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Legions of Steel => General Discussion => Topic started by: Clark on October 12, 2013, 10:25:57 PM

Title: Hero of Humanity and all-round funny guy.
Post by: Clark on October 12, 2013, 10:25:57 PM

The Canadian Comedy Awards and Festival took place in Ottawa last weekend. The Best Male Stand-up Award went to Steve Patterson.

http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php (http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php)

Title: Re: Hero of Humanity and all-round funny guy.
Post by: bobloblah on October 18, 2013, 12:40:45 PM

 :)
This seems seriously off-topic, but Steve Patterson is a funny, funny man!

Title: Re: Hero of Humanity and all-round funny guy.
Post by: smokingwreckage on October 19, 2013, 08:38:40 AM

"Patterson" comes up in the LOS books....

Title: Re: Hero of Humanity and all-round funny guy.
Post by: bobloblah on October 19, 2013, 09:27:25 AM

D'oh!
:o
Of course. Totally forgot.

Title: Re: Hero of Humanity and all-round funny guy.
Post by: grendeljd on October 19, 2013, 11:15:47 AM

I wondered if that was "The Real" Steve Patterson... very cool  :D

Do you still keep in touch with him, Clark?

Title: Re: Hero of Humanity and all-round funny guy.
Post by: Clark on October 19, 2013, 07:50:22 PM

I haven't spoken with him in years.

For those who don't know the *ahem* joke:

Tom Frank drew a number of illustrations with a Commando sergeant named Patterson.  Theme of many pictures - not just Tom's - was to show a commando with a Mark I in the shadows sneaking in for the kill.  The thing is, Patterson kept appearing in more illustrations leading one to wonder, how did he survive the encounter? My answer was that he is awesome!  Sergeant Steve Patterson specifically appears in the scenario Uncommon Valour where he and Heavy Weapon Trooper "Flamer" Flanagan have to rescue his corporal and some troopers who are wounded and pinned down by Nightmares.  Patterson, unlike typical sergeants, has 4 leadership.  It is lampshaded in the scenario introduction as the Overlord computer has to keep recalibrating its odds of success because it sends more and more Nightmares to kill Patterson in the engagements leading up to the scenario, but they fail repeatedly.

Then it turns out that Tom had been using the names of his gaming buddies and slapping then on the name tags of the commandos in his drawings.  I t was only later that I met "The Real" Steve Patterson, who is a great guy but not someone who would strike you as elite military material.

It was too late at that point as I had already created a backstory for Sgt. Patterson.  He is mentioned in Planetstorm as the most decorated soldier in the UNE and possessing supernatural luck.

After that we started encouraging Tom to put friends and fans into the pictures. 

Title: Re: Hero of Humanity and all-round funny guy.
Post by: bobloblah on October 19, 2013, 09:03:22 PM

The guy is truly hilarious, and I like him so much more now that I know he's a gamer!
 ;D

Title: Re: Hero of Humanity and all-round funny guy.
Post by: grendeljd on October 19, 2013, 09:51:57 PM

That's a great story, Clark.

I do the very same thing in my own sci-fi illustrations where possible (both published & un-published). It's always fun to do that  :)