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<blockquote data-quote="Mad_Jack" data-source="post: 6925496" data-attributes="member: 6750306"><p>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.</p><p>Definitely appropriate to post on a miniatures forum...</p><p></p><p></p><p> A MARTIAL ELEGY FOR SOME LEAD SOLDIERS</p><p></p><p> FOR certain soldiers lately dead</p><p> Our reverent dirge shall here be said.</p><p> Them, when their martial leader called,</p><p> No dread preparative appalled;</p><p> But leaden-hearted, leaden-heeled,</p><p> I marked them steadfast in the field.</p><p> Death grimly sided with the foe,</p><p> And smote each leaden hero low.</p><p> Proudly they perished, one by one:</p><p> The dreaded Pea-cannon's work was done!</p><p> O not for them the tears we shed,</p><p> Consigned to their congenial lead;</p><p> But while unmoved their sleep they take,</p><p> We mourn for their dear Captain's sake,</p><p> For their dear Captain, who shall smart</p><p> Both in his pocket and his heart,</p><p> Who saw his heroes shed their gore</p><p> And lacked a shilling to buy more!</p><p></p><p> By Robert Louis Stevenson, dedicated wargamer</p><p></p><p> I <em>really </em>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.</p><p>The bonus challenge for this month is as follows:</p><p> Paint a mini using <em>only</em> 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.</p><p> 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.)</p><p> End result must be about 66% orange, 25% purple and 9% green. How you mix your colors to get those results doesn't matter.</p><p></p><p>So, of course, everybody else is going to paint things like spiders, snakes, bugs or scenery that are naturally orange,purple and green.</p><p>I, of course, decided to paint <a href="http://www.reapermini.com/pages/figure_finder_image.php?sku=02987_w_1.jpg&image=3" target="_blank">THIS GUY</a>, Reaper's 02987: Maugramak, Ghast Lord. Yes, aside from the fact that he's a very large undead creature, that <em>is</em> a corpse and a pile of <em>skulls and bones</em> he's standing on... And it's all got to be painted orange purple and green, lol.</p><p>I <em>think</em> I <u><em>might</em></u> just be clever enough (and have the right paints) to pull it off if I can get orf me arf and just <em>paint</em> the damn thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mad_Jack, post: 6925496, member: 6750306"] 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 [I]really [/I]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 [I]only[/I] 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 [URL="http://www.reapermini.com/pages/figure_finder_image.php?sku=02987_w_1.jpg&image=3"]THIS GUY[/URL], Reaper's 02987: Maugramak, Ghast Lord. Yes, aside from the fact that he's a very large undead creature, that [I]is[/I] a corpse and a pile of [I]skulls and bones[/I] he's standing on... And it's all got to be painted orange purple and green, lol. I [I]think[/I] I [U][I]might[/I][/U] just be clever enough (and have the right paints) to pull it off if I can get orf me arf and just [I]paint[/I] the damn thing. [/QUOTE]
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