tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post5169066224182105034..comments2023-12-26T04:19:36.731-08:00Comments on Gowan's 1/72scale projects and crazy ideas: Piratical Pirate Preview or Silly sailor sneak peekDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-45970706251795401512013-01-08T15:46:59.785-08:002013-01-08T15:46:59.785-08:00oh I also got that set of british light infantary ...oh I also got that set of british light infantary earlier so they'll be painted up in the near futureDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-6364321405669303852013-01-08T15:46:20.888-08:002013-01-08T15:46:20.888-08:00theres an idea, I had not thought of that until re...theres an idea, I had not thought of that until recently I should give the Kaxad empire some regulars... thanks that is some very sound advice that I hope I will be able to sort out soon.Daisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-42628602109457854262013-01-08T12:14:49.309-08:002013-01-08T12:14:49.309-08:00thanks for the links, I have looked around PSR man...thanks for the links, I have looked around PSR many times and will carry on taking more looks at the sets you advized me on, although even though I agree that the Maya set from Caesar is the best after I looked at it myself a while back, there could possibley be another way to get natives though it may require more conversion... but that route is only in the plannying phase and if I do figure it out and get the sets it will hopefully remain a surprise ;-DDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-24724946991029177342013-01-08T05:52:56.760-08:002013-01-08T05:52:56.760-08:00Now by the mid 18th C. the Kazad empire, just like...Now by the mid 18th C. the Kazad empire, just like Russia and Poland 1/2 century earlier, may have developed a core of professional troops of <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/PeriodList.aspx?period=17" rel="nofollow">'Whites' model</a>, perhaps with uniforms wisely <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2107" rel="nofollow">adapted to the local climate</a>?abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-64352852180487766872013-01-07T22:43:21.965-08:002013-01-07T22:43:21.965-08:00Anyway between the Kaxad empire and pirates (both ...Anyway between the Kaxad empire and pirates (both you directly control) 18th C. Oronegro already has enemies enough!<br /><br /><br />For minis in tricorne don't forget the <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/PeriodList.aspx?period=15#Sweden" rel="nofollow">Great Northern War</a>: the uniforms may be a little outfashioned for the mid-18th C. but Oronegro has more urgent needs than following that last trends of European fashion.<br />Besides, headswappings with Napoleonics in bearskin or helmet couls gave you interesting original types?<br /><br />For the Natives <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1106" rel="nofollow">Caesar Maya Warriors</a> are the more 'Amerindian-looking', but maybe (being without beard) <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=564" rel="nofollow">Hat Nubians</a> and even various <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/PeriodList.aspx?period=32#Zulu" rel="nofollow">Zulus</a> could be pressed into service: homogeneity would come from self)consistent painting of skin, loincloths and shields. The difficulty would come from given some of them a firearm: not as much from giving them a pistol or musket held in one hand, but to find 'clean' muskets since H&M figurines generally hold them with both hands.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-6074118467420244792013-01-05T19:10:10.703-08:002013-01-05T19:10:10.703-08:00I put Oronegro on the western coast, though of coa...I put Oronegro on the western coast, though of coarse its in some sort of parrallel world. as for other countries, I am happier to use Ions, Archduke Piccolo's nations as at least I can keep in communication with him if I should ever need to refrence his nations in my gamesDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-82281440844122246362013-01-05T04:12:36.529-08:002013-01-05T04:12:36.529-08:00Regarding Archduke Piccolo's Latino-American c...Regarding Archduke Piccolo's Latino-American countries, given their names I guess they are close to or on the Pacifican coast, far, far West of Oronegro (which I'd tentatively place, if indeed on 'our' Earth, somewhere between Georgetown in Guyana and Sao Luis in Brazil?), with in the 18th C. some 1000 km of unexplored primeval forest. As for their political status, unless their history differs drastically from 'ours', by the 18th C. they can be assumed to be Spanish colonies -at most having gained some degree of autonomy during the confusion of the War of Spanish Succession?