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A Dutch Fluyt in shell first, reconstructing the "Ghost ship" scale 1:36

Wow, you have found a pair of very big hands for the pictures........ ROTF
Good job on these tiny heads. Difficult to do if it is that small.
 
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Maarten said:
Time for the second one.
Below the steps from start to end.
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And the result.
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Two different characters.
Now only some buffing and painting remains.
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Amazing, I wonder how it is even posible to do such work.
 
Next one is the main halyard derrick.
This one is looking up and seems to wear a helmet.
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I have been googling on the helmet and to me it looks like a Dutch 16th/17th century helmet like this,except for the vizor which is English.
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It all starts again with a Moai.
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Then evolves into this.
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And the final result
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And together with his brothers.
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Maarten said:
Next one is the main halyard derrick.
This one is looking up and seems to wear a helmet.
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I have been googling on the helmet and to me it looks like a Dutch 16th/17th century helmet like this,except for the vizor which is English.
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It all starts again with a Moai.
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Then evolves into this.
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And the final result
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And together with his brothers.
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You are doing a great carving job, Maarten. It’s a nice bunch of guys: ‘Brothers in Arms’
Regards, Peter
 
The last knightshead is the one of the fore mast. The original is heavy eroded but you can still see he is looking slightly up, he wears a hat and his ears are visible.
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This is the outcome of mine, it is around 6,5 mm. I made him slightly older in his face by adding some additional lines.
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And the three sizes. The small one will still receive some additional tweaking.
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