Malebolgia Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Milwer Trel Owun and Valiant Communication between command and soldiers is always difficult. Radios are weak, unreliable, and heavy. Telephone connections require constant splicing and are slower than the general advance. Runners and riders can be picked off by snipers. The Pykpyk squirrel is hard to shoot, can see in the dark, and can easily be trained to run home. As war trends towards the technically complex airships and sophisticated artillery, the humble Pykpyk squirrel is the preferred messenger animal of the army, carrying messages from the front lines to the GHQ. Milwer Trel Owun is attached to the HQ of the 202nd Line Regiment ("Free Grellquar"), and is pictured here somewhere on the Western Front in Crusade Year 8. He has a number of his messenger squirrels around him, but sitting on his fist is his famous partner, Valiant. Valiant is unusually long-lived and lucky for a ground squirrel, having survived three years on the front lines, carrying almost a thousand messages. Owun now reserves Valiant for only the highest priority messages, and in the meantime Valiant is something of the mascot of the enlisted quar attached to HQ. Milwer Owun's squirrel pack was manufactured by the Excelsior Picnic Basket Company. Out of dozens of designs submitted to the Requisitions Review Board, this design was the one favored by the soldiers and officers. Enterprising handlers have been known to load up empty packs with trophies to sell in the rear areas, leading some sentries to require the handlers to do a couple of jumping jacks, to prove their packs do not clink with contraband goods. (Paints by the paint-monkey and fluff by the fluff-monkey.) More info: http://www.zombiesmith.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauth81 Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Squirrel messengers? who´s thinking of this stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Stay away from my nuts! Damn Squirrels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordfishbane Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Wonder if they are wired in case of capture. KA-BOOOOOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 But, they really don't look like squirrels.... More like Meerkats or prairie dogs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordfishbane Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Meerkats or prairie dogs... Thinking the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supervike Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 regardless, they all need to stay away from my nuts. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewartoad Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Hate It! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizcam Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 They're ferrets. Who would trust a ferret with a message? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrEvilmonki Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Paint job isn't doing them any favours I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincegamer Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Yeah, poor paint job. They are alien squirrels. Why is one dead? Who sculpts minis and thinks one day: "you know what everyone needs? A mini of a dead squirrel!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 He's not dead! He listening for trains! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 they're cute...and I bet they'd have a good audience too...if they weren't painted like crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordfishbane Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 regardless, they all need to stay away from my nuts. HAHA! Don't touch that squirrels nuts!! Made me laugh out loud in the theater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Hehe, I think they might find an audience...not a big one, but there a quite a few familiars already out there. I like the concept. The paint job doesn't do them any favors, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wren Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Why is one dead? Who sculpts minis and thinks one day: "you know what everyone needs? A mini of a dead squirrel!" He's not dead, he's pining for the, uh, pines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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