tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post26857347535947380..comments2024-03-28T19:50:29.834+00:00Comments on ALYS TOY SOLDIERS: A New book... And a little Shiny Inspiration.Aly Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-8234543657516640792021-06-15T19:35:54.919+00:002021-06-15T19:35:54.919+00:00Indeed it is…
I would love to see it in the flesh…...Indeed it is…<br />I would love to see it in the flesh…so to speak.<br />Actually I would love to see it in my wargames room 😂<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-56949160097797807222021-06-15T16:38:39.888+00:002021-06-15T16:38:39.888+00:00AA-mazing.AA-mazing.Glasgow Warhoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702804129953007721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-28744536349143186942021-05-08T21:04:08.112+00:002021-05-08T21:04:08.112+00:00I really hope we will get to see the real thing......I really hope we will get to see the real thing...<br /><br />Yes it is a truly impressive toy... The Green Vault is now on my list of places to go.<br /><br />I was quite surprised at the level of reaction I had ... given that the first jab wasn’t too bad.<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-75342626420445502712021-05-08T20:57:45.041+00:002021-05-08T20:57:45.041+00:00I am imagining it 😂
I may try and paint a couple...I am imagining it 😂<br /><br />I may try and paint a couple of figures up... and see how close I can get them.<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-73204435974137053692021-05-08T04:44:26.814+00:002021-05-08T04:44:26.814+00:00I had my second jab the other day too. All was wel...I had my second jab the other day too. All was well for seven hours then the arm started hurting and three hours later I couldn’t raise it above the horizontal. Later that night I had the shivers and headaches followed. Two days on now and all is good, but it affected me more than I expected.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-81312833367141215902021-05-08T01:10:20.305+00:002021-05-08T01:10:20.305+00:00I remember that The National Geographic ran a pict...I remember that The National Geographic ran a pictorial study of the entire tapestry in 1966, on the 900th anniversary. I poured over it for hours.<br /><br />I remember on a trip to London three year ago we visited the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace where there was a display of the gifts brought back by the Prince Of Wales on his visit to India in 1875. One item was this collection of 18th Century brass model soldiers, presented to the Prince by the Raja of Peddapuram. I thought at these were impressive, but those Dresden figures are in a different league.Mark Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988775093525037168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-41102766193496959422021-05-08T00:54:02.043+00:002021-05-08T00:54:02.043+00:00Gosh, imagine an army of those on the tabletop!
Re...Gosh, imagine an army of those on the tabletop!<br />Regards, JamesJames Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897755636246185173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-6161976517539496292021-05-05T00:21:48.757+00:002021-05-05T00:21:48.757+00:00Yup!...
If he was alive today he would be living i...Yup!...<br />If he was alive today he would be living in a massive Hollywood mansion and driving a solid gold Stretch-Ferrari 😳<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-68971044621206307292021-05-04T22:48:43.413+00:002021-05-04T22:48:43.413+00:00Augustus was over the top on just about everything...Augustus was over the top on just about everything....even his toys it seems!StuartInschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767926453730695701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-4151141814669929132021-05-04T20:48:11.452+00:002021-05-04T20:48:11.452+00:00There was certainly no lack of skill in the 18th c...There was certainly no lack of skill in the 18th century...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-15149811401164988472021-05-04T20:45:08.410+00:002021-05-04T20:45:08.410+00:00I was actually wondering how I could paint a minia...I was actually wondering how I could paint a miniature to look like that...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-72454249300426405902021-05-04T20:43:21.893+00:002021-05-04T20:43:21.893+00:00The just don’t do the metallics like they used to....The just don’t do the metallics like they used to...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-24078790078163538572021-05-04T20:42:11.927+00:002021-05-04T20:42:11.927+00:00Apart from the price... waiting five years for you...Apart from the price... waiting five years for your toys... you would have moved on to a new period or rules by the time they arrived...