<br />Then historical references in relation to imaginary countries are not always unambiguous indications of their location: Tintin had Nuevo Rico and San Theodoros which fought the 'Gran Chapo' (phonetically 'Big Hat') War, an allusion to the Gran Chaco War, and thus would correspond to Bolivia and Paraguay, yet most of '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuevo_Rico" rel="nofollow">The broken ear</a>' is set in Amazonian forest: indeed San Theodoros is on the *Atlantic* coast, further evidence suggests that it's a coastal statelet <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Theodoros#Geography" rel="nofollow">near Guyana</a>. Please note, afaik no one is playing Nuevo Rico and San Theodoros! Btw Spirou, the lesser known rival of Tintin, had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palombia" rel="nofollow">Palombia</a> (also 'free to game') which, while inland, may be a closer neighbor of Oronegro and an intermediate between it and the Andian countries: but were 'white' firmly settled <a href="http://www.mapsorama.com/maps/south-america/South%20America.jpg" rel="nofollow">so deep inland by the 18th C.</a> (look at the smaller 1790 map; <a href="http://www.mapsorama.com/historic-map-of-south-america/" rel="nofollow"><b>there</b></a> a less detailed but more relevant map from 1750)?<br /><br />I'm extremely glad you extended his interests to the 18th C. -and not only because I was 'hooked' by C. Grant's 'The War Game' (already 40 years ago?). This give you a golden opportunity to freely and fully express your creativity, both in writing the early history of Oronegro and in building its fleet and the 'hostile' ones: the 18th C. Oronegran ships are far more original and *personal* than any 'modern' gunboat or armed landing craft you could have converted or scratchbuilt.<br /><br />Compliments and cheers!abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-18134895430269549562013-01-03T11:44:04.967-08:002013-01-03T11:44:04.967-08:00thanksthanksDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-5956862612585079662013-01-03T10:10:16.547-08:002013-01-03T10:10:16.547-08:00Very nice conversions!
Phil.
Very nice conversions!<br />Phil.<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-14012841967450651542012-12-31T13:39:54.725-08:002012-12-31T13:39:54.725-08:00ooh thats interesting. thought I intended to use t...ooh thats interesting. thought I intended to use the Airfix french as Oronegrean cuirassiers.Daisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-90260511188164788572012-12-31T03:58:51.639-08:002012-12-31T03:58:51.639-08:00Very imaginative, well done and successful convers...Very imaginative, well done and successful conversions! <br />Reminds me when, decades ago,the late Bob 'WRG' 0'Brien demonstrated how to convert Airfix 'Robin Hood' and 'French cuirassiers, 1815' to almost any type of ancient warrior.<br />And personally so glad to see tricornes!<br /><br />Best wishesabdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-90275370898448580562012-12-30T13:19:22.632-08:002012-12-30T13:19:22.632-08:00thankyou Rodgerthankyou RodgerDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-60512712724410769672012-12-30T13:19:06.763-08:002012-12-30T13:19:06.763-08:00oh I am sorry to hear about that. I think that Alf...oh I am sorry to hear about that. I think that Alfred Hale would be a good name and that I must give the captain that name as he is captain of the Anne, your ship. Daisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-14224506543736986752012-12-30T13:17:08.117-08:002012-12-30T13:17:08.117-08:00thankyou Brian, the rest are coming along well so ...thankyou Brian, the rest are coming along well so farDaisy Gowan Ditchburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476802587483833107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-59296996917201317882012-12-30T01:31:46.043-08:002012-12-30T01:31:46.043-08:00Very nice conversions Gowan. Lovely work.Very nice conversions Gowan. Lovely work.Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-53506853624768711162012-12-29T22:26:28.902-08:002012-12-29T22:26:28.902-08:00Wonderful conversions Gowan! I think the striped s...Wonderful conversions Gowan! I think the striped shirt looks good too and I'm trying to think of a name for the Captain. How about Alfred Hale? Twould be in memory of my departed husband who was a sailor and a deep sea welder. He was killed while working on a rig in an explosion over 25 years ago. He was a good man and I miss him still.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194749690795068416.post-71579207353052164422012-12-29T18:24:08.102-08:002012-12-29T18:24:08.102-08:00Gowan, these are great conversions! I am looking f...Gowan, these are great conversions! I am looking forward to seeing the rest! I hope you and you family have a very happy and successful 2013!Uncle Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975932783227453858noreply@blogger.com