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Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP05 Nov 2024 10:12 p.m. PST

If you were going to do this song as a "project", what figures would you use?

And, just to be "complete", how about a European Wild Hunt?

Extrabio1947 Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2024 8:00 a.m. PST

I suppose you want mounted figures? The range "Dracula's America" available from NorthStar has plenty of suitable dismounted figures, but unfortunately, only one mounted figure (Pale Rider).

Knuckleduster has some great mounted figures that should be easy to convert into what you want.

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2024 9:04 a.m. PST

I Googled, and found some very expensive ones from Etsy. With flaming lariats. Being 3D printed, I can't imagine the lassos being very sturdy.

nnascati Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2024 10:24 a.m. PST

I just checked Etsy as well. Here's one for $2.99 USD.

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Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2024 10:42 a.m. PST

I believe that's an STL, and I don't own a printer.
He's even less of a Hessian, but could work for a Wild Hunt.

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2024 11:53 a.m. PST

This is cool.

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What is a 'Wild Hunt?'

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2024 12:29 p.m. PST

The "Wild Hunt" is a Germanic thing. I think.
Basically, on One of Those Nights, the Gods ride across the sky.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt
Walpurgis Nacht, Halloween, the day "We Built this City on Rock and Roll" was released. Horrifying days.
The painting in the Wikipedia article shows it.

It's a sign that the viewer is damned. In the CW song, the Cowboy is told to mend his ways, lest he be damned to join them for all eternity.
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" is an Americanized version. I actually prefer Vaughn Monroe's version that came out in 1948.

ZULUPAUL Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 2:50 a.m. PST

I always considered the "ghost riders" to be cowboys not undead/skeletons. The song speaks of being soaked in sweat. A ghostly paint job on a "hell bent for leather" rider may work IMHO
Paul

Personal logo 20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP16 Nov 2024 12:46 p.m. PST

The "Wild Hunt" is a Germanic thing. I think.

Norse.

And English folklore.

And….

…like most such eldritch manifestations there are a dozen or more variations.

Every county has a Black Shuck.

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