[MOC/Figures] Captain Ironhook

[General Magma]

Captain Ironhook

"Captain Ironhook and his crew find themselves on a mysterious island,
with stone statues looming over palm trees
and huts in red and black standing among hills of rocks.
The treasure was supposedly near at hand,
and in rowboats, they went forth to collect it,
but then, as they approached the cave entrance,
the bushes began rustling and figures started to appear
atop the roof of rock and stone above them..."

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Captain Ironhook and a part of his crew, modernized. Most of these are based on figures that appeared alongside the character in sets, although the tricorne-wearing ones only loosely.

Edited May 6, 2020 by General Magma

[Mencot]

Really like it, captain Ironhook was on of favorite pirate minifigs.

You have really captured the classic feeling of the crew but bringing it to this day.

Ironhook is spot on. Great job.

 

[Tezclatipoca]

Nice modernization!

But I would be nittpicking by arguing that Ironhook often has his 2 legs. It's very rare to see him with a peg leg if I recall him well...

I would love to see some Islanders too ... (and a crock... )

Good job !

[General Magma]

3 hours ago, Mencot said:

Really like it, captain Ironhook was on of favorite pirate minifigs.

You have really captured the classic feeling of the crew but bringing it to this day.

Ironhook is spot on. Great job.

 

 

1 hour ago, Faladrin said:

Nice modernization!

But I would be nittpicking by arguing that Ironhook often has his 2 legs. It's very rare to see him with a peg leg if I recall him well...

I would love to see some Islanders too ... (and a crock... )

Good job !

Thank you both, guys! Appreciate the kind words, glad I could capture what I was going for here.

As for the peg leg, pretty sure he has it in most sets he appears in. Definitely the sets with the Islanders (of which I have made some
modernizations in one of my previous threads, but more is on the way... along with a croc, of course, but something special involving them is on the way so stay tuned for that),
so it could be that he got it at one point though I do not recall the figure not having a peg leg.

Edited May 5, 2020 by General Magma

[Mister Phes]

@General Magma, these are nice shot of the crews and minifigures but the photography is very dark. So the foreground/subjects are not congruent with the bright, sunny backgrounds, The contrast really stands out.

You'd benefit from a soft light source facing the minifigs to brighten them up,  and in doing so you might also achieve higher image quality.

These days you can acquire (providing there aren't distribution issues) cheap, compact LED lights with a variety of brightness settings.  That can easily be placed off-camera  to provide the light where it's needed.

Adding a little bit of extra light can make a huge difference.

 

[General Magma]

4 hours ago, Mister Phes said:

@General Magma, these are nice shot of the crews and minifigures but the photography is very dark. So the foreground/subjects are not congruent with the bright, sunny backgrounds, The contrast really stands out.

You'd benefit from a soft light source facing the minifigs to brighten them up,  and in doing so you might also achieve higher image quality.

These days you can acquire (providing there aren't distribution issues) cheap, compact LED lights with a variety of brightness settings.  That can easily be placed off-camera  to provide the light where it's needed.

Adding a little bit of extra light can make a huge difference.

 

Cheers, and thank you for the feedback.
Will keep that in mind and for now I've made some Photoshop edits, I actually had a flashlight facing the figures in the initial shot but I've found something that may be a fair bit better.