tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79084890555421034602024-02-28T15:41:58.705-08:00Laughing FerretLaughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.comBlogger541125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-68400638643180052832013-12-24T20:34:00.000-08:002013-12-24T21:16:02.032-08:00Happy Xmas & all the various holidays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Seems to be a new tradition that December runs over me, repeatedly, like a herd of reindeer on meth.<br />
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What a month. <br />
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So please excuse the pathetic trickle of updates. <br />
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First my computer died, then I fixed it.. or thought I did, but was hardly working, then it flat-out died, so I've been unable to do much of anything, though a new computer is on it's way! So sometime before the new year I'll have things up and running again and January should see a steady march of projects and ramblings.<br />
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I'm visiting family for the holiday and hope everyone out there is doing similar, or enjoying it all in other ways.<br />
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In theme for the holidays enjoy the snowman the mice family are building!<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-17814605291529472013-12-06T02:34:00.001-08:002013-12-06T11:44:07.932-08:00Top 10 Magic Items of the Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The next installment of the <a href="http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/search/label/Top%2010" target="_blank">Top 10</a> is Magic Items. In the last two lists I looked at Magic Users: that's great for them, but what about the rest of us shmucks who don't have a magic attuned bone in our bodies? <br />
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Luckily for us, the movies present us with the magical equivalent of Q's latest gadgets.<br />
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So dig into the bag of holding and see what you pull out! Time for:<br />
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First up: define our terms.<br />
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A magic item is an artifact or item, some physical object that someone can use to do something magical. <br />
Not science: a garage door opener is an item you hold in your hand that appears to levitate a door, but it isn't magic. I'm placing value based on amount and versatility of the power and effect the item would give someone, ideally: anyone. Some magic items only work for one specific person, and that's a pretty lousy item, assuming (which is likely) you are not that person. Remember the Sword in the Stone? Great if you're the intended special dude but it's just a tease for anyone else...<br />
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Joe: "What do you have there?"<br />
Bill: "A magic sword."<br />
Joe: "Cool! What's it do?"<br />
Bill: "Not sure. I think it's supposed to make me king, or give me power, or something."<br />
Joe: "You haven't tried it?"<br />
Bill: "No, I can't get it out of it's packaging."<br />
Joe: "Oh, one of those plastic clam-shells? I hate those, I can never get it open. You tried biting it?"<br />
Bill: "No, I mean it's stuck in this rock unless you're the right person."<br />
Joe: "Dude... bummer... so it's just like a big rock on a stick"<br />
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So, yeah: <i>Sword in the Stone</i> isn't making the list, which I had reminded to me isn't the same as Excalibur: correct, but the sword lobbed by the watery tart has only one user too, and if only one person can use an item that's going to weigh against it in my assessment. <br />
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Another consideration with these things: The Fine Print: what are the downsides to using the item?<br />
Also, the items have to be from a movie I have seen, or I can't rate it. So on we go!<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#10: The Glaive</span></u></b><br />
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I am pretty sure this was magic.. was it ever explained? A fantasy medieval planet overlorded by a giant alien in a giant alien spaceship-become-dark castle. But this guy never cut his fingers off catching that thing so I have to think it's magic. <i>Ninja magic laser beam throwing staroomerang.</i> I was 14 when I saw Krull and wanted this thing soooo bad. Good thing I didn't get it or no car tires in the neighborhood would have been safe. It's more flash than function though, I mean really... short of puncturing tires what are you going to do with this if the alien overlord never shows up to dominate your planet?<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#9: The Sampo</span></u></b><br />
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From the tales of the Kalevala to the screen of MST3K via Soviet film making, brings us The Sampo.<br />
<i>The Day the Earth Froze</i> (see full video at the end) remains one of my favorite MST3K episodes. A tale of how Mel Brooks and C.Everett Koop conspired to hoard the means of production for their own personal selfish gain and plunge the rest of the world into eternal winter. Now I see why it was interesting to the Soviet film industry, that's some good propaganda. The Sampo is an item, the delicate nature of which appears to require repeated rythmic hammer blows to create, and then you're left with an item which will make a never ending supply of grain, salt & gold. I am unclear if there is just one 'ON' switch and you're stuck with 30 metric tons of salt in addition to the gold you were after. Still, could solve the world's hunger problems (who's doesn't love salty bread?) if you can keep it out of the hands of greedy witches. But don't take my word for it, watch the movie below!<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#8: Brass Teapot</span></u></b><br />
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From the film of the same name, a quirky take on an old standard: the item that will make you rich.<br />
This one is refreshing for a questionably cursed item in that it makes no secrets about it's harmful side effect, it's right there in the operating instructions: to make it work, it needs pain. Have the teapot & stub your toe? Pop! it makes money. Break your arm? Pop-pop! Even more money! In a race between humanity's greed and capacity to inflict harm, this is a match made in heaven.. or someplace else.<br />
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But I have to think they just were not thinking creatively enough. Granted they had <i>some </i>creative ideas:<br />
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But why not just take the teapot where there is unchecked suffering already and just let the teapot crank out the money? Then use the money to help fix those problems. Oh! Haha Teapot, got you! Of course, doesn't mean you have to tell your female companion about that, seeing how she's already in that black outfit and all.</div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#7: The One Ring</span></u></b></div>
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The One Ring: not #1. And for good reason. This might be the highest prized item for Sauron, but the rest of us lose a lot more than we gain. Extended life is great, I wouldn't mind being a spry one hundred and eleventy year old someday. And the invisibility is a nice touch no doubt about it. But the whole corrupting you into a wraith if you don't get rid of it, and the high addiction factor brings it down quite a bit. So FDA warning label reads: may bring on wraithdom. If it could be mass produced it'd probably be marketed as a dietary aid. The only reason it isn't lower on the list is you could still do a lot with it, it's got huge historical significance, and the competition isn't very fierce if you're not greedy or have an unquenchable desire for salt.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#6: Magic Mirror</span></u></b><br />
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This one is much more valuable within-story than it would be for us. We do have Google afterall, so a lot of this is covered already. But this is like NSA level Google. You get to know everything, even what people are thinking. Get creative, you could get some good uses out of that. Probably not enough to justify a multi-trillion budget and losing what little trust and confidence might still remain of your people.. or you could just use it to ask if you're still pretty enough. Your call.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#5: Dagger of Time</span></u></b><br />
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Time Travel is always high on people's wish list. This one is pretty limited, but does seem to help keep you alive, so that's a bonus. Makes a Prince of Persia a more impressive fighter than a Jedi Knight, so there has to be something to it. And the blade is so small compared to a light saber. Guess size doesn't matter. Not if you can control time.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#4: Tablet of Ahkmenrah</span></u></b><br />
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Make every night a Night at the Museum: and bring it out into the world. When I was a kid I was sure my toys came alive at night and played, moved around. A lot of kids do. Guess our toys don't like us much since they won't do this when we're awake. Well screw them, use this tablet to make them and every other inanimate object you want come to life and do what you want! I am the puppet master! Oh, wrong movie. But what untapped potential. Disaster relief? Make animated statues go in and rescue people. Hostage negotiations? An army of plastic ants ought to do the trick. Plus I want to see the Statue of Liberty wrestle the Eiffel Tower! Pay Per View! And if things ever get really bad, just animate the world's mannequins and unleash your army and take over the world until you set things straight.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#3: Tesla's Machine from Prestige</span></u></b><br />
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I know, I know... Tesla: science. But come on, this is clearly more magic than science.<br />
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OK: it's not a transporter, it's a copy machine.<br />
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This is one of David Bowie's cooler ideas. I mean Tesla's idea. Not the band Tesla, goodgod not the band.<br />
Bowie makes this awesome magic machine and it's just wasted. <br />
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<i>Word to the wise Tesla: don't trust Gollum around your magic items!</i></div>
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This thing has such amazing untapped potential. Think about what you could do if you could copy anything. Not only is it a licence to print money, but that's got limited benefit with inflation, but think of all the good you could do! 78 people on the waiting list for a heart but you only have 1 donated? Not anymore! Schools need computers or smart phones? Crank em out and no need to force Chinese workers to live in the factory dreaming of a suicide retirement.<br />
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Now if it would just play the B-side of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkNmilE9ibk" target="_blank">Low</a> while turned on this would <i>really </i>be a magical device.<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">#2: The Horn Resounding</span></u></b><br />
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It's not going to make you rich, and probably won't save the world (though it might). But the Horn Resounding can open up a way to travel to the realm of the Gods. I assume it could also travel to other destinations? Maybe it depends on what note you blow. Inter-dimensional travel? Oh I can't resist that. Every generation has wondered what if anything is beyond death, and with this magic item you get to go and find out, without having to die! I'm not sure what it says that every Viking on the ship was unable to blow the horn, but they all transported to a magic realm when the only woman on board saddled up to blow the big horn... yeah, maybe this is like one of those Roreshak tests.<br />
