Me and the wittle guys go on a venture..

[nopoop]

Off on our first ever photo shoot. I had scouted areas the week before and found a spot on a "nature" trail that me and the guys liked.

Not that it didn't come without problems. My lady doesn't have a problem with all the 1/18 scale warbirds hangin about the den. She has a P47 above the TV. She likes them, thinks they're cool. She has a problem with the wittle guys..

When the first one came in the mail a few months back I was busy putting on his wittle uniform and stuff when she walked into the kitchen..

"What are you doing ??"

"I'm putting on Leutnant Kurts uniform" I replied.

"It's a doll, your dressing dolls"

"No I'm not, this is an action figure"

"Your fifty two years old and your playing with dolls"

"This IS NOT a doll !!"

..it's an action figure

..and she just stared at me.

Well I'm no dope. As the rest of started coming in the mail I made SURE I dressed them reeeely early on the weekends before she got up. I only displayed them in my computer area. I customized them, kitbashed them..

Figured if she had her own she'd get into it. So I bought a Jason from Friday the 13th holding a bloody axe and put it on the TV staring through the hockey mask at where she sits..

..ah

Bad move.

So when it came time to scout for a photo shoot for the wittle guys her only statement was..

"Your not using my truck"

So Saturday came, I waited until the sun was right, packed up my wittle guys, my tank and my photo equipment in a nondiscript black bag and headed off in my car..

The earth people were in full force in the parking lot. I hiked to the spot that me and the guys had picked out and setup the tripod and framed the shot.

Now this is where it became dicey. My window of opportunity would be short.. With the threat of intrusion of "nature" walkers at any time I opened the bag and scanned the area.

All was clear and out they came. Got my three wittle guys set up and framed, whipped out the tank and placed it for the first multiple exposure shot. Scanning the area I was still safe, moved the tank for the second shot and heard a dog bark..

Ahh jeez..

Here comes in women dressed in L.L. Bean with her lab.. Is there a rule somewhere that if you dress in L.L. Bean you MUST have a lab and not wear makeup ??

The dog is sniffin around my tank as she arrives..

"Sammy get over here !!"

"Sorry about the dog"

"No problem" I said trying to get inbetween her and my wittle guys.

"Hey those are cute little dolls"

"They're not dolls, they're action figures"

"I still have my Barbies, what you doing ??"

"ah..I'm..doing a photo shoot for a WWII magazine"

..the dog is sniffing my tank again.

"Thats neet, do your dolls have names ??  Look Sammykins the man has cute little dolls"

"They're not dolls, they're action figures"

"Yea right. This guy is really cute, what's his name ??"

"Well....that's SS Oberstgruppenfuher George"

Long pause..

"They're German ??"

"Yes"

I see the realization slowly come over her face

NAZIS ???

It all became a haze as I saw the dog lift his leg on my tank..



..1024 at the wallpaper site

[Skuzzy]

ROFLMBO!

[Ack-Ack]

Boy, that dog must have drank some thing wicked.   Look at what he did to that tank in the backround.

Where did you get those....um...err...action figures?  




ack-ack

[TweetyBird]

Thats good stuff

[Octavius]

"This IS NOT a doll !!"

..it's an action figure

..and she just stared at me.

hehehehe

[Kanth]

LOL!!!

[SOB]

LOL, Poopy you are sick in the head, and I LIKE IT.

[Blooz]

I get the same reaction to my GI Joes.

Nice job. I'd like to see the tanks up close.

That German officer on the right looks 8 feet tall compared to the officer on the left though.

[nopoop]

Blooz the guy on the left is 5' 2 1/2" with a little man complex. Dangerous when you have rank. Notice that the enlisted man is looking at the 6'6" boss..not at the man that's mad at the world.

He's a suckup and a bore at parties and always makes sure he's sitting down when the ladies come in so they don't bust out laughing..

Can't get the tank or "tanks" any closer, they're a different scale. 1/18th vs 1/12th. No depth perception in a photo is a plus. Ordered a half track..

[acepilot2]

ROFL!!!

[Guppy35]

You've got a ways to go to catch up to the real fanatics

http://www.ransomechua.com/Pages/tarawacontents.html

Might want to try the following for some 1/6th Tank inspiration too

http://bigtanks.4t.com/


Dan/Slack

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

ROFLMAO.

Thanks, I needed that badly on a Monday morning. By the way, that's some pretty decent photography, and those are some real nice d......... er, um, action figures.

[sling322]

Nice dolls Nopoop.

I get the same reaction every time a new 1/48th scale plane arrives at my house.  Its very hard to explain to someone who doesnt understand just why its necessary to have so many toys that I dont play with.

[Octavius]

Guppy that is hilarious!!

"I got him! Shot that bagero American through his butt !"  

"Ah-so Goku-san. Now he's two way pisser, Hahahaha! "  

 "I think he now walks permanently like that Elvis Presley! Hahahah!"  

"Heeheehee. Stop it... stop it before I piss down my pants! Ai-yah... I just did!"  

You guys gotta read Purple Heart

[gofaster]

Originally posted by nopoop

Nice forced perspective.  I only have 1 "action figure" and that's a GI Joe doll.... I mean action figure that I dressed in a WW2 fighter pilot outfit.  It came dressed as a Korean war pilot and I added some WW2 pilot accessories designed for one of those cheap "Ultimate Soldier" dolls.... I mean action figures found at the discount stores.