Group Build Description: Any vehicle named or nicknamed after a bug (including spiders).
Event Details: I’ve noticed over time that a lot of airplanes, armored vehicles, ships, etc. are named after insects and spiders. I thought it would be a fun idea for a campign of those. Everything from the DH Mosquito to the German Wespe to the USS Hornet, including such subjects as the F/A-18 and Apollo 9’s LM Spider. Should be some interesting variety!
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While the word “bug” is often used colloquially to mean any living creature with a lot of legs, this usage is technically incorrect no matter what stupid people put in their bad and wrong dictionaries. For example, spiders are arachnids, not insects, and so not bugs.
Is anything named after an animal from Class Arthropoda allowed-- insects, crustaceans, arachnids, centipedes, and millipedes?
Are vehicles that resemble an arthropod but do not have the name of one allowed?
Are vehicles with many legs based on livings things not from Earth allowed.
Are creature figures with many legs allowed, native to Earth or otherwise?
I’m actually aware that spiders are not insects, which is why I specifically added them in. The name “Bugs!” is meant to be humorous. I’m sorry if you didn’t get that. As for all the various unlikely possibilities you posit, give me an actual example and I’ll let you know what I think. But I believe that most members here will get where I’m coming from. If you feel that I’m being intellectually sloppy, feel free to sit this one out.
It was my bad. I should have added, “That was a joke.” I long ago lost count of how many times someone has punched, shoved, slapped, or threatened to shoot me because of my mouth. The obnoxious display of pedantry was intended as a Spock berating McCoy kinda thing, thus the raised eyebrow smiley face. I knew you intended military machines because your campaigns are always very focused on military history. My thought was that, if expended to include bug-like creatures and machines, this really would make a great science fiction campaign. Moving on…
Browsing my picture inventory, I have a Dragon Heuschrecke IVb, Dragon Hummel, Tamiya Wespe, and 1/72 Dragon Hummel that qualify. Maybe it is time to finally purchase a Bronco M22.
If fictional bug walkers qualify… Well… Then things get more interesting.
Man this is tempting, I have a few options. Question…
Would a nashorn be acceptable? I know it is German for rhinoceros, but, it was originally called the Hornisse (hornet). I imagine the name change was due to the development of the Elefant
Moving on…
