Snapcase All At Sea!

[Doug ex-em4]

Super monks - very expressive faces. Remind me who makes them?

Now then. Great script to accompany them. As often happens, I don’t recognise the source. I’m guessing Monty Python? Or original Snapcase? If it is, you have a new career waiting for you.

Doug the next time I'm in Herefordshire I would like to pop in and see that portrait.

You’d be very welcome. I believe the entrance fee is quite modest.

Doug

[marco55]

Nice work.Nice to see someone who really enjoys his hobby.
Mark

[FierceKitty]

 

Many a lonely, salty, old sea dog finds solace in this fashion

Doug

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Remind me who makes them?

The one on the left is Friar Tuck from Trent Miniatures. The other three, I've no idea. The middle two are by the same manufacturer.

As often happens, I don’t recognise the source. I’m guessing Monty Python?

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975 film.

Here we see King Arthur ("How do you know he's a king?" "He's the only one not covered in shit!") doing a bit of lobbing with said grenade. He uses the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch to kill the Legendary Black Beast of Arrrghhh at the Cave of Caerbannog.



Thanks, marco55 and FierceKitty. These ridiculous stories seem to come into my head whilst I'm painting. Probably losing my tenuous grip on reality!

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

A lot of the characters shown so far have been either targets for the players in terms of their treasure or are merely embuggerance factors designed to frustrate the players and provide the umpire with smug satisfaction. These two characters may prove more useful to the players.

On the left is Arya the Assassin, otherwise known as the Blue Death, referring to her habit of always wearing blue when out for a kill. She is a master of disguise. Very little is known about Arya but she can be hired by the players to assassinate others. On the right is Ena Sharples, an habitué of the Rover's Return. Ena is a herbalist (some may say witch) and potion-maker with a reputation for healing. Don't be put off by that massive wart on her nose. Players buying her a milk stout (her favourite tipple) at the Rover's may find a wound or two healed.

[Doug ex-em4]

Useful (and formidable) gals....!,

Doug

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Thanks, Doug.   


Britain's earliest pasty recipe dates back to 1510 in Plymouth, Devon. However this is not a reference to that 'food of the Gods' us'n eats down yer. This is a reference to a pastie which is a cover worn over one's nipple, shown here on the right to such good effect by Boubou Flaring, an employee of the Pink Pelican Inn. Expert operators of the pastie often have tassels attached which the most adept can cause to contra-rotate in an hypnotic fashion. Mimsie Slopcorner, proprietress of the Pink Pelican, knows what draws the punters in.

To Boubou's right is a man in a cauldron. Of this, no more is to be said at this point.

On the left is Ben Gunn. After his adventures being marooned by Captain Flint and hiding his treasure, Ben has become a hermit on Isla Serpiente. He has an obsessional craving for cheese. He will be an important man to find in the game as only he knows the hideout of the two bombers, one of which will be necessary to complete a certain mission.

On Ben's left is the first of the two bombers, Pétomane le Pétardier. Pétomane is of French origin and learnt his art in the powder mills of France. He and his colleague 'Stink-Pot' (not shown) are much in demand for specialist jobs such as blowing up entrances into forts and suchlike. Pétomane has been accused before of using too much black powder and this has resulted in one of his clients rebuking him by saying “You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.”

(Interesting fact: the word Pétard comes from the Middle French péter, to break wind, from the root pet, expulsion of intestinal gas, derived from the Latin peditus, past participle of pedere, to break wind)



Another mission in the game will be to steal items of Sir Gilbert Hill's luggage. Being a very wealthy man, Sir Gilbert has many items of luggage which he has left on the quayside to be dispatched by his minions to Government House. He has also left it under the guard of his pet monkey, Asmodeus. If the players are quick, they may be able to snatch items of great value (or they may end up with Sir Gilbert's laundry which, after several weeks at sea are not the most savoury of contents!).

[Michi]

always wearing blue when out for a kill. She is a master of disguise.

Yeah, perfect disguise...but in blue. 

I am very interested in that pastie&tassle thing though. It sounds like a rather interesting subject to further investigation in these boring home office days...

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

I am very interested in that pastie&tassle thing though. It sounds like a rather interesting subject to further investigation in these boring home office days...

I believe there to be a whole world of serious scientific research waiting to be done on the contra-rotation theory alone.   

[FifteensAway]

Ya know, I'm beginning to get a good sense of where the "Mad" in "Lord Snapcase" comes from.   

[Michi]

I believe there to be a whole world of serious scientific research waiting to be done on the contra-rotation theory alone.   

I remember that famous ELVIRA movie, which has impressed me deeply with two good arguments in my younger days. It was the first time I witnessed the art and science of synchronised and contra-rotating tassles...well, this is not the time and place for further information about following studies of that subject, I think. 

[Vagabond]

Just got to reading all of this at one go, a most entertaining thread my Lord and well worthy of your sense of humor.

60+ figures is a much higher total than I expected, it makes my paltry 26 Pirates fade into insignificance well done and to think you still have 7 months to go, will you keep up this pace?

15'sAway "ya know, I'm beginning to get a good sense of where the "Mad" in "Lord Snapcase" comes from."  I'm surprised it took so long to realize that.     

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Ya know, I'm beginning to get a good sense of where the "Mad" in "Lord Snapcase" comes from.   

Thank you, sir!

Michi, yes that film was a classic!

to think you still have 7 months to go, will you keep up this pace?

Hopefully. A bit more to add now.


There are fears amongst my gaming friends that I am going off-piste when I should be painting pirates. A certain diversion into African bush wars has caused consternation. However, to get back on track I have finished the first island. These are more representations than scale models and are intended to give flat surfaces for figures. This will be the first in a chain of five linked by some sort of rope and plank bridge.



The sharp-eyed amongst you will have spotted a beautiful Pirate Queen atop the outcrop. This is none other than Lady Dulcinea Cabstanleigh. Lady Cabstanleigh was kidnapped as a young girl when attempting to travel to Maracaibo (her family have holdings there) through the Caribbean Sea. Specifically the El Pasaje Ventoso, the straits which lead to Islas de Pasaje de Vuelta. Having been taken aboard Edward Teach's ship Queen Anne's Revenge, the fair Dulcinea was put to work as a powder monkey. Protected by Teach and Israel Hands,the girl grew into a woman learning sailing and gunnery under the tutelage of these infamous pirates. When Teach received a pardon from Governor Eden in North Carolina, Lady Cabstanleigh became a Pirate Queen in her own right. Sailing her 40-gun ship Dulcinea's Revenge, Lady Cabstanleigh quickly established a reputation as one of the most dangerous sea rovers in the Caribbean.

[rumacara]

Very well done Martin.