NEWS: October Freebooter Dark Elf [Archive]

Celtic Lilly

09-23-2005, 02:46 AM

Are her legs strapped together? Is she blind? Looks like she has a rod rammed up her unmentionables in order to get a very stiff pose like that. And just what is that in her hand?

I like Mr. Klockes sculpts, but this one has no movement to it at all, like something that is a very forced pose.

Ritual

09-23-2005, 01:56 PM

It's up on the news page with more photos from other angles now. Her legs definitely ARE strapped together.

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EricJ

09-24-2005, 01:08 PM

All those things that CL pointed out...errr, I like about her :firedevil

Duende

09-24-2005, 01:32 PM

I don't know about this one myself. Sure, it's well-sculpted but I can only look at it thinking "WTF??" It looks like somebody blindfolded her, stuck the imp in her hand, and told her to guess what it is.

:thinking:

Klute

09-24-2005, 03:49 PM

Hmm.
I like figures that make me think but I also like to be able to come to a conclusion about them. This one I can't.
She obviously fights cos she has some sort of sword.
Eyes blindfolded...not my cup of tea but hey she could magically see things.....use the force.
Legs strapped......noooooooo way can she fight anything with her legs strapped.

So so.

Frustrated Father

09-24-2005, 08:27 PM

Well done, but like Klute, I can't figure a damn thing out with this one, thus it gets marked off my list rather quickly. Can't identify it, can't be bothered with it.

Mad Max

09-25-2005, 05:46 PM

she looks like a weird S&M Bondage Elf - not that it would stop me buying it.

Yeah, he must be harkening back to his old S&M-looking models for Inferno. Still, I like this one a lot, even with the bondage leg bindings. I'm seeing it as some summoning circle set-up (the circled skulls, the imp). Very reminescent of Fastner & Larson's "Demon Baby":
http://www.sqpinc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=STAOF&Product_Code=P-DB

I love Klocke's stuff for Reaper by I've not been as interested in his own Freebooter stuff. I think he goes off on weird tangents in the minis and does some odd poses which you don't get with the Reaper models (he's following their art direction there). But this one I'd probably pick up, remove the straps and make into some sort of diorama.

Take care,
Laszlo

EricJ

09-26-2005, 10:38 AM

I'm the only one here who likes the straps on her?! :embarasse

and the blindfold...

Duende

09-26-2005, 11:14 AM

I'm the only one here who likes the straps on her?!
and the blindfold...

Why do you like the blindfold? Isn't painting eyes your "thing"?

And you're a 26 year old single guy who likes the look of a scantilly-clad, busty, strap-bound babe? Who woulda guessed...??? :lol:

:der: :eviltongu

EricJ

09-26-2005, 11:30 AM

*sigh* almost 27

And I ment in a purely artistic way! :angel:

Duende

09-26-2005, 11:39 AM

And I ment in a purely artistic way!

:weirdo:

RIGHT! :vb_tongue

Frustrated Father

09-26-2005, 11:42 AM

Like Laszlo, I can see her in a certain situation, such as a summoning circle or some such, but to be honest, it is going to take a lot of work on the base to make the whole 'picture' come together for me for that miniature. No doubt there will be some outstanding paint jobs done on her, just I can't get the whole bondage thing, even if I am a guy.

:D

Mad Max

09-26-2005, 12:01 PM

I'm the only one here who likes the straps on her?! :embarasse

and the blindfold...

Hey, I'm as much into soft-core bondage as many guys (well, maybe not Nathan ;) )but the straps just don't make sense with the rest of what's going on. If you're going to do bondage, then just do the whole package, like the Total Testosterone diorama with the Hasslefree minis.

In terms of the blindfold, I think it's cool. Gives her a mystical air or something like the old Kung Fu 'blind' masters.

Take care,
Laszlo

Mad Max

09-26-2005, 12:02 PM

*sigh* almost 27

And I ment in a purely artistic way! :angel:

*sigh* You guys, don't start making me do that "young whippersnappers" thing Deanne Goodwin does on mini-painter!

Later,
Laszlo

Duende

09-26-2005, 12:13 PM

Hey, I'm as much into soft-core bondage as many guys...

