"The Truth Behind Hillbilly History" Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 May 2025 3:37 p.m. PST |
""Let me tell you a little story about a man named Jed. A poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed…" The bouncy, banjo-heavy tune brought Jed Clampett and his family of upwardly mobile hillbillies into American living rooms in the 1960s. The show was a classic comedy about backwoods, simple hillbillies trying to navigate high-culture urban life. Thanks to these popular culture tropes, ‘Hillbilly' is an offensive slang term for people of the rural Appalachian regions. It is full of colorful characters, great food, progressive union movements, and unique popular culture (for better or worse). "Hillbillies" themselves are diverse in their political, religious, and social beliefs. While the modern "hillbilly" label has taken on political undertones and identity, it hasn't always been that way. Delve into the background of hillbilly culture, including the roots of its stereotype, some of its famous moments and people, and cultural contributions…"
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 Bobgnar  | 08 May 2025 7:11 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure what this has to do with miniatures, but it certainly isn't "old West" |
| JMcCarroll | 09 May 2025 3:52 p.m. PST |
"I'm not sure what this has to do with miniatures, but it certainly isn't "old West"" True but can't you hear the dueling banjos from Deliverance? |
| Tango01 | 10 May 2025 3:01 p.m. PST |
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 piper909 | 10 May 2025 9:28 p.m. PST |
I do have a big bunch of "hillbilly" minis despite the pejorative connotations. They are eminently employable in tabletop scenarios -- Pulp, Gangster, etc. My dad's family were dirt farmers in Kentucky so I don't care much about appearances (altho' truth to tell, some of the miniatures sold as "hillbillies" are pretty dire stereotypes and cartoon caricatures). Mountain folks would be understandably aggravated at some of these. A sampling below:
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 KimRYoung | 11 May 2025 1:54 p.m. PST |
Nice figures! Who makes them? Kim |
| Tango01 | 11 May 2025 3:10 p.m. PST |
Good job! Congrats!…
Armand
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| piper909 | 12 May 2025 11:43 a.m. PST |
Some are Copplestone, IIRC, and most, the really exaggerated ones, are Blue Moon's boxed set. You could game the Harlan County War, the West Virginia coal mine wars ("Bloody Matewan"), the battle of Blair Mountain with these guys, as well as fight revenoors, mobsters, each other, and flying saucer people! |
| Tango01 | 12 May 2025 3:01 p.m. PST |
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| WWJohnson | 19 Dec 2025 5:08 p.m. PST |
For quite some time now I've wanted to come with a set of rules for a 'hillbilly' game, I was going to call it Ridge Runner. |
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