<br /><br />“ I know I said group basing... but that was five years ago... I’m into skirmish gaming now”<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-52176858770635662782021-05-04T20:35:55.350+00:002021-05-04T20:35:55.350+00:00I do hope we can get to see the tapestry in the UK...I do hope we can get to see the tapestry in the UK...<br />I once got in to trouble for drawing my own version of Hastings in the margins of my school books... I think every other warrior had an arrow in his eye...<br />24 carat gold command groups... just imagine how good the braid would look 😈<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-25270403758398395812021-05-04T20:27:52.528+00:002021-05-04T20:27:52.528+00:00I read somewhere that the arrow was put there late...I read somewhere that the arrow was put there later when the tapestry was getting a repair... the figure was apparently originally depicted holding a spear...<br />The guy on the ground getting stomped all over is supposed to be Harold...<br />No matter what it is still a beautiful thing...<br />Glass enamelling is a dark art that always amazes me...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-29522352314874181292021-05-04T20:20:11.458+00:002021-05-04T20:20:11.458+00:00‘Feeling rough’ 🙄‘Feeling rough’ 🙄Aly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-29713094491505372252021-05-04T20:18:55.749+00:002021-05-04T20:18:55.749+00:00The court of Typoo Bhyka did come to mind when I f...The court of Typoo Bhyka did come to mind when I first saw it...<br />I am really looking forward to seeing the Bayeux Tapestry if a couple of days feel rough give me chance then I don’t mind.<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-78078635416644979942021-05-04T20:14:01.213+00:002021-05-04T20:14:01.213+00:00It is certainly the big kind of shiny...
I think t...It is certainly the big kind of shiny...<br />I think the reaction you get depends a bit on which jab you get...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-3498856057763487192021-05-04T20:08:49.495+00:002021-05-04T20:08:49.495+00:00You will not be surprised to know that I’ve just b...You will not be surprised to know that I’ve just bought a book on the subject 😂<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-13081592830691222982021-05-04T20:07:27.577+00:002021-05-04T20:07:27.577+00:00Given that it was finished in 1708... the level of...Given that it was finished in 1708... the level of technical skill is incredible ...<br />No handy gas powered micro-blowtorches or computer controlled kilns... just years of practice and knowledge...<br /><br />All the best. Aly<br />Aly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-44704014653498579442021-05-04T17:28:52.461+00:002021-05-04T17:28:52.461+00:00That's some damn fine painting. Not sure my ey...That's some damn fine painting. Not sure my eyes could take it.Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-78940765258987323422021-05-04T12:22:33.848+00:002021-05-04T12:22:33.848+00:00Wow,now that's the way to do shiny! You've...Wow,now that's the way to do shiny! You've raised the benchmark I'm afraid!<br />Best Iain caveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-73566782277311818562021-05-04T12:20:35.711+00:002021-05-04T12:20:35.711+00:00Well, I paint with enamels...but somehow the effec...Well, I paint with enamels...but somehow the effect is just not the same. Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-27572565534643224602021-05-04T11:30:41.396+00:002021-05-04T11:30:41.396+00:00Splendid stuff Aly.... Im fortunate to have been t...Splendid stuff Aly.... Im fortunate to have been to Bayeux and did the tapestry for real, it is very long and would definitely visit again. As for gold figures I’m afraid unless they can match current plastic figures for quality and price they are a no go for me 😀Matt Crumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841790422716738842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-74310148118789071832021-05-04T11:15:39.151+00:002021-05-04T11:15:39.151+00:00I remember an issue of......National Geographic po...I remember an issue of......National Geographic possibly?..that had the whole tapestry on one or more of those foldout pages with tiny print and teeny figures. Memorizing and still an inspiration years later when Garrison released their Normans vs Saxons range. <br /><br />It would be great, dangerous but great, to see a large version.<br /><br />I have a feeling that melting down a certain gold ring for a new miniatures project would also be dangerous.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com