From PeteF: It's A.... Carriage? (40 points)

 

There are many kinds of trap:

It's A.....

1. If you’re a geologist - somewhere in rock layers favourable to fossil fuels
2. If you’re a jazz musician – things you bang 
3. If you’re a plumber – a bendy bit of pipe
4. If you play baseball – a bit of your glove
5. If you’ve got a shotgun – the thing that lobs clay pigeons
6. If you’re a golfer – a bunker
7. Other sports – controlling a football, double teaming a basketball player, tricking a defensive lineman (that's in the "football" where players use their hands)
8. If you’re a dungeon explorer – a horse carriage with springs

Challenge XI has a distinctly dungeony theme – which takes me back to exploring the unknown, a valley  of caves in some kind of remote area and many other far off monster filled underground networks. However, something else that reminds me of my youth is Napoleonic Minifigs and  I’m planning a lot of them over the next 3 months.

The first room of the dungeon presented a problem – although chevaux de frise and suchlike could be found in Napoleonic sieges I’m not planning any for my Minifigs army. I rummaged through my inherited Minifigs stuff and found this. It’s “Wagon 9”, one of the Minifigs carriages, which my dad bought back in the 1980s. It was handed down to my brother and thence to me. At some point on its journey it was primed white – but it remained unassembled and unloved.

I guess I could have saved this for the long forgotten projects or ancestors rooms – but as it’s a kinda sorta trap I’m presenting it as my opening entry for the Challenge XI.

Minifigs do a Napoleon and driver set for the carriages so at some point Wagon 9 will get some people and proper carriage horses. All sorts of scenarios could involve the carriage and I may use it to represent the commanding general for Quatres Bras – or Waterloo if I live long enough to paint all those line infantry.

One 25mm vehicle plus bonus for the Hall of Traps: 40 points

Thank you Curt and your minions for running another Challenge - I'm looking forward to these winter weeks, the opportunity to enjoy everyone's brushwork and participation in this wonderful community. I hope you all like Minifigs!