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Title: [Stargrave] Some Ruffians and More Creatures
Post by: gregmita on August 16, 2021, 06:35:15 AM: I painted up some more 3D printed creatures for Stargrave. These are gobbos acting as low level pirates, and some grells as tanglers.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K4TEknxfOgs/YRnwQtJp_jI/AAAAAAAAByw/0zL384tm74MwuBs_oBSiwOUUcWd8N_-mACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Ruffians.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-glc7ggkonP0/YRnwPAPzA7I/AAAAAAAAByg/NJVFc4QoU1cK7YwgyclPuFUa2Is02jnSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Ruffian1.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-daFD4PVhkkc/YRnwPIcsGUI/AAAAAAAAByk/fvDR8Egdu00SjFFraMGS090Ps6fyDt-nwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Ruffian2.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wZEsoBQEyQA/YRnwPgwybFI/AAAAAAAAByo/4Nl71Fh4bhEhz0jYCnvZSBGnsDA-X4P4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Ruffian3.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6o4k76tzHg/YRnwRskiyfI/AAAAAAAABy4/cCymP5unV1AdAiyA7UXGpcoIb4LEM6rgACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Tanglers.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opCDr53xKK4/YRnwRAyvTCI/AAAAAAAABy0/A7-55IM2OqICnG2nkj_Iz892E-cRHrcTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Tangler%2BComparison.jpg)

For more, please see my blog (https://172minis.blogspot.com/2021/08/more-creatures-and-ruffians.html)
Title: Re: [Stargrave] Some Ruffians and More Creatures
Post by: LiamFrostfang on August 17, 2021, 10:04:00 AM: :o nice work!!!!!
Title: Re: [Stargrave] Some Ruffians and More Creatures
Post by: von der Tann on August 17, 2021, 02:13:09 PM: I love the idea of blue goblins. Why didn't I come up with it?
Title: Re: [Stargrave] Some Ruffians and More Creatures
Post by: gregmita on August 18, 2021, 03:11:37 AM: Thanks guys.
I found the blue goblin idea online. There are examples of both fantasy and sci-fi versions.
Title: Re: [Stargrave] Some Ruffians and More Creatures
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on August 18, 2021, 12:34:26 PM: Quote from: von der Tann on August 17, 2021, 02:13:09 PM
I love the idea of blue goblins. Why didn't I come up with it?

Because Cricky Hitchcock invented them first, way back in White Dwarf #12 and then later republished in 1981's Fiend Folio. Mind you, he called them Xvarts for some reason, but they were just blue goblins and we all knew it. :)

Classic flavor:

(https://www.belloflostsouls.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1E-xvart.jpg)

Modern insanity:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQ42dP2V4AA0-nU?format=jpg&name=large)

This has been your Obscure Roleplaying History Moment for the day. :)
Title: Re: [Stargrave] Some Ruffians and More Creatures
Post by: von der Tann on August 20, 2021, 08:24:10 PM: Quote from: Chief Lackey Rich on August 18, 2021, 12:34:26 PM
This has been your Obscure Roleplaying History Moment for the day. :)

And I truly thank you for it, as I had absolutely no idea ... :)
Title: Re: [Stargrave] Some Ruffians and More Creatures
Post by: gregmita on August 20, 2021, 09:57:22 PM: Yes, thanks for that bit of history Chief Lackey Rich. I see pieces of art online but didn't know the origin.
Title: Re: [Stargrave] Some Ruffians and More Creatures
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on August 21, 2021, 02:13:27 PM: Quote from: gregmita on August 20, 2021, 09:57:22 PM
Yes, thanks for that bit of history Chief Lackey Rich. I see pieces of art online but didn't know the origin.

I suspect the origins for a lot of the Fiend Folio monsters involved early White Dwarf writers and rather a lot of hallucinogenic drugs. It would explain things like the flumph and the flail snail if nothing else. :)

Mind you, it wasn't just the Brits who were tripping when they came up with stuff for D&D. As far as I'm concerned this video is canon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6EUjfRTOyo