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It's an awesome magic item. Much better than the<i> other</i> 'magic item' in Erik the Viking...<br />
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Erik's 'invisibility cloak' which was actually more of a<i> rag on his head</i> than a cloak, and also more of a <i>does-not-turn-you-invisible-rag</i>, instead encourages you to dance around and make a fool out of yourself. </div>
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<b><u>#1: The Map</u></b></div>
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With this map you have everything you need to set out on your career as a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081633/" target="_blank">Time Bandit</a>. </div>
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Speaking as someone who has been well-bitten by the travel bug, this would be Awesome. </div>
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A map that gives you all the secret backdoors to the shoddily-made universe. </div>
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Travel through time! Future or Past, change events, explore, learn, or as one bandit put it "get stinking filthy rich". So much to know! I wants it. Is this actually a magic item? Hmmm... not certain. Probably? But the doors are magic and this is the key to understanding the doors, so it's all wrapped up in the same magic item concept. Oh, and did I mention you not only get to travel through time but you get to travel to other versions of reality.. lands of myths and legends! I was sold already, but no question now. </div>
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Downside: The Devil is after you for the map. OK, that's bad, but still totally worth it. </div>
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For your Friday enjoyment.. get yourself a Sampo!<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-81217689831093580942013-12-03T23:17:00.001-08:002013-12-04T03:01:26.402-08:00On the Nature of Natural Magic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I've been miserable sick for going on 48 hours, so don't have a lot of minis progress to show you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hopefully that state won't last too long. We'll see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I have noticed that the fever-addled brain is a very creative and productive brain. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe it is making up for the fact that your body refuses to do anything but drain & ache.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I think it may more likely be that this sick-misery-fever-head pounding is similar to what shamanic traditions have always understood: bring the body close to death & the brain in an altered state and you get some fun results. So you'll have to tell me if this idea I'll present is fun stuff or if it's the kind of odd weirdness that makes sense in a dream and nonsense when you wake up. Speaking of, my illness-enhanced dream last night was awesome.. I was searching on hands & knees in a backyard garden and found a trail of snail-sized sauropods, looking like micro brontosaurs with spiky snail shells on their back, and their flesh was like that of slugs & snails. Too cool. Back on track..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've mentioned I like to write game rules, and I've been working on rules for skirmish games that should work in any genre and I've been working on rules for 15mm element based unit warfare. I hoped to come up with a magic system that would work in both, even though they use a different mechanic. I think I have.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Compass of Magic</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So this is for the basic Magic System for miniatures combat. It is aiming to be Beer & Pretzel with Interesting Options: a balance between simple & not overpowered and characterful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I play tested a fantasy skirmish game recently which I liked a lot. But the magic system was very simple. Fine for what it is, but I want something with more options. However, something like the magic in Warhammer is too powerful and too much variety for the more simple games I want to make. Plus there is no way it could work in a skirmish game, considering the power output of some spells. So I want balance but I also want something with flavor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There will be other magic traditions added later, but to start with I will focus just on <i>Natural Magic</i>, which would be the basic magic and the other magic traditions as options.</span><br />
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Magic dates back to the oldest shamanic roots of the prehistoric
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Magic is divided into 10 aspects of nature: 4 Major Aspects and 6
Minor Aspects, though in truth none are more powerful than another,
but the Major Aspects pull the focus of those who use magic so that
they are unable to stray far from the Major Aspect of Magic which
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are many paths to walk for those who follow magic. Generally
speaking, wielders of magic come in three power tiers. Some focus in
one aspect of magic, others seek a wider breadth of knowledge. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
game terms, you can think of this as a level 1, 2 or 3 level magic
caster. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Every
magic caster of Natural Magic is centered in one of the ten Aspects
of Magic. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>A
level 1 caster has but one option: </u></span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>Initiate
of (Aspect) </i>: The Caster has 1 level 1 spell in their chosen
aspect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><u>A
level 2 caster has a few options:</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>Adept
of (Aspect)</i>: The caster has 1 level 2 spell in their chosen
aspect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>Scholar
of (Aspect)</i>: The caster has 2 level 1 spell in their chosen
aspect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Journeyman
of (Aspect and Aspect)</i>: The caster has 1 level 1 spell in their
chosen aspect and 1 adjacent aspect. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>A
level 3 caster has many options: </u></span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Summoner
of (Aspect)*</i>: The caster has 1 level 3 spell of their chosen
aspect. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">*
The exception is a level 3 caster of Steam is called an <i>Artificer.</i>
</span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>Grande
Scholar of (Aspect)</i>: The caster has 1 level 2 and 1 level 1 spell
in their chosen aspect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>Grande
Adept of (Aspect)</i>: The caster has 3 level 1 spells in the chosen
aspect</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Grande
Transmuter of (Aspect and Aspect)</i>: The caster has 2 level 1
spells in their chosen aspect and 1 level 1 spell in an adjacent
aspect. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Rogue
Adept of (Aspect, Aspect and Aspect)</i>: The caster has 3 level 1
spells in three different but adjacent aspects. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
given titles, the first Aspect listed will always be the primary
chosen aspect which if the caster is more powerful in one aspect than
another, it will be in their primary aspect. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It
must be noted that if choosing the path of the Rogue Adept the chosen
Aspects must be adjacent Aspects but not include more than One Major
Aspect, for the Cardinal Aspects are too diametrically opposed to be
mastered by a mortal. </span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><u>Examples:
</u></i></span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">A
level 1 caster might be an <i>Initiate</i> <i>of Fire</i> or an
<i>Initiate of Ice</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
level 2 caster might be an <i>Adept of Air</i> or a <i>Scholar of
Lava,</i> or a <i>Journeyman of Mud and Water.</i> </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">A
level 3 caster might be a <i>Summoner of Water,</i> or a <i>Summoner
of Lightning</i> .. or</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">A
level 3 caster might be a<i> Grande Scholar of Ice </i> .. or</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A
level 3 caster might be a<i> Grande Adept of Fire </i>
...or </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">A level 3 caster might be a <i>Grande Transmuter of
Steam and Fire </i> ...or </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">A
level 3 caster might be a <i>Rogue Adept of Fire, Sand and Lava</i>
or <i>Rogue Adept of Air, Lightning and Sand</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">but
he could not be a Rogue Adept of Earth, Mud and Water because this
includes two Major Aspects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">...................................</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
you can see, a level 1 caster will always have 1 spell, a level 2 may
have 2 level 1 spells or only 1 of a higher level, and a level 3
caster may have 3 (level 1), 2 (a level 2 & level1) or 1 (level
3)spell. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><u>Spells: </u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I have started compiling a spell list for each aspect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Each Aspect will have 3 level 1 spells, 1 level 2 spell and 1 level 3 spell. </span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The level 3 spell is always a summoning of an elemental, except in the case of Steam, which is a repair ability for a construct which the caster starts the game with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Examples of Spells: </span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><u><b>AIR</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">L1.
Gust: target is slowed by 2” and has missile fire ranges halved. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">L1.
Guiding wind: target friendly may re-roll failed missile fire</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">L1. Protecting Breeze: Any successful missile hit against the caster must be re-rolled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">L2.
Tornado: target is moved d6” in random direction. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">L3.
Summon Air Elemental </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
the Elemental is not summoned the Summoner has +1 to all stats and a
bonus to dispell </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><u><b>FIRE</b></u></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">L1.
Flametongue: Target's melee weapon damage is increased by 2. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">L1.
Gout of Flame: 6” range: missile attack +2 </span>
</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">L1.
Firestrike: 12” range: missle attack +1</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">L2.
Rain of Fire: target friendly missile fire does double damage. </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">L3.
Summon Elemental </span>
</span></div>
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</div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">When
the Elemental is not summoned the Summoner has +1 to all stats and a
bonus to dispell </span>
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">..............................</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What do you think?
