fieldarchy Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 So most of you have seen the War Pug before (the name I've given it since it didn't really have one). I decided that the bomber jacket looked an awful lot like a Santa jacket. So naturally he needed a Santa hat! This was my first attempt at sculpting a Santa hat and I think it looks pretty good. I imagine the Pug is saying something like . . . "I told you, NO ONE . . . TOUCHES . . . THE . . . JACKET!" or perhaps "You feelin' lucky punk? Well, do ya?" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercius Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 great job on the sculpting...this is a cute mini! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaslater Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Bombs away, baby!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 Merc--how anyone could not like this mini is beyond me. It's just so silly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 I think you've done a nice job on the painting, but I actually don't like the figure. Not because it's silly, I have both of the released members of the Legion of Justice and Caeke, I have a GFI Mouse Musketeer, I'm planning to buy the Mouseling Heroes as soon as they're available, and I really want a Racoon Thief and a Sad Panda from Darksword. No, the problem is that it's impractical. The gun is unbalanced and the recoil wouldn't be manageable, plus sighting just wouldn't work. I have, perhaps, a different version of "practical" than some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 LOL! Doug you put way too much thought into it! It's also not realistic that he'd be a Santa Pug. For some realism (couldn't add the shot though) Jason sculpted a real sphincter and I used Conan's bum as reference. If you take a really good look near the tail you should be able to see a pink spot. Does that help outweigh the fantastical canon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 LOL! Doug you put way too much thought into it! It's also not realistic that he'd be a Santa Pug. For some realism (couldn't add the shot though) Jason sculpted a real sphincter and I used Conan's bum as reference. If you take a really good look near the tail you should be able to see a pink spot. Does that help outweigh the fantastical canon? My wife cares a great deal about animal anatomy when she paints; If the leg placement or torso shape on a horse is wrong, it drives her nuts and she won't paint the figure. I care about human anatomy (excepting the Big Giant Head syndrome that I seem to have gotten used to), and I care about hardware. Spikes on pauldrons drive me nuts, big stompy robots always make me think that the designer should really take a look at a bulldozer (they very seldom fall down), and seriously outsized weapons are a deal-breaker for me. Even for pugs dressed in Santa suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Lead Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 He's a cutie! I can't help thinking the barrel would look good with candy cane stripes though! Later, Laszlo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldarchy Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 I thought about that actually but figured I'd just go with plain dirty looking metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferox Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 We need remakes of Casino and Goodfellas with this guy playing Joe Pesci's parts. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganm Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Practicality has nothing to do with fantasy minis and games; check it at the door. It's not a 'to scale replica model'... it's a fantasy mini of a dog with some huge weaponry on it's back. So what if it had a small caliber weapon attached to it's back? It's still completely impractical; how does the dog aim, shoot, and reload it? Does someone follow it around and fire the weapon; because that's not practical either. It's not about practicality, plausibility, or reality; it's about fantasy. =^.^= How does this pug carry, aim, shoot, and reload this huge weapon while standing ground from the recoil? MAGIC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Practicality has nothing to do with fantasy minis and games; check it at the door. It's not a 'to scale replica model'... it's a fantasy mini of a dog with some huge weaponry on it's back. So what if it had a small caliber weapon attached to it's back? It's still completely impractical; how does the dog aim, shoot, and reload it? Does someone follow it around and fire the weapon; because that's not practical either. It's not about practicality, plausibility, or reality; it's about fantasy. =^.^= How does this pug carry, aim, shoot, and reload this huge weapon while standing ground from the recoil? MAGIC! I'm sure that attitude toward fantasy works well for you. It does not work well for me. I think I'll use my opinion and you can keep yours -- assuming, of course, that that's allowed. (If not, I'm afraid you'll have to adopt my opinion, because I'm older and I know better.) Seriously? Buy it, paint it, enjoy. Heck, buy 50. Extol the virtues of this figure or dogs with miniguns or oversized weapons in general. But please do not presume to tell me what I should like or what criteria I should use to come to my opinions or what the one true way of fantasy is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Lead Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 How does this pug carry, aim, shoot, and reload this huge weapon while standing ground from the recoil? MAGIC! Hey if it works for Rex the Wonder Dog... Later, Laszlo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimL Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Very cool figure, great imagination. The discussion reminds me a little of Monty Python's Holy Grail..."It's not a question of how he grips it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duliniel Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Certainly makes me want to stay off of the "naughty" list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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