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Title: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Leon on 04 December 2016, 12:52:00 AM
Although, it'd be quite a rubbish zoo if it was full of cows, sheep and rabbits so maybe it's more like the Pendraken petting farm...?!  The Pendraken Menagerie...?!

Anyway, we've got 9 different farm/countryside animals here ready to be used in all manner of ways.  Fields full of cows and sheep, farm buildings with chickens or geese running wild, dogs on your command bases and rabbits hiding in your hedgerows!  The possibilities are endless!

Scenery Items
Animals - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Scenery-Items-c25/Animals-sc353/ (http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Scenery-Items-c25/Animals-sc353/)
SCN-NML1   Cows   (x10)   £2.00
SCN-NML2   Sheep   (x10)   £2.00
SCN-NML3   Goats   (x10)   £2.00
SCN-NML4   Pigs   (x10)   £2.00
SCN-NML5   Dogs   (x10)   £2.00
SCN-NML6   Cats   (x10)   £1.50
SCN-NML7   Chickens   (x10)   £1.50
SCN-NML8   Geese   (x10)   £1.50
SCN-NML9   Rabbits   (x10)   £1.50


And the pics:

SCN-NML1 - Cows
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML1.jpg)


SCN-NML2 - Sheep
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML2.jpg)


SCN-NML3 - Goats
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML3.jpg)


SCN-NML4 - Pigs
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML4.jpg)


SCN-NML5 - Dogs
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML5.jpg)


SCN-NML6 - Cats
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML6.jpg)


SCN-NML7 - Chickens
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML7.jpg)


SCN-NML8 - Geese
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML8.jpg)


SCN-NML9 - Rabbits
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/SCN-NML9.jpg)


And a comparison shot of them all:

(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ImageBin/SCN-NML.JPG)


8)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: paulr on 04 December 2016, 01:22:32 AM
 :-bd =D> :-bd =D>
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Post by: DFlynSqrl on 04 December 2016, 02:45:55 AM
Fun stuff!   =D>
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 04 December 2016, 04:24:07 AM
Hooray!  :-bd :-bd

(Of course my most recent order shipped out to me yesterday  :( )

But running off to your store now..... :) :)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 04 December 2016, 04:47:39 AM
....back

Ordered!  :)
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Post by: FierceKitty on 04 December 2016, 05:47:52 AM
WHERE is the Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly?
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Post by: Womble67 on 04 December 2016, 08:57:41 AM
These will be very useful

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Bodvoc on 04 December 2016, 09:06:58 AM
QuoteThe Pendraken Menagerie...?!
 
Is that another name for the forum?

Wonderful animals though.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 04 December 2016, 09:22:33 AM
Well, that's the Picts baggage sorted then!   '.  Just to keep FSN happy.
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 04 December 2016, 09:23:50 AM
No lemmings or meerkats Phil? ;)
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Post by: FierceKitty on 04 December 2016, 09:31:35 AM
Hmmm, when I begin the ancient Chinese armies next year, these will go well with a cooking pot for a baggage train.
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Post by: Steve J on 04 December 2016, 10:34:05 AM
Perfect for vignettes and general bits of scenery 8)
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 04 December 2016, 10:35:31 AM
No ducks?
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Westmarcher on 04 December 2016, 10:37:07 AM
Very good (the rabbits must be absolutely tiny!). Must include some cattle and/or sheep in my next order.  :-bd

Only slightly disappointed you did not take the menagerial decision to call it your Livestock range.   ;)

Of course, you will now receive requests for farm implements and farm workers (oh, what a can of worms* that might be given the costume requirements for different eras), different breeds, dead cattle (for WW2 Normandy games, etc.), dead horses (great for any battlefield) and mice!    :o

Now, let me see, with some judicious shaving of his whip into a crook or something, I may be able to convert the SYW "Farmer Giles" driver in smock to a shepherd or cattle drover .....


* whoah! worms would be impossible ... surely!?
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: fsn on 04 December 2016, 11:04:29 AM
Ah Leon, with these animals, you spoil us.  :D

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

Will there be an army pack?


Quote from: Westmarcher on 04 December 2016, 10:37:07 AM
dead cattle (for WW2 Normandy games, etc.),
Easy - cut 'em off the base and lay'em on  their side.
(http://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Dead-Cow.jpg)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: mollinary on 04 December 2016, 11:14:57 AM
Sorry to get personal - but do those cows have udders?  If not, I can see some of them pulling all sorts of wagons, guns etc.

