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Miniatures Adventure => Other Adventures => Topic started by: Laughing Ferret on May 13, 2012, 08:47:56 PM

Title: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Laughing Ferret on May 13, 2012, 08:47:56 PM
Thought I'd post some additional pictures of my Bears from LPL round 10, since the big photo didn't allow for many close ups.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b5sxdCZIwIw/T7AEgUXIZhI/AAAAAAAAB0o/mcX8shDmFtI/s1600/Nautical+Bears+019.JPG)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7aUqyx2QmRg/T7AEmcsrBhI/AAAAAAAAB0w/luUuSwVkFhQ/s1600/Nautical+Bears+020.JPG)

The Honeydripper:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wAwLFVJSDYk/T7AFAYALFhI/AAAAAAAAB04/ddr4emgCGBk/s1600/Nautical+Bears+017.JPG)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c8K0nzcgEww/T7AHmhiCWVI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/Cg0kYXhcOG4/s1600/morebears+006.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5m2rfiOmDkA/T7AH5p4Z4jI/AAAAAAAAB1g/7do3oq-CENA/s1600/morebears+007.JPG)

Some more pictures and some blithering on about the project on the blog here:
http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2012/05/yo-ho-ho-bottle-of-honey-dread-pirate.html (http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2012/05/yo-ho-ho-bottle-of-honey-dread-pirate.html)

I figured these would be best in the 'other adventure' section, since where do Teddy Bears fit in exactly?

But I was thinking next time the local Wednesday group runs Legend of the High Seas, I'm playing teddy bears!
Combining these two groups I could have either a Royal Marines force, with the Blue Coat bears as the naval officers and Red Coats for marines, or as a Privateer force, with the Blue Coats as the Captain & officers, pirates as lower level troops and Red Coats standing in for the higher level troopers.  How to explain that they are Teddy Bears? You saw Pirates of the Caribbean... but instead of an Aztec curse to turn them into skeletons, it was an Algonquin curse, for stealing the honey, turning them into honey bears.
Yeah, why not?
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Papa Spanky on May 14, 2012, 02:48:42 AM
These are really great, I love the ship. Nice work.
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Dr Mathias on May 14, 2012, 03:52:29 AM
Sweet, thanks for posting the additional pics. Creative and well done!
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: syrinx0 on May 14, 2012, 04:37:51 AM
The bears look even better up close Laughing Ferret.  Great work on terrain and boat as well.
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Dr. The Viking on May 14, 2012, 10:40:18 AM
This is very strange to me.

But nicely painted!
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Doomsdave on May 17, 2012, 10:04:32 AM
I was considering that Mini-Mates ship for one of my projects.  Thanks for making up my mind!  Those are great PJ's by the way. 
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Laughing Ferret on May 17, 2012, 07:10:54 PM
Thanks all!  :D

yeah, I recommend the mini-mates ship, it's pretty nice, especially for the price.
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Mister Rab on May 17, 2012, 08:09:53 PM
I can't stop coming back to ogle these. I don't imagine I'll ever paint any myself (although I do have one of those ships on my ebay watch list), but I am strangely drawn to them. Fabulous  :-*
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Doomsdave on May 18, 2012, 02:21:02 AM
Mister Rab, If you don't win your ebay auction, Toys R US have them in their webstore.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12003166&prodFindSrc=search (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12003166&prodFindSrc=search)

Not sure what shipping will cost. 
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Laughing Ferret on May 18, 2012, 09:35:35 AM
Thanks Mr. Rab  :D
Well, I thought the same thing for about a year- kept admiring the range, and then with the LPl maritime theme.. well that was it, I couldn't resist them any longer  ;)

I wrote up a tutorial for making a fast & inexpensive beach, the one I made for my picture.

It is here for anyone interested in making a beach:

http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2012/05/building-beach-for-bear-booty-tutorial.html (http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2012/05/building-beach-for-bear-booty-tutorial.html)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lAbXSH9Um5s/T7YC9eT-p2I/AAAAAAAAB60/dvwdfM4Nl4g/s800/Pirate+Bears+001.JPG)
Title: Re: Dread Pirate Roe Bear & Co.
Post by: Calimero on May 20, 2012, 03:17:15 AM

Wow, very lovely stuff :-*