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Ravenna Al

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  1. Weirdwolf's Werewolves - I was at a hobby shop one day getting some paint and brushes and as I walked past a display case I saw some figures for something called HeroClix. I noticed some were werewolves and thought that I could make a team out of them. They just happened to have 11, so I bought them all and cut off the dials that they were on and glued them to some stands. Ta da! The Werewolves were born. I played 1 season with them as an iron man squad. As that season ended, a fellow EF enthusiast (Rick Garrison?) sent me a team of Catachan Commandos figures. I was blown away. Well, I thought I could use them as another 11 man squad, or add them to the Werewolves, which is what I ended up doing. This has worked out well, as a few of the Commando figures aren't very well suited for football. But the rest are great, so they are a bonus for the Wolves. Werewolves OFFENSE DEFENSE 86 OL/DL Wolfman Jack LB ‘Bazooka’ Joe Gumm 62 OL/DL Michael Landon LB Mack Truck 65 OL/DL Peter Wolf DB Machete Macintyre 76 OL/DL Lynn ‘Weirdwolf’ Schmidt CB Little John 80 OL/LB Wolfgang Puck WR Dirk Bronson 54 TE/LB Lon Chaney Jr. E Dutch Dugan 47 RB/LB Jack Nicholson RB Sarge Saunders 18 RB/DB Wolf Blitzer RB/DB Butch Barlow 36 WR/DB Michael J. Fox OL/DL Hank Hammer 21 WR/DB Oz OL/DL Cam L. Flodge 9 QB/DB Warren ‘Full’ Moon DB Sam Bush K – Harry Dogman Head Coach: Frank Enstein
  2. The New Zealand Zombies are a team that came from the old Miggle chat board. Someone put up a post that if you could pick any NFL player, past or present, who would be your first draft pick. 8 or 9 guys chimed in and soon it was decided that you could not pick the same player that someone else had already picked. We went through 30 or so rounds and we even made a name for our fantasy draft team. My team was the Zombies, so their roster is filled with players that I got from the draft. I thought I did pretty good. The Offensive line is all HOFers, they have four 12,000+ yard rushers, and the defense is a head coaches dream and an offenses worst nightmare. Plus they have two of the best kickers that have ever played in Reggie Roby and Adam Vinatieri. They feature some custom figures given to me as a present from Terry Popham down in Texas. Zombies Offense: Marcus Allen RB #32 Jerome Bettis RB #36 Bob Brown OL #76 Tim Brown WR #81 Dave Casper TE #87 Dan Fouts QB #14 Franco Harris RB #32 Bob Hayes WR #22 Russ Francis TE #81 Larry Little OL #66 James Lofton WR #80 Tom Mack OL #65 Curtis Martin RB #28 Jim Otto OL #00 Art Shell OL #78 Bart Starr QB #15 Defense: George Atkinson DB #43 Cornelius Bennett LB #55 Willie Brown DB #25 Harry Carson LB #53 Willie Davis DL #87 Jack Ham LB #59 Willie Lanier LB #63 Charles Mann DL #71 Ray Nitschke LB #66 Deacon Jones DL #75 Merlin Olsen DL #74 Alan Page DL #88 Donnie Shell DB #31 Willie Wood DB #24 Louis Wright DB #20 Special Teams James "Jimbo" Dunagan *TD #99 *Tackling Dummy Billy 'White Shoes' Johnson KR #84 Reggie Roby PT #4 Adam Vinatieri PK #4 Head Coach: Vince Lombardi
  3. My solitaire league is the WMLMF - West Michigan League of Miniature Football. It is a fantasy league consisting of 22 teams, most of which are of my own creation. I started with 4 teams in it's 1st season, expanded it to 8 teams the next year, and then added more each season until I had reached the 22 teams that are in it now. The last few years that I ran the league I played a 9 or 10 week season (games actually, as a weeks worth of games takes me about a month to play) for each team, then ran a 4 team playoff ending with a championship game that I call the Gumbo Bowl. The WMMF is split into two conferences, each with two divisions. The Paranormal and World Domination divisions are in the North Conference, while over in the Un-North Conference is the Lifestyles and Potpourri divisions. When I decided to make my own teams, I couldn't decide whether to make them with home or away jerseys, Istead, I went with the offense having away uni's and the defense having home uni's. My reasoning is that when you are on offense, you are attacking, usually someplace away from home. When you are under attack, you are defending your home. This is opposite of many other leagues I've seen that split the offense and defense wth different jerseys. Anyways, here is a little background information and the rosters of each team........ The Paranormal Division – The Paranormal Division starts with one of the original 4 teams that I made around 15 or 16 years ago. They won the first 2 Gumbo Bowls and have been in the playoffs every year. They're big, hairy, smelly and don't even wear any uniforms. Of course, I'm talking about the Canadian Sasquatch. They prefer to pound the ball with their 2 stellar running backs, Grog and Muckman. When they aren't running the ball, they resort to Stinkwater, one of the top quarterbacks in the league. His favorite target is the undisputed top tight end, Tipper. On defense they rely on one of the WMMF's best tackles, Tank, who is always in the top 10 in tackles. They also have one of the premier defensive backs in Gopher. Sasquatch OFFENSE DEFENSE 4 Flowers RB 27 Stickums LCB 7 Stinkwater QB 39 Gopher SS 14 Badgas WR 40 Junior FS 20 Trotter RB 43 Ralph RCB 21 Muckman RB 55 Chappy LLB 32 Grog RB 57 Thinker RLB 50 Rocky LT 62 Spook MLB 61 Kenji RT 66 Bubbles MLB 67 Jojo RG 77 Shorty RDE 70 Ho-Chi C 82 Too Tall LDE 72 Stump LG 91 Patches NT 80 Tipper TE 96 Tank RDT 81 Theodore WR 99 Shy Guy LDT K - 3 Bunyons Head Coach: Shaquille O’Neal
