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Here's a question you don't get every day
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 1:21 am
by Count Zappa
Anyone know of a mini that has a hand puppet?
I was just painting a BB Beastman tonight... you know the three-armed guy with two arms in the air?... yeah, him... anyhoo, after I was done I was thinking he sure would look sharp with a puppet dangling from the arm that's highest in the air.
Maybe like a Kermit the Frog. But really, any puppet will do.
I'm no good with green stuff, so my only option is to snip a puppet from another mini, if that's possible.
So...
Is it possible? Is there a puppet-weilding mini out there?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:03 am
by dakkakhan
There is a mordheim witchhunter model that has a hand puppet.
Check him out int he back row here
http://store.us.games-workshop.com/stor ... &code=5735
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:21 am
by Count Zappa
Heh-heh... ooh, that has possibilities.
Thank you. The puppet's great. Love the guy with the fish, too.
Anyone have a suggestion for other minis with puppets (or other weird items)?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:21 am
by Melifaxis
You could always search for familiars from RPG ranges and find some good puppets...
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:32 am
by Count Zappa
That's a very good idea.
I shall commence with the search.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:08 am
by sean newboy
GW used to have an assortment of familiars, not sure if u can get them anymore. I also seem to recall some mini had a marionette, but i could be mistaken.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:16 am
by Norse
Goblin shaman has a voodoo doll tied to his staff... (mine is painted like a referee

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Goblin jester (OOP) has a similar hand puppet to Mordheim figure above, but model is hard to come by as it is an old Quest model..
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:22 am
by Lurtzo

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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:43 am
by Duke Jan
Hehe, looking forward to see your finished hand puppet 3 armed beastmen posted on TBB. Really effective puppeteer that has three hands

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:56 pm
by kithor2002
I'm also looking forward to see the result

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:17 pm
by juck101
anyone know a small emu figure for my Rod Hull star player?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:59 pm
by Chairface
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:33 am
by Count Zappa
Lurtzo wrote:
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Classic Hordes of Chaos Familiar Jester

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Classic Orcs and Goblins Gubbinz the Goblin Jester
I've actually got the Goblin Jester... snapped him up back in '95 (or was it '96?) when the Orc & Goblin set came out for WQ. The Black Orc in the collection is on my BB team, as is the Jester.
Didn't know about the gobbo with the staff, so I'll look into that.
And thanks to everyone for all the suggestions. I'll try to take a pic of my mini eventually... I'm not the best painter though. Not even close.
But that's not always the point, is it? It's all about fun, and a three-armed, holstein-patterned Beastman mutant with a hand puppet is a lot of fun in my estimation.
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 4:35 am
by Count Zappa
Thanks. I looked up the link, and...
... I love the one in the top left. But there's no way to tell the scale. I'm guessing it'd be about half the height of the Beastman, which would be way too big.
Maybe I'll fire off an e-mail to find out.
EDIT: The Magnificent Egos message board says the puppets are about 22mm.
2ND EDIT: Maybe I will get out the green stuff and try a sock puppet. I mean... I can try, and if it doesn't turn out, no big deal, you know?
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:57 am
by orcdom
there is an oop night goblin shaman that has the puppett on staff.
its not on thier site, but the pic iirc is in the big paperback catalog.
and while looking for the night goblin i found this one
http://www.solegends.com/citcat88/0511orcs.htm
and check these out:
http://www.solegends.com/citorc/citorc5villagers.htm