Goaliejack

[MadJack]

So I was watching the Canucks game tonight, and I happened to notice that a stray Avalancher was sitting in front of the TV, looking kind of like a goalie. OK, it didn't really look much like a goalie, but I've currently got a migraine and I was squinting at the time due to light sensitivity. Anyway, it gave me an idea. I have to make a Goaliejack.

I decided that a Talon would become my Goaliejack. I decided on the Talon rather than the Avalancher that originally inspired me in part because I only have one Avalancher, while I have a surplus of Talons, and in part because I figured the spear could easily be turned into a goalie stick.

Now, I know my greenstuff skills aren't really up to this task, but I don't care, I'm doing it anyway. This is my progress so far:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/Ariloulaleelay/IMG_0757.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/Ariloulaleelay/IMG_0760.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/Ariloulaleelay/IMG_0761.jpg
I need to wait for the greenstuff to cure more before doing anything else. I think the pads look decent (aside from that tiny greenstuff ball on one of them that I didn't notice until after I took the picture, and then had to carefully remove), and the blocker will be OK, but I'm not very happy with the glove. I'm hoping that once it's cured I can do a little carving etc to improve it. I'm also going to have to carefully plan how to sculpt the mask.

[whitekong]

Looks like he is already wearing a goalie mask.

[Dyoria]

Lol that is AWESOME.

Just make sure everytime you move him in a game everyone says, "Loooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu!"

:)

[MadJack]

Looks like he is already wearing a goalie mask.
Yeah, but I want to sculpt it to make it look more like this:
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3694/luongo3d.png

Lol that is AWESOME.

Just make sure everytime you move him in a game everyone says, "Loooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu!"

:)
That's certainly the plan, although I am concerned that any American viewers (and commentators) of my games will get confused and think that I'm booing.*

Also, I realized that it was stupid of me to try to sculpt his stick out of greenstuff - I should cut plasticard to the proper shape instead. I'm going to do that tonight and post an update.





*Reference to the Olympics in case anyone missed that...

[Snarl]

I think a Cygnar 'jack head (Charger maybe?) would look closer to a goalie mask.

Not sure how your creation is going to pull off "the butterfly" btw. ;)

[komodokeeper]

BTW, will he be wearing skates?

Oh, and just a warning, if this is supposed to be a luongo 'jack, it'll never stop anything !:)

What...

(quickly hides under desk)

[MadJack]

I think a Cygnar 'jack head (Charger maybe?) would look closer to a goalie mask.

Not sure how your creation is going to pull off "the butterfly" btw. ;)
I thought about cutting the legs off and doing some major repositioning for the butterfly, but it just seemed like too much work, and something that I would be likely to muck up badly.

BTW, will he be wearing skates?

Oh, and just a warning, if this is supposed to be a luongo 'jack, it'll never stop anything !:)

What...

(quickly hides under desk)
I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do skates. I think I'll just attach blades to the bottom of the feet.

Oh, and I see somebody missed last night's highlight reel...

[Pszito]

Oh man... not to mention the unmentionable but I'm fairly certain to just inspired me to make my own Blood Bowl Warmahordes team... oh bad bad bad bad... ;-P

[MadJack]

OK, here's an updated shot. I did the smart thing and used plasticard for the stick instead of the greenstuff stick that I had started, filed down the trapper a little (I'm still not happy with it, but I knew that it was going to be the thing I was least happy with anyway), gave him a greenstuff mask (not exactly the proportions I would like, but it'll give me a good surface to try to paint Luongo's mask on), gave him skates, and assembled it all.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/Ariloulaleelay/IMG_0762.jpg

[Jaren]

Awesome conversion, but the (prospective) paint job is all wrong! You gotta paint him up like Captain Kirk! :p

I'd hate to have that thing go all Gary Smith on me - talk about a hack job.

[KamenRiderNecro]

I sent this to a friend of mine who, while she is not a mini gamer, is a rabid Houston Aeros fan. She got a huge laugh out of it, and I am pleased!