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have any ideas for spells? </span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="font-weight: medium; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd love to hear them. I have almost 2/3 of the list full, but I may not keep them all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There will also be a counter-spell ability, which will have modifiers for level and for direct opposite caster aspects: casters of Fire versus Water have an easier time canceling each other's power than say, a caster of Ice versus Water. </span></div>
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<i>You knows, as much as we like to talk about war... fightin' and killin' isn't the only good thing in life, sure it's one of the best things I'd never say it twernt, but there is more to life, and when you're the king o' the tribe it's good to enjoy all the perks of the crown! And one o' the best perks is impressing the ladies! </i><br />
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Some of the goblin youth started snickering and cackling at this...<br />
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<i>Oh fine, you laugh now, but when you have your eye on a sharp toothed lass and she fergets all about you because she sees a goblin ride by on a fierce black wolf, then yell regret laughing at me! </i><br />
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Some of them perked up at this and shut their yaps.<br />
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<i>Uh-huh, that's what I thought. Already happened to some a you hasn't it? You sloggin through the muckengunk, splattered and foul and some fancy gob is gettin all the attention accounta his wolf or thundering chariot. Well just imagine how much the pretty red eyes will widen up if you swooped down on a green beauty like Spitter! A wyvern is a dangerous monster of war, but don't forget all the other advantages a sweet ride can bring ya! Why once I buzzed low over an elven village and damned if I didn't hear a whole mess of elf ladies shriek and squeel! Yeah that's right, I'm sure their hearts fluttered wondering what dashing young goblin could be in the saddle. So don't you forget it...</i><br />
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Brokentooth's speech drifted off at this point, his eyes focused on a memory hovering about a foot before his face. He didn't even notice that one of the young goblins made off with his lunch.<br />
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Brokentooth the Goblin King on his Wyvern, Spitter is finished.</div>
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-9396637827407317462013-11-27T23:30:00.000-08:002013-11-27T23:30:51.267-08:00Late Cretateous Mega Vozhik Wishes You a Happy Dinovember Thanksgiving<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you are anything like the Greater Vozhik, the largest mammalian predator of the late Cretaceous period, a distant ancestor of the hedgehog which reached a height and length of nearly 10 meters, you should have no problem enjoying the bounty of the land and settling in for a nice Thanksgiving Feast.<br />
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Gandalf was very thankful for a very big bird, but not a turkey, the great eagle Gwaihir... although I wouldn't put it past Bombur to try to eat him, and luckily I don't think The Shire celebrated Thanksgiving.<br />
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Another of the more rare Mithril Miniatures scenes:<br />
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Frodo & Sam introduced to Goldberry by Tom Bombadil in his home.<br />
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I went for a classic Tomb Bombadil, for colors (though decided when he labels his own boots 'yellow' that he more than likely means a yellowish leather.. I can't imagine yellow felt being very practical in undomesticated forest even for an anthropomorphic personification spirit), and decided that the colors of the home should reflect Goldberry's preference for water lilies.<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-21760606989927658482013-11-24T19:52:00.000-08:002013-11-24T19:53:03.986-08:00Most Dangerous in Middle Earth: Mithril Miniatures' Sauron & Balrog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday I showed Denethor and Boromir in funeral boat. <br />
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Today, two more large miniatures from Mithril Miniatures: Sauron and the Balrog.<br />
It'd be hard to find anyone more dangerous than these two in Middle Earth.<br />
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I have a larger Balrog from Mithril I picked up many years ago, made a converted barbed whip, someday I'll have to paint him up!</div>
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I really like the elegance of this sculpt. The more often seen GW sculpt is nice too, and replicates Sauron as seen in the movies, meaning: all spiky armored like The Shrike. But Sauron considers himself the nearly-undisputed master of Middle Earth. What need does he have for armor? Better to relax in his robe, get comfy on the throne. </div>
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I had the pleasure recently of painting some large & some limited Mithril Miniatures, some individuals, some scenes. I do love the atmosphere that Mithril captures for Lord of the Rings.<br />
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First: Denethor in the throne room of Gondor.<br />
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The grey marble throne he would never sit in... which I think he was fine with until he found out someone else was intending to sit in it soon!</div>
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Hot on the heels of the <a href="http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2013/11/top-10-good-magic-users-of-movies.html" target="_blank">Good Magic Users</a>, are a pack of Evil Magic Users, as it should be.<br />
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Here I present my pick for the 10 best Evil Magic Users of the Movies. <br />
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Like the list for the Good, to be considered, the magic slinger has to have been in a movie, not just TV show, they have to wield actual power of a metaphysical nature: not science, not sawing a woman in two in a box, and I have to have seen the movie: maybe there are others worthy of the list, but if I haven't seen them, I can't judge it.<br />
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What makes a 'good' evil magic user? Not only the amount of raw power they control, despite what many of these power-hungry folks might believe. I'm evaluating the entire character: their power, nature of their power, how it affects them, how they use it, and the nature of their character. An evil character's role is to <i>be</i> the villain. That's a tough role since writers refuse to let them win in the end, so their success is based on how well they fill their role, how believable they are and how interesting they are both in the challenge they present to the hero and as an individual.<br />
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This was <i>tough</i>. There are a lot more worthy candidates for Evil magic user than Good.<br />
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<u>#10: Nancy Downs</u><br />
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The Craft was one of the better movies in the <i>Satan/Vampire/Evil Curse walks-the-high school-halls</i> genre. And the witch who stole the show from the hero was Fairuza Balk. Take some power from a dark god, crank it up on speed and set her loose. Of all the girls who get the power she's the one who really seems to enjoy it and embrace it the most... a little too much. Every villain needs a fatal flaw but hers was too compelling, I found myself rooting for her, maybe because of her flaw. She's a villain who should have been an anti-hero, and that keeps her from rising too high on the list. But she had to be here: cool character, just gorgeous (though even more so as a cat-girl in Island of Dr. Moreau) though the aforementioned chaotic overdrive causes her to look disturbingly a bit too much like Danny Elfman at times:<br />
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<b><u>#9: Tia Dalma</u></b></div>
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The Queen of the Voodoo Queens. If Pirates was at risk of getting predictable, and I'm not sure it was, she'd be an easy cure. There is just something entrancing about Voodoo and she does Voodoo well. </div>
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You know a character is a good one if you find yourself thinking 'no, go back to that character' when the movie moves on. She carves out a respectable power base given the limits and prejudices of the century she's in. Even today... I saw Colbert interview Rick Santorum this week, and Santorum made a comment about lighting a miracle candle and praying and the wish coming true but said 'but it's not like Voodoo' .. oh man, no.. no similarities at all. In fact, if it wasn't for the prevalence of such ideas Tia might have made it to the Good Magic Users list, but as long as Western Society makes such distinctions she's going to have to work from the brush she's painted with. But she's doing a great job of blurring that line, a mark of an interesting character. </div>
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<b><u>#8: Morgana</u></b></div>
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The nemesis of Merlin, Morgana is an impressive Magic User. Far younger and less experienced with magic than Merlin, she manages to get the best of him and win. Granted, she doesn't get everything she wants, and she does lose a lot in the process, but she helps bring Camelot to ruins, and what more could a villain ask for? Freud would spill a lot of ink with her on the couch, but those issues just add to the complexity and interest of her character. I think the only thing holding her from raising higher is her inability to think beyond the expectations of her time. Just like Merlin, she's stuck in the idea that she can only be the power behind the throne, and keeps trying to promote her inept son to power. If she'd only have made a try for it for herself, she might have made it, and certainly would have made it higher on the list. </div>
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<b><u>#7: White Witch</u></b></div>
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Talk about being adept at propaganda. 'White Witch' has got to be <i>good</i>.. right?<br />
Unlike Morgana, the White Witch has no qualms about taking power for herself. She sets about to take and rule Narnia and will lie, manipulate, lead armies and crush all in uncompromising winter to do it. She is also the first to really make use of style. OK, I do like the swampy vibe Tia has, but this Magic User remakes Narnia in her image: cool and icy that says "Winter has already come darling". This just adds to the perception of power: everything is under her control, everything is a reflection of her. That isn't strictly true, but then, propaganda isn't about truth, it's about impression. She can also turn anyone to stone, and it's hard to argue with that kind of power. <br />
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<b><u>#6: Grand High Witch</u></b><br />
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Angelica Huston. She played someone using magic? Then she's on the list. And you know it was going to be the <i>Evil</i> list. With the mask or without, she was the commanding presence. I'm not sure how a powerful she-troll like this could be afraid of mice, but every villain needs a weakness as we've said. She just oozes creepy. And the idea of a secret society with this kind of power under our noses is tempting to believe.<br />
