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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: W.B.Kurgan on March 09, 2007, 10:30:43 AM
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More previews from Artizan Design!
Boffins & Secretary (with purse!)
(http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8332/4511wh4.jpg)
:love: :mrgreen:
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We were intending to release these with lots more in a couple of weeks but we've decided to make them available later today.
Oh, and we've renamed the group of them to " Depertment of Paranornal Studies" :-)
After we've released some WWII & Plains Infantry packs late next week we'll be releasing a new batch of Thrilling Tales ( I have no idea what they are though, but Mike tells me to expect another 9 or so )
Dylan
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Here are another three to add to my ever growing Thrilling Tales shopping list, great stuff!
The chap on the end has a nice Colonel Marbles look about him. :)
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Nice figures!
Dylan - any chance of some Rifle Brigade chaps? (see comic I posted earlier)
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And some brownshirt Nazi's?
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While Thrilling Tales requests are on the go, how about some French Resistance girls in Beret and Trenchcoat? :)
I think I need to point out that God wants it.
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The chap on the end has a nice Colonel Marbles look about him. :)
I thought he looked like a young Patrick Moore! :lol:
(http://www.nndb.com/people/543/000026465/sir-patrick-moore-hs.jpg)
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You're right, now I'll need to find him a 1:56 scale xylophone. :)
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Man, those are some great boffins. And I'll bet their secretary has her hands full keeping them on time for their appointments, not offending the grant agencies, and keeping them from being abducted from the Gefliegentersaucen Abteilung.
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I´m blushing with virtual and IRL shame here, but who is this "Boffins" character? I´ve seen him mentioned several times, but apart from the slang term (for a scholarly, out-of-touch-with-reality scientist, IIRC/AFAIK) I wouldn´t know one... any serial character?
:?:
Or are those simply "Boffins", ie generic scientists?
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The original Boffins were the team of British scientists who invented RADAR during WWII.
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"Boffins" is not a person's name. It's a British slang term from World War Two for scientists.
The word has connotations of a slight degree of eccentricity. Barnes Wallis, the Dam Busters' Bouncing Bomb (plus the Tallboy and Grandslam bombs) inventor, could be characterised as a Boffin.
But I am unaware of its use as a character's name.
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And the fig on the left looks suprisingly (?) like Samuel Beckett :
(http://www.irelandliteratureguide.com/samuel_beckett/beckett_barb.jpg)
While Thrilling Tales requests are on the go,
A little bit of highjacking, but what become the long-awaited Senegalese Tirailleurs ?
Meow,
Matt
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Those figures look like they would be great for some type of board game. Maybe clue or something.
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A little bit more on the name 'Boffin'.
The BBC show Balderdash & Piffle, a series about the orgins of strange English words, had a piece about it and their research has been added to the OED, you can see here:
http://www.oed.com/bbcwordhunt/boffin.html
It's now used as a general term for scientist or inventor.
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The word has connotations of a slight degree of eccentricity.
Well, there's some fine Anglo-Saxon understatement for you! :lol: The boffins were mad, entirely mad, and the stereotypical boffin of literature is the kind of fellow who can do six-factor integrals in his head, but can't remember to wear socks.
More boffins:
Geoffrey Pyke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Pyke)
Barnes Wallis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_Wallis)
Alan Turing is another classical boffin, and if you've read "Cryptonomicon" then Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse might count, except he's disqualified on the grounds of being American.
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Dam !!! they are cool !!
I must have them AGGGH I get a 50€ packet from Atizan two day ago but it seems that I have to order once again :ro
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After we've released some WWII & Plains Infantry packs late next week we'll be releasing a new batch of Thrilling Tales (I have no idea what they are though, but Mike tells me to expect another 9 or so)
Dylan
I'd wait a week then Grimm - or you'll have another AGGGH I suspect! :lol:
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I must wait a week or my girl will kick my butt :wink:
But I will order more then :wink:
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And some brownshirt Nazi's?
