Saturday 20 July 2019

Spanish Sailors 16-17th Century - RedBox

One of those subjects that, when you go looking for references for clothing Colours and the like, there´s virtually nothing. 

There´s one or two contemporary paintings showing Crew, like  Johann Theodore de Bry´s  "The renewal of the alliance between Francisco Pissarro and Diego de Almagro ...(to explore and exploit Peru) …(HERE)  
Mostly blues, reds and Yello/Browns but the mix of Colours on the painting Looks..concieved. Still, better than Nothing. 
There´s a Little Flash to deal with  but not a lot. Over at PSR the set gets a decent review (HERE)
Why am I painting late Renaissance bods? Well, you´ll have to wait and see. 

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  1. A great set of figures, but where's their ship?

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    1. Well, they were all pulling on the ropes, slowly the Tension built up and suddenly "Snap!" and away it went.

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  2. Great work Paul - are you building a Renaissance ship by any chance?

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  3. .......to explore and exploit Peru, very true, little beauties Paul!

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    1. Thanks Ray. I agree with the exploit bit but it´s not my idea..it was added as a tag line. I doubt by the Artist at the time but it fits so I kept it in.

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  4. the colors are well chosen. beautiful painting. they can also work on a port

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  5. Great job Paul on another great ship. I would love to see you tackle a ship, but I wonder if that is too obvious? Looking forward to the big reveal...

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    1. I don´t want to give in to any Pier pressure or have any rigging of comments that might give away what I have planned but one Thing is clear, when it´s all over, I´ll be able to Ex-sail.

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    2. Fair enough, we all have to sail our own course.

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    3. Your bronze statue for being the Pun Master of this Decade is in the foundry now!

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    4. Bronze? I would prefer it to made from the metalepsis…;-)

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  6. I still can't believe how much soft plastic figures have improved since my youth! You have done a lovely paint job on them!

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