Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
not I, maybe next year.
Happy Haggert Hurried Hungry Hitch Hiking Hired Henchmen Hivers.... apply within
Never have. Don't know why.
Mad_Jack
Legend
Found this on my puter after somebody on the Reaper forum started a "favorite poem" thread... Didn't know I had a copy of it saved.
Definitely appropriate to post on a miniatures forum...
A MARTIAL ELEGY FOR SOME LEAD SOLDIERS
FOR certain soldiers lately dead
Our reverent dirge shall here be said.
Them, when their martial leader called,
No dread preparative appalled;
But leaden-hearted, leaden-heeled,
I marked them steadfast in the field.
Death grimly sided with the foe,
And smote each leaden hero low.
Proudly they perished, one by one:
The dreaded Pea-cannon's work was done!
O not for them the tears we shed,
Consigned to their congenial lead;
But while unmoved their sleep they take,
We mourn for their dear Captain's sake,
For their dear Captain, who shall smart
Both in his pocket and his heart,
Who saw his heroes shed their gore
And lacked a shilling to buy more!
By Robert Louis Stevenson, dedicated wargamer
I really should be painting right now... I need to have the mini I'm working on done by the end of the month since it's supposed to be part of the monthly challenge on the painting forum.
The bonus challenge for this month is as follows:
Paint a mini using only colors that have the words Orange, Purple or Green in their names... (So, no violet, or khaki, or saffron, etc.) No black, no white, nothing else.
No white primer showing... (i.e., no "cheating" -if there's a skeleton, you can't just prime it white and then glaze/wash over it, and you can't do all your shading with white and black primer before coloring it with glazes, etc.)
End result must be about 66% orange, 25% purple and 9% green. How you mix your colors to get those results doesn't matter.
So, of course, everybody else is going to paint things like spiders, snakes, bugs or scenery that are naturally orange,purple and green.
I, of course, decided to paint THIS GUY, Reaper's 02987: Maugramak, Ghast Lord. Yes, aside from the fact that he's a very large undead creature, that is a corpse and a pile of skulls and bones he's standing on... And it's all got to be painted orange purple and green, lol.
I think I might just be clever enough (and have the right paints) to pull it off if I can get orf me arf and just paint the damn thing.
Definitely appropriate to post on a miniatures forum...
A MARTIAL ELEGY FOR SOME LEAD SOLDIERS
FOR certain soldiers lately dead
Our reverent dirge shall here be said.
Them, when their martial leader called,
No dread preparative appalled;
But leaden-hearted, leaden-heeled,
I marked them steadfast in the field.
Death grimly sided with the foe,
And smote each leaden hero low.
Proudly they perished, one by one:
The dreaded Pea-cannon's work was done!
O not for them the tears we shed,
Consigned to their congenial lead;
But while unmoved their sleep they take,
We mourn for their dear Captain's sake,
For their dear Captain, who shall smart
Both in his pocket and his heart,
Who saw his heroes shed their gore
And lacked a shilling to buy more!
By Robert Louis Stevenson, dedicated wargamer
I really should be painting right now... I need to have the mini I'm working on done by the end of the month since it's supposed to be part of the monthly challenge on the painting forum.
The bonus challenge for this month is as follows:
Paint a mini using only colors that have the words Orange, Purple or Green in their names... (So, no violet, or khaki, or saffron, etc.) No black, no white, nothing else.
No white primer showing... (i.e., no "cheating" -if there's a skeleton, you can't just prime it white and then glaze/wash over it, and you can't do all your shading with white and black primer before coloring it with glazes, etc.)
End result must be about 66% orange, 25% purple and 9% green. How you mix your colors to get those results doesn't matter.
So, of course, everybody else is going to paint things like spiders, snakes, bugs or scenery that are naturally orange,purple and green.
I, of course, decided to paint THIS GUY, Reaper's 02987: Maugramak, Ghast Lord. Yes, aside from the fact that he's a very large undead creature, that is a corpse and a pile of skulls and bones he's standing on... And it's all got to be painted orange purple and green, lol.
I think I might just be clever enough (and have the right paints) to pull it off if I can get orf me arf and just paint the damn thing.
Well...
Get orf yer arf, then!
Get orf yer arf, then!
trappedslider
Legend
[video=youtube;udN_y83OU94]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udN_y83OU94[/video]
Random Bystander
First Post
Warning: Terrible jokes ahead.
<spoiler>Like, terribad.
There's worse, but I won't tell those ones.
Why doesn't this forum allow spoiler tags?
Yes, these are terrible.
You Have Been Warned.
"Why did the monkey fall off the tree?"
<spoiler>"It was dead."
"Why did the second monkey fall off the tree?"
<spoiler>
"It was stapled to the first monkey."
"Why did the third monkey fall off the tree?"
<spoiler>
"Peer pressure."</spoiler></spoiler></spoiler></spoiler>
<spoiler>Like, terribad.
There's worse, but I won't tell those ones.
Why doesn't this forum allow spoiler tags?
Yes, these are terrible.
You Have Been Warned.
"Why did the monkey fall off the tree?"
<spoiler>"It was dead."
"Why did the second monkey fall off the tree?"
<spoiler>
"It was stapled to the first monkey."
"Why did the third monkey fall off the tree?"
<spoiler>
"Peer pressure."</spoiler></spoiler></spoiler></spoiler>
Let there be tuneage:
[video=youtube;8Ysk7Wkgx4s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ysk7Wkgx4s&sns=em[/video]
(I want that art installation behind- or better yet, over- my bed's headboard.)
[video=youtube;8Ysk7Wkgx4s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ysk7Wkgx4s&sns=em[/video]
(I want that art installation behind- or better yet, over- my bed's headboard.)
trappedslider
Legend
With the return of The Walking Dead
[video=youtube;Uo66cJT6hWw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo66cJT6hWw[/video]
[video=youtube;Uo66cJT6hWw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo66cJT6hWw[/video]
This year, Halloween was slower than a TWD Walker. I only gave out @60-70% of the candy I bought, and I bought less than I usually do. We didn't even get the HS kids collecting canned food for the food bank.
trappedslider
Legend
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England's overthrow.
But, by God's providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James's sake!
If you won't give me one,
I'll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
All up alive.
Threescore barrels, laid below,
To prove old England's overthrow.
But, by God's providence, him they catch,
With a dark lantern, lighting a match!
A stick and a stake
For King James's sake!
If you won't give me one,
I'll take two,
The better for me,
And the worse for you.
A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,
A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,
A pint of beer to wash it down,
And a jolly good fire to burn him.
Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!
Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!
Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!
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