alpine_saint Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320476/Sculptor-spends-17-years-carving-replica-HMS-Victory--using-wood-real-thing.html He was a little distracted....
alpine_saint Posted 14 October, 2010 Author Posted 14 October, 2010 Bet he didnt include that on the model...
beancounter saint Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 Always worth a re-run... That's good - haven't seen that one before. Is that Chris Packham taking it in the foreground?!
chocco boxo Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 Perhaps on his frequent visits to P********h he saw too much of Milan and that confused him?
Saint-scooby Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 I guess thats why you are so negative with your outlook Alpine, the Dail Mail.. You can get help
The Kraken Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 Incredible sculpture. Indeed. He may be clueless with bronze but the bloke can definitely sculpt.
Barry the Badger Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 Indeed. He may be clueless with bronze but the bloke can definitely sculpt. He was clearly also not comfortable with sculpting a person. Hearing him try to claim that the proportions were correct was painful.
Dimond Geezer Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 Absolute classic. Well done that man (or woman). Made I chuckle. :lol: Can anyone post the picture where the hand was used to support the flood lights.
Hatch Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 5000 hours!!! So he has to sell it for at least half a million quid to make it worth his while. Good luck with that.
Saint J 77 Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 He is obviously a talented bloke. I wonder why he did such a bad job with Ted's statue? " He said: 'Some years ago I did some restoration work on Victory. I virtually lived on her for about a year. They always try to use original timbers when doing restoration work, but some are just not good enough." Maybe after spending so much time down there he is a closet Pompey fan and he messed up the Ted Bates statue on purpose so they could have a laugh at us? Seriously though that statue was so so bad. If they had not have melted it back down they could have given it to Milan Mandaric as a garden feature
hackedoff Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 Is it me or do the masts on that thing look out of scale ( too tall ) . No doubt someone will correct me.
Legod Third Coming Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320476/Sculptor-spends-17-years-carving-replica-HMS-Victory--using-wood-real-thing.html He was a little distracted.... Sure it looks great, apart from the fact it's actually supposed to be the Queen Mary...
Dalek2003 Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 Is it me or do the masts on that thing look out of scale ( too tall ) . No doubt someone will correct me. LOL an absolute belter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ohio Saint Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 His first effort... That gave me an actual real LOL! That was one beautiful sculpture of the Victory. Amazing skill. He should be completely ashamed of himself for the crack whore job he made of Ted. This guy has his priorities wrong if he wants to charge people cash for his work.
lordswoodsaints Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 His first effort... Ha ha first class.....made me chuckle.
stardustonmyfeet Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 All the comments on the article mentioning the original statue are getting the red 'thumbs down'. I wonder who could be taking such a dim view?
Fowllyd Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 His first effort... To be fair though, confusing 'Victory' and 'Kon Tiki' is a very easy mistake to make...
Miltonaggro Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 All will be well until the day of unveiling when Mr Brennan adds his complimentary sculpture of Nelson to the bridge - the great admiral is bound to look like a cross between Stephen Hawking and Julian Clary!...
Colinjb Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320476/Sculptor-spends-17-years-carving-replica-HMS-Victory--using-wood-real-thing.html Brilliant, my comment is the 3rd worst rated..... and another statue comment is right behind.
Andy_Porter Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 That is insane. I can't even begin to imagine quite how you'd go about making something like that, I would have thought working with metal would be far easier than a block of oak. I reckon he spent the majority of those 17 years sharpening and re-sharpening any tools he was using!
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 14 October, 2010 Posted 14 October, 2010 He was clearly also not comfortable with sculpting a person. Hearing him try to claim that the proportions were correct was painful. Is there a copy of that thread hanging around somewhere? So funny. What I found most funny were the comments from people who said they'd been given a sneak preview and thought it looked great.
paulwantsapint Posted 16 October, 2010 Posted 16 October, 2010 His first effort... Problem is with the proposed MOD cut backs this could end up being the royal navy flag ship
hughieslastminutegoal Posted 20 October, 2010 Posted 20 October, 2010 Is it me or do the masts on that thing look out of scale ( too tall ) . No doubt someone will correct me. I love it that the flags (pennants) are flying in opposite directions! I dread* to see what the rating holding a cannon ball and getting ready to salute will look like. * I meant "can't wait".
Whitey Grandad Posted 20 October, 2010 Posted 20 October, 2010 the flags spell DISCOVER FYI Not 'REVOCSID' ?
eelpie Posted 20 October, 2010 Posted 20 October, 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320476/Sculptor-spends-17-years-carving-replica-HMS-Victory--using-wood-real-thing.html .. An inappropriate thread title. It is a stunning carving of the Victory, and negative comments really are churlish. As I and many more said when the fist glimpses of the original Ted were seen, sculpting large figure portraits are not his forte, and the fault lies in those selecting him for the job in the first place. There should have been a public competition where sculptors submitted matrices of their proposals. Fortunately Crouch (who most don't have a good word for) rescued the project and paid for the superb Ted in front of the stadium now. Imo SFC missed a trick in not selling miniatures of the original Ted as garden gnomes. But we did enjoy the most classic of all threads. I wish someone had kept it for posterity.