Mollinary
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: fsn on 04 December 2016, 11:17:55 AM
Very thin ankles on those chickens.  :(
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Post by: Roy on 04 December 2016, 11:21:21 AM
brilliant!
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Post by: fred. on 04 December 2016, 12:02:04 PM
Cool. Just putting together an order along with some of the recently released civilians (newly moulded not ex-convicts)

Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Sunray on 04 December 2016, 01:09:07 PM
My order for Techno's new civies is already in the system (don't forget it Leon).  Also three buses.   I would really like some civilian types in trench coats with the odd weapon (Carl Gustav SMGs, Colt .45 pistols,  Remington .308 scoped rifles).  I know the trench coat is an icon for a spook, but aren't all of our figures "icons" on the table when the dice rolls ?

  Yes, those black ops, Langley Farm Boys had their baptism of fire in Korea.  Not their finest hour( -1), but lessons were leant.

A lot of the declass stuff makes interesting reading.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Nosher on 04 December 2016, 04:39:22 PM
If I buy one pack of rabbits do you think they might multiply?

Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: mollinary on 04 December 2016, 05:13:19 PM
Quote from: Nosher on 04 December 2016, 04:39:22 PM
If I buy one pack of rabbits do you think they might multiply?



Come on, Nosher, any fool can tell they are all bucks!  You don't think Leon would have made such a mistake as to release a self propagating product do you?   :o :o :o :o

Mollinary
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Leon on 04 December 2016, 05:19:31 PM
Thanks for the replies, the rabbits and cats are indeed very small!

Quote from: d_Guy on 04 December 2016, 04:47:39 AM
Ordered!  :)

Thanks for that, we'll get those sorted and shipped out asap.

Quote from: mad lemmey on 04 December 2016, 10:35:31 AM
No ducks?

No ducks currently, but we might add the current camels and elephants into the lists to have them all in one place.  There's also a crocodile knocking about somewhere...

Quote from: Westmarcher on 04 December 2016, 10:37:07 AM
Of course, you will now receive requests for farm implements and farm workers (oh, what a can of worms* that might be given the costume requirements for different eras), different breeds, dead cattle (for WW2 Normandy games, etc.), dead horses (great for any battlefield) and mice!    :o

We've got dead horses in the Napoleonic Misc section, so no worries there.  For dead cattle, as fsn says just tip them over!
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Sunray on 04 December 2016, 06:41:56 PM
Quote from: Sunray on 04 December 2016, 01:09:07 PM
My order for Techno's new civies is already in the system (don't forget it Leon).  Also three buses.   I would really like some civilian types in trench coats with the odd weapon (Carl Gustav SMGs, Colt .45 pistols,  Remington .308 scoped rifles).  I know the trench coat is an icon for a spook, but aren't all of our figures "icons" on the table when the dice rolls ?

  Yes, those black ops, Langley Farm Boys had their baptism of fire in Korea.  Not their finest hour( -1), but lessons were leant.

A lot of the declass stuff makes interesting reading.

The CIA type (Mr Lynch) is now a request.  And many thanks for Peter Cooman for the link to the Bob Murch figure that inspired it.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Ithoriel on 04 December 2016, 11:21:36 PM
Quote from: Leon on 04 December 2016, 05:19:31 PM
There's also a crocodile knocking about somewhere...

Listen for the sound of the clock :)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: FierceKitty on 05 December 2016, 12:56:54 AM
I could find a good home for a couple of crocs.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: lowlylowlycook on 05 December 2016, 03:06:56 AM
Cool stuff.

Any chance of getting some dwarves to ride those goats?  Or are they a lot smaller than the ponies that the dwarves currently get?
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Techno on 05 December 2016, 07:41:22 AM
Will.

No, sorry....still haven't finished that meerkat.  :-[....and didn't I do a lemming on your gobbo mage ?.......Or did I pick that off, in the end ?

Mollinary....As far as I can remember I just made them as smaller sized bullocks...so no udders

The chicken and the rabbit.......They're not as small as the bloody squirrel Leon asked me to put on the wood elf 'runestone'. :P

Hope you like them.....I did have to mess around with the scales on some of them.  :D

Cheers - Phil

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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 05 December 2016, 07:48:18 AM
The lemming is in the goblin Mage! Not sure many know of it!
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Techno on 05 December 2016, 08:11:29 AM
 ;)

Thought so.....I'm sure I picked one off him somewhere, though !