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<b><u>#5: Queen Ravenna</u></b><br />
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If there is a limit to the character of Queen Ravenna, it is that it is very hard to imagine Snow White offering any danger to her, even if she had her sparkly vamp boytoy, which she didn't. Two things made Snow White and the Huntsman worth watching: the special effects and Charlize Theron's Queen Ravenna. She doesn't have the degree of control that the White Witch enjoys in Narnia, but she is more interesting because of it. We get to see her rise to power, what she sacrifices to get there, how it affects her and her process to be just at the point of having it all, before she loses it all. That's quite a journey. She's limited by the nature of her story however. The tale of Snow White at it's essence is trapped in the notion that what matters more to women is their physical appearance. If she could have got past that she'd have succeeded. A male wouldn't likely let that get in his way. Attractiveness is nice, but it isn't central. As Inka says, the saying in Belarus is "Men need to be a bit more attractive than a monkey." Lucky for us men. Granted, she's a villain, so she needs a weakness, but as weaknesses go, that isn't a very interesting one.<br />
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<b><u>#4: Darth Vader</u></b><br />
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Only coming in at #4? I'm sure he'd find my lack of faith in him disturbing. <br />
Vader is awesome though, don't get me wrong... assuming we start with Episode 4, which I am. This is for Darth Vader, <i>not </i>Anakin. Darth Vader may be second to the Emperor, but he's the top villain in the empire without a doubt. He is the face and the raspy voice of the ever-present evil. He's got style for days, with all the troops in white and he's in "yeah, that's right, I'm right here" black. Poster child for Lawful Evil, Darth Vader is simply iconic. He has plans for an orderly galaxy and he plans on achieving it if he has to force-choke it out of it. And how many villains get to be the bad guy for the whole series only to deathbed recant and be a good guy at the end? That's having your cake and eating it too. Brilliant!<br />
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<b><u>#3: Wicked Witch of the West</u></b><br />
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When the villain not only has it out for you, but for your little dog too, you know you're dealing with a bad customer. Opting for the long & pointy classic black outfit, she's got style too, and that's before you're introduced to the flying monkeys: anyone who employs flying monkeys is worth noting! This introduces a villain who has a motivation that you can readily relate to. In the original Wizard of Oz, Dorothy invades her country and kills her sister before taking her first step! Dorothy is lucky she landed in Oz instead of Texas or it could have been far worse. The newest film though adds to the character. I might have thought it would be hard to improve on the character, but they did, by a long margin. Mila Kunis' Wicked Witch is an improvement on the original. Yeah, I said it; release your flying monkeys to get me if you must. In Oz the Great and Powerful the witch has an in-depth and believable back-story, so much so that she vies for the title of Main Character. In the original, the West Witch is already an evil witch, her focus is turned to Dorothy because of revenge, but it isn't like she'd be any different if Dorothy never arrived, but in the new film she begins as a sweet woman who is mistreated and spurned and so becomes the villain. The 'hero' creates his nemesis because of his own faults, which is high classic storycraft. This makes the West Witch a sympathetic character, even when she is evil, which propels her high up the list.<br />
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<b><u>#2: Saruman</u></b><br />
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Saruman of Many Colors. Being an immortal being, watching Middle Earth decay and degenerate through the ages from brilliance to dingy... the glory of the elves replaced by the quality of the dwarves replaced by the ever-less inspiring weak efforts by men...he saw the writing on the wall, he knew the direction this was headed: cut to the chase and bring on the orcs! And if it's going to happen better he is in control of it than sitting in his tower watching his property values go down. Hard to fault his logic, even if it's not the most noble choice. Saruman is a very interesting villain. He is not simply evil. He is disillusioned. He's the wounded idealist that has become a cynic. He may be a second-rate power compared to Sauron, but Sauron is a faceless force, he is the fear of the dark, where Saruman is a villain we can understand, who we can fear more, because we can recognize the threat of becoming like Saruman ourselves.<br />
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<b><u>#1: Magneto</u></b><br />
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Magneto is the ideal blend of Villain and Anti-Hero. He's the real deal. A fully fleshed out back story: who could not sympathize with a child who survived the Holocaust? He finds himself having great power but because of it, facing a new holocaust in a world where mutants will be labeled non-human, second class citizens, hunted, rounded up, experimented on and even exterminated. Not again. And who could blame him? He is a villain because his methods are labeled villainous. But Magneto provides an excellent challenge to the justification of that label. Are not oppressed people justified in fighting back or must they abstain and hope to change the minds of their oppressors? This is the age old debate you find through the history of such struggles. Malcom X, Marek Edelman, Du Boise, Geronimo, Sparticus. Not everyone has believed that equality will be granted to the oppressed out of the kindness of the changed hearts of the oppressors. Magneto champions this position in a fantastical fictional setting, but the proposition is very real. The fact that this character is painted as a villain likely says more about our society than the character himself, which is interesting. Magneto holds up a mirror to our society and forces us to ask some uncomfortable questions.<br />
There is probably no greater victory for a villain than that.<br />
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It should also be noted that Ian McKellen got top spot in both lists: <i><a href="http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2013/11/top-10-good-magic-users-of-movies.html" target="_blank">Good</a></i> & <i>Evil</i>, and in my opinion, well deserved. Very impressive to excel so well on both sides of the coin.<br />
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The Good magic users have but 2 women while the Evil magic users dominated with 7. </div>
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Are women just inherently more evil than men? </div>
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There just are not many characters of female good magic users. There are a few more than I thought worthy of making the top 10... but they're either uninteresting or unimportant. Glenda the good witch? What was her power besides being the patron saint of Lawrence Welk? It would appear that people are reluctant to see women having power, but if they<i> do </i>have power, then chances are the are <i>evil</i>. There seem to have been more female evil power wielders to chose from than men, and most of them were better at it than most of the male choices. And the top spot, a male, is so good at being bad he's nearly gone full circle to being labeled 'good' so take that for more to mentally chew on. </div>
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Returning to the "<a href="http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/search/label/Top%2010" target="_blank">Top 10</a>" themes I was doing a couple months ago, I was thinking about the slingers of magic. Luckily for those of us who enjoy such things there are a lot of movies that highlight the wizards, witches, sorcerers and other such people who have magic, more or less, under their control.<br />
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When trying to list my top magic users I found there was actually too many! So I've divided the list into the two camps: Good & Evil. Like the other lists I'll quickly set up my parameters: The user of 'magic' has to have<i> powers</i> that are magical or like magic: something paranormal, not science and not card tricks. I also have to have seen the movie, so there could be worthy magic users out there I haven't seen, if so I'd be interested to know, but they can't make my list if I haven't seen them. For ranking, I'm not only considering degree of power, but the whole package: their nature, character, personality, how they use their magic.<br />
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Alright, on to the Good users of Magic!<br />
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<b><u>#10: Akiro</u></b><br />
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Side-kick of Conan. Pretty cool character actually. Unfortunately we don't get a lot of insight into him. But then, it's pretty dark under the shadow of Conan. He's burdened with that "mystery of the East" trope, but he's got a scoundrel turned martyr aspect that helps him rise above what such characters typically get.<br />
I always thought a prequel movie about this character could have been fun.<br />
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<b><u>#9: Miracle Max</u></b><br />
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"To blave." Awesome. How often do you get a vocabulary lesson in a movie and enjoy it? <br />
This is one of my favorite Billy Crystal characters, and he didn't really have much screen time. But Miracle Max, the washed up has-been had one more miracle in him, and while he is far from being the main character, his role was vital to the hero's journey, which is one of the most important and revealing qualities of the archetype of the Good Magic User. <br />
By this definition he's a success, even if he uses a bellows instead of a staff.<br />
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<b><u>#8: Avatar</u></b><br />
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No, not the big blue aliens. Long before them, Avatar was a ... dwarf? deadhead hobbit? I don't know, but he was a wizard, one of those who bears the title of the movie, Wizards. Avatar is a wizard that might remind you of your crude uncle. Or perhaps yourself, if you've grown up to be your family's crude uncle. He gripes and moans, and would rather be off enjoying snuggletime with his vampy faerie girlfriend, but in true underdog fashion he heads out with a few heroes to save the world from the evil Nazi Wizard.<br />
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<b><u>#7: Tim the Enchanter</u></b><br />
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A very minor character when you think about it, but the fact that you <i>can</i> think about it, and likely often have, as many have, shows what an impressionable character this is. Tim portrays the daunting, over-powered, so-out-of-your-league, mysterious magic user, that he has become a cultural phenomenon in his own right. Yet he's humble, going simply by the name Tim. Tim doesn't really get involved in the story, serving only to remind the heroes just how outclassed they are, and to give fair warning of an even greater danger. And after seeing this pyromaniac slinging field nukes around with the flick of his fingers you'd think Arthur and his Knights would pay heed to his warning, but do they listen? Noooo. No wonder Tim doesn't spare much care for these questors.<br />
