Macquettes???

Labrusca · Post by **Labrusca** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:17 pm

Great to see Ralph has found something else for us to buy, but why are they called THAT? Toys, ok. Action Figures, uh-huh. 3-D Images, perhaps. Figurines, even. But Macquettes?? Sounds like female resistance fighters from Star Trek DS9 took jobs dancing at Radio City Music Hall.

UncleMonty · Post by **UncleMonty** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:39 pm

Different names, same things... Kinda how the things your sister plays with are dolls while yours are action figures...

They look pretty well made, though the sample shows "Quentyn of Ridgedale" with a flat red cap instead of green hat with a feather. He's a little taller, leaner, and more self-confident than the comic Quentyn too - maybe he's an older, grown-up Quentyn.

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:07 pm

Older, yes. Grown Up, probably (the "groovy" comment of his is the only evidence otherwise

).

But he's definately not our Quentyn, son of Quinn. But rather, he's the predecessor of all Questors in the Sanctury lands

http://npc.keenspace.com/d/20011118.html
http://npc.keenspace.com/d/20040810.html

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:11 pm

actually, Quentyn of Ridgedale was one of the LAST questors in the seven villages....

StrangeWulf13 · Post by **StrangeWulf13** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:14 pm

Uh, no. Quentyn of Ridgedale was simply one of the more famous Questors. He was one of many, not the first. He founded the town of Freeman Downs, and I'm pretty sure it was relatively recent, so I'm afraid you're a bit off.

=P That's not to say he didn't inspire a few other souls to take up the mantle of Questor...

...though I dare say he inspired quite a few more to stay home and work the farm after he disappeared.

Ah, but that's a bit much to be telling.

You'll find out soon enough... soon enough...

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:34 pm

whoops

i guess i was thinking about him being the predecessor to our current Quentyn, but then i went in the wrong direction with it >.> well, dont i feel like the goombah now

Maxgoof · Post by **Maxgoof** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:35 pm

labrusca wrote:Great to see Ralph has found something else for us to buy, but why are they called THAT? Toys, ok. Action Figures, uh-huh. 3-D Images, perhaps. Figurines, even. But Macquettes?? Sounds like female resistance fighters from Star Trek DS9 took jobs dancing at Radio City Music Hall.

A macquette is a small sculpture of a character usually made by animation studios as models for their animators. That way they can see the character from whatever angle they need to get the right look.

In this case, since he is making models from comic strips, it's a similar thing, hence the use of that word.

I'm rather disappointed that he doesn't have pictures on his site of them. Just a blurb saying he has them, with links back to Ralph's web pages.

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:36 am

Ohh joy, i plan to order one.

SolidusRaccoon · Post by **SolidusRaccoon** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:25 am

Ok, got mine ordered, Based on the cover of the book. Talked it over with Lanin and things sound like they should turn out great. Will post the pictures when I get it.

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:29 pm

maxgoof wrote:
labrusca wrote:Great to see Ralph has found something else for us to buy, but why are they called THAT? Toys, ok. Action Figures, uh-huh. 3-D Images, perhaps. Figurines, even. But Macquettes?? Sounds like female resistance fighters from Star Trek DS9 took jobs dancing at Radio City Music Hall.
A macquette is a small sculpture of a character usually made by animation studios as models for their animators. That way they can see the character from whatever angle they need to get the right look.

In this case, since he is making models from comic strips, it's a similar thing, hence the use of that word.

I'm rather disappointed that he doesn't have pictures on his site of them. Just a blurb saying he has them, with links back to Ralph's web pages.

Well, he's still creating the originals.... and he's got the cast of three different strips to immortalize.

StrangeWulf13 · Post by **StrangeWulf13** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 3:24 pm

And that's just yours, Ralph. If I remember the site correctly, he's also doing them for several other authors. Should have an interesting collection in no time.

I'd like to buy one, but mom will bug me about it to no end, 'cause she seems to think that Ralph is scamming me for some reason.

I don't know where she got that impression, except perhaps over the auction of Rillcreek I won that was drawn on computer paper... and cost me around $30 to $60.

Yyyyyeah. Don't think she's looked too closely at any of the other stuff I've gotten. =P

DracoDei · Post by **DracoDei** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:20 pm

BlasTech wrote:<snip> well, dont i feel like the goombah now

Well just steer well clear of any plumbers in red or green overalls with matching caps, and you should be all right...
Well, that and princesses in pink dresses, green dinosaurs with impressive eating and regurgitation abilities, and some other guy... I think he wears a white cap with red spots... but I might be mistaken...

NydaLynn · Post by **NydaLynn** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:46 pm

hmm... What about strangly stout lizards wearing saddles?

BlasTech · Post by **BlasTech** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:15 am

The thing i dont get is why in the world bowser keeps leaving all those POW boxes lying around, theyre a blasted liability they are

DracoDei · Post by **DracoDei** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:26 pm

NydaLynn wrote:hmm... What about strangly stout lizards wearing saddles?

Yes, I mentioned him I beleive... :

...green dinosaurs with impressive eating and regurgitation abilities...

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