Wednesday 1 January 2014

Cocorico pour la Bresse ! - The proud bretonnian Rooster knight

Ok, I finally took the time to give this model the attention it diserved.

You may remember how this project started on the old hammer forum from my will to make a regional knight to represent the diversity of the community. I started this oroject here and followed here.
I decided to make a bretonnian since I have a bretonnian army and that I love them. I decided to take my region mascot being the "bresse" white rooster.
I won't rephrase everything but you can see the little story behind my bretonnian army here, which explains a bit my choices for this project (you can also see that every detail counts in this project).

Hugues-Edouard de l'Ain, Baron de Bresse in all his glory



Here are some shots from different angles and with the optionnal arms available since the right shoulder has a rare earth magnet which enables me to change its gear as I will.


 I have to say though I began this project with very naive intentions, but now I can't look away from all the innuendos and possible jokes about such a concept. Knowing that some people might be looking for some huge cock on the net and get dragged here (Google stats proved this happened more than once...), I don't want to fool anyone so here are some "in situ" shots of Hugues-Edouard in his every day life so you can see our knight here is nothing else but virtue made flesh...

Hugues-Edouard, a true Gentleman :

Hugues-Edouard is always prone to helping ladies in thge most honorable way, he insists on escorting all the ladies of the court when they go in the woods.


"- Oh please mesdemoiselles, rest assured and don't be afraid, as true as I have a huge cock between my legs, I'll take good care of you and won't let you be harmed whatsoever !
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- Come on mesdemoiselles, what are you afraid of?"

Hugues-Edouard hunting :

Hugues-Edouard insists on training his men for the hunt.


"- See ! Look at how my cock is standing firm ! This is how you hunt and how you win battles, always stand proud. You understand ?
- ...
- Alain ! As my squire I would like to know why you're hidingyour face in the palm of your hand? Is there something you'd like to tell me?"

Hugues-Edouard against Evil :

Hugues-Edouard is always taking the side of the weak and he will always lend a hand when his people are in danger.

" Ahaha my poor Tristan, when you said "Monsters" I thought you meant REAL monsters like dragons or wyverns ! I see no monsters here, some corrupted and lost creatures at best. Come on, let's show them how great the lady of the lake is with some well-placed sword hits ! EN AVANT!

Hugues-Edouard fights eviler :


 "- Oh I'm afraid you're misinformed about my mother Mr Black ! And I don't see why on earth I would let you mess with my organs as you said.
- (some horrible curses in a mix of old worlder and dark tongue I can't write here)
- Well, if you want blood for your blood god, that's a thing but I don't see how on earth this sordid idea of yours about your axe and my anus is relevant. Prepare yourself to fight for your honor ! I challenge you !"


and so on and so on...
You see, I already like him a lot...

Oh and Happy new year to you all, guess what I did on my new year's eve? Yep, blue-tack kitbashing for my venators (heads to be changed)...



24 comments:

  1. Superb! What a fantastic figure and really great to see him fully finished. I am very shamed that my Bee Knight stands on the shelf in front of me still unfinished! I will make him a priority for this New Year.

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    1. Welll it's you being ahead of the group who pushed into finishing mine as soon as possible. You've done more than half of the Bee knights so I'm confident in him seing the light i a not too distant future. ;)
      Thanks a lot !

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  2. Pure Genius from Concept to execution....just great!

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    1. Well thanks Blue, coming from you, it's an honor !

      Looking at it I forgot to mention that the mushrooms have been painted in a realistic manner on one side and in a Blanchesque manner on the other to represent the fact this model and my whole hobby are between old and new. I know it's not obvious just by looking at it but thoght it was worth mentoinning.

      Thanks a lot once again.

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  3. Ce bretonnien est ENORME!!!!

    Superbe idée et superbe réalisation :)

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    1. Merci ! Pour être honnête, la photo est très flatteuse et cache pas mal le travail désastreux sur le plumage mais le chevalier en lui-même est bien sorti pour du plastique. Heureusement que j'ai gardé une tête métal pour garder du détail sur le plus important.
      Ceci dit j'ai essayé de bosser la lisibilité qui est pas mon fort et j'ai appris de ce côté avec cette fig.
      Autour de Kaleb maintenant, essayons de mettre à profit tout çà.

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  4. Oh, man, this post is so great! :D

    Both concept and execution are enormously creative, not even speaking of how funny all this is. Lovely, lovely work :)

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    1. Well you 've raised the bar quite high yourself so I'm trying to follow as I can. Thanks a lot. I enjoyed every bit of this project and especially the very good response and implication on the forum. Can't wait to see the other knights.

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  5. Just doing the rounds complimenting all my favourite bloggers ...;)

    Great stuff really pleased to see paint on the majestic cockerel....

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    1. Thanks a lot. Majestic works for me ! One thing is for sure, He's a fine lad who lives for honor. I'm very glad people like it and don't stop on the "plastic model on a rubber toy" aspect !

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  6. Love him!

    Whilst it feels inappropriate to wish ill harm on the poor fellow - I would love to meet this chap on the table.

    I'm sure combat would advance the innuendo no-end, what with brave knights skewering the birds with their heavy lances...

    Regards
    Gaj

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    1. I'd happily let him turn into a giant kebab if it means playing the game with you Gaj. I'll see about making this possible ;)

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  7. At long last! What a fantastic miniature.

    Also, I love the JB background in the last rooster knight photo. A great idea.

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    1. Thanks a lot Matt, I was wondering if would look good and I guess it looks good enough for the purpose. It's a better background than the mess on my table anyway !

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  8. Excellent work! The photography/backdrops et cetera are really great quality too. I just love the blank, mindless look on the cockerel's face, such a charming detail.

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    1. You're absolutely right, what I like most about all of this is that this animal looks really stupid. I just love imagining the poor thing picking seeds on the battle ground or screaming "Cocorico" in front of heavily mutated beasts.
      I intended to make the eyes smaller at first but leaving them this way enhances the "mindless look" you talk about. Glad you noticed it !

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  9. Ha! Brilliant! That's a fantastically sculpted and painted giant cock you have there! (I'm sure there will be almost no end to the 'cock', 'bird' and 'fowl/poultry' jokes that can be thought up for this!).

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    1. Thanks ! I don't expect no end to these jokes because I can't tire of them ! ^^
      I think I'll have to come up with aother idea of the sort... There is something I'm thinking about which could be the perfect continuation...

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  10. Very nice result with the Rooster knight! You made a (I assume) porcelain Rooster look like a convincing Bretonnian mount. Impressive!
    /Hans

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    1. The rooster model is actually rubber to start with. It means I had to pin it in different places so that it doesn't bend too much !

      Thanks a lot !

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  11. C'est juste génial et tellement intelligent :p

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    1. Merci, je me suis bien marré. ca me fait penser que cette figurine est censée être la moitié d'un dyptique d'ailleurs... faut que je retourne bosser ^^

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