Captain Barbossa--32mm Black Scorpion Pirate

"Y'er off the edge of the map now, mate. Here there be monsters!"
-Barbossa, Curse of the Black Pearl

Objectively, Pirates of the Caribbean is not the best franchise in the world. Personally, however, it is one of the all time greats in cinema history, and Captain Hector Barbossa helps make it so. His arc from main antagonist to redeemed anti-hero is magnificent, and Rush's acting sells all the pirate stereotypes as an actual threatening character.

So, when I saw Black Scorpion sold an undead pirate with a huge hat, I knew Barbossa would be a must.



I had to make some modifications to the figure, namely in giving him hair and a beard, and sculpting a little Jack the monkey his shoulder.

One thing that worked really well is making the color palette totally washed out with the exception of the bright yellow rag hanging from his belt. It adds a nice pop to an otherwise grey character.



Not as clean as I'd like at the coattails, but I'm pretty pleased with how the caribbean beach baseplate turned out.

Not much, but a fun return to the world of piracy on the high seas... but a penny for your thoughts, mates?

-BG

The Pirate Project 4--The Black Pearl

"Strike yer colors, ya bloomin cockroaches!"
-Barbossa, Curse of the Black Pearl

What good are pirates without a ship, ay mates? Welcome aboard the Black Pearl mates!

Here's a basic shot of this. Black hulls, died sales and twine rigging! The hull of the ship is made of soft cardstock and foamboard, using a template that was originally for 10mm scale, which I blew up 250% and away I worked!

Here's one of me wee mates taking shots off the bulwark (is that what you call it?)

Shiver me timbers! Mr. Cotton walks the plank!

The purple jacket fellow shoots over the rails.

 The captain at his station. Wait! Is that ole Barbossa at the helm? XD

The colors fly over the pearl! The flag is that of Barbossa. Also, as my sister told me, that is historically the flag of Callico Jack Rackham!

So what do you think!? Does the Pearl look ship shape to ye? Sound off in the comments below!+

The Pirate Project 2--Pirate Island

"Ya know, we Pirates are an awfully un-creative lot at naming' things."

                                                            -Jack Sparrow, At Worlds End.

Previously, we looked at the buccaneers that will make the bulk of our pirate armies. Now, whatsay we look at the island these buccaneers inhabit, ey?

Jungle plants from cut up fake plants.

Palm trees! The fronds are from fake plants, the trunks are from MegaBloks.

An old ruined cart with the East India Co. Brand sits forgotton… save for the map inside!

Every now and again, a pirates gotta fight dirty...

A small unregistered craft takes to the canal (megabloks with a foamboard floor and a sratch built mast.) A modified version of Henry Every’s jolly rodger hangs from the mast (my girlfriend picked it out.)

Thieves beneath the king's flag...

A diversified 401K...

My first attempt at a pirate building, and not a bad one!

A drunk with one leg… not too good!

Reward of £1? Undoubtably the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of!

What are your thoughts of this new terrain? Piratey enough? What's the island missing still?