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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Admiral Benbow on April 12, 2018, 08:59:05 PM
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To celebrate the new LAF members miniature "The International Adventurer" I thought it would be a nice idea to have all your different painted versions on parade in one place. We are not in a hurry, so if you'd like to show the miniature in the upcoming Lead Painter's League first, so do it and post it here again after the round has ended. I hope we'll see many manifestations of Marc Copplestone's newest masterpiece here, and this is my version for a start:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/32/93-120418204718.jpeg)
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Ah, he is so good Michael 8)
Love the sea shells, the inlaid lapels on the pea coat, and the leather cap band.
So much to admire about the painting on that miniature :)
Anyway, great idea.
I've posted mine already on the original exclusive LAF figure thread itself, but here he is again...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/32/577-300318143955.jpeg)
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Lovely Cortos. :-* :-*
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Wow, those two are some start! I think this is a great idea. Given it's something that could be added to over time to provide a gallery of LAFers' versions of this lovely figure, I think a Sticky would be appropriate.
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This is Kev Dallimore's interpretation.
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Here is my take:
(https://wargamesgazette.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/lrg_dsc01239.jpg?w=173&h=204&zoom=2)
and a Warhammer 40000 version:
(https://wargamesgazette.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/lrg_dsc01235.jpg?w=309&h=455&zoom=2)
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Very nice additions, chaps! Hope we'll see some more soon ...
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Here's mine. Was going to use him in the LPL with some others but haven't had a chance to do the others lol
I'm calling him Jack Atlantic and he will be used in our Victorian games :)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/32/2619-030518135955.jpeg)
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Wonderful addition, James!
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Very nice James
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Where can one purchase this figure? I didn't know Copplestone was still doing adventurer types.
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Where can one purchase this figure? I didn't know Copplestone was still doing adventurer types.
From North Star:
"He'll be available to buy next Monday (19th March 2018), the link is here: http://www.northstarfigures.com/enter_code.php
You need put in the code word LAFFIN"
(link to announcement: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=108039.msg1349884#msg1349884 )
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Finally finished off mine.
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A dapper gent Chris, very nice.
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Looking good James and Chris.
I see no-one has bucked the trend of the blue pea jacket yet... :D
Who will be first to break the pattern? ;)
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(https://image.ibb.co/kC44g7/24.jpg)
I did one, stuck with the blue pea coat though, I've got no imagination. ::)
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Haha! Me neither as it turns out ;)
Beautiful paintwork Chris.
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I am such a Hugo Pratt fan it would seem like sacrilege to paint him "imaginatively." Hell, even Blood's stripey clown trousers have me silently tutting and harrumphing to myself. lol
I'm afraid mine will be the boring standard paint job we have already seen several times. I just wouldn't be able to bring myself to do anything else.
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I'm afraid mine will be the boring standard paint job we have already seen several times. I just wouldn't be able to bring myself to do anything else.
There are variations, for example:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/32/93-080518183159.jpeg)
So don't let us wait too long, Dylan. Now that you have the Leaderboard already, it's quite an obligation ... :D
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Good point. And often he is depicted in a similar coat, but of a much longer cut...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/32/163-080518184407.jpeg)
Perhaps it is time to deploy the Green Stuff...
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One more paint job!
(https://i.imgur.com/OLIwCYZ.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/Sx6wZca.jpg)
(https://imgur.com/vy6Ohxw.jpg)
This figure was a blast... I really appreciate having a chance to paint something cool that I might not have actually picked on my own :) So, thank you!
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Is his clothes based on some merchant navy uniform?
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Lovely paint job No Such Agency, really vibrant with subtle shading and highlighting.
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I like him. Complete with orange lapels :)
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Great, lovely paintjob!
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Lovely paint job No Such Agency, really vibrant with subtle shading and highlighting.
Thanks! A commenter elsewhere said that it does make him look a lot different from the 2-D version who's done in less saturated watercolours, but this is my style and I yam what I yam ;)
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Well I like it!
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That's excellent! I was going to do the orange lining but I bottled out :D
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That's excellent! I was going to do the orange lining but I bottled out :D
It is a bit over-the-top flamboyant, so if that wasn't the look you wanted... probably wise :) It's still a very good paint job :)
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I finally got around to painting mine:
(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/43/369-130220011028-43959682.jpeg)
Another standard job
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nice :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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That's not standard, that's gorgeous. :-*
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A thing of beauty. I should post mine to, painted it some time ago.
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Yeah, hardly standard, that's excellent work.
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Thanks for the comments. :)
By standard I meant the 'standard' colour choices for Corto (Just to keep Plynkes happy ;) )
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By standard I meant the 'standard' colour choices for Corto (Just to keep Plynkes happy ;) )
Good luck with that... ;)
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Looks great Paul 8)
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Oh, very nice :-*
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Lovely job :-*
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:-* Top job, better late than never ;)
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This came today...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/48/163-280820213456.png)
Newly published edition. So after over twenty five years of being a fan, I finally have all the Hugo Pratt Corto stories. For most of that time many of them haven't been available in English, but thanks to some nice American publishing house, with the release of this one you can now get them all.
