Lady in Green-Verte Vipere

[ushistoryprof]

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Verte Vipere is the secret identity of Marie Montcalm, beautiful assistant to the Deputy of Foreign Affairs in an important European Capital.

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 Her skills-and twin Colt .45's- will see action in an upcoming Dragon Bones adventure.

For more photos and background see here:

http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2011/07/verte-vipere-revenge-for-helpless.html
Thanks for looking,
Prof
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[richarDISNEY]

I really like that fig.
Who makes it?

[ushistoryprof]

I really like that fig.
Who makes it?

She is "Nightslip, Pulp Heroine" from Reaper Mini's.

Here are some of their other figures I have painted if your interested:

http://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/search/label/Reaper

Prof
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[Blackwolf]

Nice ,I like your painting

[archangel1]

Something about your lady's French nom de plume bothered me (it looked backwards, remembering my lessons from 40-odd years ago!) so I checked things out using the Google translator.  If you're thinking of her as Green Viper, Google does translate that as vert vipère (no e on the end).  However, as soon as you refer to her as The Green Viper, it changes to la vipère verte! Maybe one of our French-speaking members could explain the difference.

[Red Orc]

The difference is that google translate doesn't understand context or really grammer. You can't really say 'green viper' in French without knowing whether it's 'a' green viper (as in, a viper, that is green) - une vipère verte - or 'the' Green Viper, someone called 'Viper' who wears green (or, conceviably, 'the green viper over there') - la Vipère Verte (or la vipère verte, là-bas). Either way, it's noun + adjective unlike English adjective + noun, and you need an article of some kind.

So 'vert vipère' doesn't really mean anything, except, possibly, 'viper green' or 'viperish green' - in other words, 'green like a viper', 'the colour that a snake is'. But that might in fact be 'vipérine' anyway...


Grammer aside, it's a cool mini and a nice colour scheme there 'prof... you know I have a thing for French assassinatrices, I really will paint up Anna-Baptiste and her silent apprentice, Marie-Celeste one of these days... but, I see you've branched out from Privateer! That, sir, is just  wrong!

[fanfavorite]

Now our Pulp section has a Lady in Black, Red, and Green... eager to see more *colorful* submissions!

[Wolf Girl]

Cool figure. But you know what happens with capes don't you?? 

[fanfavorite]

Cool figure. But you know what happens with capes don't you?? 

No...? 

Do I want to?

[Conquistador]

Gracias,

Glenn

[fanfavorite]

I had no idea... yes certainly I see it now! No capes!

[ushistoryprof]

The difference is that google translate doesn't understand context or really grammer. You can't really say 'green viper' in French without knowing whether it's 'a' green viper (as in, a viper, that is green) - une vipère verte - or 'the' Green Viper, someone called 'Viper' who wears green (or, conceviably, 'the green viper over there') - la Vipère Verte (or la vipère verte, là-bas). Either way, it's noun + adjective unlike English adjective + noun, and you need an article of some kind.
So 'vert vipère' doesn't really mean anything, except, possibly, 'viper green' or 'viperish green' - in other words, 'green like a viper', 'the colour that a snake is'. But that might in fact be 'vipérine' anyway...
Grammer aside, it's a cool mini and a nice colour scheme there 'prof... you know I have a thing for French assassinatrices, I really will paint up Anna-Baptiste and her silent apprentice, Marie-Celeste one of these days... but, I see you've branched out from Privateer! That, sir, is just  wrong!

Thanks for clearing up the confusion....ahhhh ... I'll just have to stay with English, but "Green Snake that is a Viper with a Deadly Bite" just doesn't soon as cool .

Shush, don’t tell Privateer, but I do need a Reaper fix every now and then.
Prof
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[ushistoryprof]

Gracias,

Glenn

Brilliant-no capes indeed
Prof
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[Red Orc]

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Shush, don’t tell Privateer, but I do need a Reaper fix every now and then.
Prof...

I saw the other day that Froggy the Great had painted a non-Reaper mini, so it all evens out I think... let's just never mention it again!