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Online Captain Blood

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Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« on: December 17, 2019, 02:13:20 PM »
We've done this on the back of previous Lead Painters' Leagues, so I hope people don't mind me doing it again.
It's kinda interesting to view all one's entries together in one thread in retrospect.
I hope other participants will do the same if so minded (no, it's not compulsory :))

Here's my total output for the LPL13... Allowing for the fact that a few of the background 'extras' in a couple of these scenes are older figures from my collection, that's 65 figures, 13 horses, two medieval artillery pieces and two WW2 AFV's newly painted for LPL13.

Looking at them together now, the picture I actually like the best is the WW2 British entry (round 3). Very happy with the composition in that one, the painting, the image quality, and the character of the figures. Tells the best story I think :)
The one I like the least is the last one (round 10) - the mesoamericans. Not because they're not lovely figures - they are. But they took a LOT of painting time, and the photo isn't as good as I wanted. The foreground figures are too dark, the rearmost figures are out of focus, and the whole thing is over-exposed. Not really happy with that, but I ran out of time :?

Anyway, here they all are...

Round 1 - Highgate Miniatures Vampires



Round 2 - Perry Vichy French with a Warlord Games tank



Round 3 - Perry WW2 Brits plus a Perry Rolls Royce armoured car



Round 4 - Perry plastic Zulus



Round 5 - Footsore Arthurians, a couple of Saxon Miniatures Arthurians, and a Lucid Eye 'Celt Witch'



Round 6 - Perry Wars of the Roses Yorkist cavalry, with some HYW parts...



Round 7 - ex-Grenadier fantasy 'human' field piece and gun crew re-purposed for Wars of the Roses, with some additional Perry figures to make up the numbers. The ruins are from Fogou Models, and all the flags in these WOTR scenes are from Pete's Flags.



Round 8 - another Wars of the Roses field piece, this time from Old Glory with a Perry crew and extras.



Round 9 - more Perry Wars of the Roses Yorkist cavalry, with some HYW parts...



Round 10 - and finally, Lucid Eye 'Maxzans' - pseudo-fantasy Aztecs for the Lost World by Steve Saleh.


Offline Ray Rivers

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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2019, 02:29:31 PM »
Impossible to pick a favorite here.

I love your WOTR minis. There are just gorgeous.

Interestingly, if I had to pick one of you modern entries, I think I like the Vicky tank the most. You don't see many folks painting these and you did a splendid job on it.

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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2019, 02:35:53 PM »
all outstanding achievements!!!
In hoc signo vinces

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Offline Mick_in_Switzerland

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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2019, 08:03:06 PM »
You are truly the master
 :-*

Offline Silent Invader

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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2019, 08:05:16 PM »
You’re quite good at this painting Malarkey, Richard  :D
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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2019, 09:28:52 PM »
Masterclass!  :-*
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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2019, 03:39:47 AM »
The Highgate Miniatures Vampires showed up in quite a few entries.

Your beautiful rich colors are fantastic.  I like your totally clean universe.  :-*
« Last Edit: December 18, 2019, 03:47:53 AM by syrinx0 »
2024: B: 0; P: 148; 2023: B:77; P:37;

Offline TaltosVT

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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2019, 02:34:00 PM »
Really incredible painting.  My absolute favorite out of the whole lot is the lady in the Aurthurian entry.  The green of her dress is outstanding.


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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2019, 10:25:36 PM »
Really incredible painting.  My absolute favorite out of the whole lot is the lady in the Aurthurian entry.  The green of her dress is outstanding.

Same for me I think, that's a beautiful group.
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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2019, 10:31:30 PM »
Superb work, Richard, you seem to get better year on year, which hardly seems possible.

I feel contractually obligated to say the Zulus are my favourites, but I'm not all that sure they are. I really can't pick a favourite.


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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2020, 01:55:20 PM »
10 virtually perfect pieces of work - Can't say more and a well deserved victory

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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2020, 02:32:17 PM »
Stellar collections, Richard. A well deserved win.

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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2020, 03:00:04 AM »
Outstanding. I actually quite like the photo of the fantasy Incans but my favourite is a toss up between the Vichy French and the Grenadier fantasy human cannon.

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Re: Captain Blood's LPL13 portfolio
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2020, 04:29:12 AM »
Colors are outstanding!! Wow...

Mike