Flib Jib Posted October 7, 2016 Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Hello everyone, I absolutely love everything about Wyrd models. Love the lore/fluff, love the detailed and artistic sculpts, and I love the names they give. Addressing the last point, I think it’s so clever that Wyrd frequently finds amazing folklore/historical namesakes for some of their characters. I have been researching some of the names for fun and have found a couple lovely discoveries. I wanted to post my findings and share the giggles with others. In addition, I hope to have some help in my quest. There are a couple missing finds and I would love your help if you all have any insight. Guild Nellie Cochrane Nellie Bly Pheona Guage Phineas Gage Allison Dade ? Resurrectionist Reva Revenant Vincent St. Clare Vincent Sinclair Archie ? Draugr Again-walker Goryo Vengeful Japanese ghosts Achanist Sandeep Desai ? Banasuva ? Kudra ? Amina Naidu ? Carlos Vasquez ? Shastar Vidiya Guard ? Neverborn Titania Midsummer Night's Dream Fai Fairy Aeslin ? Bandersnatch Through the Looking-Glass Will o” the Wisp foolish fire Rougarou werewolf Outcast Parker Barrows Bonnie and Clyde Doc Mitchell ? Mad Dog Brackett Beast with a Gun "Brackett is no mad-dog killer" Italian mobster from Milan Wokou Raider Wokou Gremlins Zipp ? Earl Burns ? Akaname Demon from Japanese folklore Ten Thunders Asami Tanaka ? Amanojaku heavenly evil spirit creature in Japanese folklore Ohaguro custom of dyeing one's teeth black Yōkai supernatural monsters Terracotta clay-based ceramic Sun Quiang Chinese darts player Yasunori ? Nightmare: The Wild Ones Iggy pup Iggy pop Rollins Black Henry Rollins Elli & Pattie Ramones Ramones Siblings Cherri Bomb Hey Violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four_N_Six Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 With how much Zipp loves to talk, not to mention his sky pirate status and the fact that his First Mate is a lizard type creature, I was under the impression that he is supposed to be 25-Star General, Zapp Brannigan. Paint job reflected that to the best of my weak ability 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 I think Terracotta warrior is a reference to the Terracotta Army, rather than terracotta in general. I assumed that Cherri Bomb was a reference the song Cherry Bomb by The Runaways. They were a bit more contemporary with the other references in the box, but who knows. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flinroz Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 10 minutes ago, Bengt said: I assumed that Cherri Bomb was a reference the song Cherry Bomb by The Runaways. They were a bit more contemporary with the other references in the box, but who knows. I assumed this as well. Love this song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawg Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 16 hours ago, Bengt said: I think Terracotta warrior is a reference to the Terracotta Army, rather than terracotta in general. I assumed that Cherri Bomb was a reference the song Cherry Bomb by The Runaways. They were a bit more contemporary with the other references in the box, but who knows. To be fair, looking at the other references he has pointed out, they are all artist rather than songs. Although that was the first thing that jumped to my mind as well, with Cherri Bomb. I don't know if Asami's name has a particular meaning (God only knows it does), but I know the type of demon she represents is called the Futakuchi-Onna (Literally, Second-mouth woman). Although before I saw a picture of her from behind I was hoping she was like the demon from Inuyasha which was.. sorta like a Futakuchi-Onna, but used her hair like spider webs to entangle and kill prey? The chick from Inuyasha was actually a demon possessing an ornate comb (Hence the use of hair as it's main weapon) though, so really unrelated, just the first thing that jumped to my head when I saw Asami Also, I'm not so sure about the link to Vincent Sinclair for Vincent St. Clair. I could be wrong, but it doesn't really strike me as the intended reference. Also for Mad Dog, you can add McCree to the list of old things vaguely related I remember playing that old game, it's crazy awesome. And I don't know anything about the myths that Sandeep & C. are founded on, but doesn't Banasuva look like Shiva? That might be a highly uneducated guess, but it's the first thing I think of when I see multi-limbed, especially in a very Hindu-y pose like that. But I really don't know if there are more gods that have multiple limbs, or one that might fit the bill better 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solkan Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 9 hours ago, Tawg said: I don't know if Asami's name has a particular meaning (God only knows it does), but I know the type of demon she represents is called the Futakuchi-Onna (Literally, Second-mouth woman). Although before I saw a picture of her from behind I was hoping she was like the demon from Inuyasha which was.. sorta like a Futakuchi-Onna, but used her hair like spider webs to entangle and kill prey? The chick from Inuyasha was actually a demon possessing an ornate comb (Hence the use of hair as it's main weapon) though, so really unrelated, just the first thing that jumped to my head when I saw Asami On the on digit, Tanaka's an incredibly common family name. On the other digit, the most popular Asami Tanaka in Japanese web searches is a fashion model. On a third digit, the auto-complete for Asami Tanaki for English Google is "Asami Tanaka Dentistry". As in Dr. Asami Tanaka, D.D.S., Mr. Who also operates a well known dentistry supplies business. I think the matter rests on the delightful coincidence of those two namesakes, but that's just speculation on my part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flib Jib Posted October 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 On 10/7/2016 at 10:51 PM, Bengt said: I think Terracotta warrior is a reference to the Terracotta Army, rather than terracotta in general. I assumed that Cherri Bomb was a reference the song Cherry Bomb by The Runaways. They were a bit more contemporary with the other references in the box, but who knows. Yep, 100% agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santaclaws01 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 The namesake of Sun Quiang is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Simiao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoylentRobot Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Shastara Vidiya is a northwestern Indian martial art (the name itself is Indian for the SCIENCE OF WEAPONS which is the coolest thing ever) see here for more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatka Can't find much else on the new Arcanist models, except for this political prisoner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Desai, but she isn't from India. Yasunori is a common Japanese name but it might be referring to this fictional villain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasunori_Katō The Barrows Gang was a real life gang of outlaws that terrorized Central America during the Great Depression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow_Gang Carlos Vasquez comes from two famous stuntmen: Carlos Lopez and Jose Vasquez 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guslado Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 On 10/11/2016 at 8:39 AM, SoylentRobot said: Shastara Vidiya is a northwestern Indian martial art (the name itself is Indian for the SCIENCE OF WEAPONS which is the coolest thing ever) see here for more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatka Thanks for sharing this! Very cool article and if you look at the images of those demonstrating the martial are you can see that the models for the Shasta Vidiya Guard are spot on! I'm even more excited for these guys now! The triggers on the Ten-fist long sword even reference some of the traditional Gatka forms--very well researched Wyrd designers! My contribution here: Sandeep's weapon is called a Gada and is also a traditional Indian weapon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gada_(mace) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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