Well for a ranker he looks pretty sharp. Kudos to all involved for making this happen for you !

Joe

 

[Grod]

LOL!
Absolutely brilliant
Gordon

 

[samson]

Awesome stuff all the way around great piece.

 

[Gaudin]

A pleasure to see it finished and the amount of joy it brought . Most difficult part was not to give anything away and meet the deadline for Terrier at the same time

 

[smudger1960]

Great piece of work Richie,Ron has done a great job on the painting

 

[arj]

Now that's a unique presentation piece.
Superb teamwork. Very well done to all concerned.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Richie]

Did he get busted or something? I thought he was an RSM!

Well for a ranker he looks pretty sharp. Kudos to all involved for making this happen for you !

Joe

Hi Joe,
Thanks mate.
Yes he's a damn ranker like Hook or Hitch or Angus The Monkey
cheers
Richie