NEWS: Freebooter Undead Lady

[gi6ers]

Bought this at Salute, official pics are due soon but this is just too cool to keep from you:

(Apologies for the pic which doesn't do her justice, just did my usual 2 tone primer thing to show some of the details)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/Gi6ers/frbt002.jpg

[Nathan Caroland]

Very Tim Burton.

Like it!

[vincegamer]

More Poe than Burton to my mind.
(mask of the red death)

[Ritual]

Saw your post over at FOD. I love this mini and it will certainly find it's way to my hands sooner or later! It's quite an un-Werner-ish sculpt.

[gi6ers]

Saw your post over at FOD. I love this mini and it will certainly find it's way to my hands sooner or later! It's quite an un-Werner-ish sculpt.

Yeah it is very different, I couldn't help but share with the non-FoDers...

[cdukino]

yeah I thought that too... looks more Kev White or more so Steve Buddlle. I like it though. Forgot to look at it at Salute though... Will see it in 2 months in the flesh instead now.

[Ritual]

Yeah it is very different, I couldn't help but share with the non-FoDers...
I was itching to post it here, but I didn't want to steal your thunder! :)

[wiccanpony]

That's one I want....... hummm, what’s filling out her bodice.

[gi6ers]

That's one I want....... hummm, what’s filling out her bodice.

She's got flesh from the neck down and a few ringlets clinging to the skull.

@Ritual - no worries, steal away!

[wiccanpony]

;) so it’s true.. silicone implants last forever lol

[GreyHorde]

I agree with the comments about the stuffed bodice -- it looks goofy with bare bones skull and hand(s). The skull is way out of proportion with the rest of the body. If it had eyes, flesh & normal hair, I would suggest anatomy class for the sculptor. The features are cartoony, oddly shaped, kind of BESM and...heck, I'm still suggesting anatomy class for the sculptor, aren't I? Okay, you're right, enough about the skull. The clothing looks good, but I don't care for the weapon(s) and...I just really don't like this one. Sorry.

[vincegamer]

to each his own.
Besides, when is the last time you saw a mini that was in fact proportional?
I think she looks like something designed to frighten, not like an actual corpse that has somehow had flesh removed from head and hands but remaining elsewhere.

The classic death is not the skeleton of some real person, but a face to fear.
This is what I think death would look like if the Elizabethans had personified death as a female instead of a male.

[lauth81]

I like it. And my FLGS has Freebooter minis in stock :thumb: . I´ll pick up this one for sure.

[Spacemunkie]

I *DON'T* think it's a piece of donkey-plop. (ANYMORE!)

[gi6ers]

I think it's a piece of donkey-plop.

get off the fence why dontcha!

[Steph-E]

That's what I call a GrOoOoOvy mini!
skull is not realistic, and that's whatit makes this mini so Fonky!

[GreyHorde]

to each his own.
Besides, when is the last time you saw a mini that was in fact proportional?
I think she looks like something designed to frighten, not like an actual corpse that has somehow had flesh removed from head and hands but remaining elsewhere.

The classic death is not the skeleton of some real person, but a face to fear.
This is what I think death would look like if the Elizabethans had personified death as a female instead of a male.
Agreed, to each his own. I realize now that most of my opinion was stated too strongly. It was not intended to be a 'nobody could possibly like this' rant. If I came on harshly, I apologize. In retrospect, I may have been over/reacting to another post that trashed a couple of sculpts I did like. I lost some of my objectivity toward this one. I should have been more 'it's not for me' and less 'I really don't like it'.

Proportional minis: most anything by Tom Meier, Dennis Mize (rest his soul) to a slightly lesser degree, Werner Klocke...of course, none of these are known for undead sculpts, but still...

It's still not for me, though. I mean, I see your point and accept it as valid. I'm just saying that if I bought it, painted it and showed it to friends, family, fellow painters and gamers, explaining the concept of classic death in terms of gender-reversed Elizabethan personifications seems to be just a bit of a stretch. It's sort of like a joke you have to explain and say, "Get it?" This is usually followed by a blank stare and silence, except for the crickets chirping, or nervously polite (if insincere) chuckling as the audience edges for the door.

But that's just one amateur's opinion, you know?

[gi6ers]

Anyway....

Here's a painted one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/Gi6ers/Salute_06_33.jpg

[Spacemunkie]

Master Reimer could make anything look awesome. That's spot on.

[Ritual]

Nifty! I want it even more now!

[vincegamer]

WOW.
That guy has quite a sense for color as well as a fine hand with a brush.

[r2-j1]

WOW.
That guy has quite a sense for color as well as a fine hand with a brush.

Gal ;)

She is one of my favorite painters. I love her sense of color, she is second to none in that regard. I just wish mine was half that refined.

Any way the mini lookes great. The scheme is muted but colorful. Really top shelf work. It has a very Grim Fandango feel. :D

[vincegamer]

My mistake (But I blame spacemunkie - Master indeed)

[Ritual]

I think 'mistress' would have sounded a bit strange...

[cdukino]

I think 'mistress' would have sounded a bit strange...

What's wrong with mistress?

:spank:

:hail: :whip:

[Ritual]

@cdukino
When you put it like that... I guess there's nothing wrong at all!

[james sequeira]

lol indeed

[Jabberwocky]

Any way the mini lookes great. The scheme is muted but colorful. Really top shelf work. It has a very Grim Fandango feel.

Yes, she is quite Grim-esque. I like her.

[Spacemunkie]

I meant Master in the Jedi-est sense of the word.

Didn't know she was a lady though. What a muppet!.... :vb_tongue