Cheers - Phil
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Post by: JeffNNN on 05 December 2016, 05:48:37 PM
Assumed that "Pendraken Zoo" was just the new name for the Forum. 8)
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Post by: Sunray on 05 December 2016, 07:31:39 PM
Correct, and subalterns are at the bottom of the food chain.   
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Duckman on 05 December 2016, 10:00:33 PM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 04 December 2016, 10:35:31 AM
No ducks?

No Ducks!!!!!

How on earth could you have missed out Ducks??????????????

The other animals are very nice.   

By the way when are the fantasy Duck men coming out?
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Leon on 05 December 2016, 10:17:38 PM
Just as an indication of size, here's a comparison shot of them all:

(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ImageBin/SCN-NML.JPG)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Duckman on 05 December 2016, 10:59:39 PM
I think that you should include one sheep in  pack ELM8 Welsh Spearmen.  :)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Ithoriel on 06 December 2016, 12:18:48 AM
Quote from: Leon on 05 December 2016, 10:17:38 PM
Just as an indication of size, here's a comparison shot of them all:

(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ImageBin/SCN-NML.JPG)

Any chance of this with a human figure for comparison? Or a ruler in front of them or similar?
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Post by: hamsterking on 06 December 2016, 03:32:35 AM
The rabbits may be small but I'm sure they have a vicious streak a mile wide !

Dave Turner
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Post by: GrumpyOldMan on 06 December 2016, 03:38:23 AM
Quote from: hamsterking on 06 December 2016, 03:32:35 AM
The rabbits may be small but I'm sure they have a vicious streak a mile wide !

Dave Turner

(https://cinematicfanatic.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/killer-rabbit.jpg)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 06 December 2016, 04:02:07 AM
 ;D
"Bring forth the holy hand grenade of Antioch"
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: irregularwars on 06 December 2016, 07:07:10 AM
Superb.

Wracking my brain for a reason to buy the bunnies...

Can't think of one now, but will try much harder. Must have the tiny bunnies!
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: fsn on 06 December 2016, 08:09:52 AM
Britain, at the dawn of a new age. Somewhere near Colchester, a wealthy Roman farmer decides to introduce rabbits to his farm. He likes their hippity-hoppity run. He likes their big eyes. He likes the feel of their fur. He likes the taste.

The wagon bearing crates of the fluffy brown creatures arrives, and is drawn through the native village. The local British leader is disturbed by these foreign beasties, and asks "wot is dey den?"

"Those, miserable creature, are rabbits. I plan to breed them." The Roman looked at the disgust on the Briton's face. "With each other." He explained patiently. "Then they will be free to roam the countryside and breed."

"We don't loik roamin' Romans!" exclaimed the British leader. "We will oppose dees rabbis."

"Tough!" Responded the Roman, little realisising that his curt response would bring about not only a massive revolution amongst the natives, but also lay the foundation of anti-semitism in these fair isles. The Briton stalked away.

"Bloody woman!" seethed the Roman. "What's her name again? Boudicca? We'll not hear from her again, I'll warrant"


So there's your scenario. Romans trying to loose rabbits on the countryside, whilst British patriots score points for offing Roman assets: 1 point per rabbit, 5 points per slave, 10 points per protecting Roman soldier.


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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 06 December 2016, 08:56:19 AM
Rabbits were introduced by the Normans.

Lapin in the Latin?
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 06 December 2016, 09:01:53 AM
I sit corrected!!! 🐰
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1487787/Romans-introduced-the-rabbit.html

Omnes cuniculorum sunt
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Post by: Westmarcher on 06 December 2016, 10:10:34 AM
Ya long eared galoot!



;D ;D
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Post by: FierceKitty on 06 December 2016, 11:34:12 AM
Quote from: irregularwars on 06 December 2016, 07:07:10 AM
Superb.

Wracking my brain for a reason to buy the bunnies...

Can't think of one now, but will try much harder. Must have the tiny bunnies!


There's that Napoleonic story - could be a fun game.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: mollinary on 06 December 2016, 11:49:51 AM
Quote from: irregularwars on 06 December 2016, 07:07:10 AM
Superb.

Wracking my brain for a reason to buy the bunnies...

Can't think of one now, but will try much harder. Must have the tiny bunnies!


