tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post1993846510098778730..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: What a Day, What a Day!MSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-34846177946166324572017-01-08T08:43:29.395+00:002017-01-08T08:43:29.395+00:00I've never saw such a big unit of HAT's Gu...I've never saw such a big unit of HAT's Guard Grenadiers a Cheval. Impressing! <br /><br />cheers<br />UweUwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03370662262625093092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-79842641318494061702017-01-01T11:53:46.254+00:002017-01-01T11:53:46.254+00:00Chris - thanks for your good wishes - all the best...Chris - thanks for your good wishes - all the best to you. If you have time, and can be bothered, email me at the address in my Blogger profile for a bit of a blether. I promise not to hassle you...MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-79328646830386100002016-12-31T23:54:59.354+00:002016-12-31T23:54:59.354+00:00That is simply bloody marvellous. A toy soldier he...That is simply bloody marvellous. A toy soldier heaven, The gentleman is to be congratulated in the warmest possible turns. I can sense the ire of my dearly beloved focussing on me as some of my little tin men are resting on the dining room table, she will view this as unwarranted territorial expansion. I will show her your photographs and whisper gently, "see how things could be..........." Thanks for all of your postings. I hope that you and your family have a good and peaceful year. I have just been asked to move my copy of C Duffys Siege Warfare from the kitchen in case we have a visitor ????? They might find it interesting. Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04878782120365298424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-32827394439056318162016-12-31T14:20:32.699+00:002016-12-31T14:20:32.699+00:00Thank you Ross - all the best to your team as well...Thank you Ross - all the best to your team as well!<br /><br />I've said it before, but placing me next to a good diorama automatically renders me 10 years old on the spot. All I can do is whisper, "Wow". Latest previous experience of this was on the top floor of the Ingolstadt museum 3 years ago, but it works every time.<br /><br />Something philosophically tricky about the differences between diorama and wargames collections - sometimes I see (sometimes I actually attempt) little dioramic features in a a wargames unit, and - with the possible exception of tasteful command groups - it often doesn't work. The idea of having realistic casualties attached to a unit to denote attrition is attractive, but the reality of dragging a cluster of dead bodies around the field behind the unit is less pleasing, to me at least. My unadorned red tiddlywinks score zero out of 10 for scenic enhancement, but at least they are not comedic during the game - it's all in the personal taste, I guess.<br /><br />Not sure what that ramble was about! - I guess I am saying that I regard dioramas and game pieces as distinct and different, and the ones I saw on Thursday were a splendid example of the dioramic style. MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-26023293066753852742016-12-31T13:35:37.457+00:002016-12-31T13:35:37.457+00:00Wow!
The closest I can come to imagining it is ...Wow! <br /><br />The closest I can come to imagining it is to remember a few years back, OK March 2001,on the way to Cold Wars, I detoured through the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania to make a prearranged visit to the Toy Soldier Museum, a private collection of toy soldiers, uniforms etc housed in a 2 story building bigger than any house I've ever lived in, choc-a-block full of dioramas and showcases, figures old and new, thousan's of 'em to coin a phrase. The only 20's were props from a James Bond movie but I was at the height of my 54mm madness so it was a little piece of dream land.<br /><br />May 2017 be a good year for you and yours. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-27587120070093782912016-12-30T20:05:56.981+00:002016-12-30T20:05:56.981+00:00My pleasure - I think K McKenzie probably not quit...My pleasure - I think K McKenzie probably not quite the most evil man who ever lived, but he's certainly on the shortlist. MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-89975723974962180522016-12-30T19:54:47.146+00:002016-12-30T19:54:47.146+00:00I sincerely apologise, Foy. Back in my student day...I sincerely apologise, Foy. Back in my student days we considered Kelvin McKenzie to be just about the most evil man who ever lived. I am aghast to find myself descending to such depths. I hope you will forgive me one day.Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-22476097552690274772016-12-30T17:31:37.061+00:002016-12-30T17:31:37.061+00:00First of all the Pentlands, then over Clydesdale i...First of all the Pentlands, then over Clydesdale into the Lowther Hills. Pretty quiet up there - dark and gloomy too, yesterday. Had the same feeling as when I was diverted over the moors from Gifford to Longformacus in a downpour a few weeks ago - I kept thinking, "if I have an accident up here, it might be a day or so before someone notices..."MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-56125977021553359022016-12-30T17:21:21.548+00:002016-12-30T17:21:21.548+00:00The artificial horizon has not been the same since...The artificial horizon has not been the same since, I can tell you!MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-79105640195316547562016-12-30T16:58:42.834+00:002016-12-30T16:58:42.834+00:00Looks fun - which hills did you drive over to get ...Looks fun - which hills did you drive over to get there?Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-51036980486427699692016-12-30T09:47:18.786+00:002016-12-30T09:47:18.786+00:00Quite staggering.Quite staggering.'Lee.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02728400013024811279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-3096911755353320332016-12-30T08:51:15.547+00:002016-12-30T08:51:15.547+00:00I confess that it was an hour after I read this th...I confess that it was an hour after I read this that I realised what you'd said - very good - this is why i never made it as a Sun reader. Good New Year to you, Matt!MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-78682311564274440122016-12-30T08:48:26.496+00:002016-12-30T08:48:26.496+00:00I agree - there is obviously more to the world tha...I agree - there is obviously more to the world than simply going to the dry cleaners or Tesco, so I shall work up a list of things to see. All the best for the New Year, Jon.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-76323670737445385722016-12-29T23:31:55.719+00:002016-12-29T23:31:55.719+00:00Of all the possible sight-seeing trips, Foy, you p...Of all the possible sight-seeing trips, Foy, you picked-'un. Outstanding.Wellington Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08295966991101976478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-78566988761980926202016-12-29T23:28:07.633+00:002016-12-29T23:28:07.633+00:00Wow! This IS a project on a grand scale! Thanks ...Wow! This IS a project on a grand scale! Thanks for sharing the fruits and discoveries of your day out. You really ought to get out more often.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com