alpine_saint Posted 20 October, 2010 Author Posted 20 October, 2010 An inappropriate thread title. It is a stunning carving of the Victory, and negative comments really are churlish. As I and many more said when the fist glimpses of the original Ted were seen, sculpting large figure portraits are not his forte, and the fault lies in those selecting him for the job in the first place. There should have been a public competition where sculptors submitted matrices of their proposals. Fortunately Crouch (who most don't have a good word for) rescued the project and paid for the superb Ted in front of the stadium now. Imo SFC missed a trick in not selling miniatures of the original Ted as garden gnomes. But we did enjoy the most classic of all threads. I wish someone had kept it for posterity. Oh, do bugger off. It was a joke. He is clearly a superb sculptor - with wood. I remember at the time he admitted never working with bronze, and it is clear that the difference presented issues.
Whitey Grandad Posted 20 October, 2010 Posted 20 October, 2010 Oh, do bugger off. It was a joke. He is clearly a superb sculptor - with wood. I remember at the time he admitted never working with bronze, and it is clear that the difference presented issues. I agree, although I feel that even a wooden version of his Ted statues would still have looked disproportionate. I'm sure that the club could have recovered a large proportion of the cost by selling gnome-sized versions.
mack rill Posted 20 October, 2010 Posted 20 October, 2010 Absolute classic. A master piece of craftsmanship, Sadly lost along with the irreplaceable gem of a manuscript,,,,,,The Statue Thread, A work of art that you could read over and over again, And almost pizz your pants every time,
Miltonaggro Posted 20 October, 2010 Posted 20 October, 2010 On the original thread somebody described the statue (prior to the photos appearing) as looking like a 'spasticated dwarf' - that person should be the art critic for the Guardian and judge the Turner Prize - short, pithy and completely on the money! My bet Hughie, is that the rating will be a ringer for Fred Scuttle...
Colinjb Posted 20 October, 2010 Posted 20 October, 2010 A master piece of craftsmanship, Sadly lost along with the irreplaceable gem of a manuscript,,,,,,The Statue Thread, A work of art that you could read over and over again, And almost pizz your pants every time, I am surprised that the Milan Mandaric Statue hasn't been erected outside the Fratton Park toilets to be fair.
hughieslastminutegoal Posted 21 October, 2010 Posted 21 October, 2010 An inappropriate thread title. It is a stunning carving of the Victory, and negative comments really are churlish. As I and many more said when the fist glimpses of the original Ted were seen, sculpting large figure portraits are not his forte, and the fault lies in those selecting him for the job in the first place. There should have been a public competition where sculptors submitted matrices of their proposals. Fortunately Crouch (who most don't have a good word for) rescued the project and paid for the superb Ted in front of the stadium now. Imo SFC missed a trick in not selling miniatures of the original Ted as garden gnomes. But we did enjoy the most classic of all threads. I wish someone had kept it for posterity. I disagree, the fault lies with a sculptor taking a job using a material he had no experience with, and no ability to work at that scale. The artist should have known it better than the commissioners.
Hatch Posted 21 October, 2010 Posted 21 October, 2010 Do we have any proof that the original statue was melted down? I know we have been told that it was, but maybe some sneaky git has it stored away in a storeroom somewhere.
davefoggy Posted 18 March, 2017 Posted 18 March, 2017 Always worth a re-run... Just spat my tea out when i saw this!!! Is this for real?? Brilliant!!!
Horley CTFC Saint Posted 20 March, 2017 Posted 20 March, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320476/Sculptor-spends-17-years-carving-replica-HMS-Victory--using-wood-real-thing.html He was a little distracted.... Looks moe like the Fighting Temeraire to me
aintforever Posted 20 March, 2017 Posted 20 March, 2017 the fault lies in those selecting him for the job in the first place. Nonsense. While they shouldn't have hired him he should know better than anyone what his strengths were. Taking the cash for the job while knowing he was sh*t at people was very dishonest IMO.
mikec Posted 20 March, 2017 Posted 20 March, 2017 Brilliant, my comment is the 3rd worst rated..... and another statue comment is right behind. ...along with the person who said "You've missed a bit" which I thought was quite funny.
Lighthouse Posted 29 March, 2017 Posted 29 March, 2017 Why have the Portuguese built a statue of David Coulthard?
Bad Wolf Posted 29 March, 2017 Posted 29 March, 2017 Literally came on here with the intention of bumping this thread (or a similar one) up. I saw a statute the other day, That is Ted Bates, I heard someone say. I laughed and laughed and then I said, Why the small body and the massive head, The massive head, The massive head Why the small body and the massive head. Ah memories.
BotleySaint Posted 29 March, 2017 Posted 29 March, 2017 As bad as the Ted one was .. this one of Ronaldo is far worse.
Saint86 Posted 30 March, 2017 Posted 30 March, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320476/Sculptor-spends-17-years-carving-replica-HMS-Victory--using-wood-real-thing.html He was a little distracted.... Personally think fair play to him, that is a great piece of work?!?!
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