Sunday 16 January 2022

From PeterD Little Red Riding Hood for Perelandra [34 points]

 

I have a small post for this week as I've been down with COVID.  I woke up Monday feeling absolutely wretched and got my self off to the drive thru testing centre and got my positive result Tuesday evening.  I've been a much bigger than normal waste of space since then but had these minis pretty much done before hand.

One of the tags for Perelandra is temptation and that's what the Big Bad Wolf offered Red traditionally.





My version is a little twisted as Red is another female goblin.  I am not sure i want to know what's in that satchel of goods that she has for Grandma.  She was originally going to feature a drab cloak like the rest of her goblin gang, but I was working on the Winter Wolf at the same time and had a "you know..." moment.



I think in this case that Red is mischievous enough that the danger from temptation might be for the wolf.  A milk bone and a belly rub might be the long slippery evolutionary slope downhill to a Pug that can't get up on the couch without help and gets dressed in a new costume very holiday.




Both figures are 28mm and from Wizkds. Curt has been scoring the goblins as 20mms for 4 points but I don't know how to score the Winter Wolf, who is one big puppy.  Perhaps as a  equivalent to a 28mm cavalryman?  The base points can be added to my FantasySide Duel score.

Finally I thought I'd share a bit of my family lore about protecting your daughters.  In the mid-1950s my grandfather was English Department Head at Dalhousie University with two daughters (my mum and aunt) at home and finishing degrees.  As Head he hosted visiting guest authors and poets, including the likes of Irving Layton and Leonard Cohen (who was just starting out).  The works of these two were considered so scandalous that the two daughters were banished from the house the night that Irving and Leonard came to dinner.   

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Good work Peter, love The Big Bad Wolf and the flame effect on the goblinette's torch. I hope you feel better soon. It's a pity your mom missed out on meeting Leonard. 

- Curt

39 comments:

  1. That is a pretty wolf. I was lucky enough to see Cohen on stage once. What I know, several girls would bring a basket of cookies to him nowadays. :)

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  2. Hope you’re feeling well quickly Peter. I really like your big bad wolf!

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    1. Thanks Natasha. Quite pleased with how he came out.

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  3. I like red and the big bad wolf!
    Best Iain

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  4. Cracking minis Peter. The wolf looks awesome. I hope you feel better soon.

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  5. Thanks Curt, quite happy with how the wolf came out. Mum may have missed Leonard but it’s good story

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  6. Great work Peter - hope you feel better soon!

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    1. Thanks very much. I think I’ll avoid any Fox News inspired treatment McPus tried.

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  7. Nice work Peter. The flame effect is very convincing!

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    1. Thanks very much Millsy. It was a bit of happy accident on the torch.

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  8. Hope you recover soon Peter, thats once nice looking doggy

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  9. Red Goblin Riding hood is a stroke of genius! That big wolf looks proper nasty too, not one I’d like to dance with…… and I hope you’re feeling better.

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    1. Thanks very much Jamie, not as intended but she was sitting next to the BBW on my table and….

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  10. Great work Peter, hope you are feeling better soon.

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  11. Great figures cleverly presented, and even better story. Hope you’re feeling better soon.
    Cheers, MikeP

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    1. Cheers Padre Mike. It’s the stuff of family lore.

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  12. Hope it’s a swift recovery , nice paining

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  13. Wonderful work Pete! Little Red Riding Hood as a Goblin is a brilliant idea

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    1. Thanks Jeremy. I figured that Sarissa ruin set would make good backdrops.

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  15. Excellent effect of a worn in pelt on that wolf. Superb stuff.

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    1. Thanks very much Darryl. Mostly with the wolf it was letting the details in the sculpt speak for itself. IIRC it was an mix of white and grey as a base coat, raw umber washes and white drybrushing the highlights.

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  16. Red Goblin and the Big Bad Wolf … my money is on Red Goblin🧟

    Great story about Irving&Leonard

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    1. Thanks very much Sarah. I agree with your money

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  17. I really like the wolf’s colours.

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    1. Thanks very much Barks, pretty pleased with him

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