  4. I prefer to let the players make the plays by themselves with as few stops as possible. I live for what I call the 'magic' moments. A couple I vividly remember is a play where the running back was caught in a bunch of players, then suddenly turned and ran outside and circled around the group then straightend up and sprinted down the field for a TD. Another was a receiver who was running down the field and a defender was coming in on him from the side. Just as the defender was going to hit him, the receiver tilted onto the front of his base, spun around in a tiny circle as the defender zipped past him, then went back down flat onto the board and went in for a score. It was the most magnificent juke move I had ever seen. I only wish I had been video taping my games. These are the kind of things that constant stopping just can't duplicate.
  5. I added a few twists to the sticks in my games. I have 2 different size targets. One is skinny, like the down marker. This is for short passes. The other is wider and is made of rubber. It is used for medium and long passes and can move sometimes. Nothing like having your man go straight to the marker and have the marker slide away from him. I attribute it to the wind. There are also 2 other things I like to do. One is bullet passes and are used when the offense is inside the 10 yard line. Basically, you can throw it to a receiver in the end zone by placing him on a magnet or a piece of cloth so that he doesn't move. Defenders can be turned toward him. Then I run the board for 1 second. I close my eyes and go "One thousand one" then shut it off. If a defender touches the player, it's incomplete. If a defender stops directly in between the receiver and quarterback and is within 5 yards of the receiver, it's intercepted. If neither of these things happen, then it's a completion. The other thing I do is comeback passes. I place the skinny target the short stick distance away from the receiver directly towards the QB, like he is running back to the ball. If he hits the target first, then I place him on the other side of the magnet so he loses a couple of yards or so, like his momentum would do. Those few extra yards can make the difference between him getting a first down or not if he's tackled short of it. They have added some fun and options for passing.
  6. Glad to see some Union Jack fans out there. I was just going through some old files and came across a pic I thought I had lost. Here's the original Union Jack, a tribute to Doc Smeby from England who was a electric football enthusiast that was our contact for other EFers in Europe. Doc passed away back in 2007, but his memory will live on forever. The other tribute team is the Moon Sharks designed by Glen Hardaway. Here is a copy of an e-mail I received fro his widow: Hi My name is Sandra Smeby and I am Doc's widow. I just happened to have a really bad cold the other night couldn't sleep and decided to "check out" a couple of Doc's favourite websites for old times sake. I was reduced to tears to see the wonderful tribute you two guys have paid designing colours and teams in his memory. He would be so thrilled. I also saw there was a conference is his memory at the convention I really hope that one year his daughter and I could come over for one of them. His faithful little men just sit in a cupboard sad and lonely wouldn't he just love it if his daughter played one of his teams for him. You know the sad thing is he passed away so quickly at the end he never had a chance to sort his men out and I don't even know which was his best team. It moves me greatly to know that he is as missed by you guys as he is us. My very best wishes Sandra
  7. One more thing I just remembered. For anyone new to decals, when you put the decal on the figure, it may bow up with water under it. Take a tissue or small piece of paper towel and gently put it near the decal but not on it. The tissue will absorb the water leaving the decal to lay flat on the figure. After you have the decal set, very gently put the Solvaset on it but be careful that the decal doesn't move. Don't put too much on as the decal might bubble back up and slide around. If it does, use the tissue again to absorb the excess Solvaset.