:parental:

I don't think it's just a "guy" thing... but I won't go into that here ;)

It just doen't make a lot of sense in this mini.

EricJ

09-26-2005, 12:38 PM

it makes perfect sense to me! I'm just not going to explain myself :censored:

EricJ

09-26-2005, 12:39 PM

hmmm, that censored smiley should be a bit less angry and a bit more...well you know

Mad Max

09-26-2005, 01:09 PM

:I don't think it's just a "guy" thing... but I won't go into that here ;)

Oh behave....

http://www.grudge-match.com/Images/powers.gif

Later,
Laszlo

Frustrated Father

09-26-2005, 01:21 PM

fo' shizzle

http://www.azstarnet.com/ss/2004/03/10/l13138-1.jpg

http://moblog.co.uk/blogs/1549/moblog_77bf272b321e7.jpg

supervike

09-26-2005, 01:42 PM

The miniature is denoting the semi-annual ritual of Dark Elven lore, the chastity challenge of unsighted funny sworded imp hunters.

Duh.

EricJ

09-26-2005, 02:00 PM

yeah, I'd like to point out that it does tend that women are every bit, if not more so, as into this type of thing as guys. It does take 2 to "tango" so to speak :D

Duende

09-26-2005, 05:28 PM

:focus:

Anyway! A person can still walk even with the thighs bound (don't ask me how I know this!) even though it would be difficult in those shoes she's wearing. So she's not completely immobile.... still trying to figure out the meaning of the imp and the staff.

I know! He's her seeing-eye imp!

:idea:

@ Eric - Pretty damn hard to tango in that outfit! :dancing:

Ritual

09-26-2005, 05:39 PM

:eek: That bike is quite possibly the most tasteless thing I've ever seen!

:hail: I love it!!

cdukino

09-26-2005, 06:08 PM

I'm the only one here who likes the straps on her?! :embarasse

and the blindfold...

Maybe I should get my paintslave whip out again for you... Keep in the mood of things ;)

I don't mind the bondage thing at all.. though I must say the straps on her legs look a bit unlogical... don't really fit in with the rest (looks like he's getting the Brom Dark age buckles and belts thing in his own line more and more). But then again maybe some elements don't need a logical reason to put on it.

EricJ

09-26-2005, 06:22 PM

Maybe I should get my paintslave whip out again for you... Keep in the mood of things ;)

um, does this mean I get to get my sculptslave whip back out also then? :thumb:

Mad Max

09-26-2005, 08:04 PM

:eek: That bike is quite possibly the most tasteless thing I've ever seen!

:hail: I love it!!

"No, there is another..." :lame:

http://www.thejonblog.com/knit/archives/Tiger%20Bike.jpg

For me personally though this one takes it for stupidest of all:
http://www.timskelton.com/valkyrie/photos/psycho_bike_2.jpg
http://www.timskelton.com/valkyrie/photos/psycho_bike.jpg
http://www.timskelton.com/valkyrie/photos/psycho_bike_3.jpg

Later,
Laszlo

cdukino

09-27-2005, 05:21 PM

um, does this mean I get to get my sculptslave whip back out also then? :thumb:

You "scratch" my back and I'll "scratch" yours ;)

EricJ

09-27-2005, 06:00 PM

I don't know Cindy, this sounds like a dangerous agreement...at least for getting any work done!

Drake Farstrider

09-29-2005, 03:19 AM

Ritual

09-29-2005, 04:00 AM

I'll probably buy this mini! I like most of it and maybe I can do some slight alterations to the things I don't like. Or maybe I just paint it as it is... But I'll be getting it!

cdukino

09-29-2005, 11:00 AM

:focus: I like the mini, although I think it needs to be modified some. It also reminds me of some of the Dark Age sculpts.

@ ericj & cdukino, is there something going on that we should know about? Some sort of :worship: or is it more of a :date: thing. :lol: :lol: :lol:

The question is... do you wanna know? ;)...

It's more a we ended up chatting a lot and like to take stabs at eachother. Just for fun.

