Good Morning Jungle,
Massive Voodoo is quite famous
for our not-so-regular and unique interviews.
This time we bring you a group of painters from the North of Germany, a group that lives close to the seashore and call themselves ...
"A
big bunch of entusiasm, inspiration and pure madness! Very proud to be a
member of the crew and to know that there are more nerds like me. It is
how it is: The power of the group brings so much energy in the hobby!" - Siggi
"To
me the Pigment Pirates are the most important pillar for the hobby.
Here I can find tips for new projects, help in techniques, motivation
to paint on and a lot of fun with crazy people. For sure it's also funny
to paint at home, but to discuss the results with friends and thereby
improve skills is even more fun!" - Alex P.
This interview was held by Roman and he wants to thank the Pigment Pirates for taking the time to answer the questions he was throwing at them.
1. Who are the Pigment Pirates?
The
Pigment Pirates Hamburg are a group of miniature painters, mainly from
Hamburg and surrounding areas. Also some who are located further south
in Germany. There are guys who won prizes like Golden Demons or other
trophies, but also guys who just started miniature painting. We try to
bring the fun and knowlege of painting to everyone out there at the
seven seas of colors.
2. Where are you guys located and were do you meet up?
As
mentioned before, the PPH are mainly based in Hamburg. So our meeting
point, called the 'Pirate Cave', is in Hamburg too. Meetings are every
Thursday evening in a big cellar room in the Wu Dao Kung Fu Acadamy
running by Sifu Heiko Klisch, who is also one of our (big) members and
captains.
3. How did you guys come together to form this group of painters?
This
came together because of an existing painting scene in Hamburg and
around. But there were only 2-3 meetings in the year with all of them.
So a small group of them (4-5 guys) started to meet each other more
often. We were in luck that Heiko give us his room for free (!) for
that. Our group starts to grow but there was no name for us. To be
continued...
"The
Pigment Pirat's are a group of miniature painter's which like to paint
and talk together. In that, they support each other and motivating
every of the pirates." - Marc
"The
Pigment Pirates motivates me to get better every day, to try new ways
of painting and helps me as a group with advice and support." - Steffen
"The Pigment Pitates are real friends, inspiration, motivation and a great push to another level. Everybody is a team player a you get the help you need.
We all enjoy the hobby and have a lot of fun together." - Micha
"Teamwork with passion - and the goal to push each other above the limits"
- Alex v. S.
"For
me, it's great to be part of a local comunity again. And together we
can complete a lot of projects that would have been really hard to do
alone."
- Alek
"Pigment pirates, armed to the brushes"
- Tjark
4. Why Pirates?
As
the group grew bigger and we started talking about attending
competitions as a comunity, we decided to take a new, more serious name
and a memorable logo. After several days of brainstorming (no crew
members were harmed in the process) about Hamburg and Klaus Störtebeker
we agreed on Pigment Pirates Hamburg. With lots of collective feedback
Alek then designed the logo and general look of the pirates and there we
were, ready to sail with style!
5. Do you have a command structure like on a pirate ship?
We
try to discuss everything as a group. But sometimes it's easier to have
a shortly and fixed solution for issuses. For this we created a
organization crew. The crew consist in 4 of the origin members of the
pirates: Jo, Heiko, Flo and Siggi
These guys always try to find the best ideas and solution for the whole group.
6. We want to hear the funniest moment you guys enjoyed together, hobbywise.
As
we moved from the first club room to the new bigger room, we noticed
that it is much warmer than in the old one. This was because of the
room for the heater of the building is next to it. So someone came up
with the idea of 'naked painting sessions' during summer time. Now
everybody is afraid when this will happen!
7. What are your future goals and plans concerning the group?
We
want to grow further in numbers and spread the hobby. Already we are
organizing painting classes and workshops, so this will be an ongoing
part in the future. And maybe we will succeed in forming sort of a
brand, that everybody knows what the Pigment Pirates are about: painting
and sculpting miniatures and most of all the fun in doing that :)
"The Pigment Pirates give me the opportunity to share my hobby with peers, and to develop it further on."
Olli
"A
wonderful horde of people with sick ideas, paintings and projects every
day. There will be everyday big smiles and the hard smash when someone
hits u with the contrast whip. More asskicks to sit down and paint can't
be found."
Ronny
"The Pirates are a small hobbyfamily for me. The most fun it is for me to share my works with them and get great feedback."
Jakub
"For
me the Pigment Pirates Hamburg are a bunch of color-mad people who sail
the seven seas of miniature painting… and everybody could come aboard! "
Jo
"The
PPH were a longtime dream of me. A group of nice people having the same
interest and some even having the same dream of giving the community
something back.
PPHs are a great chance to receive feedback, have nice chats and spread the wonderful world of colors around Hamburg."
Flo
"To me? Pigment Pirates are a bunch of creative crazy guys, in a very positive way!
The
different styles and levels of each crew member, makes it possible to
have a great portfolio of skills, tools and know-how, i can learn
from...
I
am just looking forward to get a lot of inspiration and hope to
improve my skills with these guys/knuckleheads even more in the next
years."
Hans
Thank you for this nice interview to the Pirates from Hamburg.
It will be linked up to MV's Jungle Interview section.
Keep on happy painting!
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I like that kind of Interviews. Thanks