I'm not sure who I bought these from at Colours. They're 28mm anyway.
It was also a good opportunity to have a play with the FlockBox I bought (also at Colours) to add the static grass. It seemed to develop a much stronger field of charge than my experiments with making tufts. And then I realised why - the sheep are mounted on steel washers. I'll have to remember that in future and not use it with metal bases - I was getting static shocks when the sieve was inches away from the other electrode!
Now, some of you might be thinking "That dozy mare has submitted figures that she's dropped in coloured paint". Well, you'd be wrong. In the UK at least, coloured marks on the rumps of lady-sheep are a common sight at this time of year. You see, farmers and shepherds like to have a good idea of which ewes are expecting and when they can expect the lambs to drop. So, they strap blocks of coloured wax to the rams' bellies and change the colours every couple of weeks so they can "see what yows t' tups have tupped".
So, for points, that's three 28mm sheep. Score them as you see fit Snowlord!
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The last shot looks as if they are smoking cigarettes, exchanging stories on the local Tups. 'That Colin is a bounder, and has a nice blue belly, but he always falls asleep while counting...' ;)
Ms. P. I'm giving you 15 points as you've pulled the wool over my eyes.
Cheers Curt! My degree was in Animal Science at an agricultural college and I did a good bit of work on sheep farms when I was younger.
ReplyDeleteThe shocks weren't too bad, just strong enough to make my hand jerk and empty the grass out of the sieve! ;)
It appears that I'm currently in joint 2nd place. Not sure how long that will last...
Nice entry... and I've learned something new about sheep.
ReplyDeleteGreat entry I have a dozen of these to paint plus chickens going to be used as eye candy on skirmish games and disorder markers for black powder games
ReplyDeleteThese bring back some memories. I once worked in North Yorkshire. One day driving in there was one ewe with four different colors on her, including her face. She was all tarted up for the ball I guess.
ReplyDeleteTrying so hard not to make sheep puns ... I think I'll keep them stuffed in the woolsack.
ReplyDeleteWas not expecting that as your first entry -- good for ewe!
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ReplyDeleteWell done MS P. Unlike Mr C, I am familiar with the painted sheep. Now I know why they were painted! And a Campbell should be careful with sheep boinking puns.
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I love sheep. And that's all I have to sa-a-a-a-y about that. ;P
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DeleteHaha nice start. I did not expect that, nor the sheep lesson!
ReplyDeleteNice one Tamsin, Simple and effective and it got you out of the starting blocks.
ReplyDeleteSheep who'd have thought it. I was gonna start on Cows!
Great sheep. cheers
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ReplyDeleteI'm not going to bleat about the bush - I like them!
ReplyDeleteBooo!
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DeleteAs one shepherd said to the other shepherd ... "let's get the flock out of here"
ReplyDeleteGood stuff Tamsin
Nice start Tamsin! And a nice little bit of info on the sheeps colouring. I've been wondering why you see them marked like that at times
ReplyDeleteWhat a great first entry, I wonder what you will be using them for
ReplyDeleteand yes I knew what the colourful markings are, I be a country boy see
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I didn't think about animals for the challenge?? I've quite a collection of unpainted beasties, I'll be digging them out! Nice work Tamsin, love the paint splodges!
ReplyDeleteInteresting start Tamsin. Nice work but careful with the electrodes
ReplyDeleteNice work on the sheep, Tamsin! We do the same in the states and in the middle east they use dyes to "brand" the flocks.
ReplyDeleteYou could always use the flock sieve to style your hair...or imagine yours truly who accidently found the car coil while making repairs, it seemed an eternity of bouncing my head between the hood and engine block till I made my escape. Said escape was more of an undignified collapse to the garage floor! ;)
Not Baaaaaaaad there Tamsin.. curious what other things you will bring from over the fence..
ReplyDeleteNice work! ^)
ReplyDeleteWonderful first posting Tamsin, and highly educational too!!
ReplyDeleteGood to see that you have recovered from your shocking experience, Tamsin - imagine the tabloid headlines; "Wargaming Girl in Flock Flocking Shock!"
ReplyDeleteAn excellent start and one which has left me knowing more about sheep than I ever wanted to (distant Welsh ancestry notwithstanding...)!
Excellent start Tamsin! Now I finally know why sheep got a coloured back end at a certain time of the year. I really don't know how I could have lived without that knowledge... must wash my brain ;-)
ReplyDeleteThere's a sheep dip joke in here somewhere...
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me, I need to buy mint sauce... Lovely work Tamsin!
ReplyDeleteEwe have made a great start with that flock of sheep with extra flock.
ReplyDeleteAlways useful to have some mobile scenery- a fun little start!
ReplyDeleteHmmm, it seems that this post is the start of a punning clan ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks guys and glad yo have been of educational service for some of you, :)
Very nice entry with those dangerous beasts.
ReplyDeletePriceless Tamsin, priceless!
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