Dwarf team... need fluff and theme
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:13 pm
I'm not a big Dwarf guy, but I inherited a Dwarf team, and played an exhibition game with it against a newbie coach as part of our open preseason (teams rebuilt after preseason with option to hire preseason players). It was a great game, I "lost" 2-1 to a new coach (so I was kind of advising against myself in the first half), and now have a Dwarf team well along in its development, so if someone wants to switch to Dwarfs for the regular season they'll have some options (no rolls, but there will be rolls in the next game or two).
So I should paint my Dwarfs, I guess. If I loan them out, maybe I can foist some of the work onto whoever uses them, but I need a theme first.
My first instinct is an NFL pun. The Cans of $#!‡‡y Beef? I could come up with a backstory about how Khazalid has too many characters and sometimes Khazalid transcription draws on ASCII characters that have little use in the Old World, so $#!‡‡y is an adjective that means mighty and subterranean, with a distinctive odor. (I mean, what's a dollar in the Empire? And we overuse the exclamation point as is.) I then need player puns. Maybe names centered around meat, like Chuck Roast, B.F. Wellington and A Dwarf Named Stu. I like the red/white Dwarf scheme. My concern is that it's overdone. Maybe I should go for something else. I like green: Philadwarfia? What sounds like Eagles, but is less un-Dwarfy? Or should they be the Eagles or Seagulls or somesuch for juxtapositive impact? After all, the Blitzers do have winged helms. Philadwarfia Egomaniacs? Or I could paint them in the colors of those idiotic "throwback" uniforms they wore last year.
Still open to suggestions. Of course, it'll affect my painting scheme, so I can't start until I know where I'm going. I prefer NFL puns that suggest themes. I can't do the following teams, though, as I've already got puns on these that I'm using or have committed to using.
Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans
Arizona Cardinals
Pittsburgh Steelers
Indianapolis Colts
Cleveland Browns
I have ideas for these, but haven't done anything, so I'd drop them for something really good.
New England Patriots
Dallas Cowboys
Cincinnati Bengals
Baltimore Ravens
Washington Redskins
So I should paint my Dwarfs, I guess. If I loan them out, maybe I can foist some of the work onto whoever uses them, but I need a theme first.
My first instinct is an NFL pun. The Cans of $#!‡‡y Beef? I could come up with a backstory about how Khazalid has too many characters and sometimes Khazalid transcription draws on ASCII characters that have little use in the Old World, so $#!‡‡y is an adjective that means mighty and subterranean, with a distinctive odor. (I mean, what's a dollar in the Empire? And we overuse the exclamation point as is.) I then need player puns. Maybe names centered around meat, like Chuck Roast, B.F. Wellington and A Dwarf Named Stu. I like the red/white Dwarf scheme. My concern is that it's overdone. Maybe I should go for something else. I like green: Philadwarfia? What sounds like Eagles, but is less un-Dwarfy? Or should they be the Eagles or Seagulls or somesuch for juxtapositive impact? After all, the Blitzers do have winged helms. Philadwarfia Egomaniacs? Or I could paint them in the colors of those idiotic "throwback" uniforms they wore last year.
Still open to suggestions. Of course, it'll affect my painting scheme, so I can't start until I know where I'm going. I prefer NFL puns that suggest themes. I can't do the following teams, though, as I've already got puns on these that I'm using or have committed to using.
Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans
Arizona Cardinals
Pittsburgh Steelers
Indianapolis Colts
Cleveland Browns
I have ideas for these, but haven't done anything, so I'd drop them for something really good.
New England Patriots
Dallas Cowboys
Cincinnati Bengals
Baltimore Ravens
Washington Redskins