"Maggie, You ****"
28mm
Twenty five quid to live on
Seven days a week to survive
Five and twenty pictures of the queen
You won't see the starvation in her eyes
Twenty five quid to dish out
And you're already ten in debt
So with fifteen singles left over
The landlord gets the rent
Maggie, Maggie you c*** Maggie, Maggie you c*** Maggie
Maggie you c*** Maggie Maggie Maggie Maggie you fucking c***
- The Exploited, "Maggie"
This is my entry for the Instagram "Punk Dare" contest run by Dark Elf Erin. I envisioned a Britain where the Falklands war dragged on, depressing the economy to desperate lengths, and where the 1984 attack by the IRA succeeded in wiping out most of the British Cabinet. In response, Margaret Thatcher institutes emergency measures and turns Britain into a real police state. But some people still resist...
I tried to load this figure up with old-school punk style: red Royal Stewart plaid, ripped fishnets, and a bold mohawk... contrasted with the totalitarian propaganda posters plastered over old punk material on the wall behind her (and already torn down and defaced).
I also decorated the back of the piece, with some fun old punk show posters:
Check out all the superb contest entries here: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/punkdareentry/
Fantastic work on display here ... both on the figurine itself and the vignette she is standing on!
ReplyDeleteThanks! It was a fun challenge to devise a project on such an ... open ended theme and execute it well. I'm glad I chose this approach, I got to learn a lot of new techniques to render the various textures and patterns.
DeleteAlso glad to know people occasionally still read these posts. I feel like I mostly just keep this blog going out of inertia, or as a personal log. Comments and critiques are much appreciated 🙂
I get exactly what you mean. The lack of comments on my blog can be quite depressing at times and part of the reason I am doing more YouTube content. My lack of interesting projects aside, I feel that people don't read anymore! :)
DeleteLoving the model and the scenery! The posters of Maggie are also great!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it! I feel like the posters definitely help sell the "alternate timeline" aspect of this piece.
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