How I Became A Pirate

My current Real Life project:
[edit: can't figure out how to rotate photo.]




ARRGH! Mission accomplished!

I can't see the photo. What are you up to?

I was so excited to have a production photo to share I didn't bother to explain much, did I?

Are others having problems seeing the photo?

The project is a musical play to be presented at the local Children's Museum. The play is titled How I Became A Pirate and describes a boy's encounter with a bunch of pirates who pressgang him to help bury their treasure.

It has songs like Talk Like a Pirate and is generally fairly silly.

I'm the set designer and scenic artist. The photo was taken the day the mast was raised. It shows the empty theater with the mast alone on the stage.

I can't see the photo here, but I have seen it in my e-mail & can attest to it's OH-SO-COOLNESS...other than being sidewise.

Not sure what I can do about the photo since I downloaded it off an e-mail and it shows up on my mac...

Try right clicking the photo. If it gives you an "image info" choice, right click it; do a Ctrl C, & enter it here between with a Ctrl V. That's my proven photo theft method.

Anything change? I see 2 images now but the addresses (URL?) are slightly different.

I was hoping to have more progress shots, but rigging the sail took awhile.

E-mail it to me again & I'll try..not promising anything doh!

Now I can see it!

Seems like you are up to some fun. So your a pirate singer? There seems to be a lot of hidden talents on the forum.

Keep us posted on the play's progress and break a leg

An update. We're supposed to be complete by next Tuesday's rehearsal, which means I'm working the weekend.

The Museum's technicians attempting to put it all together.  Note the
plans strewn about.


Testing a line.


The ship side of the 1/4 inch scale model.  Unfortunately most of the pieces of
the model are in the back of my van...


The backyard side of the 1/4 inch scale model.


Let me know if the images actually appear....

I got them...AND a FINE LOOKING Ship she be!

Hmm... I can't see anything. Maybe it is because I'm using my work computer? I'll check when I get home tomorrow if they work from my regular computer. They did not show up on my phone either ...

Looks good man! Less talk about the pic and more tellin' about what your doin'

oh... and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dysG12QCdTA

Sorry about the ongoing concern about posting images. I can never tell if photos others send to me are properly 'hosted' and my ancient computer won't play with a hosting service or whatever its called. When I asked the Museum to keep me appraised of their progress on my design I didn't consider the difficulties of sharing photos of the work.

Anyway today I started painting the figurehead. (You can buy scale ship's figureheads on the internet! Who knew?) Need to sculpt a sea-shell bra for it before I can finish. The things we do... Some joker put a coconut shell bra on it which scratched the primer.

well as I can't see the pictures from my home computer either it is hard to comment on anything...

But it sounds like you are having fun so that is always good

gay pirates lol!

Arrrg matey!

Trying for another update. Rehearsal on or about June 19th--



Rehearsal Sunday.

That is a FANTASTIC looking stage...AAAARRRGGH! AND it's all for the noble enterprise of introducing children to the world of the stage & piracy...WELL DONE!

Can I live there please?

They are trying to sell the set once the show closes...

Stage floor not included.

What a fantastic set! How much for shipping it to Finland?

which one of the pirates are you?

At least a couple of dollars. Somebody told me what the aftcastle weighs but I just nodded. I believe the terms are the buyer must arrange to have the ship picked up at the theater. (The loading facilities for the stage are horrible.)

Von Kurst wrote:

I'm the set designer and scenic artist.

Its been 20 years since I tried singing and dancing for an actor's pay.