Round 1 - Portuguese Conquistadors vs. French Port Rabble

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[Helen]

Nice one Peder

[JollyBob]

Ooooh, lovely stuff.  :love:

Is it just me or does the woman in the red-striped top bear more than a passing resemblance to the girl off the Marks & Spencers adverts?

EDIT: Actually, I'm assuming it's a woman, on second looks I think I see a 5 o'clock shadow!

[Hammers]

Marks&Spencer girl? I have no idea. About the five o'clock, I watched quite a bit of apache dancing clips on youtube for inspiration and from that I went with a very pale and unhealty silent movie look. Perhaps I didn´t do the blending subtle enough. Or, more likely, with macro photography you really need a ambient lighting source or you'll get real shadows. On the other hand in 'Papillion' there's quite a bit of talk about ladies of the night of ambigous gender.

[JollyBob]

Morning Hammers!

Yeah, looking closer, I think it's just shading on her face that is getting slightly blurred by the pic. Nothing to worry about, certainly.

The girl I mean is called Erin O'Connor. Google for images of her and you'll see what I mean. She has a very distinctive, very 1920's look about her.

[Hammers]

You're right, she looks quite a bit like t Erin lass.

[Svennn]

"Erin" looks like one of the Eureka 20's women? cunningly painted but who is the one in the window?

[Hammers]

I was itching to say something rude there but I won't. This isn't Frothers after all.

It is one of Hasslefrees lovely nudes. A real treat to paint. Putting her in that window made me chip her shoulder. It is barely visible but it made me go  :x .

[dodge]

Thought it would have ben closer than it was.

A tough choice for me.

[PeteMurray]

Hammershield's entry smells like cheap cologne and cigarettes.  ::

[Hammers]

...and has "Valse chaloupee" on musette accordeon as a soundtrack.

[Malamute]

Lovely stuff Hammers, very atmospheric

[Captain Blood]

Can I just say, that whilst all lead adventurers will be instinctively drawn to the sleazy, pulp milieu portrayed by Hammers' spiffing entry, that I really really like the effect of the picture on the battlements.

The sunshine and shadow makes it look quite like a real battle beneath the blazing sub-tropical sun.

And a cunning take on the conquistador theme to go for a Goan (?) setting!  :wink:

[Hammers]

Couldn't agree more.

[Admiral Benbow]

The sunshine and shadow makes it look quite like a real battle beneath the blazing sub-tropical sun.

True indeed, but I really would have liked to see more of the figures ...