{"id":3688,"date":"2020-05-31T07:39:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T11:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=3688"},"modified":"2020-05-31T18:16:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T22:16:59","slug":"fee-fie-fo-fum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=3688","title":{"rendered":"Fee Fie Fo Fum!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not surprising, really, since I know of at least three Englishmen who frequent Dead Dick’s Tavern. Only too likely one of them would leave their spoor behind. Of course, I would never grind their bones to make bread. That’s just silly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the classic Marauder\/Citadel Giant, and he is my “Big ‘Un” for Monster May(hem) this year. This guy came out circa 1989 or so; and for decades he was “the” Warhammer giant; there wasn’t another until well after this one ceased production. I’m pretty sure he was sculpted by one or both of the Perry brothers, but I could be wrong. (Edit: I was wrong. A simple Google search turned up it was sculpted by Aly Morrison. Thanks to Matt and shame on me.) <\/em> Whoever sculpted him did a great job. (It was Aly Morrison.)<\/em> I’ve always loved this model. As an Orc and Goblin player back in the day, I always wanted one, but could never lay hands on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, a few years ago, I bought a miniatures lot off a guy on Craiglist who was getting out of the hobby (which was a pretty aggravating experience, but eventually turned out ok). This giant was in there, assembled and primed white (which I HATE). Back in 2018, when I first decided May was Monster Month (remember when it was called that?) , I put this guy on my desk to paint him. I decided to do my Orc Warlord on Wyvern<\/a> instead, and there the giant sat until now. Every once in a while, when I squeezed out too much paint, I would dab some on him somewhere. He looked a mess, and I made no progress, always telling myself I’d get him done eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, he’s done. Mostly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About halfway through painting him this month, I noticed he’s incomplete. He’s missing two pieces: a keg which he has slung around his hip (where the rope meets in thie picture above), and a sword that attaches to his other hip. The guy included a huge bag o’bitz in the Craigslist purchase. Guess which two bitz were not there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I guess it doesn’t look terrible without the keg. And who needs a sword when you can rip a tree out of the ground and swat someone with it? Anyway, I did what I could with him, and I’m pretty happy with the result. I’m most happy that he’s DONE, and I can remove him from my painting desk forthwith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I know I just said it a few paragraphs ago, but I’ll say it again. I love this model. No computer sculpting or 3D printing here, and no resin or plastic to be found. This model is all metal, and reminds me of a time when transporting your army doubled as a biceps workout. Bring back those days…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s a scale comparison to a Reaper Hill Giant (also all metal, though they make him in Bones now), and an Empire Greatsword. I know the current GW giant is even bigger, but I think this guy is just right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that brings Monster May(hem) to a close…or does it? It is currently 7:30 a.m. at Dead Dick’s Tavern. That means there’s still 16 hours or so left in May…and I have two unpainted monsters still sitting on my desk. Can I get one painted before midnight? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be sure to check out all the other participants. Since last post, Matt painted yet another monster: the cloak fiend, and Dave sculpted and painted a Bantha for some Star Wars gaming! Plus, I forgot to mention Harry painted some unicorns and treekin over on his site, along with his High Elf dragon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next month is Forgotten Heroes over at Carrion Crow’s Buffet, and I can’t wait. But for now, there’s still time to paint some monsters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blogroll<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roger, aka Dick Garrison, from Rantings From Under the Wargames Table<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave Stone from Wargames Terrain Workshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt from PMPainting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coyotepunc from Coyotepunc’s Creativity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken from Blue Moose Arts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy, aka Carrion Crow, from Carrion Crow’s Buffet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry from War Across the Ages<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find links to all these blogs (and others) in the sidebar as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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