Or is this : :hail: supposed to be Eric? I can live with that ;)

Duende

09-30-2005, 08:28 PM

Or is this : :hail: supposed to be Eric? I can live with that

Cindy, we're all :hail: :adore: :hail: :adore: when it comes to your sculpts!

But I think this --> :albertein suits Eric best! :laugh:

EricJ

09-30-2005, 08:52 PM

It's more a we ended up chatting a lot and like to take stabs at eachother. Just for fun.

Is that what the kids are calling it now days? :angel:

Ritual

10-03-2005, 09:05 AM

Here's a painted version by Benoit Menard.

http://www.freebooterminiatures.de/inhalt/news/galleriepics/DUN005_1.jpg

Very nice I must say, and now I DEFINITELY will get this!! :fing02:

Duende

10-03-2005, 09:24 AM

Looks very nice, but I'm still as confused about her as before....

Why, why...WHY?????

:club:

EricJ

10-03-2005, 10:17 AM

oh come on, it makes total sense! It's like my '06 halloween costume!

Ritual

10-03-2005, 10:24 AM

The good thing about it is that it doesn't need to make sense! It's just a 3 cm high metal figurine, after all... :dance:

Frustrated Father

10-03-2005, 10:26 AM

I agree with Ritual on this one in the long run I suppose. Still not going to buy it, but it is very well painted.

EricJ

10-03-2005, 10:37 AM

although I can't help but notice the paint job plays down the straps on the legs, they sort of blend in. I wonder if that was intentional

Ritual

10-03-2005, 10:43 AM

Yeah, it seems the artist wanted to emphasise certain other... eh... features of the sculpt! :angel:

cdukino

10-03-2005, 11:57 AM

Cindy, we're all :hail: :adore: :hail: :adore: when it comes to your sculpts!

But I think this --> :albertein suits Eric best! :laugh:

Thanks for the compliment.

Hahahah... Better watch it though or I might get used to it and then power hungry. Heaven knows where that will end.

Is that what the kids are calling it now days?

:vb_tongue I'm innocent

cdukino

10-03-2005, 12:09 PM

oh come on, it makes total sense! It's like my '06 halloween costume!

Didn't knew you were so... vulloptuous (sp?) at the chest area to fit into this outfit ;) Can't say I'd noticed.

EricJ

10-03-2005, 12:33 PM

Hahahah... Better watch it though or I might get used to it and then power hungry. Heaven knows where that will end.

:vb_tongue I'm innocent

Ok, two things here that scare me...

the thought of power hungry Cindy

and trying to imagine just what type of intoxicated state I'd have to be in before I could be convinced that Cindy is innocent in any way...

cdukino

10-03-2005, 12:42 PM

Ok, two things here that scare me...

the thought of power hungry Cindy

and trying to imagine just what type of intoxicated state I'd have to be in before I could be convinced that Cindy is innocent in any way...

And I am innocent. (slips Eric a bottle of strong liqour).. look at these puppy eyes (blink blink blink, sweet smile (while securing the knife secretly behind her back out of sight))... see cute as a button, innocent as a little lamb.

EricJ

10-03-2005, 12:48 PM

The "state" would be Brabant then (more the province than a state). And I am innocent... look at these puppy eyes (blink blink blink, sweet smile (while securing the knife secretly behind her back out of sight))... see cute as a button, innocent as a little lamb.

ok, if I have to choose, there is better than the knife-wielding style of not innocent :flute:

cdukino

10-03-2005, 01:10 PM

ok, if I have to choose, there is better than the knife-wielding style of not innocent :flute:

Oke exchange knife for leather flogging device then ;)
(hmmm I think I might be damaging my image here publically :goodbad: )

Duende

10-03-2005, 01:47 PM

I think I might be damaging my image here publically

:twitch:
Yes, from your pics in the PYP thread at CMON, you looked like the sweet and innocent-type.... but now I'm having second thoughts about that opinion!

:decision:

EricJ

10-03-2005, 05:20 PM

:twitch:
Yes, from your pics in the PYP thread at CMON, you looked like the sweet and innocent-type.... but now I'm having second thoughts about that opinion!

:decision:

That smiley has it backward, it should be smileing when the devil shows up and frowning with the good one...

I'm the real innocent one, cindy is such a bad influence