Watership Down campaign?

Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 06 December 2016, 01:03:11 PM
I'm planning on putting the bunnies in various hedgerows. May stick some free range chickens in there as well. I guess next we need foxes.
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Post by: Sunray on 06 December 2016, 07:16:46 PM
You need a pest controller for the rabbits - a man in a trench coat -  Rick Barlow -  the most popular unmade figure in the Pendraken range!
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Post by: d_Guy on 06 December 2016, 07:38:54 PM
 :)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: fsn on 06 December 2016, 07:45:02 PM
My (semi-serious) thought on rabbits was as an obstacle for cavalry - not the rabbits themselves, but certainly their 'oles.

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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 06 December 2016, 08:18:40 PM
Warband Rabbit army?
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Post by: FierceKitty on 07 December 2016, 06:42:40 AM
Attila the bun.

The Buns of Navarone.

A ten-bun bomb.

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Post by: Westmarcher on 07 December 2016, 10:05:55 AM
Roman legion hares.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: DaveH on 07 December 2016, 01:41:31 PM
Oooh, useful for both objectives and table dressing in games.

Given that I've been looking at a 28mm scale cat miniature I need to paint and thinking how small that is, those rabbits must be tiny, good to have the stuff available though.
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Post by: Terry37 on 07 December 2016, 05:36:01 PM
Absolutely EXCELLENT! And you can be sure a pack of rabbits, or bunnies to bunny people, will be in my next order.

I already have a HotT Watership Down army partially started with each figure named for a character in the story. My wife and I love the story, and bunnies, so much that we have made two trips across the pond just to visit the places in the story - which are all real places and mostly as they looked when Mr. Adams wrote the story. Our last trip in 2012, was very special as we had tea with Mr. and Mrs. Adams in their home at their request. A truly magical experience for us!

(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/Looking%20Cute%201_zpsobhgnjke.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/Looking%20Cute%201_zpsobhgnjke.jpg.html)
Clover Churchbunny

Terry
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Post by: fsn on 07 December 2016, 08:53:13 PM
You had lunch with Richard Adams?

Blimey! What this forum has been up to.
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Post by: d_Guy on 07 December 2016, 09:11:53 PM
Great story! I too am impressed.
I assume the fires have been well east of you?
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Post by: Terry37 on 07 December 2016, 09:18:05 PM
We did indeed.

(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/IMG_7164_zpsa1mjg0b4.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/IMG_7164_zpsa1mjg0b4.jpg.html)
Here we are at "The Great Beech in the beech hanger on top of Watership Down. The names of the rabbits from the story are carved in it. Yes, it is an old, dead tree but because of the names it has been left there. A new tree has recently been planted in it's honor.

(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/IMG_5844_zpsxsjppbbt.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/IMG_5844_zpsxsjppbbt.jpg.html)

And here is a panorama of the Down. A truly beautiful sight!

(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh235/terry37photos/Misc%201/WD%20Panorama_zpsdr0xziag.jpg) (http://s257.photobucket.com/user/terry37photos/media/Misc%201/WD%20Panorama_zpsdr0xziag.jpg.html)

Yes, the fires were about 200 miles east of us, but we still had a smokey atmosphere even this far away. Wild fires are a BIG problem over here, but usually out west and it seems in Florida as the most common places. Thank you for asking.

Terry

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Post by: d_Guy on 08 December 2016, 12:52:14 AM
Great pics!

Actually I'm on your side of the pond about 500 miles north on the east slope of the Alleghenies.
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Post by: fsn on 08 December 2016, 07:46:33 AM
Is that enough of an address? Could Mr 37 find you from that? Is it like those documentaries with Clint Eastwood where he's told "'bout 100 miles across the desert" and remarkably he finds exactly what he's looking for?

Wow! Americans are so geographical. 
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Post by: Wulf on 08 December 2016, 11:49:38 AM
A nice collection of dinner on the hoof, but needs added big hairy Heelan' coos*.

* Highland Cows for the acent impaired
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 08 December 2016, 01:24:02 PM
Quote from: fsn on 08 December 2016, 07:46:33 AM
Is that enough of an address? Could Mr 37 find you from that? Is it like those documentaries with Clint Eastwood where he's told "'bout 100 miles across the desert" and remarkably he finds exactly what he's looking for?

Wow! Americans are so geographical. 

