Vikotnik's Denmark-inspired Pyrate Thread

[DeafNala]

Those are FANTASTIC minis; the inspired brushwork & basing make them even more so. VERY WELL DONE!

[Heldrak]

Excellent! 

Those Rackham Goblin pirates have always been some of my favorites...

[The Dozing Dragon]

  We are not worthy!

[Mason]

 

They be bleedin' gorgeous, they be!

 

[vikotnik]

Thanks for the nice comments, guys! It is stuff like this that keeps one going when a project looses momentum. However, this time I had no momentum to loose because time was awfully short and my Pyrates needed a ship! I bought a very cheap extremely used Playmobil ship off ebay but chucked it away as soon as I saw this:


We have a children's TV show starring a blue bear captain who tells hilarious stories(Or should I say yarns?) to his nephews. And Revell even put out a model kit of his ship! Cheap, just EUR 14,-! 'Easy Kit'!
Can you believe that?  Away with that stupid Playmobil ship!

The 'Unthinkable' could be constructed now!

Three weeks later it looks like this, hope you like the pics:




A proper ship has a prow, even Goblins know that! So they commissioned me to sculpt one. I was free on the subject, so I chose a moon:


The back is adorned with skull and crossbones which I had to sculpt as well:


Captain on deck:


First officer trying to look the business:


In the background of the pictures you can glimpse a bit of the pirate table I have built. I will expand on this as soon as it is finished.


I was in Denmark yesterday and we spent one entire day playing the Pirate game with several ships, crews, a fort, islands, cannibals, a governor's daughter and so on! It was one of the most memorable games in my career as a wargamer. Hopefully, the pirates will return to Horisont Convention this November in Esbjerg.

[CyberAlien312]

Great miniatures! That ship is very cool! I think this kit works much better than a playmobil ship. The moon thing and the skull look very cool as well! Well done!!

[Steve F]

Very nice ship - the cartoony style works perfectly with the goblins.

[dijit]

Well having seen them in the flesh and fought them (and sunk their ship ), I can honestly say the pictures don't really do them justice. Great painting and thanks for a great game, which as you say is going to be very memorable for a long time to come.
Duncan

[DeafNala]

She is a WONDROUS CREATION...GREAT FIND. The figurehead, stern decoration, & all the embellishments make her a perfect fit for her Goblin Crew. She is inspiring...VERY WELL DONE!

I hope you don't mind, but I posted a link to your thread over on Tom's Boring Mordheim Forum to draw the Pirate Minded Folk to your creations.

[Svennn]

The very teasing shots of the terrain reminded me of a Disneyland ride for some reason. Really looking forward to seeing how the multi level water looks in full. No need to praise the ship and crew - thats a given.

[FramFramson]

Oh lordy I love the name of that ship. 

[tomogui]

Guess you might say I am a vikotnik fan hey?

And you are clearly not alone in that! Wow. Such great work on display here. Love it all. The 'bad moon' prow is so full of character.

[OSHIROmodels]

Excellent work 

Full of character 

cheers

James

[Andym]

Great ship!! That's got galleons of character!

[FramFramson]

Great ship!! That's got galleons of character!

*GROAN*

With jokes like that, you'd better get some grandkids to tell them to. 

_{For the record, "Grandad groaners" are actually my favourite type of joke.}