Chicken Race on the Arumbaya

[OSHIROmodels]

Cracking progress and inspiration Peder 

Good to see it under full motion again 

cheers

James

[Hammers]

Lovely stuff. I pretty much finished my floating house and if I was confident that a balsa wood structure would survive the passage to Sweden I'd happily mail it to you.

I'll be in Colombia for a month in a few weeks, I shall keep my eye open for any suitable fetishes for your project.

Terrific work and great images.

A very handsome offer, of which the first I could not in good conscience accept.

[Hammers]

Yesterday I had some fun making four loose bottoms for the barge's cargo hold. The first will be a work table with various artefacts are being studied; pottery, golden idols and the like.  Great fun to make. The second will probably hold a selection of cages, jars and crates with captured animals. I get a kick out of just thinking about it. The third will be a general wepons, tools and cargo piece. Spade, crow, bars of dynamite, Lewis gun, travelling wardrobe with essentials like dinner jackets... The fourth will be a sort of living quarters area, cot, spirit stove, food store.

[Hammers]

It is a shame that you cannot make BLAM this year, as the 'educational' trip would have been perfect for this kind of thing.

By that I mean for inspirational purposes, not that I was suggesting you take any exhibits home with you.
 

It is fucking deplorable, that's what it is. 

[Mason]

It is fucking deplorable, that's what it is. 

We shall have to make a point of all trying to find something for you for this part of your project and send the stuff out to you.

[Hammers]

We shall have to make a point of all trying to find something for you for this part of your project and send the stuff out to you.

Most kind and I won't decline your offer. Museum gift shops can be treasure troves.

[Captain Blood]

Hmmm. That sounds like a group challenge we will have to take on Pedro 

[carlos marighela]

Actually, you might find that a gift shop isn't the only likely location for suitable items.

Here's El infiernito in Colombia a significant site of worship for the Muisca people. I suspect that with some added weathering you could find the necessary items somewhere behind the plastic wrapped magazines and steamy videotapes in Goteborg or Grimsby.  

[carlos marighela]

And no, I draw the line at picking up a miniature one of those for you at a gift shop in Bogota and lugging it around in my suitcase for a month. I can do without unwelcome attention, mirthful or otherwise, from customs officials.  

[Hammers]

I thought I was well supplied with exotic animals in my lead pile but not so much when it comes to so much when it comes to South American mammals to put in cages. I have birds (as I have shown elsewhere in this thread), bats and some which will pass as ocelots. But is anyone aware of a company which makes suitable jaguar...



...sloth...



... red-, black- or brown howler...



...spider-and/or woolly monkeys, saki or uakari (monkeys are inherently funny so they really don't need any embellished pics but, crikey!, uakaris seem to have been given what was left by Our Lord by the end of the fifth day!)





EDIT: A capybara, that would be nice to have.

[von Lucky]

Not sure if there's a page of who picked up what in the Mega Miniatures sell off.

Quick search has revealed Reaper Miniatures have a sloth:
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/sloth/latest/03624
http://hoardobits.com/cgi/hob/shop.pl?cat1=Bits%20by%20Type&cat2=Creatures&cat3=&cat4=&page=&view=08212013-2-114


And Eureka Miniatures has chimpanzees which could pass for spider monkeys:
http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_131&products_id=1660

[Hammers]

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/sloth/latest/03624
http://hoardobits.com/cgi/hob/shop.pl?cat1=Bits%20by%20Type&cat2=Creatures&cat3=&cat4=&page=&view=08212013-2-114

That sloth is a must have! Thanks!

You are right about the chimps, they may actually work.

[carlos marighela]

You need a coati as well.

Just remember that with sloths you can add a green tinge to their fur. Moss has been known to grow on them so sedentary are they (this is quite true btw).

[von Lucky]

I'm sure Mega Minis had a capybara. I was going to buy one but never got round to it.

Seems that Wreck Age might make some soon(ish):
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyacinthgames/a-tabletop-rpg-and-board-games-project-from-chicag/posts

Boars and dogs available:
http://www.wreck-age.net/index.php/component/rokecwid/?Itemid=#!/~/category/id=6202039&offset=0&sort=addedTimeDesc

[Hammers]

You need a coati as well.

Just remember that with sloths you can add a green tinge to their fur. Moss has been known to grow on them so sedentary are they (this is quite true btw).

Yes, I have the same problem. The wife claims I turn so docile during the dark winter months it takes a steel brush to get the lichen of my back, come spring. Not that I notice.