Wednesday, 14 November 2018

Itsy Bitsy vs. Incy Wincy


One of the best parts about fatherhood is that you can steal your children’s toys. For example, for Halloween my son was given a bag of plastic creepy-crawlies. Since the spiders were obvious choking hazards (and perfect for 28mm), I confiscated them. Of course, not wanting to make the world worse by adding more plastic to the landfill, I decided to recycle them.

I gave them each a very quick paint job, just a base and a couple of dry-brush layers, and they were ready to go. Considering they are poor quality, I didn’t spend much time on them, and they were essentially free, I think they look darn good.

These guys are going to be a constant menace in both Rangers of Shadow Deep and Frostgrave!

As for the title of the blog - did you know that the famous spider-up-the-water-spout nursery rhyme features a different spider depending on if you are in the US or the UK? Yup, he’s Itsy Bitsy in the US and Incy Wincy in the UK. How does that happen?

5 comments:

  1. I thought you were waxing lyrical about yellow polka dot bikini's when I first read the title !!!! I'm on an economy drive are these spiders available from the larger stores or was it just a lucky find?

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  2. I think they came from Sainsburys, but really check out the pounds shops.

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  3. Spot on will have a look in Sainsburys for some.

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  4. Nice or nasty depending on your view point, i too have a bag of spiders should I ever need a large giant spider army 🤔

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  5. Go Spiders! /University of Richmond (Virginia) Grad

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