#colonel rimfire

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It's better to be dead and cool, than alive and uncool.

Cool Cat to Col. Rimfire

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Look Here ⬆️ “3 Ring Wing-Ding” (1968)

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Kirby has a gun! And I’m already loving that new Colonel Rimfire guy who looks like one shaggy puppy!

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Character Design: Character Iterations (Independent Study Week)

In developing my other characters I looked online for inspiration from looking at other kinds of rocks, plants and bins online.

For this goofy character I tried to look up “silly rocks”, during which I found this image of a rock split in two

The idea of constructing a face up of two split rocks appealed to me, as it communicates a character who isn’t “holding it together”. However I found the process of drawing a rock with a clear break in this manner cumbersome, and the ultimate result unappealing.

I found the image of these two rocks, when drawn together, had a more appealing look while still communicating the same kind of ideas I wanted to convey through the design of the face.

This “silly plant” image on the left appealed to me as a design for the character’s body, with the arms serving well as long limbs.

As I see this character as having a Southern American kind of quality with the flannel shirt and hayseed in mouth, I based the body on an image I found of an American bin

The next character I see as being a timid, quiet type.

I based the head on this image of a “soft rock” with a slight dent in the head, which I think adds an appealing sense of vulnerability

I used the leaves of this “timid” plant as inspiration for the arms

I used this drawing of a tubby, soft bin as inspiration for the body

For the elderly colonel character I combined the old fashioned Bin with this image of an old rock

The shape of the rock with the large top area to me worked as resembling the shape of a certain kind of army hat

I based the limbs on trees, both to convey a sense of age, and to convey a certain sense of military strength; the idea of a “hard body” build.

The face is somewhat reminiscent of traditional stern military figures like Captain Manwaring from Dad’s Army or Colonel Rimfire from the Cool Cat cartoons

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Swiss Modell 1882 Ordnance Revolver

The Swiss Ordnance Commision began developing revolvers in the early 1870s, first with the Modell 1872, chambered in 10.4mm rimfire before transitioning to a centrefire cartridge in the Modell 1878. 

In 1882, Colonel Rudolf Schmidt developed a new revolver chambered in a 7.5mm cartridge, with a cylinder that held six rounds. The design is often mistaken for a variation of Emile Nagant’s revolver, however, the Modell 1882 has more in common with the French Chamelot-Delvigne M1873. It is a double action design with a rebounding hammer and a hinged side plate allowing easy access to the revolver’s lockwork. The Modell 1882 was light, weighing 28oz (0.79kg) and was just over 9 inches (23 cm) in overall length.

The pistols loaded and unloaded through a loading gate on the right of the frame. The revolver used Ismael Isaac Abadie’s system where once the gate was open the the cylinder can only be turned by pulling the trigger, the hammer remains stationary while the indexing pawl rotates the cylinder. The user ejected spent casings by manually cycling the ejection rod fixed below the barrel.  

By 1886, the Swiss Army had equipped all its infantry officers with the Modell 1882. The revolvers was slowly rolled out throughout the Swiss Army for use by cavalry and NCOs, slowly replacing the older 10.4mm revolvers. The pistols were extremely well made by Waffenfabrik Bern. With the first 20,000 revolvers having rubber grips (see images #1 & #2) with a second batch of 17,252 pistols having wooden grips (see image #3 & #4).  

Bern and SIG also manufactured the pistols for private purchase, the Bern revolvers had a ‘p’ prefix to their serial numbers. In 1901, the Swiss adopted the Luger semi-automatic pistol, however, production of the Modell 1882 continued into the 1930s with a further 18,000 slightly improved Modell 1882/29 made. As the Luger came into frontline service the Swiss continued to issue revolvers to garrison and supply troops, cavalry NCOs and bicycle troops. The Luger initially cost approximately 400 Swiss Francs to manufacture, this was later reduced to 225 Francs, while the revolver was significantly cheaper, costing 120 Swiss Francs. As a result the Modell 1882 remained in service for many years after the Second World War with some sources suggesting the last pistols left service in the 1960s.

Sources:

Images: 1 2 3 4 

Handguns of the World, E.C. Ezell (1981)

Swiss Handguns 1872-Present, Swissrifles.com, (source)

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Big Game Haunt (1968)

Big Game Haunt (1968)

Colonel Rimfire chases Cool Cat into a deserted house. Unfortunately, they are not alone. A ghost tries to befriend the two, but neither of them want to be friends with him because he is a spook.

Try eight more:

The Lady With The Camellias (1907)

Alexander Sokurov: Questions about cinema (2008)

The Fencer (2015)

Little Boa Peep (1974)

Fire Birds (1990)

Lest We Forget (1991)

Center of the Web (1992)

The House of Secrets (1936)

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Col. Rimfire: You talk funny Elmer. Where you from? Elmer: Wots of diffewent pwaces.

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Colonel Rimfire

Lost Looney Tunes character from the late 60′s created as a foil to Cool Cat.

Porky Pig #36 Gold Key 1971

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Marvin: What's happening? Where is this in the cartoon? Colonel Rimfire: Now, sir. What's happening, now is happening now. Marvin: What happened to then? Colonel Rimfire: We passed it. Marvin: When? Colonel Rimfire: Just now. Marvin: Now? Colonel Rimfire: Now! Marvin: Why? Colonel Rimfire: We missed it. Marvin: When? Colonel Rimfire: Just now. Marvin: When will then be now? Colonel Rimfire: Soon. Marvin: How soon? Colonel Rimfire: What? Marvin: Where? Colonel Rimfire: Good work. Set a course and prepare for our arrival. Marvin: When? Colonel Rimfire: By tomorrow, they will be our prisoners. Marvin: WHO?

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Col. Rimfire: Sylvester's chasing Tweety? Granny: Yes! Rimfire: You're chasing Sylvester? Grannyr: YES! Rimfire: Who's chasing you... nobody, get it?

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[Col. Rimfire sits down next to Granny at the Looney Club.]

Rimfire: Hi.

Granny: Hi.

Rimfire: I just thought you should know you've got seeds falling out of your pocket.

Granny: Oh!

Rimfire: Don't worry. I won't tell anyone. What you got in there?

[Granny shows him what's inside the brown paper bag on her lap.]

Rimfire: A parakeet!

Granny: I saw him at the pet shop on the way here. And there was something so familiar about him.

Rimfire: Familiar?

[Granny peers into the bag.]

Granny: I think it's my late husband.

[Rimfire stares at her.]

Granny: Oh, it's a young bird and doesn't know how to talk yet, so I don't know for sure.

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Cool tigers and wascally wabbits awe in the underworld... but so are human feewings.

Elmer Fudd to Col. Rimfire

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Granny: (chuckles) You're going to lose your head one of these days, Colonel Rimfire

Col. Rimfire: It's my head, woman!

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President Daffy: Gotcha! Listening at the door, huh? Well, Rimfire, looks like we've got our sthaboteur.

Col. Rimfire: That's your wife, sir.

President Daffy: Yeah, stho it is. Daphne. You're looking as lovely as the day we met.

[to Rimfire]

President Daffy: Find out what she knows.

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Col. Rimfire: Look at you, Mrs. Webster. With a cell phone. Granny: I'm very hip. Rimfire: I guess so. Granny: I just can't read the buttons.

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Cool Cat reminds me of something that I occasionally pick up on my shoe in the gutter! Very unpleasant, on a hot day. And if you have the dubious honor of commanding the senseless slaughter, then I'd advise you to keep him downwind at all times! That is, of course, if you can tell the difference anymore.

Colonel Rimfire