SA and Allgemeine SS would certainly trigger some serious itching in my fingers.... I like Bob Murch's female SS troopers, but they're really an oddity....
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The chap on the left reminds me of Alan Turing a little actually and his secretary is wearing a great period outfit.
Lovely work from Artizan as usual...I do wish they'd stop torturing me with talk of '9 new Thrilling Tales' figures of unknown provenance though!
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Those other figures...any chance of some British spacemen?
Grif
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British spacemen would indeed be nice :-)
The latest work I've managed to sneak a peek at on Mike's desk is a mad german scientist ( With a mask covering half his face aka phantom of the opera)
And I think there might be some female french resistance types coming ( Listen carefully, I shall say this only once...... )
As for the others, they exist only in Mike's mind as yet......
I'll pop in to give you more news as I learn it and I'll try to get early preview pics to you here within a couple of weeks.
Dylan
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And I think there might be some female french resistance types coming ( Listen carefully, I shall say this only once...... )
You're good people and good things will happen to you. :)
If these appear in time I'll order some at the end of the month.
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Now listen carefully, I shall say this only once......
Here's a preview shot of a resistance figure Mike has made.
We're a bit behind with our next pulp release so they wont be out for a good few weeks yet sorry. ( There's a nice mad scientist with a metal faceplate over one side of his face too but it's tooo early to take a photo yet)
(http://www.artizandesigns.com/images/resistance.jpg)
Dylan
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Fantastic! That's exactly what I've been after. :-}=
I was going to order a few more Thrilling Tales bits next week, but now I know to hang on just a little longer.
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:o :o :love: :P that says everything
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Dylan, Do you think Mike may make a couple of male resistance fighters to go along with the ladies? :)
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Dylan, Do you think Mike may make a couple of male resistance fighters to go along with the ladies? :)
One of those had better be an old man disguised as an onion seller (or was it garlic seller?) :D
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I hope he does - lots of potential for stereotypical beret wearing/ cigarette smoking frenchies with onions etc :-)
And I would love to see a fat bar owner too come to think of it. old BBC sitcoms have so much potential dont they ;-) ( Aint half hot mum maybe ?)
All ideas welcome as usual guys.
Dylan
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All ideas welcome as usual guys.
OK then.
I'd really (like REALLY!) like to see a Long Distance Duck messenger miniature!
:D
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As long as the French Resistance keep on coming, I'll be happy.
The Nacht Jager are nice too, and the Fez guys. :)
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Any chance of Dick Dastardly and Mutley in their flying gear?
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Blake and Mortimer-miniatures would also be very cool.
(http://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/beelden/Toppers/JaarTOPpers/BlakeMortimer.jpg)
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Any chance of Dick Dastardly and Mutley in their flying gear?
I'd buy a Dick Dastardly, as long as you do a half body version to fit in a plane too. :)
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I hope he does - lots of potential for stereotypical beret wearing/ cigarette smoking frenchies with onions etc :-)
And I would love to see a fat bar owner too come to think of it. old BBC sitcoms have so much potential dont they ;-) ( Aint half hot mum maybe ?)
All ideas welcome as usual guys.
Dylan
Some of them woud have to be carrying baguettes, too (the long French white bread used for breaking in bits and dipping in café au lait) :lol:
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Speaking of old TV series...how about a few 'Hogan's Heroes' inspired pieces?
Maybe a gangly, balding, monocled Commandant? An overweight camp guard? Certainly some generic POW/downed pilot type figures would be nice (ie. gents in leather bomber jackets). Possibly they could work in with the Resistance figures too...trying to sneak them back through the front to the Allied side and all that.
Although speaking for myself I'd love more Middle Eastern figures. The three suited gun toting ME chaps Artizan already sell are superb. Disha-dasha wearing archeological diggers? But I know Brigade already have a bunch of them...
Ok I'll stop because now I'm just rambling...
Definitely looking forward to the metal face plated Mad Scientist though!