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Re: officers |
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James Russell |
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May 9, 08 - 11:35 AM |
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pastor@sumcplace.com |
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Dear silly me,
Jason has, apparently, gone to a different finishing school than you.
Dear Jason,
Although not strictly enforced, we do have something of a gentlepersons’ tacit agreement to express ourselves in a more genteel fashion than the one you have adopted in your two posts (this agreement seems to be suspended when Italeri is the thread subject). Your style doesn’t distract me, but it will mark you as something of an eccentric with many members of the forum (and heaven knows we are all very mainstream with our little toy soldiers here).
You do bring up two points that interest me, officer poses and cavalry using firearms.
The officer waving his sword above his head is a model soldier convention. As with most toy soldier conventions blame Airfix (ACW, Foreign Legion, British WW1). I reckon most junior officers spend more time holding their swords after the fashion of one of the Hat 8147 Nassuers – the one pointing with his finger and holding the sword like a piece of luggage (sorry to use a Napoleonic example). My other vote for a “typical” officer pose would be the illustration from the Hat 8025 Dutch Infantry box – advancing with sword resting on his shoulder (Oh my, I’ve just used another Napoleonic example).
I would love to see cavalry troopers (particularly dismounted) firing poses. I have never discharged a weapon from the saddle, but I have looked through field-glasses while mounted – and it can be a bore keeping on subject with the horse moving about beneath. I can only imagine that firing from the saddle Being mono as opposed to bi-ocular) is all all the more difficult, perhaps all sound and fury.
With the current Hat formula of four mounted figures (by gum! I’m thinking of Napoleonic sets again!) it is probably true that spending ¼ of the poses on firing from the saddle will make the set less satisfactory to most. With more modern subjects firing from the saddle poses may warrant more consideration (for instance, the long awaited NNC or ALH).
Thanks for the post, Jason. You can be wild or tame as far as I'm concerned, but spare a thought for tame - then your subject can be the subject instead of you. |
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