tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post2095983624745671325..comments2024-01-15T20:17:19.683+00:00Comments on Legatus' Wargames Armies : A busy week...and a couple of painted figureslegatus hedliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-54850909802356128002015-03-18T21:51:52.474+00:002015-03-18T21:51:52.474+00:00I've got two daylight bulbed lamps on my desk ...I've got two daylight bulbed lamps on my desk and I still find it difficult to do anything but base colours under artificial light.legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-69648704748755507022015-03-18T18:16:39.331+00:002015-03-18T18:16:39.331+00:00As a runner (ouch!) hope your sister recovers quic...As a runner (ouch!) hope your sister recovers quickly. You mention poor light stopped painting: I've got much more painted this winter thanks to a daylight spectrum desk lamp. ian druryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064432130356557977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-87410557150585928802015-03-17T21:48:21.615+00:002015-03-17T21:48:21.615+00:00I found Pratchett's books laugh out loud funny...I found Pratchett's books laugh out loud funny (my wife literally bans me from reading them in the same room!) but as I have no interest in fantasy and am rather silly by nature perhaps that is why? <br />Sorry to hear about your sister's injury, I know what she is in for!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751744958434403184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-76918535793019624302015-03-16T21:49:20.224+00:002015-03-16T21:49:20.224+00:00I have 3.5 magnification reading glasses but they ...I have 3.5 magnification reading glasses but they still aren't enough!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-84010431640016690012015-03-16T18:58:46.194+00:002015-03-16T18:58:46.194+00:00Another here who never got Terry Pratchett. Great ...Another here who never got Terry Pratchett. Great work on the minis. Also succumbing to the Artizan NWF range...looking forward to The Men Who Would Be Kings!Mallius Vanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017597212038657943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-76824671361414092442015-03-16T17:01:20.648+00:002015-03-16T17:01:20.648+00:00Agree with you wholeheartedly on Pratchett, very c...Agree with you wholeheartedly on Pratchett, very clever but a bit too silly for me.. got to disagree with you and Ray on the 15's though.. a magnified painting light is the way forward...Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-24962438599181199312015-03-16T11:37:41.081+00:002015-03-16T11:37:41.081+00:00I have no sense of humour.I have no sense of humour.legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-67245085703636686972015-03-16T11:32:47.111+00:002015-03-16T11:32:47.111+00:00Sorry to hear about your sister, and I hope she me...Sorry to hear about your sister, and I hope she mends well. I do think you need to have a built-in appreciation for whimsy to like Prachett; he either resonates, or he doesn't. fireymonkeyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833974263127787678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-63215545449428045912015-03-16T07:40:16.275+00:002015-03-16T07:40:16.275+00:00Yes, she is lovely!Yes, she is lovely!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-17812068156082826152015-03-16T07:39:34.078+00:002015-03-16T07:39:34.078+00:00It hasn't slowed my sister down a lot. She is...It hasn't slowed my sister down a lot. She is very tough!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-19093331242633355072015-03-16T07:38:18.340+00:002015-03-16T07:38:18.340+00:00To be fair, that is how she is depicted in Charles...To be fair, that is how she is depicted in Charles Johnson's 1721 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-51688940732961170452015-03-16T07:33:08.538+00:002015-03-16T07:33:08.538+00:00They are lovely figures but I can't see any of...They are lovely figures but I can't see any of the details!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-68708543981425266232015-03-16T07:32:35.087+00:002015-03-16T07:32:35.087+00:00I don't like Whisky either! Haggis, yes. Whi...I don't like Whisky either! Haggis, yes. Whisky, no!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-32239864514711149862015-03-16T07:23:43.297+00:002015-03-16T07:23:43.297+00:00I tried the Discworld books several times as I tho...I tried the Discworld books several times as I thought I must be missing something, like Scottish Whisky, but I just didn't get them, shame though, he seems to have been a decent bloke.George Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622222875110390888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-55156136412331224302015-03-16T07:14:06.729+00:002015-03-16T07:14:06.729+00:00I'm not a Pratchett fan either, so you're ...I'm not a Pratchett fan either, so you're not alone, shame about the 15's, gotta admit, I'm struggling painting my beloved 15mm figures nowadays, even with new glasses!!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-17997968927597706002015-03-16T00:16:11.661+00:002015-03-16T00:16:11.661+00:00Interesting reading as always...
Ouch on the wris...Interesting reading as always... <br />Ouch on the wrist, but good on yer for being the good Samaritan...<br />Love the cliched Anne Boney pose... of course the blouse happened to pop open whilst fighting, no doubt fully intending to distract her adversary!<br />If you like that hut, you'll love Rincewind's Luggage! ;-) ...Scottswargaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581220877007982139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-16422755457716874002015-03-15T23:24:40.885+00:002015-03-15T23:24:40.885+00:00Sounds like a wonderful excursion into the Great W...Sounds like a wonderful excursion into the Great White North. Lovely ladies - sorry to see the arm break, but glad to hear screw on cap wines can sometimes have advantages :)!DeanMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724268555970663130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26773117.post-49358429522507462682015-03-15T23:23:02.154+00:002015-03-15T23:23:02.154+00:00Don't worry, you are not alone in not apprecia...Don't worry, you are not alone in not appreciating Terry Pratchett's work. In fact judging from your comments about liking things to be realistic, I suspect you would have been the little boy who saw through "the Emperor's new clothes". Too much of that arty farty stuff these days....let's just have more of Alice Sara Ott please!<br />cheers<br />ChrisChris Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585623032053255569noreply@blogger.com