IMPACT! MINIATURES

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

Jerry Jones: "so, why do you think you would make a good Dallas player"

Player X: "well, see, I was arrested in the offseason and cut by my former club"

Jerry Jones: "when can you start?"

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Dark Lord · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2682

bouncergriim · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 298 Location: Fort Worth, TEXAS

how long til they sign Vick then?

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

OK, this represents about 3 total hours work so far.. I reckon there is still another 5-7 hours of total work to go.. I started with the dirtiest job (the fur) which is why the mini generally looks untidy - the finished piece will look great, I promise...

I normally don't show WIPs because they often don't do much for the model, but seeing as Phil asked...

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Stout Youngblood · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 356 Location: Lombard, IL

Looks good so far. Thanks for the WIP.

Quermitt · Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

Cowboys! Everything with "rivalry" in the sentence sounds good ...

Good luck with the painting, Rams! (Of veel succes als je Nederlands nog goed is ...

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Thadrin · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 183

The only good thing you can say about Jerry Jones is that at least he isn't Al Davis. Or Daniel Snyder.

I feel so lucky to support a team owned by a family of football aristocrats, from all I have heard truely a great group of people.

Actually, that's why I can't hate the Ravens properly, despite them having the single most overrated player in Football history (the punk that wears 52...). Back at Pearlies, Valen and I were in Waterstones after dinner, and he recommended I buy and read "Next man up", a book about a year in the life of a football team. The team in the book is the Ravens, and absolutely everyone involved in a non-playing position in that organisation came across as good people.

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

wait a minute...

Gav was in a bookshop..?? he knows they don't sell Razzle, right?

PS Thads, don't diss Lewis - Future HOF and one of the finest MLBs ever..
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Thadrin · Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 183

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

I'm not saying there is not some truth in what you are saying, but the numbers speak for themselves.. 10 probowls in 13 seasons is pretty unprecedented.. and he was injured in the 3 seasons he did not make it..

I guess it's kinda like any other top athlete though. I'm a big Baseball fan, so I can imagine the same big hitter playing on two separate teams. Let's say he's a real slugger and only gets one hit in every 5 at bats, but every hit is at least a double or a home-run, and he bats fourth in the lineup - a Papa Ortiz equivalent if you like.

So if he's at a good club, he will probably end the season with an average of .200 and 100-120 RBI because of all those good hitters in front of him getting on base.. if he's at a bad club, his .200 average is the same, but he may only finish on 40-60 RBI or so (almost all home runs)..

is the same guy at a different club a worse player?? does the first guy deserve the plaudits because the team also has some decent contact-hitters who bat before him??

anyway, my point is that 52 is an MLB machine - at a different club he probably would have had marginally less success.. perhaps at the Patriots he could have had more.. but fundamentally he's a great player.. a loud mouth jack-ass who beat a murder charge - yes, but that goes for half the NFL and NBA right now..

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Patrick · Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 15 Location: McKinney, TX

My vote for paint has to go to the Cowboys too. As a Dallas-area resident and occasional game viewer I can say they have not done much to bolster confidence in the team. Glad the whole TO drama is gone and I think Austin is doing a great job.

Great work on the paint so far! Looking forward to seeing that blue and silver!
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Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

I painted more flesh last night (mostly while the Phillies were at the plate

) but have not yet finished it.. will try to finish the flesh tonight and also re-do the black on everything else so the edges are crisper and cleaner.. the more I paint the mini, the more I love it!

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Stout Youngblood · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 356 Location: Lombard, IL

Norse · The One, the Only Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 2811

makes it so much easier to paint the tricky bits..

probably explains why some of your work is so sloppy, big fella..

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