Holy Flying Cats Batman!

axiom

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If you're familiar with the Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series, you'll be aware of a little black and white cat with wings called Whiskers who accompanies Jhary-a-conel (and also Jaspar Colinadous), companion to the Eternal Champion.

Citadel released an excellent sculpt (by Jes Goodwin) of Jhary-a-conel as part of the Eternal Champions range, complete with Whiskers perched on his shoulder:

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Forgive the poor picture which has helpfully focussed on Jhary's sword rather than Whiskers.

But what if you happen to desire a little winged cat not perched on someone else's shoulder? I couldn't find anything suitable which matched. So I got John Pickford to sculpt up my own little winged cat....let's call him Friskers:

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This dear little chap measures 15mm from nose to tail tip and is a simply stunning sculpt when you figure he could happily sit on my little finger nail. I am having him cast up and will probably be making copies available to interested parties :)
 

Asslessman

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Welcome to friskers ! May I precise I live in a cat-friendly (and Moorcock friendly too) house which will be the perfect place for this little fury beauty?
 

axiom

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Asslessman":23ozm1ht said:
Welcome to friskers ! May I precise I live in a cat-friendly (and Moorcock friendly too) house which will be the perfect place for this little fury beauty?

Sounds like the perfect sort of environment for little winged cats to explore!
 

axiom

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Fimm McCool":nsvogap9 said:
You're having just one, tiny figure cast up? How on earth expensive is that going to be?!!! :shock:

Cool mini though. :grin:

Well...there's the sculpt cost, plus master moulding & production moulding. He's sharing a mould with a couple of other figures, so its difficult to put an exact figure on it! Its cheaper than buying a spined dragon on ebay ;)

As soon as he's cast, I'll let people know.
 

axiom

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Just John":1pq0hkdh said:
You sir are mad. I would like one please.

Interesting...so having a tiny little flying cat made for my own pleasure purely because one doesn't exist already pushes me into the realms of insanity?...

...oh wait...I see what you mean...
 

Jonas

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I would like to buy one or two copies :grin:

I do already have some winged cats though. Black Cat made one as a freebie one year, but it has a halo too, so would probably not work out. I think I have at least one other winged cat in my bits box.
 

Jonas

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This is a bunch of my cats. As you can see there is an unknown winged one in the back.

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axiom

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@Jonas...so you like cats then?! :)

I'm very pleased to present to you the very first cast of my new feline friend:

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Cute eh?! Should be going into mass production next week.
 
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