[MadJack]

Awesome conversion, but the (prospective) paint job is all wrong! You gotta paint him up like Captain Kirk! :p
Well, good old Captain Kirk would definitely be a good choice (he was the main man when I first started watching hockey), as would Corey Hirsch (just because I always loved his mask - as a player he was just a decent backup), or Schneider (I'm absolutely loving him, and I hope we can keep him for a long time), but it's playoffs, and I've got to support our go-to goalie.

I'm undercoating tonight, and hope to have Goaliejack Luongo painted up in time for the next round!

[Jaren]

I'm undercoating tonight

While watching the game, I assume.

[MadJack]

While watching the game, I assume.
But of course!

[JDWhitee]

As a Goalie up here in the great white north, i fully support this. Awesome!

[komodokeeper]

I approve!!! skates look good....just make sure you paint him dark blue and maroon with whitr highlights

(dives back under desk). . .

[hooksy67]

Is anyone else thinking that this needs to be done to a winter trollI mean with his right hand high in the air he could be winding up for a slapshot

[rumblefish]

Some proposed rules for you:

"Loooouu": Anytime goalie-jack activates, even if it doesn't move or actually do anything at all every friendly model in LOS becomes Fearless for one turn.

"Gamesmanship": Anytime any enemy model moves within 2" of goalie-jack, goalie-jack is immediately Knocked Down.

[Jaren]

"Gamesmanship": Anytime any enemy model moves within 2" of goalie-jack, goalie-jack is immediately Knocked Down.

You need to add the penalty part:
"Gamesmanship": Anytime an enemy model advances and ends its movement within 2" of goalie-jack, goalie-jack is immediately Knocked Down and the enemy models activation immediately ends.

[MadJack]

Just in time for tonight's series opener, I give you... Goaliejack Luongo!
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/Ariloulaleelay/IMG_0765.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/Ariloulaleelay/IMG_0766.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/Ariloulaleelay/IMG_0767.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i276/Ariloulaleelay/IMG_0768.jpg
Now, to be honest, I really rushed the paintjob on this guy, because I'd been procrastinating for a long time, but I really wanted to have him painted before the finals started. In general I wish I had done a better job on the freehand (I was having difficulty getting the right consistency of paint, for one thing, and I was screwing up a lot and having to paint over my mistakes), and in particular I wish I'd been able to do a better job on the Johnny Canuck on his mask. It's not really recognizable at all...

Oh well, it'll do.

[Agamemnon]

Now that is pretty cool. I love to see people have fun and mod stuff out.

[Lanz]

Now if only it stopped things like Luongo does.

Then again, if it did at 4 points, no one would ever take any other light.

[Crucien]

That's flippin' awesome!

I love the Johnny Canuck detail on the mask.

Go Bobby Lou!!!

[CT GAMER]

Make sure to model a heavy jack painted up like Chara standing in front of it screening him...

[Agamemnon]

I guess those are Hockey jokes????

[MadJack]

Make sure to model a heavy jack painted up like Chara standing in front of it screening him...
I thought about doing up an opposing Goaliejack Thomas, but after tonight I guess I'd have to have him poised on the edge of a diving board...

I guess those are Hockey jokes????
I'm afraid so. I'm also afraid that they're pretty much inevitable.

[CT GAMER]

I thought about doing up an opposing Goaliejack Thomas, but after tonight I guess I'd have to have him poised on the edge of a diving board... .

You could put it next to the diving sedin model and another one biting a guys finger...

[MadJack]

You could put it next to the diving sedin model and another one biting a guys finger...
Yeah, but then I'd have to model up one that was inexplicably shoving his finger into that one's mouth... Or maybe one that was delivering 9 crosschecks in a row. Actually, if I could figure out a way to actually build a jack with a mechanism that gave it super crosschecking action, that would be pretty freaking sweet :D If I could figure that out, however, it would probably be better put to use on a Marauder.

[Subhedgehog]

For those wanting a reprise of the hot and heavy modelling action, with a handy-to-peruse gallery, MadJack has repeated his chronicle on VanMachine. http://vanmachine.vancouvergamers.com/2011/06/goaliejack-luongo-aka-go-canucks-go/

:D Go Cancucks go! Or as they say on the tweets: #CoconutsGo