r/pirates

Hi there!! I mainly post my artwork on Instagram, but thought I would give it a try here as well to see if more people see it.

I was lucky enough to have two of these guys displayed at Greenwood Art Collective in Seattle WA for a couple of months. This trio took a little bit to complete, as I was working on other project in between working on these.

Colors turned out great. And I love the details in each individual pirate. Painting took some time due to how small some areas were and the extra attention needed to really stay within the lines.

I know lighting isn’t great in these photos.

Editing to add context: I use a 20w diode laser to cut and engrave each piece from blank wood. Then I hand paint everything with acrylic paints. After painting I assemble. 😉 any questions, please ask away!!

The latest solid silver and gold cobs out of the forge, made with my newest design. Hyperrealistic cobs based off the most common design found in the 1715 fleet wreck.

Someone needs to take this gold one off my hands!

Pirate on!

- Captain Silver

Did my second attempt at making a Jolly Toger flag, this one was a bit treaky as I had to photoshop it with photopea, and it was kinda a learning curve for me. I always wanted a deathshead where instead of a crossed bones or sword it was a crossed pistol and dagger, or cutlass. It may not be perfect, but I am happy to have been able to make it! I couldnt quite get the crossed pistol and dagger right, this was as best I could do it. I think its because they aren't to "scale" so every little tweaks worsens something else. Still, I am happy with it!

As I can't draw, none of the actual componants were drawn or created by me, this was made by splicing other flag bits together.

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This isn't a flintlock pistol - it's an essential multitool!

Screwdriver 'Barrel' (interchangeable bits), pen/pencil 'ramrod', Hammer 'Butt', a spirit level in the body and the coolest feature, a hidden tape (retractable!) hidden in the body that comes out underneath the barrel. Yes, all parts work as intended!

Had fun building this thing.

This is based on a historical accounts about famous Dutch buccaneer Laurens de Graaf and his largely French buccaneer or "Filibustier" crew and his exploits near Mexico during one of his many raids. He fought two large Spaniards with his frigate and accordingly to period sources he was wounded on the leg but returned to fight soon to encourage his men. Laurens was known in period sources as a tall blond haired mustachioed swashbuckler with a sense for bravado so I dressed him akin to French and Dutch naval fashion of the time with some tweaks for the region (no waistcoat under the coat) and I made his pistol in Spanish style as was his mustache. He had served as a sort of mercenary even Spain as a gunner so likely he aimed some guns himself, as some period sources seem to hint (have to say as a little accident in the drawing the cannon does not really line up with the main Spanish ship. but we cannot see the other one and the scene is caotic so yeah....). Went into some length to make his crew seem like a piratical group but keeping it still grounded with historical images and sources. Here used especially historical images of period French buccaneers and sailors. The exact account of this battle can be Benerson Little's book "The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths" and on his blog here a the bottom of the page: https://benersonlittle.com/2023/01/23/pirate-ships-pirate-prey-pirate-hunters-eyewitness-illustrations-accompanying-stories/

Hello everybody! Recently I posted the first episode of a serie about the adventures of a Playmobil pirate crew of my own creations, the first episode went surprisingly well both in r/Playmobil and r/pirates and I got a few questions about when the next episode is coming out, so I decided to address everything in one single post.

[PRODUCTION]:

The production of the next episode has officially started days ago when it comes to writing, sets are yet to be built but I got my hands on useful ready to go set piece that will be used in many episodes to come, no photos have been taken yet but dw people! Everything is coming together.

[NEXT EPISODE RELEASE]:

Since the sets are still being built it's hard to give a release date, plus I'm currently working on my final exams of my academy (I'm a animation student) and those have the priority.

[FUTURE OF THE SERIE AND ISSUES]:

I have no idea how long the serie will be long but do not expect One Piece X3 I wouldn't be surprised if the serie will end by the start of September, this is just a hobby for me; this doesn't mean that I will stop doing photoshoots of my pirates dw but I'm not sure if after this serie a follow up will be made.

There's a big problem though, my pirates collection isn't as big as it used to, of my fleet only the Red Sea Barracuda remains, that's why I'm building my own sets with scavanger materials, and my minifigure collection is limited, I'm probably will be forced to buy new Playmobil sets for the future which is something I'm open to but I also have to buy stuff for you know.....survive, this means that production of future episodes will take even longer as I gather enough money to afford to buy toys as well, so keep this in mind.

That being said I'm very happy of how the first episode have been recived and I can't wait to show you all what's coming next, see ya on the high seas crew!⛵

To make it look like weathered wood, I printed it in light brown PLA, dry-brushed it with a dark wood varnish, and wrapped each spoke with nylon cord. It came out looking far better than I expected!

Fair warning: if you wear this to a Ren Faire, be prepared to tell the joke... a lot. 🏴‍☠️

This is my updated daily look. No joke. Blind in my life eye. I didn't realize until my husband started singing, "Professional Pirate."

The reason I call it updated is because I had went out of the way to avoid an eyepatch to cover my bad eye. So I used a headband.

Went to the Atlanta Aquarium like this. My husband and kid didn't say anything until we were back at the hotel.