I’ve seen pirates popping up on some of my favourite blogs lately, with Alex from Leadballoony completing his Ghost Archipelago warband and IRO making an entire pirate island, not to mention all the amazing piratical goodness produced by Mikko at Dawn of the Lead. Needless to say I’ve been tempted away from all the things I’m meant to be painting and, abiding by the principle that one should always be oneself unless one has the opportunity to be a pirate instead, I grabbed a treasure map, spliced the mainsail, donned an eyepatch, consumed an inordinate amount of rum and then painted this chap. All things considered I probably could have done a better job of him but I was very drunk and had no depth-perception.
This scurvy sea-dog comes from Black Scorpion’s Cutlass! range and goes by the name Solomon. I picked him up alongside some of their men-at-arms although I must admit I’m tempted to get myself some more pirates from them as well now.
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March 16th, 2022 at 6:56 am
A very nice figure and one which buckles my swash. 🙂
March 17th, 2022 at 7:15 am
Cheers! Glad to hear it, I would hate to think of you going around with your swash unbuckled! 😀
March 16th, 2022 at 8:41 am
Ooh, nice – I’m all Avasted, and me shimbers are thoroughly tivered!
March 17th, 2022 at 7:15 am
Cheers mate – or should that be “Ghyaaar! Matey!” 😀
March 17th, 2022 at 10:07 pm
😊
March 16th, 2022 at 8:42 am
And drunken eye-patch painting should deffo be a thing 🥴
March 17th, 2022 at 7:16 am
It totally should shouldn’t it? There’s a category which all future painting contests should be exploring!
March 16th, 2022 at 9:03 am
Ace work, ya scurvy dog. Also, that title made me laugh
March 17th, 2022 at 5:45 pm
Ghyaaar!!! Glad you like him me hearty! As for the title I’m a sucker for a silly title, I have been known to paint a miniature just so I can write a blog with a daft pun for a name!
March 17th, 2022 at 8:59 pm
pirate gold!
March 16th, 2022 at 9:17 am
Love it! The Black Scorpion pirate range is one of the nicest out there – go on, you know you want some more.
March 17th, 2022 at 5:46 pm
Cheers! They’re really nice aren’t they? It’s going to be very hard not to succumb! Their fantasy stuff is really impressive too.
March 16th, 2022 at 8:58 pm
Nicely done! 🙂 I’d be sprawled on the floor after just one glass of rum (or do I mean a bucket of rum, I get a bit confused after a drink)!
March 17th, 2022 at 5:47 pm
Cheers! I guess it depends how big the glass is doesn’t it? 😉
For some reason you’ve just made me think of the old man who goes into a bar and orders a pint and a double of the best whisky they have. The barman pulls the pint and by the time he’s got the whisky bottle off the shelf the old man has downed it. The whisky goes down just as fast, the old boy picks it up as soon as the barman puts it down and swallows it in one, then stands leaning heavily on the bar and says “I really shouldn’t drink like that, not with what I’ve got…”
Worried now, the barman asks “Why, what have you got?” to which the old boy replies “20p”.
March 17th, 2022 at 5:55 pm
Haha, love it! 🙂
March 16th, 2022 at 11:42 pm
Very nice- that is a very considerable sword he is wielding there.
Cheers,
Pete.
March 17th, 2022 at 5:47 pm
Cheers! It’s some sword isn’t it! I reckon it doesn’t even have to be sharp, just being knocked on the head with it would be more than enough!
March 17th, 2022 at 1:53 am
This is a nice surprise! I wouldn’t have guessed you have pirates in your backlog. It certainly is a timely thing to paint as well. This crewmember turned out great and looks ready to pillage 🙂
March 17th, 2022 at 5:48 pm
Cheers! With a backlog this vast there’s all kinds of unexpected things waiting to appear! At least this guy is new, he went straight from bought to painted in a matter of weeks without the usual few years on the shelf in between!
March 17th, 2022 at 4:29 am
Nice work! I can see why that guy is so buff – hefting that huge sword around clearly creates some serious hypertrophy!
March 17th, 2022 at 5:48 pm
Cheers! Haha, aye just carrying that thing from place to place must be a workout in itself!