{"id":4708,"date":"2021-06-19T14:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T18:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2021-06-19T14:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T18:06:16","slug":"forgotten-heroes-2021-grips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angrypiper.com\/?p=4708","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Heroes 2021: Grips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Back in 1986, a small comics company called Silver Wolf Comics put out a handful of black and white titles. The company was owned by Kris Silver, who also created and wrote most of the comics. One of those comics was Grips.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grips is a “hero” who kills criminals because he’s a psycho himself. He gets off on giving and receiving pain and can will himself into a murderous rage. When he’s not doing the psychotic murderous vigilante thing, Grips likes long walks on the beach and candlelit dinners. He’s also a comic book artist; the artist of Fat Ninja,<\/em> which was another Silver Wolf comic of the time. But mostly he’s all about killing and maiming bad guys in bloody and vicious ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has long blades that slide out of his forearms that he uses to eviscerate people, like so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He also shoots little projectile spiky things out of his gloves, like so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And he uses a pair of spring-loaded tonfa when he feels like beating people’s brains in instead of gutting them, like so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And he fucking LOVES IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I was in high school, I thought this shit was AWESOME. Looking at it now (something I haven’t done since high school), I realize it is not awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first Grips<\/em> comic lasted only 4 issues (I have 1-3). While researching this, I was surprised to find it came back for a second series a few years later, but that one only lasted 5 issues. Sprinkle in a very few appearances in other titles, and that’s about it. Grips would pretty much define the term “Forgotten Hero”, if he wasn’t notable because his book featured art by Tim Vigil. Vigil would later go on to draw Faust<\/em> (the comic that he is most famous for), which showcases truly shocking levels of violence and hardcore pornography. If I recall correctly, Faust <\/em>shows lots of graphic sex (consensual and not-so-consensual) with demons, and orgies with lots of blood and other bodily fluids. Not my cup of tea, but YMMV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyway, this is the miniature I used for Grips. He’s Zenith, Superhero; from Reaper’s Chronoscope line. He’s meant to be a speedster, methinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First thing I’d need is some blades. I thought of using tines from a plastic fork, but these proved too thick. I ended up cutting them out of some plasticard (actually my expired health insurance card) instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next I used some green stuff to fashion his gauntlets, epaulets, belt and mask. I made sure to include the capsules for his spring-loaded tonfa on his belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I painted him. I painted the brown parts of his costume GW’s Doombull Brown, then gave them a generous wash of Nuln Oil and highlighted with Coat D’Arms Rat Brown. The black was painted black (surprise!), then highlighted with Vallejo Heavy Charcoal. The belt and gauntlets were painted GW Gehenna Gold and highlighted with Vallejo Gold, while the blades were GW Canoptek Alloy, highlighted with GW Mithril Silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I actually kind of like the way he looks. Maybe I’ll use him in a game of Super Mission Force. It’s been too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will have one more Forgotten Heroes submission between now and July. Until then, I’ll be watching to see what everyone else does!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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