Conversion: British tanker scoring a hit 1/35

bultenibo

Member since
September 2005
From: Uppsala, Sweden

Posted by bultenibo on Thursday, December 20, 2007 6:24 AM

Thanks guys for all the suggestions! I actually thought of the question "What is he really shouting?" when I was painting the little fellow, but since I don't know that many British-english expressions, I was kind of clueless. The only thing I thought of was that that his facial expression kind of looked like Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky", so the most natural thing would be that he was shouting "Aaaadrian...".

/Tony

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subfixer

Member since
March 2004
From: Spartanburg, SC

Posted by subfixer on Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:29 AM

A US expression: DUDE!

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:57 PM

the doog wrote:
madmike wrote:
stikpusher wrote:
Perhaps, "Oi mate!"

Well, if it was an aussie tanker, it would more likely to be...
"Yew bloody beauty!" or "Grouse shot!!!"
...not "KRIKEY"??? LOL!

Crikey?

Only if he was totally surprised he hit the target and killed it! Might replace the PzIV with a Tiger I kill if that was the case Smile [:)]

Crikey means "wow" or "bloody hell!" an exclamation of amazement as it were.

cheers

Mike

rad your FSM article, mate. Very well done! Congrats on getting it published. I would love to know more on how the figures were done.

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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the doog

Member since
January 2007

Posted by the doog on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:36 PM

madmike wrote:
stikpusher wrote:
Perhaps, "Oi mate!"

Well, if it was an aussie tanker, it would more likely to be...
"Yew bloody beauty!" or "Grouse shot!!!"

...not "KRIKEY"??? LOL!

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:33 PM

stikpusher wrote:
Perhaps, "Oi mate!"

Well, if it was an aussie tanker, it would more likely to be...

"Yew bloody beauty!" or "Grouse shot!!!"

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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stikpusher

Member since
July 2004
From: Sonora Desert

Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:09 PM

Perhaps, "Oi mate!"

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

- Plankton

LSM

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subfixer

Member since
March 2004
From: Spartanburg, SC

Posted by subfixer on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:40 AM

madmike wrote:

Being a pommie tanker, he is not quite modelled saying "Yoiks!" or "Spiffing shot what?"

Oh, geez! That's good.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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ajlafleche

Member since
December 2002
From: Massachusetts

Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 7:33 AM

Very nice work. Could also be saying, "You bloody hun, now you've made me spill me tea!"

Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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madmike

Member since
July 2003
From: Perth, Western Australia

Posted by madmike on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:24 AM

Being a pommie tanker, he is not quite modelled saying "Yoiks!" or "Spiffing shot what?"

Somehow "booyah!" suits but wrong timeframe...

I would settle for YES!!!!! as a PzIV goes up at long range...

Very nicely done figure. The expression is really well animated!

cheers

Mike

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

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the doog

Member since
January 2007

Posted by the doog on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:12 AM

COOOOOL! Now get that bloke a Firefly!

Really excellent expressiveness, and equallly good painting! The skin tones and mouth detail is terrific!

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bultenibo

Member since
September 2005
From: Uppsala, Sweden

Conversion: British tanker scoring a hit 1/35

Posted by bultenibo on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:48 AM

Here's a conversion of a British tank commander from one of the RTR (Royal Tank Regiments), set in the desert. It's made out of parts from Italeri, Dragon and Tamiya. Since I wanted a tanker with an attitude I added a resin head (from Warriors, I think), with a more expressive look.

The quality of the old Italeri kit, which is from the 70's I think, is really bad, but the figures can at least be used as a starting point (if one adds new details - pockets, shoulder boards, belt).