Anyway, I think to celebrate the completion of my collection I really ought to paint this bloody figure I've had sitting on my desk for the past two years or so, don't you?
I'll get right on it. :)
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Anyway, I think to celebrate the completion of my collection I really ought to paint this bloody figure I've had sitting on my desk for the past two years or so, don't you?
I'll get right on it. :)
Two years isn't bad really. Not compared to some on my table...
Is this a new print release that is still available?
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Yes, it's a brand-new edition, came out this week, I've had it on pre-order for about six months. When I first started collecting Corto Maltese there wasn't anything in print in English. I bought my first one from a bargain bin in a comic shop, and got quite a few second-hand a little later on from the internet.
But for the last few years Euro Comics (an American outfit, despite the name) have been releasing the entire saga, with a new one coming out every six months or so. They've finally finished the job and so currently the entire run is available in English at the same time. So a good time to be an English-speaking Corto fan.
They seem to be making a bit of a song and dance about it being a new translation from the Italian, too. Not sure I'm all that impressed with it, though. The dialogue is sometimes a bit stilted and strange, but for all I know the original Italian was like that too. I also spotted something of a blooper. One story, set in the 1920s mentions the company "British Telecom." Yeah, a company that didn't exist until 1984. Would have still been the GPO back then, I think. No idea what it said in the original, it came out in 1988 originally, so the mistake may have been Pratt's rather than the translators'.
But I can let that slide for the sake of finally having a complete collection, even if they are in several different editions (though I do kind of hate that - my Flashmans (Flashmen?) are like that too - they don't bloody match on the book shelf - at least my Patrick O'Briens are all from the same batch).
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A ruddy good read, I an sure.
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The dialogue is sometimes a bit stilted and strange, but for all I know the original Italian was like that too.
It is, but it is also part of the comic's charm. ;)
Oh, and a bit late, but my Corto for the topic...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/14157-260820162402-47976496.jpeg)
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A ruddy good read, I an sure.
I don't quite have your confidence there. The later books tend towards overly talky, esoteric and just downright weird stories (and the art gets considerably more sketchy). I think I prefer the earlier ones where there is more action and less navel-gazing*. But hell, it's just nice to have a new Corto story to read, and sadly this is going to be the last time I can have that experience, short of science finding a way to bring Hugo Pratt back to life.
Nice one, anch_io! :)
*Though having said that, one of my favourites is "A Fable of Venice", which as I recall is very much in that mould.
Edit: Ha! I wrote naval when I meant navel.
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Edit: Ha! I wrote naval when I meant navel.
Very good. Very good, indeed.
I remember that story. Pratt and Manara were pals, as I recall. I think Pratt took a page or two from Manaras more surrealistic story lines.
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Well, if that's true he could have at least included all the tits and fanny too. :)
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Well, if that's true he could have at least included all the tits and fanny too. :)
That is true.
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This is my take on the mini (which has been sitting in my desk for quite a while),
Besides the BD, I was highly influenced by another member of the LAF which had a reasonable collection of black and white painted models, unfortunately I don't recall his name anymore, hopefully someone will be able to recall this
anyway... Hope I've made some justice to the mini...
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The "black and white" paint job is very effective on this sculpt. Very nice.
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I like him. Works very well in black and white 8)
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Nice one!
I was highly influenced by another member of the LAF which had a reasonable collection of black and white painted models, unfortunately I don't recall his name anymore, hopefully someone will be able to recall this
Maybe Vikotnik (Karsten?), who had all those greyscale figures and buildings in his Nosferatu game, that some of us saw in Kiel back in 2010, and which was featured quite a lot on LAF back in the day..
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Another poster had a whole Zorro adventures collection (well over 100 miniatures) he'd done up in B&W. Can't recall who but the minis and setting (a whole town, hacienda, etc.). were beautiful.
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Here’s how i did mine kind of similar to movie poster and a few colored drawings. I have a terrible time doing white clothing but think this is passable. Still trying to figure out new photos on new ipad, apologies for photo quality.
(https://i.imgur.com/EBPpYUi.jpg)
And along with the pulp alley version
“It’s bad luck to meet your double” from golden house of samarakand
(https://i.imgur.com/0a41YDo.jpg)
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(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/55/15675-130522124232.jpeg)
Late to the party. I converted this many years ago...
Removed the gun, cause Corto rarely uses one. Enlarged pants with milliput and lengthened the jacket. Painted seconding a giant size poster I have....
EDIT: just noticed I didn't base him!!!!!!!!!
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You know, I still have my figure somewhere that I haven't painted yet! I must get round to it.
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Mine painted by my friend Graham.
(https://i.servimg.com/u/f91/20/24/09/95/clorto10.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/20240995/64)
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That's a very tidy paintjob. He's made a great job on that.
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I don't know if it well known but Corto Maltese DVD's are available on Amazon. Only Italian and Scandinavian editions though