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Just to be clear, my two painted pieces are here (red parka hood and rock monster). If only they made an ice monster like that (I got the idea from a rock raiders book I read as a kid, there was an ice monster in it)
Look what showed up in today's mail! All right, so the instrument on the left is just a wee bit too modern for my mini-Deryni, but only by a few centuries. But I'm sure Dhugal would have loads of fun with an electric guitar, and if we modern folks can enjoy groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism, then maybe my little people enjoy going forward in time on their weekends. OK, that's a bit of a stretch, but I have to admit that the idea of Dhugal and Kelson rocking out makes me giggle a bit.
I actually bought the pair of ornaments for the guitar on the right. It still doesn't exactly match up to the "gittern" that I had Dhugal and Duncan playing at the end of Visionaries, as from the pictures I've seen of gitterns, they seem to be more like smaller, flat-backed lutes, so a modern mandolin might be a closer equivalent. Our modern characteristic "guitar-shape" didn't come along until the 1600s or thereabouts, if I remember correctly. But still, if musical tech in the Kingdom of Gwynedd is as advanced as their other tech, then maybe it's not too much of a stretch to hope that Duncan could somehow get his hands on an early proto-guitar?
As for the gameboard-in-progress, despite what I said about not planning on making it too fancy, I'm beginning to think that maybe some sort of motif in the central square might pretty it up just a little bit. Perhaps a golden fleur-de-lys?
1. Bowling Alley, 2. Rock Climbing at Baxter Village Festival, 3. Having a Picnic with Picnik on Halloween, 4. Fountain Play, 5. "Have a Good One", 6. Water Fun: I Dare You, 7. Jedi Light Sabers or Tic Tac Toe?, 8. Treasure in the Leaf Pile., 9. 2010 Dec 25 Carol in sleep mask
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Top 5: Emo, Kill bill, Mama Mia, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Joseph and the technicolor dreamcoat