Point taken. To be more precise "go North until you come to the fourth Mail Pouch painted barn (the one near the Exxon station), turn right, cross the big river, then keep going till you find the MickeyD's with the triple drive-through, turn right and proceed up the mountain 'till you hear a large colony of honking geese. We are the third house on the left". Yup - that should do it.
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Post by: fsn on 08 December 2016, 05:07:42 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Terry37 on 09 December 2016, 12:46:20 AM
d Guy,

No worry on my part as I perfectly understood your directions. I will be coming from the other direction so was just going to turn left at the third Burma Shave sign and figured I'd find you no problem.

Terry :)
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Post by: d_Guy on 09 December 2016, 01:11:38 AM
That'll do it!  :)
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Post by: GrumpyOldMan on 09 December 2016, 03:51:41 AM
Quote from: Terry37 on 09 December 2016, 12:46:20 AM

turn left at the third Burma Shave sign and figured I'd find you no problem.


Oh great!!! Come here to see about animals.... Now I have Tom Waits singing 'Burma Shave' echoing around my head...



'I want to get there before the sun comes up in Burma Shave'

Has this 'Thread Derailment' broken any records?
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 09 December 2016, 04:19:44 AM
 :)

Derailment record?
Probably not.
Even if fsn,
Started this rot!

Burma Shave

Just got an email from Pendraken that my zoo order has just been shipped - thanks, Leon  :)

(OK - back on track)

Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: fsn on 09 December 2016, 08:01:01 AM
Quote from: Terry37 on 09 December 2016, 12:46:20 AM
d Guy,

No worry on my part as I perfectly understood your directions. I will be coming from the other direction so was just going to turn left at the third Burma Shave sign and figured I'd find you no problem.

Terry :)
Sorry, but my maths OCD has kicked in. It would only be the 3rd Burma Shave sign if there were in total 6 Burma Shave signs. Otherwise, you may take the wrong turning.  :(

And the signs need to be double sided.   
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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 09 December 2016, 08:14:28 AM
Quote from: fsn on 09 December 2016, 08:01:01 AM
And the signs need to be double sided.   

But most aint !!!! I'd just use my bad tempered Garmin.

Now if I had a Republican Roman army I'd be requesting cooows with flaming torches on their horns.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 09 December 2016, 08:27:28 AM
Leon, can we have flaming cows, and incendiary pugs, please?
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Post by: Techno on 09 December 2016, 08:31:19 AM
Pugs, Will ?

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 09 December 2016, 09:45:42 AM
The short legs mean they don't move fast, but the noise when alight is truly terrifying....

IanS
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 09 December 2016, 11:45:52 AM
Dashed autocorrect, I meant incendiary PIGS!! 🐷
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Post by: FierceKitty on 09 December 2016, 12:18:34 PM
Perhaps the pugs are to set fire to the pigs.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 09 December 2016, 01:02:43 PM
Quote from: fsn on 09 December 2016, 08:01:01 AM
Sorry, but my maths OCD has kicked in. It would only be the 3rd Burma Shave sign if there were in total 6 Burma Shave signs. Otherwise, you may take the wrong turning.  :(

And the signs need to be double sided.   


The signs where single sided and only readable from one direction. Often as not there was no sign sequence on the opposite side of the road (and even if there were they would likely go unnoticed in your direction of travel).
In the old days - pre-Interstate - the Burma Shave signs were well-known navigational points (you remembered the jingles). In the example I gave and counting from the first sign encountered, "Even if fsn" would be the third sign. BTW - my example has a total of five signs. These were placed about a quarter mile apart. As a kid they were much valued - breaking the tedium of the road with a poetry lesson! 😀



In the land between me and Terry a flaming pig is called a "barbecue"


      (OK - back off track)

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Post by: paulr on 09 December 2016, 07:03:35 PM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 09 December 2016, 11:45:52 AM
Dashed autocorrect, I meant incendiary PIGS!! 🐷

Did you look at the fourth picture at the start of this thread :-/

SCN-NML4 - Pigs

I leave, adding flames, as an exercise for the reader ;)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 09 December 2016, 08:40:58 PM
Quick conversion job for Phil then! ;D

The flaming pugs might take longer...
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Terry37 on 10 December 2016, 03:38:49 AM
d Guy, Well said, very well said indeed!

I'm not sure how many folks remember or know of the Burma Shave signs or the phrase "Drop, Duck and Cover", or Howdy Doody, and Mr Green jeans, etc. etc. etc.

