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Wider Wargaming => Non-Pendraken Stuff => Topic started by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 18 December 2020, 11:21:50 PM

Title: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 18 December 2020, 11:21:50 PM
Tangent miniatures,, probably in a massive breach of copywrite, have these familiar characters.
Do you know how difficult it is to paint plaid dressing gowns and pringle jumpers!!!

(https://i.imgur.com/SJ5Nccu.jpg)

I've seen it, it's rubbish!
(https://i.imgur.com/3IQOpiC.jpg)

He's got an towel and he's mildly worried!
(https://i.imgur.com/38c9Moo.jpg)

Plaid... gah!  :-B @-)
(https://i.imgur.com/7lUNy9S.jpg)

Okay, the blazer was fun!
(https://i.imgur.com/oekdetG.jpg)

Damn, didn't see that flock, sorry!
(https://i.imgur.com/Aql1MvU.jpg)

Probably the worst cast of the batch, plus his jacket is covered in gold and silver brocade is a nightmare.
(https://i.imgur.com/aqU3GdW.jpg)

Trillian
(https://i.imgur.com/cxDFGDS.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kGuhnBw.jpg)

Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: fsn on 19 December 2020, 07:26:05 AM
Glad to see they used the TV series ... not the unfortunate film.

Great job with the brush Lemmey.

Funny. HHGTTG has been on my mind. Do you think we're psychically linked? Perhaps in some previous life we were twins? Maybe we are one soul divided?



Or is it just coincidence? 
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Steve J on 19 December 2020, 07:33:00 AM
Nice work there Will and I loved the tv series 8).
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 19 December 2020, 07:47:08 AM
TV series - working shifts for 1st 3 runs, never got to see ep 3. Also I enjoyed the film. Good stuff there Will.
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Techno II on 19 December 2020, 08:22:06 AM
VERY nice, Will !!  :-bd

Still go back to the radio series and listen all the way through, every few months.
Only part of that that 'throws me', is the episode at Milliways, as Hotblack Desiato doesn't appear in the radio version.

I'll have to dig out the DVDs and have a watch......again.

Cheers - Phil (Who claims to have come from Guildford.  ;))
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: mmcv on 19 December 2020, 09:06:08 AM
These are great
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 19 December 2020, 09:50:23 AM
Quote from: Techno II on 19 December 2020, 08:22:06 AM
(Who claims to have come from Guildford.  ;))

WHY ?  ;D
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 19 December 2020, 09:51:45 AM
Thats part of Ford Prefect's cover story...
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Techno II on 19 December 2020, 10:38:18 AM
And Zaphod claimed his name was Phil.  ;)

Cheers - Me. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 19 December 2020, 10:41:53 AM
Quote from: Techno II on 19 December 2020, 10:38:18 AM
And Zaphod claimed his name was Phil.  ;)

That explains your massive ego Phil, two heads and no brain  :-bd

Me I have a small black cat  and am often visited by 12 men driving small black cars
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: FierceKitty on 19 December 2020, 11:32:35 AM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 19 December 2020, 10:41:53 AM
That explains your massive ego Phil, two heads and no brain  :-bd

Me I have a small black cat  and am often visited by 12 men driving small black cars

I have trouble imagining you and a cat sharing your lives.
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Techno II on 19 December 2020, 11:49:37 AM
But I STILL can't grow back the extra arm.....I need more than just the one extra !

Pangalactic gargle blasters on standby.....(hic) ;)

Alexander....The semi-feral barn cat at Techno Towers looks FAR too fat.....She'd better not be about to produce offspring. X_X

Cheers - Eddie.
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: toxicpixie on 19 December 2020, 06:34:23 PM
Good work, nice figures - copyrights probably expired unless someone's kept up the "do not make tiny effigies" bit, maybe?!
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: paulr on 19 December 2020, 06:43:10 PM
 :-bd =D> :-bd

First the radio show, then the books and finally the TV series, managed to avoid most of the movie
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Leon on 19 December 2020, 10:29:19 PM
Quote from: toxicpixie on 19 December 2020, 06:34:23 PM
...copyrights probably expired unless someone's kept up the "do not make tiny effigies" bit, maybe?!

I think it's 75 years from the date of the creators death currently, but I'm not sure how it applies when looking at an adaptation into a different medium.  There's an interesting trend in IP rights tied to Mickey Mouse, so whenever his rights protection would expire, Disney manage to get the law extended by a few more years...
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Orcs on 19 December 2020, 10:32:57 PM
They look great - Yes i expect they will get blocked at some point 
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: toxicpixie on 20 December 2020, 12:35:19 AM
That bloody Mouse...
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Smoking gun on 21 December 2020, 07:15:49 PM
Denizen Miniatures also do a set (25mm) small photos at the foot of this page: http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/files/25mm05.htm (http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/files/25mm05.htm)

Best wishes,
Martin
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Big Insect on 22 December 2020, 09:07:23 AM
Oooo! K'hiff aliens .... I have some of those somewhere ... very nice.

I also think the 'cartoon dog' model is actually the one most likely to cause issues as that particular author/artists estate is very protective of their copywright
Title: Re: Galactic Hitchhikers!
Post by: Techno II on 22 December 2020, 04:56:11 PM
They'll be alright, as long as no-one 'snoops' around.  :D

Cheers - Phil.