I'm bookending my hobby output quite nicely by finishing off the year with the last 3 squat pirates from the crew that I started in January. I'm really pleased to have got this iconic set of 10 squat pirate sculpts painted with a couple of additions (a squat adventurer, the dwarf pirate and of course the big ugly ogryn). I do have some transport planned for the crew, but for now they'll just have to put their boots on the ground!
The last 3 additions are a nice selection. There's a Time Bandit-esque squat in retro pilot gear, a classicly styled crewman with headscarf and eye-patch, and the frankly maxed out fella with the braided beard, hook and horned hat.
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The pilot's arms come from an Old School Miniatures space dwarf, whilst the flamer is built from Uscarl parts. |
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The hook-handed squat got a North Star pistol, with most of the arm sculpted over a piece of bent wire. |
In terms of painting, I went for more variations on the predominantly purple and green theme.
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I wish I'd stripped off the old undercoat on this guy as the beard seemed to lack definition. I ended up trying to paint on the texture. |
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It doesn't really show up too well, but he's sporting a gold tooth second from left! |
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This guy went from being my least favourite squat pirate (too boring), to one of my favourites. I'm pretty happy with how the goggle lenses turned out. |
All in all this has been a thoroughly enjoyable extended project on a pretty obscure set of figures. I'm really pleased to have painted them all up and ready to use.
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I told you that Gydran vehicle would be a good scale for squats! |
It's a really nice group. Really good sculpting on the arm, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Toby, glad you like them 😊
DeleteThey are great ! Thanks for this awesome 2021 "feuilleton", each post was a real pleasure to read (like everything on your blog ;) ) !
ReplyDeleteThanks Merlin, glad you like them.
DeleteVery cool band of pirate squats, a fierce looking bunch of scurvy freebooters to be sure.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I confess when I started out I was worried that they might end up either too uniform, or too incoherent as a group.
DeleteYou turned every mini into a character, and that's quite a thing! They all are tasty and you did an outstanding work. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber! Each sculpt is literally dripping with character - they're such great figures!
DeleteAbsolutely love this crew! Such great character among them. Now I think my new favorite is guy with the horns and the hook. I do really like what you did with the lenses. I need more practice doing them. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Hobbs! Squats plus pirates is pretty much an unbeatable combination I think 😉
DeleteThe horn/hook/hat guy ticks an awful lot of points on the pirate swagger list too!!
Arrr, this be pirate goodness I tell ya ... sorry I couldn't resist :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great 2022!
Never apologise for using a pirate voice 😉
DeleteA classy classic combination!
ReplyDeleteSuper good new additions! What a fun project and as I’ve mentioned before, my fav of your projects cos quite frankly - Squats!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dai! You can't beat squats can you?!
DeleteGreat stuff. Just building a few old school armies and these posts are a real inspiration.
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