Still Life with Dwarfs and Beer #2
If anyone touches my pizza, that dwarf thunderer will pop a very tiny cap in his/her ass.The beer is Longboard Lager from the Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii. The glass is from Phantom Canyon Brewing Company in Colorado Springs. The dwarf is Einar Ólafson from Nidavellir (That's the Nordic realm of the dwarfs. If my Icelandic is correct, that's pronounced NIH-dah-VET-lir, because a double l gives you a ttl sound).
You may not be able to tell from the picture above how serious Einar is about protecting my luncheon. So here's a closeup or two:
Now you can clearly see that Einar is really with it. Look at the care and feeding of that beard. It's epic! Nothing is going to get by a dude who can keep track of all that facial hair.
It's a good day. Besides working on my miniature dwarfs, I've squeezed out the first chapter of an epic and I have an excellent interview with Kelly Meding to look forward to on Tuesday, the third installment of my 3:2 Interview series. Make sure you swing by on Tuesday to check it out!
I've got a lot of Icelandic in my book. I also have a lot of painted miniature Dwarves, though they are front around 25 years ago...
ReplyDeleteWas my Icelandic OK there? :)
ReplyDeleteThose are some massive pistols! Oooh...Longboard! *smacks lips*
ReplyDeleteLongboard is indeed yummy! And yes, those pistols, if stood on the floor, are nearly the height of the dwarf sans hat...hope the writing's going well, Hillary.
ReplyDeleteTed—are you going to do a post on your 25-year-old miniature mithril miners? :) I'd love to see 'em.
Kevin, I never got a chance to study Icelandic, so I only learned a few words (none of them long!).
ReplyDeleteI could someday do such a post, I suppose. They were painted so long ago and have gone through so many moves that I don't know if they are intact. I was also dirt poor back then, so I had about six or seven cheap paints with which to try to do everything. I'll try to find them and see how they look...
Somehow I knew the names for your warband would turn out better than the names of my orcs. How can Toof Rot, Wizgut, and Crazy Eddy compare to Einar Ólafson from Nidavellir?
ReplyDeleteToof Rot! Ha! I think that's a classic right there. Don't sell yourself short, Alan. How about Liver Worst or Kidney Boulder? ;)
ReplyDeleteAlright, Kevin. I did as you asked and put up a post with some ancient miniatures!
ReplyDeleteThe writing has taught me what "killing me softly" means. I thought it was just a sappy '80s lyric. But no, one can actually be keyboarded to close to death by one's one prose.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried Alaska Brewing Company" I adore their Pale Ale (not so light) and their Smoked Porter is beyond words.
Yeah, I've seen Alaska's Pale Ale and I thought that was pretty good! Haven't seen their Smoked Porter, though. It's tough to get some of those brews that are made in smaller batches. Surprised you saw Longboard up in Alaska, actually!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have a lot of fun continuing this series, I can tell already. :) And don't let the keyboard slay you! Show it some of your kung fu! You are an Alaskan ninja! You can see Japan from your house!
Here's a link to Ted's cool dwarfs/dwarves/dorfs if you want to check 'em out: http://tedacross.blogspot.com/2010/07/ancient-miniatures.html
I came over from Ted's blog. This is freaking awesome! Anyway I'm your newest follower so nice to meet ya.
ReplyDeleteThanks Matthew! Glad you liked it and nice to meet you too!
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