WIP The Vicious Pirate by Cipri Miniatures Production

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

A very cool 1:0 scale resin bust in 11 pieces by Cipri Miniatures. Extremely well sculpted and cast with incredible fine detail. No flow marks. No parting lines to clean up. No voids to fill. Just a few minutes simple work with your trusty No.11 Xacto blade and you're ready to go.

 

[Nap]

Wotcha Captain Rick

Avast you pirate ...'tis another rather good subject from the ships crew

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Rob]

Does it not come with a stand of any description?

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Hi Rob, no it doesn't come with a stand.
Rick

 

[marco14]

it looks very nice

 

[Rob]

Hi Rob, no it doesn't come with a stand.
Rick

Is that common with busts these days?

Really nice character to the face on the pirate, but that bird is a bit of a mongrel. Hooked beak and webbed feet, will take a bit of hunting in a twitcher's guide to find some colours for that one

 

[Nap]

Is that common with busts these days?

Really nice character to the face on the pirate, but that bird is a bit of a mongrel. Hooked beak and webbed feet, will take a bit of hunting in a twitcher's guide to find some colours for that one

Hi Rob

Sometimes bases are included but probably 90% of my GA haven't got them ...I use a brass rod

As for the birdy .....I reckon it might be something like a cormorant ......

I hasten to add I don't "twitch" ...just googled ! ( not that there's anything wrong with bird watching )

Nap

Que the bird ...

 

[VerSacrum]

Is that common with busts these days?

Apparently so, I got this knight bust from TinBerlin recently and it's still stuck on a bottle of Vallejo varnish until I find the motivation to go buy a base for it.

 

[Babelfish]

Really nice character to the face on the pirate, but that bird is a bit of a mongrel. Hooked beak and webbed feet, will take a bit of hunting in a twitcher's guide to find some colours for that one

I wouldn't worry too much about that. The whole piece has a definite semi-fantasy vibe to it that borders on caricature. I don't mean that in a bad way though. It's a quality sculpt full of character that I'm sure will make for a very enjoyable paint, with all manner of different palette options.

https://cipri-miniatures-production.com/products/busto-1

It's on my radar.

- Steve

 

[Rob]

......... The whole piece has a definite semi-fantasy vibe to it that borders on caricature.........

Yes pretty much anything "Pirate" related is going to be romantic fantasy these days.

It is a great sculpt, I really like it. The face is wonderful and the sculptor has very cleverly kept the whole thing balanced by countering that odd bird on one shoulder with the extension of the hat over the other. From just looking at the picture of the unassembled pieces it should not work, very skilfully done.

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Thanks for all the comments, guys. The pirate is a lot of fun. Oh, and by the way, the bird is a Foo Bird as in the old shaggy dog story 'if the shoe fits...'
Rick

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

And so it begins...

Most pirates I've seen are pictured with black beards but I wanted my guy to be a little different so I decided to make him a redhead. Also I really suck at painting black hair.

Lots more to come so please come back. He'll be keeping an eye out for you.

Rick

 

[Nap]

Hi Rick

Great start ...ginger eh ....nice idea .....looking good so far

Be interesting what you do with that eye .......reckon it's the Foo who had a go at it with the beak

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Hi Rick

Great start ...ginger eh ....nice idea .....looking good so far

Be interesting what you do with that eye .......reckon it's the Foo who had a go at it with the beak

Following with interest

Happy benchtime

Nap

Thanks, Kev, I may just leave the milky eye as is, or maybe add a faded iris showing thru. Not sure yet. Damn Foo birds.....
Rick

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

It's fun to charter an accountant
and sail the wide accountant sea.
To find,, explore the funds off shore
and skirt the shoals of bankrupt sea.
It can be manly in insurance
we'll up your premiums semiannually.
It's all tax deductible, we're fairly incorruptible
we're sailing on the wide accountant sea!

 

[MalcC]

Another great choice, looks fun.
Great start on Redbeard.

Malc

 

[Nap]

Hi Rick

Well no milky eye there ....looking good so far ...might be me piccy looks a bit out of focus?

Beard colours looking good .....reckon I would do different coloured beads on the dangly bits .....ear rings

Look forward to seeing more on this old sea dog

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Hi Rick

Well no milky eye there ....looking good so far ...might be me piccy looks a bit out of focus?

Beard colours looking good .....reckon I would do different coloured beads on the dangly bits .....ear rings

Look forward to seeing more on this old sea dog

Happy benchtime

Nap

Hi Kev,
Yeah he is slightly out of focus, good eye. Could be old shaky fingers here or caused by pic being enlarged a couple of times. Milky eye idea didn't work out. Tried it a few times and all it looked like was a bad paint job.
Rick

 

[Larsen E. Whipsnade]

Our vicious pirate friend is now complete (it says here). All that remains now is his pal the Foo Bird.... A well a bird, bird, bird the bird is the word. How many remember Surfin' Bird by the Trashmen? Or am I the only one?

 

[MalcC]

Nice one Rick.
I like the use of the vibrant colours.

Malc