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<b><u>#6: Carrie</u></b><br />
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For everyone who ever got picked on or bullied growing up, Carrie should be the patron magic user for their cause. Bitchy girls giving you problems? Rain down blood and fire on them. Fundy mother making your life a not-mythological hell? Shut her up quick with a cutlery cyclone. Even the Greatest American Hero better watch his back if he sets you up to look stupid. Imagine how different school years would be if suffering bullies unlocked these kinds of powers. <br />
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<b><u>#5: Severus Snape</u></b><br />
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Probably the most interesting of the magic using characters from the Harry Potter movies, Snape kept them guessing about his true motivations, sympathies and plans. Well, spoiler alert, he's here on the Good list, so hope I didn't give anything away. Snape also has that awesome voice (see movie at the bottom). Alan Rickman is just cool. I'll admit I'm not the biggest 'Harry Potter' fan. I find the movies uninspiring. They feel more like extended episodes of a TV series, rather than solid movies in their own right. It takes a long time for characters to develop and most stay disappointingly two dimensional. For interest and depth of character, Snape is about as good as it gets in these movies.<br />
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<b><u>#4: Willow</u></b><br />
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Willow. No, not the hot redhead witch. The hobbit wizard. Oops! I mean Puck? No, wait.. Peck. I think they were called Pecks. I think. Well, no matter, we all know they were hobbits. What better underdog than a hobbit? I mean, Peck? Usually the wizard is the one who helps the hero in their journey, but in this case, the hero and wizard was rolled up into one overwhelmed wizard's apprentice.<br />
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<b><u>#3: Merlin</u></b><br />
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At first glance you'd have to be forgiven if you thought Excalibur's Nicol Williamson was an Evil Magic User, given that he's rockin' the Ming metal skullcap. But that's just one visual clue-in that this isn't your standard white wizard. Merlin may be playing for the Good team, but he's not so good he's wearing the white hat. This is one complicated, scheming, manipulating Magic User. He may be 'good', but in that Machiavellian sense of good, where the good end, such as establishing a peaceful realm, justifies the decidedly not-good means of obtaining it, such as orchestrating rape. He is also not immune from his own fleshly temptations. But then, if I was holding the balance of a peaceful Britain on one hand, and Helen Mirren on the other.. well, prepare for some dark days ahead Brits. <br />
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Merlin is an interesting character: some noble aspirations, but wrestling with his own character flaws while at the same time condemning Arthur for his, but he keeps trying for all that. In exceedingly dark days, this character shines and gives a hint at what could be possible while being a neon sign as to why it just isn't going to happen.<br />
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<b><u>#2: Galadriel</u></b><br />
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It has been pointed out that Tolkien did not have many female characters. Alright, that's an understatement.<br />
But one of the ones he did have, Galadriel, was one of the most powerful beings in Middle Earth. If judging Magic Users by their power, Galadriel would certainly be on the list. She's the bearer of Nenya, one of the three great rings of power given to the Elves. She also has her mirror, which can see far into the past, future or distance. Her power isn't flashy, but it is substantial. She's been able to keep her realm free not only from the overwhelming powers of evil that border Lothlorien, namely Moria and Isenguard, but she's managed to keep time itself out of her realm. The time of the elves is passing from Middle Earth, the ages march on, but not within Lothlorien where it is essentially the same as it was when the elves first arrived, and only because of her power. <br />
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She rules with her husband, but no one is foolish enough to confuse things: everyone knows the real power is her, not her husband. <br />
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How tempting would it be, for someone who is immortal, has watched the world around her slowly wither and corrupt, and then be offered the power to destroy the evil that threatens to destroy the sanctuary she has spent all her energy creating and defending? She's given the chance to do just that, but she has the power to not only look into the hearts of others, but in her own as well, and she resists, knowing her limitations and weaknesses. A sign of great power: knowing where the limits of your abilities are and not having the hubris to try for more. <br />
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<b><u>#1: Gandalf</u></b><br />
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And in case you were wondering, no, Dumbledore didn't make the list. Why? Because Gandalf is everything Dumbledore hopes and tries to be, but is a pale comparison at best. Harry didn't make the list either. I'm sure there will be some avid Harry Potter fans that feel slighted, but the HP characters just don't capture my imagination. <br />
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As impressive as Galadriel is, as much as the character of Gandalf owes to Merlin, the ultimate good wizard is Gandalf. Gandalf serves the position of the 'Magic User who makes the hero's journey possible' but he is more than that: much more. Gandalf knows when to play a supporting role and when to step up and lead. <br />
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That is an important distinction for a character and shows great depth. Most often in movies it is clear who the hero is and who the support staff are. But not here. Like Merlin, Gandalf pulls the strings: runs all over Middle Earth, yanking hobbits from their second-breakfasts, enabling dwarves to regain kingdoms and swaying councils and kings to his way of thinking. But he also challenges rogue wizards, balrogs, nazgul and reconstituting dark lords as well as leads armies. His resume is pretty impressive. <br />
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He also has the interesting aspects of the martyr and resurrected hero archetypes. Like Beowulf, he faces death, saving the lives of others. Like Jesus in the 'Harrowing of Hell' story, Gandalf falls, vanquishes evil, and is reborn to come back and finish what he started. Gandalf's sacrifice is all the more impressive and interesting however since it is not clear at all that Gandalf knew he would come back as Gandalf the White. <br />
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Another thing I like about Gandalf is that he values everyone for who they are, not what they are. He sees the nobility of spirit and potential for strength and helps the person recognize it and use it. But he remains someone you can relate to, even if he is an immortal being of great power, he's not above threatening to toss a foolish hobbit down a bottomless Moria pit or entertaining the rubes with fireworks. It must have been a very sad day when Gandalf left Middle Earth.<br />
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Of all the movie Magic Users, Gandalf is the most interesting and impressive and the one I'd most likely enjoy meeting.<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-61674679824840198172013-11-18T22:31:00.001-08:002013-11-18T22:31:26.519-08:00Wyvern W.I.P.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just a quick update to show the progress on Brokentooth's Wyvern, "Spitter".<br />
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One of my favorite things to paint is reptile skin, so this was very enjoyable. <br />
I've got the skin at about 95% finished, just a spot of blending here or there to do, and I think I'll refrain from adding any edge highlights, since I'm liking the look of it right now, seems more natural, subdued highlights as they are now. <br />
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King Brokentooth will be the first mini completed for the Brokentooth Goblin army: seems fitting.<br />
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Here's the work in progress shots:<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-46173587479855929942013-11-16T11:17:00.001-08:002013-11-16T11:17:40.120-08:00Two Warlords & Their Finest Warriors Face Off : Muppet Saga<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Been awhile since a 'Muppet Saga' update. Muppet Saga is my project to run the game Saga with the War of Ashes miniatures from Zombiesmith. The creatures remind me of Muppets, hence 'Muppet Saga'.<br />
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When they had their last sale I picked up some of the Vidaar, which are the enemy of the Elvorix. <br />
The Elvorix I plan to run using the Welsh faction rules, to take advantage of the wild pig cavalry miniatures I converted. But they need an opposing force, so I have some Vidaar now ready to run as Vikings.<br />
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They all still need paint, but here's how the leaders & elites look opposed to each other:<br />
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Close up of the Vidaar warlord at right and a Vidaar soothsayer.</div>
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Elvorix 'Greybucks': the Hearthguard. Some great detail in these delicate minis.</div>
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-10210238413411498142013-11-13T14:00:00.001-08:002013-11-14T01:09:54.118-08:00Brokentooth's Guide to Goblin Greatness: Being the biggest, baddest goblin you can be.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Brokentooth surveyed the young goblins before him. Pathetic. One of two showed promise, but the bulk of them? rabble. sigh.<br />
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<i>Quiet down or I'll stuff you in the wolf pen and ring the dinner bell! You're given me a headpounding. </i><br />
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That shut them up. Mostly.<br />
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<i>Alright. I probably won't live forever. The shamans keep working on that, but I think it's more likely I'll die from their potions than live longer. So someday someone has to take my place. It might be one of you, however depressing the notion is. And if you don't want to be trampled by pinkones on horses or slaved up by orcs you'll listen close! Now, I've told you about the powerful arms of a goblin army... the giant things and trolls, and you best remember that, but arms aren't much good without a back & head! No indeed, arms all flopping around on the ground, spurting gouts of blood. Useless. The goblins in bulk are the back of an army and it's all lead by the head, and that's the leader. And if that leader aint a goblin then what's the point? So if you ever want to be leader, or you're pushed forward and have no choice, then it's up to you to be the biggest, baddest most clever goblin there is! I can't help you much on being clever, and some of you there's just no help at all, but being big & mean you gots some control over. </i><br />
