Author Topic: 'Sexing Up' the British (Read 7923 times)

smokezombie · « **Reply #15 on:** October 29, 2012, 06:22:43 PM »

Perhaps a Queen Boudicia super soldier.

Or Admeral Nelsons flying column. A techno equipped guerilla unit trained to hamper the inevitable British invasion.

The guardian Angels are awesome.

smokezombie · « **Reply #16 on:** October 29, 2012, 06:24:50 PM »

Oh by the way..

.. No sex please we're British.

redzed · « **Reply #17 on:** October 29, 2012, 07:51:02 PM »

what about a bouncing bomb? or perhaps an anti-tank weapon powered by a giant spring? or tanks that can float and 'drive' through water, or a plane made entirely of wood that is faster than any other of the time? or an aircraft carrier made of paper-mache, or a small harbour that you can float into position.

Brits- we don't need sexing up we is weird enough already.

plus men who wear schoolgirls skirts and play weird instruments.

jp1885 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 29, 2012, 09:17:11 PM »

Ooh, how about the Loch Ness monster, WWWII style!?

Hildred Castaigne · « **Reply #19 on:** October 29, 2012, 09:43:21 PM »

Quote from: smokezombie on October 29, 2012, 06:24:50 PM

Oh by the way..

.. No sex please we're British.

I guess you've never seen Bristol on a Saturday night.

smokezombie · « **Reply #20 on:** October 29, 2012, 09:53:13 PM »

Sadly I have

Benny · « **Reply #21 on:** October 30, 2012, 08:46:14 AM »

Also, no one has mentioned Dr Who in all this weirdness. The Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann Drs had a few stories set in WW2 and then there are also a few in the New Who stuff.

Also, I think some Hammer Horror inspired monsters and Monster Hunters.

Druids have already been mentioned but maybe more elemental creatures like Stone Golums and Tree Men?

Lots of Celtic Creatures and myths to explore too, Cú Chulainn, Selkies, Puka and all sorts that would band together to defend there homeland.

I personally tend to see Weird British as less weird tech and more steeped in legends, myth and lore.

tnjrp · « **Reply #22 on:** October 30, 2012, 09:08:23 AM »

That is certainly one way to look at it, depending of course on how weird you want the things to get and what the other powers have (are the Nazis teh Occultz for example or just twisted superscience?). The range of the weird can go from widespread fielding of experimental weapons through paranormal to downright supernatural and at every turn you can attempt to give it a pseudoscientific veneer or not. For example a reborn knight of the Round Table is plenty weird of course, but not quite as weird as a fairy creature or a ghost popping up on the battlefield. However in the earlier thread, I IIRC suggested going the "Darwinian" route which could come close to allowing fairy critters without sacrificing the quasiscientific approach.

MidLifeCrisis · « **Reply #23 on:** October 30, 2012, 09:59:03 AM »

Following on from suggestions here I've been having a quick look at real life weird science projects undertaken by the British during the war and have been staggered by my own ignorance of what is sci-fi gold. Apparently the problem with the Death Ray, according to Watson-Watt, was one of power generation. With a small superscience tweak to the battery you've got a working proto-type ready to deploy.

Harry Grindell Mathews, the originator of the British Death Ray, also had some other ideas that didn't see the light of day (or did they...) including an aerial torpedo (a sort of rocket-cum-cluster bomb) and rocket powered stratoplanes.

Other craziness I spotted today include a bomb containing 30,000 anthrax tipped darts, a super stink bomb designed for use by the French Resistance to demoralise the enemy and a helicopter/jeep.

I'm also ashamed to say I've only just found out about Barnes-Wallis' Earthquake Bombs.

Keeper Nilbog · « **Reply #24 on:** November 01, 2012, 08:43:26 PM »

Always thought the best way to push the Weird war side of British forces was a mix between 'super-science' (many real-life things, and adaptions on them - radar guided weapons, anyone) and the opposite of Nazi occult forces, with legandary figures thrown in - and not always nice guys (rather like the Temple in SoTR).

Laughing Ferret · « **Reply #25 on:** November 01, 2012, 08:50:11 PM »

How about The Welsh Dragon ? an actual dragon, similar to Reign of Fire. would have an armor value like a tank, and equipped with a very powerful flame thrower, and of course, can fly. Should prove useful against Messerschmitts.

syr8766 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 01, 2012, 10:46:47 PM »

Someone mentioned the old cartoon 'Gargoyles'; they had a time travel episode that featured British ams Scottish Gargoyles (the brits looked more like gryphons) defending London in the Blitz.

Jakar Nilson · « **Reply #27 on:** November 01, 2012, 11:38:24 PM »

Quote from: syr8766 on November 01, 2012, 10:46:47 PM

Someone mentioned the old cartoon 'Gargoyles'; they had a time travel episode that featured British ams Scottish Gargoyles (the brits looked more like gryphons) defending London in the Blitz.

Gryphon-headed gargoyles in leather jackets, if my memory serves me right.

Chairface · « **Reply #28 on:** November 02, 2012, 03:28:39 AM »

Quote from: syr8766 on November 01, 2012, 10:46:47 PM

Someone mentioned the old cartoon 'Gargoyles'; they had a time travel episode that featured British ams Scottish Gargoyles (the brits looked more like gryphons) defending London in the Blitz.

Here he is!

This guy would make an ideal base.

http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=griffon~hfm011&category=miniatures%7Efantasy-monsters-%26-animals

And on a non gargoyle related idea, how about a bit of Captain Jack Harkness to make your British sexy.

Gary Mitchell · « **Reply #29 on:** November 02, 2012, 05:05:16 AM »

Whatever happened to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Sex_Please,_We%27re_British

?

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