In our third campaign
session (November 8) we encountered the ‘Laughing Men’ (these are not the
actual names of the creatures; only descriptions of the creatures were provided). The ‘Laughing Men’ are described as humans
with mouths too large for their heads: mouths that produce an insane and
continuous laughter.
The sketches I drew were
inspired by Peter Jackson’s Gollum (played by the legendary Andy Serkis). These sketches depict the ‘Laughing Men’ has
having over-sized eyes (much like Jackson’s Gollum), which, I felt, adds a
level of insanity to the creatures.
The sketch below shows the
aftermath of a combat encounter my character, Johnny ‘Newt’ Becker, had with
one of these creatures. Johnny, wielding
a shovel (improvised weapon), delivered his TMNT Bojutsu (staff martial arts)
killing blow by severing the top two-thirds of the Laughing Man’s head.
I also had the opportunity
to paint/model a miniature for my character.
The miniature I selected is from Wargame Factory’s Germanic range; I
added some ‘green stuff’ to the miniature’s head to represent the mustard
coloured bandana Johnny’s wears. Since Johnny is a huge Kung Fu/martial arts
movie fan, I wanted to give Johnny the Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon look (I have
never seen this film myself; however, the images from this film shows a shirtless
Bruce Lee fighting with black pants).
Bruce Lee's 'Enter the Dragon' inspired look
I felt the Wargame Factory
miniatures are a good fit for Johnny ‘Newt’ Becker as these miniatures are of
the 25mm scale and stand a head shorter than the other popular 28 mm miniatures
ranges. Johnny, after all, is a small guy;
standing 5’3” and weighing 110 lbs.
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