| John the OFM | 03 Sep 2014 6:27 a.m. PST |
Proof that in Hollywood, nobody knows anything.
link
The title is from Louis B Meyer, famous tyrant, who finally gave in to allow "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz. A brief history of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", the song.
With a healthy dollop of studio executives, composers, etc who hated the song.
Ironically, it was the only thing to win an oscar in 1939. (It had healthy competition…) And to drag this into wargaming, what figures would you use for the various characters?
Eureka makes flying monkeys.
I remember a seeing a fantasy spearman way back in the previous century who looked liked the "Wee owe um, we owe we oh!" spearmen. |
| Chalfant | 03 Sep 2014 6:48 a.m. PST |
What about some Janissary types painted up with unusual skin tones and clothing? Not spears, but you could likely snip and drill to include some halberds or something. link Chalfant |
 Sue Kes  | 03 Sep 2014 7:13 a.m. PST |
Look for the Clarecraft figure of Granny Weatherwax standing, she makes a good Wicked Witch. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 03 Sep 2014 7:14 a.m. PST |
hydra robot legionaires would make a good tinman.
superfigs does some scarecrows to usr for jack pumpkinhea.
might have to scratchbuild a gump and ticktock.
Janisaries for winkies. (as mentioned above) |
| Mr Canuck | 03 Sep 2014 8:17 a.m. PST |
RAFM make some nice Scarecrows, although you might want to "de-Horror" them a bit.
link
|
| Razor78 | 03 Sep 2014 8:30 a.m. PST |
Alien Dungeon also has an army of flying monkeys in their Fanticide game |
| Chalfant | 03 Sep 2014 8:31 a.m. PST |
Thar RAFM Scarecrow Slasher (perhaps with blade removed) looks just about perfect. Chalfant |
| haywire | 03 Sep 2014 8:57 a.m. PST |
Studio Miniatures Survivors
|
 optional field | 03 Sep 2014 9:15 a.m. PST |
Haywire beat me to it by a few minutes, but I'd second the approval of Studio Miniatures Dorothy and company. |
| PapaSync | 03 Sep 2014 10:22 a.m. PST |
How about mins for a Lollipop assault squad. If you've read the books story based on "Wicked". It was the Munchkin population -vs- The Tyrant Wizard of Oz. 8) |
| The Beast Rampant | 03 Sep 2014 5:26 p.m. PST |
I once suggested a simple rearming of the colpacked version of these guys: link |
| djbthesecond | 04 Sep 2014 3:58 a.m. PST |
The Beast Rabban was much closer to the mark. The Winkies wore furry hats a bit like a busby I guess and big full length coats. I don't think the Janissaries would do them justice. |
| djbthesecond | 04 Sep 2014 4:00 a.m. PST |
Actually, here's a link to a pretty accurate winky costume
link |
shows off his workmanship on a fantasy scenics set.