Chupacabra ? was: [GZG AARs]

> I *really* need to find me some Chupacabra miniatures.

???
Please explain.

"Chupacabra" in Spanish would be "Goatsucker", but that doesn't make much
sense either.

Saludos Karl Heinz

> On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:41:48AM +0200, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:

It's a mythical (depending on whom you believe) South American animal. It
tends to attract the same sort of attention as the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti,
and so on.

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> On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:39:53PM +0200, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:

There appears to be little consensus:

http://images.google.com/images?q=chupacabra

(I love Google image search)

> At 11:41 AM 5/1/02 +0200, you wrote:

That's it exactly. It's supposed to be some weird, malevolent animal that was
killing goats and drinking their blood somewhere in Mexico and Latin America.
There are a couple of different versions of the beast, but the most usual
depiction is the one a the top of this page here:
http://www.princeton.edu/~accion/chupa.html

...although these folks appear to take the Goatsucker a lot more seriously
than I do.

There's a somewhat less awful picture available here:
http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/chupacabra1.jpg
...too.

I figure that I'll use them as the Grey Alien equivalent of laboratory test
animals -- think of them as Alien bunny rabbits! -- in which form they
will make fine scenario McGuffins.

At one point, a few years ago, SOMEONE made miniatures of these
creatures...along with some other classicly styled alien creatures. I have no
idea who they were, though, and have been unable to fins any trace of them. I
*did* find a nice Loch Ness Monster, though, thanks to the Honorable Lead
Boiling Suit folks, so all is not lost.

John,

The Skin Walker from Great Rail Wars might do in a pinch:
http://jeffvalentstudios.com/deadlandsgrw.htm

It doesn't have quite the grey alien facial features that the links you
supplied suggest. Though my feeling is the merging of Chupacabra and grey is a
fairly recent phenomena.

The picture on the Valent site does not do the figure justice.

The figure's back is spiky but not quite so spiny as the Chupacabra pix
although I suppose the dedicated Chupacabra enthusiast (Chupacabraista?) could
add his own with little problem.

Regards,. Bob
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> From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de (K.H.Ranitzsch)

> > I *really* need to find me some Chupacabra miniatures.

Chupacabra is a Mexican modern myth of an animal that resembles, by some

accounts, a man-sized or larger, bipedal flightless vampire bat - sort
of an "El Bogeyman."

3B^2

On Wed, 1 May 2002 09:31:07 -0400, "Robert Minadeo"
<raminad@earthlink.net> wrote:

> John,

How big is he? I remember the GRW minis as being somewhat...hefty. The
Goatsuckers are supposed to be relatively small, about the size of a large
dog, but Mr.Skin Walker might make
an excellent Human/Chupacabra crossbreed of some sort.  Oh, those wacky
Aliens and their equally wacky probes....

> The figure's back is spiky but not quite so spiny as the Chupacabra

I think that, from this day forward, I'll be putting "Chupacabraista" on my
resume. That's too good a word not to use.

Next up is to find some good C.H.U.D. minis....

("Carnivorous Humanoid Ungerground Dwellers", from the awful movie of the same
name. Basically degenerate subterrainian cannibals. Spice up the sewer battles
a bit, eh?)

MARGE: "Oh Homer, of course you'll have a bad impression of New York if you
only focus on the pimps and the CHUDs!"

There was a web site on it but I do not have the book mark!???

On Wed, 1 May 2002 12:39:53 +0200 KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de
> (K.H.Ranitzsch) writes:

> How big is he? I remember the GRW minis as being somewhat...hefty.
The Goatsuckers are
> supposed to be relatively small, about the size of a large dog, but
Skin Walker might make
> an excellent Human/Chupacabra crossbreed of some sort. Oh, those

Ah this is unfortunate.

Dug out my Skin Walker (there's something you don't see every day Chauncy...)
and while not as large as most of the GRW figures he is 28mm sole to eye.
About the same size as the Icon Dr.Who figures but more slightly built.

> > The figure's back is spiky but not quite so spiny as the Chupacabra

Correction. The figure's back is NOT spiky but has a very pronounced spine
that would be easy enough to add spines to.

BTW A friend pointed out that X-files featured a Chupacabra episode but
I can't recall it.

Did enjoy the Jackie Chan show version with my daughter not long ago. Funny
stuff.

> I think that, from this day forward, I'll be putting "Chupacabraista"
on my resume. That's too good
> a word not to use.

My work here is done;)

> > > I *really* need to find me some Chupacabra miniatures.

Did anyone else first think that someone was looking for the Chupacabra
fighter miniatures from the Silent Death line?

On Wed, 1 May 2002 16:15:23 -0400, "Robert Minadeo"
<raminad@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Ah this is unfortunate.

He's a neat looking monster, though, and in the end isn't that what *really*
matters? It's a poor gamer indeed who can't think of a use for a nasty looking
beast like that.

> > > The figure's back is spiky but not quite so spiny as the

True...but only the late, lamented "Freakylinks" dared to mention the dreaded
prairie squid....