Don't judge me!

Started by fsn, 30 July 2022, 05:33:29 PM

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05499 - Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Black Pearl 1:150 Scale
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XBXZRKZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Snap together kit ... if I can just remove the bottom bits ...

Progress so far, with test paint Spaniards masquerading as Marines and a Naval Office transferred from the Polish artillery.


Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

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2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

fsn

What am I going to do with it when it's done?

Not a clue.
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

mmcv


QuoteWhat am I going to do with it when it's done?

Not a clue.
Sail the seven seas while drinking plenty of rum and lime?

d_Guy

Quote from: fsn on 30 July 2022, 05:37:45 PMWhat am I going to do with it when it's done?

Not a clue.
Gather a crew?
Encumbered by Idjits, we pressed on

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

It'll maker a nice peice of scenery Nobby. And youse is guilty - take im down  :d
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Orcs

Quote from: fsn on 30 July 2022, 05:37:45 PMWhat am I going to do with it when it's done?

Not a clue.

It's an excuse to paint pirates and wenches in low-cut blouses  :)
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

fsn

Quote from: Orcs on 31 July 2022, 07:17:06 AMIt's an excuse to paint pirates and wenches in low-cut blouses  :)

Indeed so! To the tavern for research!*



*Lots of pirates in Runcorn taverns**

**I say "pirates", they say "victims of industrial accidents"
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

John Cook

Quote from: fsn on 30 July 2022, 05:37:45 PMWhat am I going to do with it when it's done?

Not a clue.

Get another one so you can fight a naval battle.

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Quote from: John Cook on 31 July 2022, 10:23:54 AMGet another one so you can fight a naval battle.

Expensive
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Ithoriel

QuoteGet another one so you can fight a naval battle.
QuoteExpensive

In for a penny, in for a pound. Get a dozen, make a scale model of Tortuga, create your own fast play rules, devise a participation game, take it to shows all over the country, see how many "Best Game" awards you can win :)
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

Quote from: Ithoriel on 31 July 2022, 11:12:46 AMIn for a penny, in for a pound. Get a dozen, make a scale model of Tortuga, create your own fast play rules, devise a participation game, take it to shows all over the country, see how many "Best Game" awards you can win :)

None ?
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fsn

QuoteIn for a penny, in for a pound. Get a dozen, make a scale model of Tortuga, create your own fast play rules, devise a participation game, take it to shows all over the country, see how many "Best Game" awards you can win :)
Yes, but I'm getting bored already and I haven't even put the masts in.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Lord Oik of Runcorn (You may refer to me as Milord Oik)

Oik of the Year 2013, 2014; Prize for originality and 'having a go, bless him', 2015
3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Orcs

Quote from: fsn on 31 July 2022, 01:07:42 PMYes, but I'm getting bored already and I haven't even put the masts in.

Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Just imagine Anne Hathaway stood at the bow of your ship, sea breeze in her hair, tight corset showing her ample bosom, sea spray making the blouse slightly transparebt. Red lips pouting in anticipation as she heads home to Liverpool to meet her beloved Nobby.   ;D

The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson

DecemDave

QuoteJust imagine Anne Hathaway stood at the bow of your ship, sea breeze in her hair, tight corset showing her ample bosom, sea spray making the blouse slightly transparebt. Red lips pouting in anticipation as she heads home to Liverpool to meet her beloved Nobby.  ;D
And wondering just how good a job he's made of the new kitchen while she has been away.

Orcs

Quote from: DecemDave on 31 July 2022, 06:32:44 PMAnd wondering just how good a job he's made of the new kitchen while she has been away.

Or if she is going to find him painting models in vest and underpants  :-&
The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -Mencken, H. L.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Louis Stevenson