Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Chris P's Rank and File Month 2 - Freebooters!

Freebooter Kaptain: 35 pts
Gretchin Assistant: 3 pts
9 Freebooters: 108 pts
Total 146 pts
 
 


I had wanted to do a mob of Freebooters this year, but I was hamstrung by only having four of the original pirates in my collection. Then I stumbled across a Kickstarter project for new pirates, sculpted by none other than Kev Adams. And there were six of them, plus a booty-laden grot! And thus a mob was born.

The newer sculpts are a touch bigger than the originals, but not devastatingly so. Quite impressive casting too - each of them, even the Kaptain and the canoneer, is a one-piece metal model, and they're all loaded with detail, character, and interesting textures to paint. I also picked up a few plastic bits from the Gorkamorka box recently, which gave me some interesting arm options for the classic crew (plus a nice big curved sword from a Battlemasters orc!).
 
The Kickstarter also gave me inspiration for the paint scheme, since the example models were painted with rich burgundy coats and bright yellow piping. I like having a Freebooter scheme which clearly stands out from the regular ork clan colours. Vivid blue and orange squig-hair helped with this too. And then there's the Kaptain, a frankly ludicrous Cybork monster, who got a more weathered variation on burgundy for his clanking armour, plus a thinned coat of Contrast paint to make his squid-squig buddy look suitably damp. All-in-all, these guys took a long time to paint, but were a whole heap of fun!       

 


11 comments:

  1. Those new sculpts fit right in, I didn't even know about them! Unless you already knew which are the classic mini's it'd be impossible to tell them apart.
    The colour palette is spot on: evoking that fun, characterful early '90s GW aesthetic and Goblin Green bases FTW :D

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  2. We need more bearded orks in games! These look awesome. I really like orange beard.

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  3. Space Ork Pirates! Hard to go wrong with those, and you did not! These are fantastic :)

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  4. W-Arrrrgh! These are excellently piratey! The Gorkamorka and Battlemasters bits really add to the non-standard Ork and extra piratey ork feel. Lovely to see modern minis in the mix so carefully chosen, and sculpted by the Goblinmaster. Great month and a great addition to your army.

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  5. Top notch freebooterz! Really nice work and fab colours!

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  6. Classic, love them, the new ones fit right in

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  7. Flipping yaaarg! Looking supa flash!

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  8. Those freebooters are looking great. I am also mixing RT, 2nd ed and modern Kev Adam sculpts. Once they're mixed they blend pretty well bare some of the largest that may be used as nobz, I'm doing the same with some Goffs and Blood Axes.

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