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<i>An army looks to it's leader, so if they can't see you, you're lost. Armies want to see their leader is tough too, tougher than the enemy or they may run off, so the secret is find the biggest monster you can, and ride it to battle. It's not much of a secret... you'll see some orcs and pinkboys doing this, maybe even an elf, but often as not these leaders stay in their tents lookin at their scraps, but that's not much reassurance fer goblins. </i><br />
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<i>Now, you've seen my Spitter...</i><br />
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<i>Ack! That's not what I meant and you knows it! I mean my Wyvern! Still.. that is a pretty good one...</i><br />
<i>Anyways, my Wyvern Spitter is a serious mean beast! I stole the egg from an Orc camp and reared him from a pup. Most big beasts like wyverns, dragons, birdcats can and will eat a goblin down in one gulp, but if you can avoids it, you're on your way to being a great leader! </i><br />
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I think Brokentooth deserves his own monster mount. Kings of War doesn't allow for Goblin leaders to ride big flying monsters, it has that in common with Warhammer. However, the combo of the ally system & liberal use of 'counts as' offer a lot of possibilities to bring this otherwise never seen possibility to the battlefield.<br />
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You could take units of allied orcs or humans, finding a goblin-looking version for them, and then bring in a character on a flying beast: easy as pie! There is also a goblin leader on a mechanical giant, so if you don't mind your flying beast 'chicken flail flying' then that's an option too. <br />
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I have admired this very old Citadel Miniatures Orc War Wyvern since I started playing miniatures games. My friend Bill who got me into this hobby had one, just damn beautiful, and I loved it. This is a great sculpt, so much character, and it's 'cute' for a monster too. I think it is easily the best Wyvern GW ever made, maybe the best flying monster in general as well.<br />
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I found one on Ebay many years ago, and decided it's finally time to paint it.<br />
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I converted it some of course, to give it a functional-looking saddle, and a goblin general, and it needed a functioning-looking reins too. It overhangs a base quite a lot, so I also gave it a tall rocky outcrop for the base.<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-31738361307423829872013-11-12T12:36:00.004-08:002013-11-12T12:54:10.278-08:00The Rodite : Women of Venus Want Our Men : Really? Don't Flatter Yourself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Venus. </span> </b></span></span><br />
Goddess of Love. The Evening Star. Planet of Mysteries.<br />
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When mankind realized he was not alone in the solar system, it was not a great surprise to discover the planet Venus was populated. It was however a shock to discover that the people of Venus had visited Earth before, and had done so a very long time ago. <br />
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Though Venus is our nearest and most similar planetary neighbor, it remains nearly as mysterious as the satellite worlds of the Jovian giants. Obscured by dense clouds and choked with jungles it could take many lifetimes to unveil Venus. <br />
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Of the races which inhabit the lush world, the most similar to mankind is the Rodite. <br />
The Rodite (Roa-die-tee) are similar in size and appearance to humanity, and if it were not for the green skin they could pass among us unremarked. They are perhaps more similar to the Barsoomians, those of two arms at any rate, than us however, since like the Barsoomians they are also oviparous, in that they lay eggs to birth their young. An interesting note is that Earth seems unique in the solar system with the propensity for live-births. Does the similarities between the Rodite people and Barsoomians suggest a common ancestry? Or is it simply a matter of coincidental evolutionary development? We do not know.<br />
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There are other significant differences between the Rodites and the Barsoomians and Earthlings both. The Rodite people are almost entirely female. Male hatchings are rare with only about one in fifty being male. <br />
Because of this, Rodite society is entirely different than what we have on Earth. It is a matriarchal society as one would expect, with the smaller male population living their life in what could only be described as a harem structure, where the more powerful leaders in society having one or more males: the greater their position in society, the more males they have. It is a mark of position to have even one male as the leader of a 'house' may have, and the Alpha Rodite is said to have a thousand men. As can be readily seen, this arrangement only adds to the problem of decreasing birth rates, as the social conventions and rituals only permit these males to be gifted for mating purposes as tokens of great gratitude and debt from a higher ranked woman to subordinates. The highly ritualized and rigorous society they possess makes this occurrence rare and undesirable for the highly placed women. <br />
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The Rodites have captured the imagination of Earth men, as you can imagine. Tall tales from returning rocketeers abound regarding rendezvous with beautiful amorous alien women. The less reputable motion picture companies have begun producing such tales to the silver screen, shown in unmarked movie houses.<br />
But is there any truth to these tales?<br />
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It has been discovered that the Rodite have recently recovered from a sort of 'middle ages' where their technology and civilization diminished. Long ago they had a civilization which dominated their planet and they made ships to explore beyond their world. They came to Earth nearly three thousand years ago. The first expedition ship crash-landed off the coast of Greece. They made contact with the primitive people they found there. <br />
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The people of Earth at the time were incapable of understanding the origins of the Rodites, or their nature and named the Goddesses. The Rodites taught the Greeks much, but much was misunderstood. They pointed out their planet in the sky, and told them this is where their Queen, the Alpha-Rodite ruled supreme. Over time Alpha Rodite became condensed to Aphrodite, and the emergence of the Goddesses from the sea and the concept of a supreme Goddess beyond their reach in the sky became the distinction between Aphrodite Pandemos and Aphrodite Urania. The Rodite name for their world, Cytheria, also became associated with the Goddess Aphrodite. The Rodite tales of the peoples of the other planets were taken by the Greeks to be tales of the Gods, and became central to their mythology. <br />
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How will this reconnection to the peoples of Venus affect the lives of those of Earth? <br />
Considering the formative effect from the first meeting, the changes ahead for Earth could be altering indeed.<br />
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The miniatures I used for the Rodite are the Valkeeri from Hydra Miniatures. Really nice sculpts. </div>
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I decided to paint them with green skin, to give them a more alien-look and make a clear distinction between them and Earthlings. This will also keep them separate from any Barsoomians, since the only race from Mars with Green Skin are the 4-armed 'Thark' type, all the 'human' types have other skin colors. So green women seemed just right for Venus. </div>
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-90302700802437797182013-11-11T00:01:00.000-08:002013-11-11T00:27:18.626-08:00Lunar Apes : Earth's first children to make a permanent home in space<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Among the <i>Planets in Peril</i>, not only mankind from Earth has taken to space, but also African Apes.<br />
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When the nations of Earth began to take their first steps into space, in the late nineteenth century, they would discover they were not the only intelligent race warmed by the Sun. But before this realization was made, mankind was not even the only race from Earth, for they brought with them, in fact, sent before them, the Great Apes of Africa. <br />
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The first rockets to carry apes into space was from a joint Belgian-French program in 1894. By 1910 the Belgians and French were the first nations to establish a habitat on the Moon. This was expanded upon and within a few years had living facilities, growing their own food, and with the discovery of lunar fungus, which excretes water as a bi-product of its photosynthesis, nothing prevented permanent habitation. <br />
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The human engineers and scientists did not adapt as well as the Apes which had accompanied the settlement. Brought as experiments to test the effects of life on the Moon, the apes stayed for years while the humans rotated on four month shifts. The Apes proved to be highly trainable as workers, and with their greater physical strength did not suffer to the extent the humans did moving from the near-weightless surface and back to the unreliable and sometimes punishing artificial gravity of the domes. The Apes adjusted readily to the new environment. With each rotation, more Apes were brought to the Moon. The Apes began to teach the newcomer Apes what to do. <br />
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By 1914 both Belgium and France abandoned the Lunar Dome project, being swept up in the war which broke out and engulfed Europe back on Earth. With a limited number of rockets, only the human scientists and crew could be brought back. Though regrettable, it was assumed the Apes would perish. <br />
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But the Apes did not perish. They thrived. <br />
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When contact with the Lunar Domes was re-established, some twenty years later, Earth was shocked to hear transmissions of demands placed for the return of French prisoners by the <i>Nation of Luna</i>. It was assumed it must be a bad joke, or a publicity stunt of Hollywood from the Americans. But it was the Apes.<br />
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Noted physicist Albert Einstein postulated that it was conceivable that the increased radiation which the Moon was exposed to, could have had a mutagenic effect on the structure of the brains of the Apes. How else to describe what had happened? For here it was: the Apes were talking and had established themselves as a power on the Moon, and were demanding recognition as an independent nation. <br />
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In fact, the Apes had been contacted by the Draniki, a reptilian race from Venus, when the Thurn launched their invasion on Earth while it waged their own Great War. This fact has been uncovered by Earth, but the details and ramifications remain unknown. <br />
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The Apes repaired three damaged rockets left behind by the Belgian and French program, and began making new ones. Once recognized, begrudgingly, by Earth, the Lunar Apes, in exchange for permission for limited exploration on the Moon for Earth Nations, received in turn landing right in Africa to bring more of their kin to their new home on the Moon.<br />
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Relations remain tense, but no more so than say, between the United States, the Soviet Collective and the Prussian Empire. Diplomatic relations are open and there are even scientific exchanges. Some of the Apes have even become something of a novelty or celebrity status, and can be seen vacationing in the south of France or on Southern California beaches.<br />
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Another faction completed for small skirmish games in the pulp sci-fi setting Planets in Peril.</div>
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They are from Eureka Miniatures' Boiler Plate Apes line. There are a handful in spacesuits and I thought they'd be fun for a sci-fi setting. I added the ape mechanic from Hydra Miniatures to round them out to a team of six. </div>
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I had almost finished painting them when I decided I'd change their weapons. The miniatures come armed with uzi or m-16. I decided something more 'ray gun' looking was needed, so I gave them weapons from GW Dark Eldar. </div>
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The three adults: Zera, Joe & Cornelius</div>
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Three younger apes: Nikima, Chim, Roddy</div>
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They came back to Earth to share funky dance moves.<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-50526219859329613802013-11-09T12:24:00.000-08:002013-11-09T12:31:01.569-08:00Psylons : Protectors or Predators in Planets in Peril ? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Of all the races which inhabit the multitude of worlds orbiting the Sun, the Psylons may be the least understood by the nations of Earth. While it is true the Jovian Overlords are the greatest mystery, as no man has ever laid eyes upon one, at least with them it is known they are the Great Threat, and their purpose is clear, so much the greater woe for mankind. But with the Psylons much remains to be known. Are they friend or foe? What are their goals? How do they view themselves? How do they view us? Are they a true 'people' or are they mechanical puppets, their strings being pulled by an unknown power?<br />
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These questions can not be answered in full, but there is some information to speculate on.<br />
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The Psylons are mechanical beings: robots. They come in many shapes and sizes, and it is not altogether clear that there are not rival factions within their numbers, as the nations of Earth. If there are factions, or nations, it is not known if this falls along lines of physical differences or if loyalty is determined by some other criteria known only to themselves.<br />
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It appears the Psylons inhabit as their home the many asteroids of the asteroid belt. Rockets have brought back pictures to Earth of what appear to be small cities and spires on asteroids and it is speculated that these are like icebergs, where the majority of the city is underground. The fact that there is no atmosphere and little gravity would have no bearing on robots, so this speculation has merit. <br />
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The peoples of Barsoom, known as Mars by Earth, have a legend that may hold the key to understanding the Psylons. They tell of a time when there was a fifth rocky planet, beyond Mars, where the asteroid belt is today. This planet was of comparable size to Earth and was the first Inner Planet to fall to the Jovian Overlords. This planet, named Thurnoom by the Barsoomians, was home to a race known as the Thurn. <br />
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The Thurn fell under the sway of the Jovian Overlords readily, as they had much in common with them, in the way they think and organize their society. Once dominated by the Jovians, the Thurn in turn invaded Barsoom and began a period of conquest which would subjugate many of the races of Barsoom and wither their growth. The Thurn were so successful they began to think of themselves as the rightful rulers of the inner planets. Indeed, they supposed they could separate themselves from the control of the Jovian Overlords and planned to invade the rest of the Inner Planets.<br />
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Before the Thurn could turn their attention to the planets closer to the Sun, they needed to defend themselves from the wrath of the Jovians. On their home planet they began to manufacture robotic armies, to defend Thurnoom against any of the terrestrials from the outer moons the Jovians may unleash. This would divide the solar system, leaving Thurn the undisputed masters of the Inner Planets. With such a large force the Thurn were confident in their imminent success. This Hubris was their undoing.<br />
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Around the time the Roman Empire was falling, another great empire on the rise was falling as well. <br />
The Great and Terrible War saw the complete destruction of Thurnoom. The Thurn boast they destroyed their own planet, better to spread defenses to keep the Inner Planets safe, but many believe it was the full might of the Jovians unleashed in anger at the Thurn rebellion. But still others speculate that it was another rebellion: that of the Psylons who served the Thurn. It may be that the Psylons were responsible for destroying the planet. Why? To ensure their own freedom? To revenge themselves upon their makers? Or perhaps, as some hope, to offer protection for the Inner Planets? We can not know, and if the Psylons know, they are not saying. <br />
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Today, the Thurn are a shadow of their former power. They are hunted by the races of Barsoom, but remain relatively safe in their strongly defended underground cities. Their most recent attempt to build a new center of power for themselves, the Tripod Invasion of Earth, was not successful. Some say this successful defense of Earth, with it's rapid progress in technology was due to donations of technology and weapons by the Psylons. If true, does this mean they are friends to mankind? Or is there more, unknown, in a grand plan yet to be unveiled? </div>
Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-77177187371066389962013-11-07T19:40:00.000-08:002013-11-07T19:40:36.027-08:00Legionaries of the Suzerainty of Phorus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Seems like a long time since my last update. I've been trying to navigate through a bureaucratic beseigement by Vogons in real life. But I did find a bit of time to paint some more pleasant aliens, and having emerged through the maze I'll present them to you now.<br />
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In the last update I introduced the Suzerainty of Phorus, one of the powers in the Planets in Peril setting.<br />
I now have 15 Phori painted. These were a lot of fun to paint.<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-42657639565678992642013-11-03T01:32:00.000-07:002013-11-03T01:40:12.465-08:00Officers of the Suzerainty of Phorus : Conversion W.I.P. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been compiling ideas for the timeline and various worlds for <i>Planets in Peril</i> for.. well, years now.<br />
One thing I've always enjoyed about the gaming hobby, in minis wargaming and RPGs before that is 'world building'. Creating a setting is just great fun. So creating multiple worlds is even more fun. <br />
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Eventually I'll organize it and present it. Quickly speaking, it begins in the early twentieth century and progresses several decades. It is unashamedly inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a touch of Wells and who knows what else pulled on my neurons to make a stamp here and there, along with some original ideas I would hope. The nice thing about a Burroughs-concept of the solar system is it is rich, fertile ground for crafting worlds. If there is a rock out there orbiting the Sun then it's worthy of populating, hard science be damned.<br />
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Despite wars and conflicts our inner planets are comparatively safe, because the outer planets are dominated by the Jovian Overlords: shadowy powers who's purpose in using terrestrial races as pawns are unfathomable. There are many races under their sway already, on the large rocky moons of the Gas Giants. One of the more formidable powers is the Suzerainty of Phorus, located on Enceladus, orbiting Saturn.<br />
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The Suzerainty is an old and byzantine culture, steeped in martial tradition. Their pride runs deep, many of their citizens do not know that the Jovians are in fact living beings, believing them to be the spirits of dead Suzerains of the past. Phorusian legions are anything but an uncommon sight in the worlds past the asteroid belt. <br />
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Since Suzerainty troops might be numerous foes in some scenarios I picked up three sets of 5-man squads from CP Models. When I saw these minis I loved them instantly. Quirky and Odd: just my style. I've always loved prehistoric 'Terror Birds' so the minis of what might be an evolved sentient race of them was something I couldn't resist. I knew I'd want some terrestrial races for the Outer Planets, but hadn't decided what they'd be... but now I have the first one set and starting to decide details on their culture and history, as you see from above.<br />
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A set of 5 minis comes with 4 riflemen and a leader, to create more variety I converted the 3 leaders: 1 commander and 2 lesser officers. The commander I just made a helmet and the others I removed the sword and gave them force halberds. And that's that. Here they are:<br />
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These three and 12 riflemen make 15 that are primed and ready to start painting. <br />
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And yes, some of these large moons are still pretty small, especially compared to a planet like Earth.<br />
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Take the Phorusians' world of Enceladus, seen here to scale:<br />
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A small world. but considering it has no oceans, but plenty of ice & lakes beneath the surface, there is still plenty of land for a formidable power to call home. Considering how much of the Earth was under the power of the island in the picture above, I think the Suzerainty should not be quickly dismissed. </div>
