Thursday, 31 October 2019
Scandinavian Bronze Age
The release of the Perry figures coincided with a holiday to Denmark some years ago as well as seeing the Lur horns for the first time in the bronze, so to speak. I hadn’t visited the National Museum of Denmark’s collection from that period for many years until the weekend . I was delighted with what l saw, good interpretive panels and a animation of the Sun chariot which begins by plunging the room into darkness then lights it up with moving figures from rock carvings . Words don’t do it justice, go there and press the button, or better still let a child do it and see their wonderment.P.s outdoor dining photo slipped in by mistake, just ignore it, thanks.
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Love this period and the brilliant Perry/ Foundry figures .
ReplyDeleteI wish the 40mm ones were available too.
DeleteI would love to see those. I wish more figures were available for the period.
ReplyDeleteThere are some in 15mm and that is all currently available apart from the Foundry ones.
DeleteThese look fantastic and much bling-ier than the gold torcs in Truro Museum.
ReplyDeleteIf you are ever in Dublin, they have interesting Viking stuff and amazing bog bodies preserved there in the museum.
I have seen the Danish bog bodies including Tollund man and found them moving. Thanks for the heads up re Dublin. I nearly went into the Truro museum but as time was limited l didn’t feel l could justify the entrance fee. Next time ...
DeleteThose helmets look like someone stuck handlebars on them. ha ha
ReplyDeleteIt is really cool to see such items in person.
There is something about seeing them in person that is so cool indeed. The helmets do look surreal.
ReplyDeleteTradgardmastare
ReplyDeleteDid you mean these?
http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/prehistoric_europe.htm
I did but they are out of production.
DeleteI saw the exhibit in the Danish National Museum in 2000. It got me wanting to game the period, but it took another 14 years before that happened.
ReplyDeleteI have a large collection of the 40mm Monolith Designs/Graven Images figures. We just played a large skirmish game with them this weekend. I'll be blogging about it soon.