The first TV I saw had a cabinet the size of a refrigerator, and about a 4 inch screen showing mostly snow! William Conrad was Matt Dillon on the radio, along with the Great Gildersleeve, and The Buster Brown Show.  I remember it all, even my great grandparents on the wall crank telephone!

But I must pass on the BBQ as I am dedicated vegetarian.

Terry
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 10 December 2016, 09:01:50 AM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 09 December 2016, 08:40:58 PM
Quick conversion job for Phil then! ;D

The flaming pugs might take longer...

He could knock out a quick conflagration toupee to fit a wide range of critters, then the more improvisational pyromaniacs amongst us can send a wide variety of flaming beasts to disrupt enemy lines.

As to pugs, perhaps the 'tribble in picklehaub' could be either converted or simply made available as a proxy!  ;)

Cheers!

Meirion
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 10 December 2016, 10:24:19 AM
Already got those!  ;D
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 10 December 2016, 01:32:56 PM
Terry,

You have hit many deep pop culture notes of an age long past - each and everyone resonates! 
Thanks for the memories.  :)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: fred. on 10 December 2016, 03:46:45 PM
My animals arrived this morning - but were whisked off and wrapped, and under the tree, before I had chance for a quick peek.  :'(

I'll have to wait 2 weeks now...  :!!
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 10 December 2016, 05:00:52 PM
Quote from: fred. on 10 December 2016, 03:46:45 PM
I'll have to wait 2 weeks now...  :!!

WHAT A PITY - Never mind  ;D
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Dunnadd on 06 January 2017, 01:18:02 AM
Looks more like a farm, or a petting zoo. Where are the bears? And the werewolves?
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Techno on 06 January 2017, 08:01:13 AM
The werewolves are in the Eldritch Vampire army.  ;)

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 06 January 2017, 12:30:20 PM
...and wait till you see THE VULTURES...  :o

You're still doing vultures, right?!

...and there's the elephants: don't forget the elephants (they won't), but possibly best not to mention them...  X_X
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 06 January 2017, 12:53:15 PM
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 06 January 2017, 12:30:20 PM
...and there's the elephants: don't forget the elephants (they won't), but possibly best not to mention them...  X_X

Wondered what were standin in't corner o der room.

IanS
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 06 January 2017, 01:38:18 PM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 06 January 2017, 12:53:15 PM
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 06 January 2017, 12:30:20 PM
...and there's the elephants: don't forget the elephants (they won't), but possibly best not to mention them...  X_X

Wondered what were standin in't corner o der room.

IanS

:-$
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Techno on 06 January 2017, 03:17:00 PM
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 06 January 2017, 12:30:20 PM
...and wait till you see THE VULTURES...  :o
You're still doing vultures, right?! 

Eventually.......They're rather low down the priority list at the moment, Meirion.  ;)

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 06 January 2017, 04:15:19 PM
But I've got two huge ones I use as Rucks in a warmaster Araby army.

IanS
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 07 January 2017, 12:07:03 PM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 06 January 2017, 04:15:19 PM
But I've got two huge ones I use as Rucks in a warmaster Araby army.

Not those vultures, the ones I'm talking about are all new with a certain Stella quality about them ;)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Ithoriel on 07 January 2017, 12:14:03 PM
Apparently it's not just Red Bull that gives you wings :)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 07 January 2017, 01:30:57 PM
When I drink Stella I just get clumsy feet, a lot.

IanS  ;)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 07 January 2017, 02:14:02 PM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 January 2017, 12:14:03 PM
Apparently it's not just Red Bull that gives you wings :)

O:-) O:-) O:-) O:-)

Quote from: ianrs54 on 07 January 2017, 01:30:57 PM
When I drink Stella I just get clumsy feet, a lot.

IanS  ;)I

I tend to be a bit more...  <:-P @-) :'( :-& I-)

;)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Techno on 07 January 2017, 02:57:41 PM
I've not tried using anything other than the cut and flattened cans of Stella......They were just the perfect thickness, for scoring lines in the metal with the point of a scalpel, and then almost 'tearing' the shapes out !........Not tried any other cans.....But I expect most drink cans will be of an almost identical thickness.

Cheers (Hic) - Phil.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: fsn on 07 January 2017, 05:55:44 PM
Hang on! Does this mean Techno drinks Stella?

