02/07/2015

Bullying the bull

OK. This one is going to need some extra explanation.

If you have ever visited Spain and made a road trip, you may had noticed there are some weird huge buul-shaped advertising posts. Yup, that's it.

I mean this. 14 m tall bull
Originally advertising for a brandy, nowadays they just stand with no ads. In fact, they were formally declared artistic heritage (hence the ads pulled out) and became a distinctive sign all over the country.

Then, after this weird localism, you may better understand how cool and irreverent this piece is:
 
Ooops. Seen better days

This piece comes from Surus Creations, a wonderful little company with a small (for now) range constantly expanding. Go pay them a visit, their originality just blew my mind! This being a friend's gift, I couldn't wait to paint it!
 
Moooost interesting

They are currently working on more post-apoc stuff, I believe something suitable for the Punkapocalyptic game (I backed their crowdfunding, really looking forward to see those minis, they look cool!).

Here you have a scale comparison pic:
 
Don't you feel a little bit... out of place, brother sergeant?

 
Terribly easy to paint, it's quite rewarding. So another piece of scenery! Let's see what comes next!

12 comments:

  1. Just the perfect way to give plenty of personnality to a table top !

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    1. Yup, I think so! A fun and different element for a change!

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  2. Astronaut George Taylor finds the spanish bull of osborne:
    Oh my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it!
    You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
    (I could not resist)

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    1. :D :D :D :D
      I believe you got it, Spanish version of the Planet of the Apes, hahaha!

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  3. Yeah, that's a bit more interesting than a cardboard/corrugated tin wall isn't it?

    Looks horny :)

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    1. Hahaha, totally horny!! I need to enforce the power of ads for my table...

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  4. That looks great. I will have to have a thing about some UK landmarks such as that it would look good post apoc

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    1. Thank you! Woo, I'd really like to see that!

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    1. Haha, indeed it is! More meaningful and irreverent in the local context, but I guess that the idea is universal by itself, hehe.

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  6. TREMENDO. No te digo más, que me acabo de comprar uno.

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    1. :D :D
      El producto es una genialidad. Surus tiene cosas muy buenas e ingeniosas.

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