  8. The Tweak was the first and only magazine dedicated to electric football. It had a lot of information about game play, strategies and painting tips, as well as league and tournament updates. Here is one article that didn't quite make it into print. Enjoy! interrogation.pdf
  9. My 2 cents. Get a sponge. When you soak a decal in water, it's easy to lose track of how long it's been in the water. The decal can slip off and you can lose track of it. Also, they can flip and you can end up putting the decal on upside down. Using a sponge lets the decal loosen from the backing paper, but it will stay on that paper until you are ready to slide it off. 2nd tip. Be very careful using Solvaset. Depending on who or how the decal was printed, Solvaset can be too strong and the ink on the decal can run off, ruining a great paint job. If this happens, you can do 1 of 2 things. Try Micro-sol. If I remember right it isn't as harsh on decals as Solvaset. Or, you can water down the Solvast. Dip the brush in the Solvaset, then dip it in a little water to dilute it and then spread in over the decal. Sometimes you have to add the Micro Sol or Solvaset 2 or 3 times if the decal is really stiff before it softens enough to form to the figure As for setting the decal on the figure, someone gave me a tip about using an old t paint brush ( make sure it's clean with no old paint in it) .Pick up the decal with the bristles, then gently roll the brush letting the decal roll into place. Using a toothpick or tweezers can accidentally cut the decal, but the soft bristles on a brush won't. Sometimes it can be a bit tricky, but after you do a few it's pretty easy.Using a toothpick to gently move the decal once it's on the figure is ok, just be sure to nudge the edge of the decal, not put the tip on the main part of the decal again, just my 2 penny's worth.
  10. Whenever I asked about painted bases, they always told me they didn't allow it because it added weight, which didn't make much sense to me as I did an experiment once and I had to add almost .4 gram of weight before I could see any advantage in strength. Painting the base was just under .1 gram as I recall and besides, if you limit the player to 3.3 grams it shouldn't make any difference if the player and base weighed 3.3 by themselves, or if you added some putty weight under the base to get it to 3.3 grams. As long as your player and base weigh in at whatever limit you are playing, you should be good as far as I'm concerned.
  11. Dave, that's a very similar font as the one I used for my Union Jacks. Very English looking. How did you get your roster? I don't recognize any of the players names. And shame on you! Every Union Jack team needs to have a #1 Doc Smeby on it. After all, the team was created in his remembrance . 🤧
  12. Why not do both? It's been awhile, but for 4 years in a row I ran a Fantasy League combined with my solitaire league. I had 8-10 guys playing the Fantasy League while I played my solitaire league. I was able to play 2 games a week, sometimes more, kept all stats, awarded points to players, special teams and defenses similar to Yahoo's Fantasy Football. Guys had starters and bench players and e-mailed me when they wanted changes. I posted projected points and updated match ups as the weeks progressed and had a 4 man playoff with a champion crowned. It was a lot of work, but also fun. I learned a lot about my MF players in the process. For example, the Fairies running backs never were in the top of the league in rushing yards, but they were in the top tier for fantasy points due to lots of reception yards and touchdowns. That 70's Rams team won 3 Gumbo Bowls in a row, but their quarterback, Pat Haden, was never in the top half because the Rams ran the ball so well and the Rams receivers are mediocre at best. They won as a team, but their wide receivers, tight end and quarterback weren't very good fantasy players. And just like real life, sometimes players fell on their face and sucked and I got a ton of grief from guys who had benched a player only to see him go nuts and get 30+ fantasy points while the guy they substituted him with only got 8. But hey, that's the fun of Fantasy Football. If anyone would like to try it for themselves, just holler and I'll give you all the advice I can.
  13. I paint both, but I think he's talking about just the bases. It's nice to have them all the same color either way.
  14. Well, you know I'm rooting for the Union Jacks, not that I'm showing any preferential treatment or anything 😏I'm just glad that you don't have any of those bed wetting Moon Sharks in your league. Of course, you have to take into account the doofus who designed them. 🤓🤓🤓
  15. I've always painted my bases. I use Testors enamels, usually their basic green, sometimes berret green and have some teams where the bases are color coordinated with the teams. My Raiders have silver bases and the stand part of the figure is black. 49ers are red base and white stand, Rams dark blue base and yellow stand etc. Most of my fantasy league is basic green or beret green for both the stand and base. I've been doing this since 1973 and most of the teams still have the original painted bases. A few have had some paint chip off, I just touch them up from time to time. Still, 45+ years and the paint has held up. Also, I always glue the figures to the base. It makes them more consistent as the figure doesn't separate from the base. Just a little white glue does the trick, and it's easy enough to twist and break the glue when a base goes sour and you need to replace it. My 2 cents
  16. Jim, your league is great. I love fantasy teams and leagues. There are hundreds of Cowboys, 49es, Steelers, Redskins teams out there...... but only 1 Thunderbolts, Lancers or Hawks team. Those teams are unique, which makes them extra special. I can't wait to see pics of them 😊
  17. Thanks Doug for bringing back the football forum. I miss the old Miggle and MFCA sites and have lots of great memories of posts from people all around the world. My laptop charger crapped out so I'm on a temporary one but as soon as I get it working I'll be back. Nice to see Dave and Don on the board again. I miss everyone!
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