The Mate

Captain João's mate Walker was driven to a life piracy, when, at the tender age of seven he watched helplessly, as his pirate parents fell off the cliffs into the sea, pursued by an angry mob in the middle of a raging thunderstorm. With parents like that and the harsh life of an orphan, he felt compelled to take up the career of a criminal. He knows that many of things he does are wrong. But his tears dried up a long time ago, so he had a single tear tattooed on his right cheek as a testimony to his cruel fate. Because of this he goes by the name of Jack "Cry-Matey" Walker.

Inspired by three items:

1. Character A:

"Jack Sparrow" from Pirates of the Caribbean, Gore Verbinski 2003, property of Walt Disney Pictures

2. Character B:

"Cry-Baby", from Cry-Baby, John Waters 1990, property of  Universal Pictures

3. The universal truth, that love songs can be turned into sea shanties by replacing every instance of "baby" with "matey", as explained here by talking dinosaurs.

The Dwarf

Believe it or not, I haven't completely abandoned my original idea of painting minis for Talisman board game. Here's an old citadel dwarf to represent the, well, dwarf, from the basic game.

A Sharpshooter

One more sharpshooter, able seaman Göker "G-man" Gül.

The Ensign

Ensign Nicolas "Nigh-Middle-Aged-Nick" Cifer, carrying captain João's personal colours.

 

 

He is a Warlord Games English Civil War mini. The flag is cast and quite wavy at that, so I couldn't paint legibly the captain's motto: "Mortem Ad Phantasma Ambulans". It seems captain João has a lot of beef with the natural enemy of pirates.

The Boarding Crew, Part Five

Three more pirates to fill the ranks of the boarding crew.

Daniel "Dapper Dan" Soggy Bottom, Elaine Morfil, an angry lady since her dashing pirate fiance turned out to be a drunkard and eventually alligator feed and Quamino.

The Apothecaries

The ships's doctor's assistants take care of the medical supplies. The pharmacological options are rather limited,  but what they have (rum), Mercedes and Bartolomeu make sure it is constantly monitored and sampled to ensure it's quality.

The Ghoul

Taking a break from piracy, I shortly went back to the original Talisman Project and did one more character, an all time favourite, the Ghoul: