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Miniatures Adventure => Other Adventures => Topic started by: Hammers on January 30, 2008, 03:44:36 PM
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A foretaste of a more than usual whimsical project I am working on:
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/Showcase/Dowager_Duchess_with_Castor_and_Pollux.JPG)
The Club's current Protectress, Lady Louise Scotlass-Dough, Dowager Duchess of Nutherland, with her English Foxhounds Castor and Pollux.
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Lovely stuff Hammers :D Everything is spot on, I Particularly like the long grass. :)
However the grass is hiding her Wellington boots, so I cannot see if she is wearing green or blue Hunters :lol:
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Wow, this looks good - and quite a different sort of project too :) :)
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Like it a lot. You're full of ideas 8)
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Great tartan on the skirt and patterns on the doggies. But I'd stay away from milady! She probably also smokes a pipe and has heads on the wall.
"An' that one's a Cape Buffalo ah shot on safarrrri. An' that's Laird MacGonagle, with the wanderrrin' hands. Shot him on my nineteenth, ah did."
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Great tartan on the skirt and patterns on the doggies. But I'd stay away from milady! She probably also smokes a pipe and has heads on the wall.
"An' that one's a Cape Buffalo ah shot on safarrrri. An' that's Laird MacGonagle, with the wanderrrin' hands. Shot him on my nineteenth, ah did."
:lol: I will quote you on that eventually.
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I love it. Where did the mini come from? Can you tell us more about what the project is about?
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I love it. Where did the mini come from? Can you tell us more about what the project is about?
The mini is a Not Queen Elizabeth II, listed as "Lizzy", I think, at Hasslefree. I don't know where the mutts are from. Had them for ages.
The rest you will hear about eventually if you, as they say, stay tuned.
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Lovely stuff Hammers :D Everything is spot on, I Particularly like the long grass. :)
However the grass is hiding her Wellington boots, so I cannot see if she is wearing green or blue Hunters :lol:
They are actually black wellies. I went back a bit to see what they would look like in the 30ies.
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Another member of the venerable Club:
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/Showcase/Col_Marbles_with_Potiphar.JPG)
Colonel Marbles with his pug Potiphar.
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Like the asylum minis, excellent stuff! Love the bases for Marbles and the pug - how did you do them?
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This is brilliant! :lol: Excellently painted too.
So is the idea to find dogs that look like their owners? The Col and Potiphar ceratinly bear a resemblance to one another.
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Like the asylum minis, excellent stuff! Love the bases for Marbles and the pug - how did you do them?
They are 25mm washers. The pug washer was cut and filed into a cresent shape so it fit around the Col's base. I've done that with several dog bases to make them stand closer to their masters.
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Nice work Peder - love the dogs 8)
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I say, those are cracking! The paint job on the pug really strikes my fancy.
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This is brilliant! :lol: Excellently painted too.
Thanks!
So is the idea to find dogs that look like their owners?
No, not really.
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Great tartan on the skirt and patterns on the doggies. But I'd stay away from milady! She probably also smokes a pipe and has heads on the wall.
"An' that one's a Cape Buffalo ah shot on safarrrri. An' that's Laird MacGonagle, with the wanderrrin' hands. Shot him on my nineteenth, ah did."
Yeah, those you can get from Mega Miniatures :wink:
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Yeah, those you can get from Mega Miniatures :wink:
No, I am pretty certain none of the foxhounds is from MM.
This one is.
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DukeOfNutherlandsMonimaskitKennelClub/RH_Sir_Poore-Lyer_with_Rocket.jpg)
The Right Honorable Sir John Poore-Lyer with his Smooth Haired Dachshund Rocket.
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:love:
Hammers, I love your sense of style and great paint jobs. Those dogs are very life like, and their owners spot on.
All that is lacking is Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. :)
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very nice!
Who makes the smooth haired dog? It seems a lot a dog I had... :)
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Fantastic - have to admit Rocket is my favourite so far :) :) :)
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Yeah, those you can get from Mega Miniatures :wink:
Gropey Scotsmen? I need to pay more attention to their release announcements! :D
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Ok, here it is, and I am probably sticking my neck out a bit, since most Lead Adventurers seem to be cat people. Anyway, I put this together because I simply have a thing for painting dogs. i have for quite a long time tried to collect as many different breeds as possible. Now I thought I'd display them with miniatures I have painted but not displayed before. Thus came the Duke of Nutherland Kennel Club of Monimasket. The fluff is just there for, well, fluff. I may or may not write more of it for all the members.
http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/index.htm (http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/index.htm)
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Hammershield_with_Canine.jpg)
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Man, you sure paints up some purty figures.
Sometimes this place inspires me to strive for greatness. Other times it makes me just want to jack it all in and find a new hobby. Those are too beautiful. I'm going to go and chuck all mine into a skip.
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...says the man who writes the Battle Reports of the Gods. :-)
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that's so awesome, Hammers, thumbs up, another great idea for a bunch of minis!
unfortunately follow club members dont work (pics, I mean):
Leutenant Cholmondly-Warner with Spot the Russel terrier.
Monsieur Poirot with his Chihuahua Paquito
Especially would like to see the Poirot :)
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Oh, well done, Hammershield! :lol: What a great collection of madmen!
You have to do a miniature comic/battle report with them. You've made them too rich and characterful not to do this!
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...says the man who writes the Battle Reports of the Gods. :-)
Yes, I said that. But what I actually did was go and paint some figures for half an hour. :)
Poirot works for me, it's only Cholmondly-Warner that's AWOL here.
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Fucking FrontPage...
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Fucking FrontPage...
Real men use Joomla and PHP. Elven site-smiths use Dreamweaver and ColdFusion. The Dwarves make their sites in emacs or vi, then upload using ftp scripts.
Only the forces of Mordor place their trust in FrontPage.
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Yeah, those you can get from Mega Miniatures :wink:
No, I am pretty certain none of the foxhounds is from MM.
This one is.
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DukeOfNutherlandsMonimaskitKennelClub/RH_Sir_Poore-Lyer_with_Rocket.jpg)
The Right Honorable Sir John Poore-Lyer with his Smooth Haired Dachshund Rocket.
No, I meant the wall trophies! They have some in their Dungeon Decor line, all humanoid heads on wall plaques :lol:
Guess one of those could be made into a Laird by adding a greenstuff bonnet, and maybe a monocle :roll:
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The first pair of dogs are old Grenadier dogs that originally accompanied a Nick Lund Ranger figure in a blister pack.
This is an excellent set of figures, well done!
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Anyway, Ltn Cholmondly-Warner is back on duty.
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Great stuff there, Dr Watson and Hound look especially great.
The Dwarves make their sites in emacs or vi, then upload using ftp scripts.
:mrgreen: I get to be a Dwarf.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to work I go. :)
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Only the forces of Mordor place their trust in FrontPage.
Yep, that's me :lol:
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Ok, here it is, and I am probably sticking my neck out a bit, since most Lead Adventurers seem to be cat people.
I do have a cat, but only reason for not having a dog also, is the fact that I live in a rented house :wink:
Anyway, I put this together because I simply have a thing for painting dogs.
Really? You can paint some of mine, if you like?! :P
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I'm sure the club members know this page:
http://www.cafepress.com/dogs_of_war/601399
A picture:
(http://www.obeythepurebreed.com/images/dachshund_poster2_lg.gif)
:D
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Another boy and his dog:
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Gunter_Freiherr_von_Fitzenstrahl_mit_Brunette.jpg)
Günther, Frieherr von Fitzenstrahl with his Schäferhunde "Brunette".
von Fitzenstrahl is the Cultural Attaché at the German Embassy in London but regularely rents a house in Monimasket during the festival season to be at a convenient distance to Edinburgh. There he promotes seminares on Dresden porcelain and Blackforrest cuckoo clocks.
As an old horseman himself (5th Preussia Totenkopf Regiment), he is a popular guest at the Scots Greys officers club at Edinburgh castle. A keen amatuer photographer, he has always seen taking pictures of his officer friends and the castle surroundings.
Through his regimental contacts he has gained guest membership in DoNKCoM with his Alsatian Brunette.
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By the way, August von Mackensen must be the coolest looking officer serving during WWI:
(http://uhlan.chez-alice.fr/zimages/mackensen1-tete.gif)
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By the way, August von Mackensen must be the coolest looking officer serving during WWI:
(http://uhlan.chez-alice.fr/zimages/mackensen1-tete.gif)
Bonus 'Crazy Hat' points for him. :lol:
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I want a fuzzy hat with a skull on the front. :)
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I want a fuzzy hat with a skull on the front. :)
I want a fig with a fuzzy hat with a skull on front.... I would buy that!
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I want a fuzzy hat with a skull on the front. :)
I want a fig with a fuzzy hat with a skull on front.... I would buy that!
Every German pulp force should have one. Imagine a unit of them :love: 8) :lol:
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Guess he was an officer of the 'black hussars' (I do not remember the name of the regiment)?
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von Mackensen's "home" regiment was the Preussian 1st "Totenkopf" Hussar regiment.
Apparently it all started with the death of the Duke of Wolfenbuttel. His whole regiment change colors to black and put a big silver deaths head on their caps to honor him. The idea caught on and other hussar and ulan regiments did the same.
Romanitc? Macabre?
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Romanitc? Macabre?
How about AWESOME! :lol:
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How about AWESOME! :lol:
What ? Hammershield's imagination ? :wink:
The idea of the Kennel club of Monimasket was pure genius, but it's [very] more* impressive to had a new member each week...
meow,
Matt
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The idea of the Kennel club of Monimasket was pure genius
seconded! That was my first VERY GREAT inspiration of this year. Now in my opinion every wargamer needs his own club. At least I need one. And I will have one. You will see :-)
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I think I have at least ten new members of the club to make known to the public in the near future. I try to show them at a comfortable speed.
A few teasers:
Brigadier (ret.) Sir Carlos Plynkes, GBE, VC, GCSI, LoH (France), OoE (Denmark) etc., etc., formerly of the Brecknock and Radnorshire, formerly of the KAR... and the honorary Rottweiler "Buster".
Herr Kohl and his doberman pincher bitch "Schmetterling" aka. "Schmetty".
Mr Lucifer Box and the Pit Yorkshire Terrier "Precious".
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What is an "honorary" Rottweiler? :?:
I agee with the other comments - you came up with a very fun theme to play with. I'm boggled there are that many dog minis on the market.
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I think I have at least ten new members of the club to make known to the public in the near future. I try to show them at a comfortable speed.
A few teasers:
Brigadier (ret.) Sir Carlos Plynkes, GBE, VC, GCSI, LoH (France), OoE (Denmark) etc., etc., formerly of the Brecknock and Radnorshire, formerly of the KAR... and the honorary Rottweiler "Buster".
Herr Kohl and his doberman pincher bitch "Schmetterling" aka. "Schmetty".
Mr Lucifer Box and the Pit Yorkshire Terrier "Precious".
Order of the Elephant is only ever given to heads-of-state. He might have gotten the Grand Commander Cross of the Order of Dannebrog, though :twisted:
EDIT: I seem to have a new forum-title.... guess that means, I have to find another avatar....
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Brigadier (ret.) Sir Carlos Plynkes, GBE, VC, GCSI, LoH (France), OoE (Denmark) etc., etc., formerly of the Brecknock and Radnorshire, formerly of the KAR... and the honorary Rottweiler "Buster".
Order of the Elephant is only ever given to heads-of-state. He might have gotten the Grand Commander Cross of the Order of Dannebrog, though :twisted:...
Sir Carlos obviously was and exception. Don't ask me why, I didn't give it to him. King Kristian X may have been drunk that day or something.
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Sir Carlos obviously was and exception. Don't ask me why, I didn't give it to him.
No doubt he was walking through the palace and saw one lying on the mantlepiece. Very softly, he asked: "Does this belong to anyone? No? Any objections if I take it?"
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Not that it seems to be nescessary to be very respectable to get it, even Ceaucescu had one.....
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Sir Carlos obviously was and exception. Don't ask me why, I didn't give it to him.
No doubt he was walking through the palace and saw one lying on the mantlepiece. Very softly, he asked: "Does this belong to anyone? No? Any objections if I take it?"
Sounds very much like another Flashman type. Mind you, I'd always suspected that was the case........ :lol:
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Sir Carlos obviously was and exception. Don't ask me why, I didn't give it to him.
No doubt he was walking through the palace and saw one lying on the mantlepiece. Very softly, he asked: "Does this belong to anyone? No? Any objections if I take it?"
You are a bottomlesss well of plausible scenarios, Pete. Of course that is what happened!
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I was thinking more in the direction of Sir Carlos being secretly employed by the Danish court to bring forth the poll that brought back part of Slesvig (Schleswig) to Denmark in 1920 (as a result of Germany losing WWI)....
EDIT: And it's called a referendum, of course...
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This whole thing is one of the neatest ideas ever, and furthermore, expertly executed.
You have to do a little hunting lodge or country estate for them to hang out in. And of course, on the grounds somewhere, a group of cultists is trying to excavate some hideous artifact. The whole place is criss crossed with ley lines and psyshic energies, which may account for the exceptional behavior of the dogs that begin to display an uncanny telepathic bond with their owners and an unusual intelligence.
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This whole thing is one of the neatest ideas ever, and furthermore, expertly executed.
Well, thank you. The funny thing is I never planned for it to be background material for a campaign. I've been buying dogs from various manufacturers (Mirlition, Obelisk, GW, Eureka, Mithril, Copplestone, RAFM, Reaper, Dixon...) and thought pairing them with owners was a good way to finish and display a portion of my lead pile.
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I have updated the club records with a few new members, among which this fellow emerges:
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/LuciferBoxAndPrecious.jpg)
Mr. Lucifer Box and the Yorkshie Terrier "Precious".
Unfortunately the pics are worse than usual and I have not gotten to do the fluff yet.
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Buster is an 'honorary' Rottweiler because he is a cat.
And while not a head of state, I darn well ought to be, as I have true blue Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha blood coursing through my veins. Curse those Mountbatten-Windsor imposters for denying me my rightful throne! Even the prof recognises this. Just look at my LAF title! Well, there is the small matter of alleged bastardy somewhere back down the line on Prince Bertie's part. But it's only alleged, mind. Lost records and all that. The Nazis destroyed the relevant archives in Germany during the war just to spite me, and the Luftwaffe bombed the ones in London. So it's difficult to check.
That reminds me, it's time I visited my estates in Thüringen. I've been to Bayern (lovely part of the world) to check out the family holdings there, but I've never been to Thüringen. Is it nice?
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Buster is an 'honorary' Rottweiler because he is a cat.
That's right! And here he is:
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/SirCarlosPlynkesWithBuster.jpg)
Brigadier (ret.) Sir Carlos Plynkes and "Buster" upon which the DNKCM has bestowed the title 'honorary Rottweiler' to get arround the fact that he is, indeed, a cat.
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Bravo!
Buster is nearby, sleeping on the comfy chair in the corner of the computer room (by the radiator) right now, and I don't want to disturb his much-needed rest. But I will show it to him when he awakens.
Good job there. Tie should be blue and yellow really, but you can't be blamed for that, as all the source materials available to the public are in black and white.
Nice one, Hammers. :)
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At last, a fine creature 8) 8) 8)
Three cheers for the pussweiler 8)
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...Tie should be blue and yellow really, but you can't be blamed for that, as all the source materials available to the public are in black and white.
Oh. My apologies. I went with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers regimental tie which allegedly looks like this:
(http://www.collectors.demon.co.uk/StockPhotos/Ties/army/striped/r-welsh-fus-stripe.jpg)
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Of course, I had quite forgotten that I owned one of those. I had the RSM in a headlock for over an hour before he would agree to surrender his tie.
(I needed it to get into a dance with a rather finicky dress code. You had to have a proper regimental tie, not one from a blatantly fictional regiment such as the Brecknock and Radnorshire Workhouse Pals.)
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check this out
http://www.sdforum.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10009
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Flippin' copycats. Let's all go over to the Steve Dean site and chuck mud at their nice clean windows.
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Now now, let's not do anything hasty. We must plan this carefully...
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When Sir Charles rallied to the King he took his dogs with him.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2324011935_4c4a49852f_m.jpg)
First attempt at photographing my figures but umptreenth attempt to get them on here. How do I make the photo bigger, I wonder?
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Prince Maurice sought directions from the shepherd. The sheep carried on regardless.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/2325115980_bcb88fe6f1_m.jpg)
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Dear Duke of thä Nutherländs.
I am Heinrich von Plauchstichel and am olso a Duke äs like ju. I live wis my treue dog Pauline in thä wäll noun land Preussen on mei riel lardge farm. We arr breeding Affen for thä dschermän militärry for samm fery siekret weppon.
Fe dont nou fere this Monimasket is, but fe wonted tu nou if fe kän becamm a memmba of djur clab.
Ju will of corse be wellcamm to fisit as hier on thä farm.
Sänk ju ferri matsch,
Herzog Heinrich von Plauchstichel
(http://www.mini-universe.de/Darkest%20Africa/slides/Affenbande056_edited.JPG)
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Dear Duke of thä Nutherländs.
I am Heinrich von Plauchstichel and am olso a Duke äs like ju. I live wis my treue dog Pauline in thä wäll noun land Preussen on mei riel lardge farm. We arr breeding Affen for thä dschermän militärry for samm fery siekret weppon.
I got that far before I spat coffee on my computer. No really. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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yeah, what a heroic performance :D
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Buster is an 'honorary' Rottweiler because he is a cat.
That's right.And here he is:
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/SirCarlosPlynkesWithBuster.jpg)
Brigadier (ret.) Sir Carlos Plynkes and "Buster" upon which the DNKCM has bestowed the title 'honorary Rottweiler' to get arround the fact that he is, indeed, a cat.
Hi Peder,
Lovely touch of class there - Bravo 8)
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Dear Duke of thä Nutherländs.
I am Heinrich von Plauchstichel and am olso a Duke äs like ju. I live wis my treue dog Pauline in thä wäll noun land Preussen on mei riel lardge farm. We arr breeding Affen for thä dschermän militärry for samm fery siekret weppon.
The dog looks appropriately weirded out to be surrounded by baboons!
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I have decided to scrap the old web page for the Kennel Club. It was written i Front Page and really not worth maintaining nor upgrading.
The once missing from this thread, as far as I can tell are the following:
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Daedalus_Tighe_and_Harry.jpg)
"Accountant" Mr Daedalus Tighe with his bull terrier Harry, on the lookout outside Derby Stadium for customers falling short on their annuals.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Cptn_Spaulding_w_Ruff.jpg)
Captain Spaulding and his Great Dane 'Ruff'
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/DameCholmondleyWarnerWithDougieAndBrennan.jpg)
Dame Cholmondley Warner with her mastiffs Dougie and Brennan outside St. Sybil's of Monimaskit Home for the Mentally Unsound.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Dr_Watson_and_Toby.jpg)
Dr Watson and Toby
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/HerrSchmerzAndSchmetti.jpg)
Herr Schmerz, London 1938 cultural attaché and his doberman Schmetti.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/LadyApolloniaScotlass.jpg)
Lady Apollonia Scotlass and her Old English Sheepdog Rufus, strolling across the moors.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Little_Elisabeth_with_Attila.jpg)
Little Elisabeth with her dearest friend Attila the Hound, cross breed.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Ltn_Cholmondly_Warner_with_Spot.jpg)
Ltn Cholmondly-Warner and his Russel terrier 'Spot' on the NWF.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Mess_Poire_with_Geronimo.jpg)
Monsieur Poire and his Chihuahua 'Paquito'.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/MissScotlassWithRose.jpg)
Miss Charlese Scotlass with her bitch bulldog 'Rose'.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/MissTrixieMarblesWithValentino.jpg)
Miss Trixie Marbles and Valentino, Standard poodle.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Murray_and_Joseph.jpg)
Mr Murray and Joseph with the coonhounds "Sherman" and "Lee".
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/RH_Sir_PooreLyer_with_Rocket.jpg)
The Right Honorable Sir John Poore-Lyer with his Smooth Haired Dachshund "Rocket".
Sir John, once know for his relentlessness as Lord Advocate, from which he has retired and is now spending most of his time rabbiting and generally patrolling his estate with his champion dachshund "Rocket". The dog seems to have picked up a few tricks from his master because the Right Honorable maintains that Rocket once chased a trespassing Irish tinkerer down a badger hole.
Sir John's cousins, the Poore-Shottes of Lower Maurall, has been overheard saying "...the old b***er is more likely to have shot the poor tinker with his Purdey and then had him dug down in the grounds."
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Sir_James_Penycuik_with_Nuliajuk.jpg)
Sir James Penycuik with his Siberian husky "Nuliajuk"
Sir James, famous son of Monimasket and celebrated geologist and explorer, recently disappeared during an expedition to northern Greenland. The bitch husky Nuliajuk, a steadfast companion of Sir James, was found close to the abandoned research camp sporting no less than seven leg-like appendages and a growth on her back with an extraordinarily liknes to the facial features of her owner. The animal, previously reported to have been most good natured, deplorably had to be put down after her rescue due to a newly developed and excessive aggressiveness. The veterinarian involved suspected rabies of some more virulent kind, which seems confirmed by the fact that after a bite from the condemned animal the good doctor has been institutionalized for developing insanity and, in fact, a second head.
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/SirWinstonBlackDog.jpg)
Sir Winston and his Black Dog
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(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/TheLateDukeOfNutherlandAndSpot.jpg)
Lord Hugh, late Duke of Nutherland with "Fluffy" (breed unknown) and his favorite toy, the tenant.
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Ahh. one of my favourite threads back from the grave at least, thanks a lot, Hammers! Perhaps a new team here from time to time? :P
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Ahh. one of my favourite threads back from the grave at least, thanks a lot, Hammers! Perhaps a new team here from time to time? :P
Yes, I have one in the pipeline. That's why I moved the pics here. That web page looked awful and I don't want to refactor it.
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What a fantastic collection 8)
Missed this first time round and no wonder, it was ten years ago lol
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I should reshoot them, if I can be bothered to. They photos are rather fuzzy.
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You are a mad genius Sir ... thanks so much for rebooting this beauty :)
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May I present the statute which the grateful members of the Duke of Nutherland Kennel Club of Monimasket erected to commemorate its founder and benefactor.
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Nutherland2.jpg)
This pieces was meant to be entered in the Age of Big Batallion Paint Club but as things are these day I could not mustert the time to complete it before the PC ran out.
Below you see a photograph of the state in which this equestrian magnificens is most often found. Those goddamn students of the University of Monimasket just can't leave his lordship alone during haze week, midterms and any other occasion they take as an excuse to drink themselves into a stupor and behave as cretins. Complaints have been made repeatedly by the club board to the Dean.
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Nutherland3.jpg)
Hannibal is the name of his grace's faithful Great Dane and his effigy has been cast in bronze for posterity beside his master.
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Nutherland4.jpg)
The foundation of the statue was cut from pink foam and foam board . It wasthen clad in epoxy putty and textured. The posts are made from miniature brass ship cannons (Billing Boats) with a cannonball on top made from lead shot pellet . They are linked with miniature ship chain. Brass parts were painted in an appropriate verdigris.
(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/DNKCM/images/Nutherland1.jpg)
The rider is a miniature of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton as he appeared in his civilian clothes at Waterloo. I believe the sculptor is Paul Hicks but I can't remember who makes it. I got it years go just for this purpose, because that is just the kind of weird I am. The pooch is Hamlet from Hasslefree miniatures. I though he looks suitably heroic for a statue.
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Lovely little build, so much character 8)
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Nice revival! :-*
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Love this thread, love to see you back at it