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Offline Denizen Kane

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Mean Old Uncle Ernie!
« on: 16 July 2015, 03:23:59 AM »
I pictured a man that ostensibly ran the town orphanage! He was not well liked in town and parents always seemed to hold their children's hands tighter when he rolled by...
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Offline kidterminal

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Re: Mean Old Uncle Ernie!
« Reply #1 on: 16 July 2015, 06:20:41 AM »
Very nice. What was the original wagon a toy?

Offline Denizen Kane

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Re: Mean Old Uncle Ernie!
« Reply #2 on: 16 July 2015, 02:05:06 PM »
No I scratchbuilt it. It is a bit crude but as a game piece it does the trick.

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Re: Mean Old Uncle Ernie!
« Reply #3 on: 17 July 2015, 12:21:06 AM »
The wagon is nice looks a little like MDF its the horses that are a little off I've seen the off proportions in some pencil sharpener wagons i bought.

Offline Chairface

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Re: Mean Old Uncle Ernie!
« Reply #4 on: 17 July 2015, 03:35:22 AM »
Love it. Lots of character

Offline The_Beast

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Re: Mean Old Uncle Ernie!
« Reply #5 on: 18 July 2015, 12:02:44 PM »
The wagon is nice looks a little like MDF its the horses that are a little off I've seen the off proportions in some pencil sharpener wagons i bought.

It's part of Ernie's meanness: he uses ponies as draft animals for that huge wagon.  ;)

Thanks, DK. The strange lighting had a bit of the Jesus Franco to it. Very evocative.

Doug

Offline kidterminal

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Re: Mean Old Uncle Ernie!
« Reply #6 on: 18 July 2015, 02:39:27 PM »
It's part of Ernie's meanness: he uses ponies as draft animals for that huge wagon.  ;)

Thanks, DK. The strange lighting had a bit of the Jesus Franco to it. Very evocative.

Doug
I see its a wonderful piece and he is a wonderfully mean man. :D

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Re: Mean Old Uncle Ernie!
« Reply #7 on: 18 July 2015, 11:44:12 PM »
Odd little piece indeed. Nice one.
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