:-& :-& :-& :-& :-& :-& :-&
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: O Dinas Powys on 07 January 2017, 06:08:58 PM
Quote from: fsn on 07 January 2017, 05:55:44 PM
Hang on! Does this mean Techno drinks Stella?

:-& :-& :-& :-& :-& :-& :-&

How else do you think he maintains those boyish good looks? :-\ :-/ :-$
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: fsn on 07 January 2017, 06:16:41 PM
Well, I assumed he either bathed in virgins' blood, ate monkey glands or had made a pact with some dark force.

But drinking Stella!
:-&

That's disgusting!
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Orcs on 07 January 2017, 07:46:20 PM
Quote from: fsn on 07 January 2017, 06:16:41 PM
Well, I assumed he either bathed in virgins' blood, ate monkey glands or had made a pact with some dark force.

But drinking Stella!
:-&

That's disgusting!

Virgins' blood !!!!!  Where do you think he is going to find any of them in south wales !!!!.    ;D ;D

Nobby you are completely nuts
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: FierceKitty on 07 January 2017, 07:49:04 PM
Quote from: Orcs on 07 January 2017, 07:46:20 PM
Virgins' blood !!!!!  Where do you think he is going to find any of them in south wales !!!!.    ;D ;D

Nobby you are completely nuts

Sheep don't count.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 07 January 2017, 07:54:12 PM
Thank goodness for that FK, if us humans count sheep to go to sleep, what do sheep count?

Also, magic mushrooms grow best in sheep fields, what do sheep see when they eat them and hallucinate?
"Oh man... A cloud with legs... Trippy... Oh... It's my brother!"
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Ithoriel on 07 January 2017, 11:21:42 PM
When I was at college in Aberystwyth it was not unusual to see/ hear the spoof news that the Annual Parade of Cardiff Virgins had been cancelled that year as one had fallen and broken her ankle ... and the other refused to march alone!
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: pierre the shy on 07 January 2017, 11:47:26 PM
Amazing what you can find in a Welsh field beside sheep and fungi:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/88142158/Man-used-life-savings-to-buy-field-and-discovers-ruins-of-lost-city

"lost city" is probably a bit too Indiana Jones-ish (Stuff is renowned for its journalistic "flair")  but certainly an abandoned settlement.

Maybe Techno should invite Tony Robinson and the Time Team to dig up his back garden  ;)

To keep some relevance I should add that my latest order includes some of the new animal range  O:-)
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Techno on 08 January 2017, 06:45:22 AM
Quote from: pierre the shy on 07 January 2017, 11:47:26 PM
Amazing what you can find in a Welsh field beside sheep and fungi:
Maybe Techno should invite Tony Robinson and the Time Team to dig up his back garden  ;)

There are the remains of a very ancient 'fort' on the top of the hill about half a mile up the road.......Just a pile of rocks now.....And a ruined (or unfinished) cromlech in a field the other side of the road, about 600 yards away from Techno Towers.
Yes....We do get 'magic mushrooms' growing in the fields. You can spot 'hippies' collecting bag fulls of 'em from the common at the appropriate time of year.

I wouldn't touch/eat any fungi that I hadn't bought from a super market.......Even the ones I'm sure are 'normal' mushrooms that grow in our fields.....

Knowing my luck......

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: FierceKitty on 08 January 2017, 11:14:24 AM
Mmmm, brought back several bottles of preserved truffles from Siena. They're getting pretty good at it.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Leman on 08 January 2017, 12:54:09 PM
Mmmmmmm........brought back some of that delightful Stella from the offy. Those Belgians are getting quite good at this beer making malarkey.
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: d_Guy on 08 January 2017, 02:34:30 PM
Thanks for the Belgium beer making reference. How one drank Stella Kolwaski was a bit of a mystery.

Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: GrumpyOldMan on 15 January 2017, 10:11:27 PM
Hello

Speaking of animals, weren't there some bears that were lurking around the request list and, if my memory serves me well  :-, were elbowing their way to the release queue?

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan
Title: Re: Pendraken Zoo now open!
Post by: Leon on 15 January 2017, 10:57:51 PM
Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 15 January 2017, 10:11:27 PM
Speaking of animals, weren't there some bears that were lurking around the request list and, if my memory serves me well  :-, were elbowing their way to the release queue?

There were and we'll be adding those to the Warband ranges at some point, just need to squeeze them in alongside some of the Moderns Phil is working on.