tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post4973657765965323424..comments2023-11-05T00:44:33.436-07:00Comments on War Diaries of a Little Englander: Something different...but not completelyAlFronthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post-40043029967354069412012-04-06T13:23:37.774-07:002012-04-06T13:23:37.774-07:00Yes, they strike me as being very accurate. I have...Yes, they strike me as being very accurate. I have some rolls of French paper soldiers from the 19th Century, and they are pretty spot on too.AlFronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post-73898991628233023742012-04-06T13:22:09.418-07:002012-04-06T13:22:09.418-07:00Yes, I remember those fellows too! The knights ser...Yes, I remember those fellows too! The knights series stick in my mind - they seemed to be a very good representation of the development of armour. For some reason, I took my carefully cut out figures into primary school, and they stood in a row on the top of a cupboard.<br />As for my/our room (we have only one downstairs - the house is a 1930s terrace that has been knocked through), yes, I do, indeed, live a Hobbity life in it. Once, to quote a Hal Hartley film, I wanted 'to be awed by my own achievements, and be loved by beautufil women'. Now, I'm happy to warm my gardening shoes by the fire!AlFronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post-83366976949617258842012-04-06T01:02:41.103-07:002012-04-06T01:02:41.103-07:00There are very nice illustrations and I love seein...There are very nice illustrations and I love seeing uniforms from that period.PanzerKaputhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05068595006963872643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713133878713687741.post-81015016868897574272012-04-05T23:38:59.242-07:002012-04-05T23:38:59.242-07:00A most enjoyable post- there are come super Danish...A most enjoyable post- there are come super Danish paper soldiers on the Chakoten webpage which I have always fancied printing off.<br />I have use the 15mm modern ones ( doownloadable from the web) in my gaming and they are great fun- a cheap way into a new period. <br />Your post reminds me of the soldiers on the back of cereal packets in the mid 1960s which I avividly cut out and collected at the time .The packets were displayed in our local grocer at a great height and he was very helpful in getting down the one I wanted with a new figure printed upon the back.My favourite was the 17th century pikeman.<br />Super photo of your sitting room.Could be a scene from the hobbit transfered to the 1930s.Sturdy brogues too I see. I am in light walking boots much of the time to support my dodgy foot. I am so glad you are enjoying the novel and you with some fLW figufes of the period too just waiting for comrades in arms..tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.com