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-14413125064528574252013-11-01T10:16:00.001-07:002013-11-01T10:16:35.712-07:00Pulp Sci-Fi Robot Centurions : Painted Hydra Miniatures Robots<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you've visited here more than a few times you have probably realized that I have some pretty eclectic tastes in miniatures projects. Sure, there is a lot of Blood Bowl.. I want to get my 24 teams and I am always tempted by a new theme team in Blood Bowl, but I also get tempted by a lot of small projects and often the odd theme or less common game speaks to me the loudest. Earlier in the year I was doing a lot for my Prehistoric Pulp project, and I will be returning to it. I've also wanted to get several very small skirmish teams for Pulp Sci-Fi, which my Crew of the Starship Drowsy Wombat can be split into a couple of. <br />
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I've had what might be a breakthrough in the idea for the rules for the pulp skirmish games. The Prehistory & Sci-fi could both work with the same rule set. I'll have to play test it, but if it works and is fun, then it could be a fun system that would allow for about anything to play against anything. So maybe in the not too-distant future I'll get a chance to test the rules out and can report on that.<br />
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In the meantime, here is a team of The Robot Legion. I'm toying with calling them Psylon Centurions.<br />
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In the game I'm planning, 4 robots of this size & durability is plenty for a team.<br />
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I love the 1950's retro future feel of these miniatures. They are from Hydra Miniatures.<br />
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They are quite tall. Here is the Robot leader next to my Captain Vok, from Reaper Miniatures. <br />
Granted, the Reaper alien is a bit short compared to a typical human, but you can see the size difference.<br />
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I didn't realize how large their minis were until they arrived. More like 32mm than 28mm. But that makes the robots even more imposing and alien. And when I paint the Valkeeri their larger size will be perfect for the 'Amazons of Venus' style warriors. <br />
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And just for fun, here was the inspiration for the robots' color scheme:<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-85408235290423223372013-10-31T11:05:00.001-07:002013-10-31T11:05:47.357-07:00Happy Halloween! A Trick & Some Treats<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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By far the coolest holiday, I had to wish everyone a Happy Halloween. If you don't have the tradition in your country, it is pretty much isolated to countries that trace back to those islands off the upper left hand side of Europe, then why not import it? If McDonalds can be brought to India, then certainly Halloween can find a home anywhere. Costumes & Monsters & Candy: what's not to love? Plus it's a holiday that is focused on the night... not many of those around. So unleash your favorite costume, and if you're young enough, have a kid, or maybe if you're just short enough, go demand candy from the neighbors ;) </div>
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Easier than pie perfect animal eye:</div>
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This is a trick that is simple and effective. One of the things most commonly complained about by people trying to paint miniatures is painting eyes. I have seen people get so obsessed with trying to get eyes right that they continue the typical 'dark almond shape, smaller light almond inside, dark dot/line inside' style on <i>everything with eyes</i>. That might be ok for humans but relax! Most animals don't have eyes like humans, with all that white showing. Not long ago I saw a picture of some horses, a whole unit of cav, and every horse had these awkward almond whites for eyes. I don't want to seem mean by showing a picture of them, not trying to 'shame' anyone, my only purpose is to remind people that it is easy to get stuck in a pattern & assumption, and sometimes those assumptive patterns are neither effective or worth the increased work & strain. </div>
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For most animals just paint the eye black and add a small reflective dot. Don't use white by the way. I almost never use white, it is far too bright. A small dot of off white like P3 Menoth White or Reaper Linen is fine. The Ape above's reflective dot isn't done in white but it looks white because it's the lightest color on the piece. And that's it! Takes all of 3 seconds and looks right if I say so myself. </div>
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If you have problems with human eyes you can do something similar.. go with that dark almond shape (don't use black! A brown is best unless you're going for the 1920's starlet or modern goth look) and add a dot of light to one corner, and repeat for the other eye, now the person is looking to one side. Much easier than looking straight ahead! A great compromise if you're not confident about your brush control or have a whole bench full of eyes to do. </div>
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My house is fresh out of goodies, but some of the neighbors are giving things away...</div>
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Monty's Caravan is spilling out goods <a href="http://montys-caravan.blogspot.com/2013/10/50000-hits-raffle-part-2.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://montys-caravan.blogspot.com/2013/10/50000-hits-raffle-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a>. He's past 50,000 views, so go view some more and see about some prizes! </div>
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Loki's <a href="http://napoleonicwargamingadventures.blogspot.com/2013/10/lokis-200-followers-competition.html" target="_blank">Great Hall</a> has a Jack-O-Lantern set out, so go up to the door and demand Treats, and don't let that Viking costume scare you. He's celebrating cramming in 200 followers into his Hall, so if there is room for all of them, surely there is room for more. </div>
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The Dungeon Dwellers Chaos Pact Blood Bowl team is finished and ready to fly off to Europe.<br />
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A client of mine is planning to attend the Dungeon Bowl Blood Bowl tournament in Dusseldorf Germany next year. I went this year, and had a great time. The only potential snag for it though is that since it is held in a Games Workshop location, only GW minis are allowed. Setting aside all the feelings that tends to bring up, the biggest problem was he didn't have a team with GW minis! Yes, GW has let their interest in Blood Bowl wane to the point that it's more likely people will have teams made of other miniatures than of GW. So he needed a legal team.<br />
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But not just any team. The last Blood Bowl minis GW produced was near around 15 years ago? So a lot of people have the GW teams, or at least have seen them, and often, for the last 20 years. He wanted something unique. We tossed some ideas around, and then it struck me that since this was the <i>Dungeon </i>Bowl, what about a team that is <i>defending</i> the dungeon? It is their home. This lead to some ideas that finally settled into a 'dark, sinister dungeon dwellers with a bit of disturbing tech': the Dark Eldar line being ideal and the Chaos Pact roster, with a variety of monsters being the ideal vector to bring them to life.<br />
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The big draw of a Chaos Pact team is its three big guys!<br />
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The Dark Eldar Talos kit came with a lot of extras to donate to his buddies.</div>
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Next is the three small fellows, the Renegades:<br />
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They are just linemen on their respected teams, but out of that element and working together they are special.</div>
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The Skaven's armor seemed to go very well with the aesthetic of the Dark Eldar.</div>
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Since Marauders can have mutations, I gave them a lot: 2 Claws, Big hand, 2 Tentacles...</div>
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-24098611653632653192013-10-28T20:16:00.001-07:002013-10-28T20:18:19.172-07:00Tokens for Dungeon Dwellers Blood Bowl Team<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The last three updates were part of a 'Guess the Project' style that I do now and then. <br />
Pryn was the first to pinpoint the exact project type: a Chaos Pact Blood Bowl Team.<br />
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You can check out the last three updates to see the Troll, Ogre & Minotaur, or 'Talostaur' as I've been calling him. I am a big fan of the Chaos Pact team in Blood Bowl. Not only is it a fun team to play.. who doesn't like three big guys? but it has a lot of interesting potential with all the mutation access. Maybe best of all though is how open to theme the roster is. I have a lot of different ideas for Chaos Pact teams of different types. My own is a Narnia theme team, but I have another idea that I may make at some point.<br />
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In the meantime, this team's theme is 'dark sinister dungeon dwellers'. That being the case I figured a set of dungeon trap doors would make a good set of tokens.<br />
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I made these with that in mind:<br />
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I can imagine secret trap doors opening and a thin pale hand reaching out to trip an opposing player, or nudge the ball closer to a dwellers team mate to explain the 're-roll' concept.<br />
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More on the team soon, they are almost finished.<br />
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In the meantime, here are the three amigos from the last few updates together:<br />
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I liked the idea of tying the disparate monsters together by their armor, but with different main colors.<br />
All the skin is paler than normal for their species though, to show how they live their life in the dungeon away from any sunlight.<br />
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-62000563904700652722013-10-27T10:46:00.002-07:002013-10-27T10:46:22.480-07:00Bio-Mechanical Beastie : guess the project round three<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You've seen a Troll with a mechanical arm. <br />
You've seen an Ogre with mechanical tentacles.<br />
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This beast is more machine than animal, having just some flesh showing within it's metal mass.<br />
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What is he? </div>
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What is his purpose? How does he fit in with the other two?</div>
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There have been some close guesses so far, but the exact project remains elusive.</div>
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Laughing Ferrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649878935225675051noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908489055542103460.post-22797150680721775952013-10-25T22:01:00.001-07:002013-10-25T22:01:31.460-07:00Ogre with Mechanical Tentacles: guess the project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Some interesting guesses from the Troll. Let's throw another hint into the mix:<br />
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