I can see it now…….. The five horsemen of the apocalypse………War, Famine, Pestilence, Death, and Big Snowballs Raining Down On Innocent People Walking Under Trees.
LeslieAnne,
Are you perpetually 25 as Calvin is perpetually 6?
I’ll bet you could get help with your snowpants quicker than Calvin got help with his snowpants, although tomorrow Calvin probably will get assistance sooner than he did today, much to his chagrin.
It’s a good thing professional sculptors don’t shop at Toys-R-US, the cost to city budgets for those ‘works of art’ that decorate every other street corner would be even more exorbitant! ^_^
Calvin’s finished article will probably have the horse rearing up on it’s hind legs with Dad cowering on the ground while looking up in fear below the front legs.
puddleglum2 No I am not perpetually 25… I will be 26 in 7 months! I am not afraid of my age, and it comes from a line of women who weren’t afraid of their age. My mother is very proud to say she is 47!
Calvin… to have enough clay to match the size of your imagination, it would take over the entire house!!!
With Calvin’s self confidence and ego, any statue he would create of himself would equal or even exceed anything Moammar Gadhafi has had created to honor himself.
margueritem over 13 years ago
I think you’ll need a lot more…
Charles Evans Premium Member over 13 years ago
What a talented child!!
rentier over 13 years ago
More clay or a smaller statue, but this wouldn’t be so impressive!
rayannina over 13 years ago
So would Calvin be War, Famine, Pestilence or Death?
Given the back-and-forth with Susie Derkins, I’m guessing War.
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 13 years ago
Centaurs are cool. Calvin centaur-no words can describe it.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
Actually, shouldn’t it be larger than life-sized to be impressive?
Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠!*
Hobbes Premium Member over 13 years ago
His hair will be hard to do in clay.
I can see it now…….. The five horsemen of the apocalypse………War, Famine, Pestilence, Death, and Big Snowballs Raining Down On Innocent People Walking Under Trees.
Yukoner over 13 years ago
Hmm, will it occur to him that he might get more clay if he digs up the back yard?
Ooops! Premium Member over 13 years ago
I am very impressed.
vibjyor over 13 years ago
I can already ‘See’ the statue ! I am sure dad wont grudge a little bit more clay to have it completed.
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
Probably Dad sometimes wishes Calvin were a statue.
dataweaver over 13 years ago
@rayannina: No, no, no; he’s the Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse. Chaos.
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
LeslieAnne, Are you perpetually 25 as Calvin is perpetually 6? I’ll bet you could get help with your snowpants quicker than Calvin got help with his snowpants, although tomorrow Calvin probably will get assistance sooner than he did today, much to his chagrin.
tis4kis over 13 years ago
@rayannina … He might be Taxes
tirnaaisling over 13 years ago
It’s a good thing professional sculptors don’t shop at Toys-R-US, the cost to city budgets for those ‘works of art’ that decorate every other street corner would be even more exorbitant! ^_^
Calvin’s finished article will probably have the horse rearing up on it’s hind legs with Dad cowering on the ground while looking up in fear below the front legs.
COWBOY7 over 13 years ago
Will Hobbes be part of this “monument”?
G’morning, Grog, Marg & Mike!
thirdguy over 13 years ago
He should just go outside, and make his statue out of snow!! (if he can ever get his snowpants on!) Puddleglum ???
yuvrajhanspal over 13 years ago
@Calvin you’ll need just a “little” bit more clay…
rentier over 13 years ago
I made my school leaving examination in “music” and I had “The book with seven Seals” composed by Franz Schmidt.
florchi over 13 years ago
margueritem & yuvrajhanspal: Calvin’s supply of clay may be limited…but his imagination is not.
anewrun over 13 years ago
I can see it now, The Horseman of CALVIN
C - Chaos A - Anarchy L - Lamentation V - Verve I - Insidious N - Nifty
yes nifty too, can’t help it I like him
brick10 over 13 years ago
Think minimalist. Stop at the hoof.
Ray_C over 13 years ago
Just get a huge lump of clay and remove everything that doesn’t look like a Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Curmudgeon says: “modelling” should be “modeling.”
rshive over 13 years ago
Wonder which Horseman Calvin will be.
coltish1 over 13 years ago
Hmmm, feet of clay. I couldn’t have guessed it.
jeffsxq over 13 years ago
@Ray C (aka Curmudgeon): Webster’s lists modeled, modelled, modeling, modelling all as valid spellings.
jeffsxq over 13 years ago
Interesting that Hobbes’ first thought, picturing Calvin on a horse, is of the apocalypse!
cleokaya over 13 years ago
Calvin, you will also need a large purchase of bronze for your final casting, or marble. Best to get dad’s credit card when he’s taking a nap.
vzs1022 over 13 years ago
Just a tiny bit more.
rogue53 over 13 years ago
Stupendous, followed by War, then Famine (to bed without dinner).
LeslieAnne over 13 years ago
puddleglum2 No I am not perpetually 25… I will be 26 in 7 months! I am not afraid of my age, and it comes from a line of women who weren’t afraid of their age. My mother is very proud to say she is 47!
Calvin… to have enough clay to match the size of your imagination, it would take over the entire house!!!
anewrun over 13 years ago
i don’t think there will ever be enough clay, because he’s going to continue to add to his imagination.
A Calvin World in clay
jeffsxq , hobbes first thought is really interesting hmmm
hippogriff over 13 years ago
See Tolkien’s Leaf by Niggle.
When I was with the Vancouver Maritime Museum, I was a modeller. In Texas, I was a modeler. Now that effective tremor has set in, I am neither. :-(
gofinsc over 13 years ago
As Navin Johnson says, standing by the fence outside his house, “IT’S A START!”
ratlum over 13 years ago
A huge white horse rearing our hero holds his magic sword up high to slay any dragons that come near his fair maiden . Suzie ?
Ray_C over 13 years ago
*jeffsxq: True curmudgeons scoff at Webster’s. Not being a true curmudgeon, however, I will have to accept your correction.
musicnut1986 over 13 years ago
With Calvin’s self confidence and ego, any statue he would create of himself would equal or even exceed anything Moammar Gadhafi has had created to honor himself.
Dino-1 over 13 years ago
“Charge!”
khpage over 13 years ago
If Calvin is to be the Horseman of Chaos, suggest the horse be painted a nice, bright orange paisley….
glitterygal07 over 13 years ago
And then when your mom walks in Calvin, you can make up that you have to do this horse statue for a school assignment.
musicnut1986 over 13 years ago
All of this talk of horseman makes me think of this
bmonk over 13 years ago
We never limited ourselves to one such creation–which is why our clay didn’t seem to stay in any one shape very long.
SWEETBILL over 13 years ago
Calvin, can’t wait till your 7, knowledge is power, go guy….
Gretchen's Mom over 13 years ago
♠Lonewolf♠ said: Will Hobbes be part of this “monument”?
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Hobbes may be Calvin’s best friend but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’d be willing to share statue space with him!
chamin over 13 years ago
That’s more like 500 lawyers under the sea. A good start, but there’s a lot more to go.
Dino-1 over 13 years ago
musicnut1986: That was pretty awesome, reminds me of the 60’s growing up! Very cool!