greg3 Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 The Isle of Man has a rich history of mythical and supernatural creatures... from the Mooinjer Veggey ("Little People" - mischievous fairy folk) to the Moddey Dhoo ("Black Dog" - the sight of which means death!!) but one of my favourites is the buggane. Described as giant ogre like creatures with black fur, bugganes were said to live in remote woods and hillsides using their sharp tusks and claws to deal with anyone who disturbed them. Their one weakness was an inability to enter consecrated ground so when a buggane living on Greeba Mountain saw a group of monks building a church in the valley below, he was furious!! Fearing that the sound of the bells would disturb his peace he vowed to stop the church being built. His plan was simple, each time the monks thought the church was finished, the buggane would sneak down under cover of darkness and tear off the roof!! After this happened several times, a local man - a tailor named Timothy, offered to guard the building the following night. In return for a purse of gold, he agreed to remain in the church for as long as it took him to sew a pair of trousers. Sure enough, that night the buggane appeared, bursting from the floor having tunnelled under the church but Timothy was able to confuse the creature by pretending he'd never heard of it. Eventually though, the buggane, lost his temper and drawing himself up to his full height he burst through the roof of the church just as Timothy finished his work and fled. Enraged by this, the Buggane chased Timothy for several miles until they reached the parish church of Marown and the tailor leaped over the churchyard wall to safety. By now the buggane was so angry, he tore off his own head and hurled it at Timothy. The head (still snarling and gnashing its teeth!!) struck the church wall and exploded in a flash of light. The rest of the buggane also vanished and the following morning Timothy collected his reward!! As for the church, legend says it was never rebuilt and still stands there minus its roof!! (it's sometimes called the "Broken Church") The church Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr The Buggane Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr Timothy's Terror!! Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr RUN!!!!! Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr The church today... Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr Untitled by g.nat, on Flickr I quite enjoyed this little build - to be honest, the church should be a bit longer but I wanted it to fit in with my other locally themed 8x8 micro scale models. Originally I was just going to build it as it looks today but then decided on the removable roof. Not sure about the bell though (it should actually be inside the small tower) and I might switch the light grey cheese slopes for dark grey to match the rest of the roof . Anyway, thanks for looking... Comments always welcome!! Quote
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