Here's an entry that might fall under this year's theme of villains and antiheroes. Or maybe not? The sculpt is from Artizan, and I painted him while doing my Commando section. On the Artizan website he's listed as "Captain Withnail" and is part of a pack called "Cadd's Commandos", which makes him sound pretty antiheroic.
I love the fact that the Artizan figures all seem to be characters in a story. You see that here in the details of the sculpt - the bottle of uncorked champagne, the longer than regulation hair and the lack of any headdress, the revolver which with the bottle suggests instability and menace, and the non-regulation scarf. I've painted him in standard British battledress and in an officer's British Warm greatcoat, based on the colouring of the 1950s era one I inherited.
Who is he? What's he up to? Care to guess? If you want to visit my blog in a day or so I'll put up some fluff to explain what he's doing in my Weird War Two "S Commando" force. For now, the only clue I'll give you is the title of this post, "A Beautiful Mind in a Terrible Place", and the fact that the non-regulation scarf he's wearing is painted in the colours of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Blessings to your brushes, fellow Challengers!
Thanks so much for looking. MP
From Curt:Another wonderful figure from the Artizan range and you've done such a great job with him Mike. I particularly like the scarf in the college colours (nice touch) and the bottle of champagne (check out this interesting series of articles on the history of champagne during the Occupation). I'm sure many are eager to find out the mysterious past of this unconventional fellow...
With his name, greatcoat and extravagant cravat/scarf, I reckon he's a tooled-up version of Richard E. Grant's breakout role in 1987's "Withnail & I" http://imdb.to/1wRz7yq
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if he was a villain, as such. Definitely unstable, though!
Lovely work on the figure, Michael, especially the scarf.
The sculpt does have loads of character and you've done a bang up job of painting him.
ReplyDeleteYou just can't go wrong with Artizan figures. Each and every one of them is a joy. Your rendition of this one adds to my liking of the company. Nice work mate.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff, an interesting figure.
ReplyDelete"I've gone on campaign by mistake."
ReplyDelete"I want the finest wines available to humanity. And I want them here and I want them now!"
Lovely figure and painting Padre :)
He certainly looks ready to hold his section of the "West End Front".
ReplyDeleteLots of character and well painted
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Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteGreat figure! Can't wait to hear about his time with the S Commandos.
ReplyDeleteVery nice painting work. He has a lot of character!
ReplyDeleteOoh! Color me intrigued. What a great figure!
ReplyDeleteHave Artizan ever produced a dull figure, let alone a bad one? The detail on this chap is brilliant, especially the scarf and the label on the bottle. Very nice touches.
ReplyDeleteLovely work Padre! The scarf is a very nice touch.
ReplyDeleteHe looks really good and reminds me of some of bill Murray in monuments men- ignore the true history and just enjoy the film!
ReplyDeleteI really liked this figure. To me it has a very Pulp/Noir feel.
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