Blood for the Baron!

Just found this on my memory stick, so thought I'd repost, even though almost two months late now... (it's not the complete works, and teh embed button isn't working for Youtube it seems [if you do a search on Youtube for Muton under SteveDaw you can find the vids] but better than nothing)

Is Muton really indestructible??? The Bonfire Night Chronicles.

Test 1 – The Solo Sparkler



The Result? – Nothing. Not even a burn. Just a bit of soot.



Test 2 – The Jail of Sparklers









The Result? – Even less to worry about than the solo sparkler. Just some more soot. And some mud on his boots. The Mu really is seeming indestructible at this point…

Test 3 – The Roman Candle

Feeling buoyed by his triumph over the rubbish that was the Sparklers, the Mu tackles a cheeky Roman Candle….



The Result? – he didn’t even fall over. Just got a tad muddier, and a tad sootier.
“This is a walk in the park” Muses the Muton…

Test 4 – The Crackly Flairy One
“Right, this might prove more of a challenge, fears the Muton – it’s a bit bigger, and is not only described as “emitting Sparks” but also “crackles” and suggest you retreat 25 metres. This would possibly scare a mere mortal. But I am the indestructible Muton!!!!” (the wine is kicking in now)


The Result? – he feel over. Unclear whether this was due to the firework, or the wine.



Test 5 – the Rocket.

“Bollocks” – says the Muton. I get a bit queezy in Roboskull, never mind this”. (he looks a little worried as he climbs aboard Love Missile 1 – 11 to the sounds of SigSig Sputnik).


“This is one small step for Mu, one giant leap for Mu-Kind”


3………………………..2……………………….1…………………………..



What will become of our intrepid Muton???? Is he really indestructible???? Why did I accidentally pause the camera as I ran off???? Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllll – here’s the big bang….



……and Stormie looked worried.

The Muton was nowhere to be seen……



…..UNTIL a bang was heard from the roof of the adjoining barn – too loud a bang to just be a rocket stick…..…….


……a search party was dispatched……

……and a brave Muton was found….


But has he survived????/

The Muton is delivered back to the Boss. It does not look good.


“We can re-build him – we have the technology” declares the Boss – plagiarising another TV show..

,,,but suddenly he stirs…….

….and sits up…


“ Mutons alive!!!!” (to be read in the voice of Brian Blessed, to bring back memories of Flash Gordon)

…and he rises to his feet….


“Muton my boy, I take my hat off to you (well, the Boss’s hat, but mine for the evening)…..”


“Thanks old chap, but I’ll be taking that…..”

as the Muton steals the Boss’s hat, as his reward for truly being an invincible beast.

The Result? – some slight scorching, and a pristine new hat for the Muton. Tests appear to conclude that when drunk, the Muton truly does appear invincible.

So there we have it science fans – the Muton has yet to be proven to have a weakness.

And before we go, a few words of reason – no Mutons were harmed in the making of these videos, and all tests were conducted under the watchful supervision of a respectable (cough cough) adult.

So before we go, a final word from our intrepid adventurer, his Ninja pal, and the Boss himself…

MUTON is COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

YA DON'T MESS WITH THE MO FO NAMED M.UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTON!

I really like the figure. I have 2 of them...ones called Morris and ones called Austin.....

As it is once more Bonfire Night I figured I would bump this, ahem, "experiment" I conducted last year for the benefit fo any of our newer members.

Unfortunately the full thread was lost in the Great BFTB Crash of 2008, but to summarise, the earlier pictures that were lost involved the usual - Boss betting Stormie about something, Stormie being lumbered with looking after Muton, Muton getting drunk on an oversized bottle of wine, etc etc.

This is still the same Muton that accompanies Stormie today, and he is still a bit sooty as a result of this experiment!

Nice to see the lads in action again. As I have a trip to NZ in 2 weeks, I had my Dad buy up large in the fireworks dept. My kids will know the joy of destroying property with their own fireworks Being as they are illegal in Australia. Luckily Muton will be tagging along too. Blow up for the Baron.

Looking back this was actually a landmark night! The first time Stormie, Muton and the Boss all met, and the night that Stormie acquired his now trademark hat (Boss agreed to let him wear it in the early [now missing] photos as long as Stormie babysat Muton). If I'd known then the hi jinx those three would get up to and the hassle they'd cause me I'd have strapped all three of them to the bloody rocket!!

"He loves us really - we are his internet alter egos!"

No you wouldn't mate BFTB would be lost without them. I got a lot of funny comments in Darwin about my lads and I just blamed you. Bad influence I say.

Don't forget there are some additional pics here: http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/diorama ... index.html

Are they the missing links?

excellent thanks for digging this up steve anything planned for this one even tho it was yesterday...

Unfortunately didn't get chance to blow the little bugger up this year! I shall double the dose of gunpowder next year to make up for it!