VIP (Visions in putty) is a regular showcase project at the 1listsculpting miniature sculpting yahoo group. We pick a sculpting theme and participants get about three months to create a suitable sculpt. After that they can choose to have it cast in metal and they all get displayed at www.miniature-painting.net.

For VIP 9 the theme was science fiction. We happened to be discussing making sculpts of members in the CMON forum and Avicenna mentioned wanting to be a space pirate. That gave me the idea of a Jack Sparrow type of space pirate which was great for VIP. And since Avicenna gave me the idea I said I'd try to give the mini his face. ...