tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post6871429530232545437..comments2024-03-29T10:41:01.132+00:00Comments on The Duchy of Tradgardland: Progress, posters and a lesser known novel tradgardmastarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-21846742079945924622020-05-20T13:27:24.872+01:002020-05-20T13:27:24.872+01:00Good to see a mention of Rosemary Sutcliff in her ...Good to see a mention of Rosemary Sutcliff in her centenary year - sadly little of her work now in print - I have just (re)read the Eagle of the Ninth trilogy and her charming childhood memoir Blue Remembered Hills this year. <br />Donald Featherstone is a good one to read, he has a good turn of phrase and authoritative avuncular enthusiasm, (less so in his historical fiction?) as does Baden Powell in Scouting for Boys etc. and H G Wells in Floor Wars and Little Wars. What a dinner party trio that would be! <br /><br />The Delderfield Seven Men Of Gascony is new to me, thanks, I shall track down a copy, partly because he was one of my late Dad's favourite authors to borrow from the library along with Wilbur Smith. Delderfield was his favourite partly because of the South London suburban settings of his interwar and wartime era books, similar to where Dad grew up as a wartime child. I have a similar treasured Coronet paperback copy from my Dad of To Serve Them All My Days series (WW1 and WW2).<br /><br />I much prefer reading real people's civilian and military published wartime diaries and memoirs to historical fiction of the period but it does make it gaming the periods more awkward and problematic. In These Times by Jenny Uglow - her recent social history of the Napoleonic Wars based on diaries, letters and memoirs - etc is very very good. <br /><br />I don't quite get fantasy and Tolkien in the same way as you, although I still enjoy the surreal weirdness of Narnia, Gullivers Travels, Pilgrims Progress (including the Enid Blyton rewrite as the Land of Far Beyond) etc. <br />Do you think the poster's muted colour tones and palette / style have influenced the way you paint, game and terrain model your Hobbit worlds? <br /><br />I am afraid to say that the illustrations of Tintin, Asterix, Preben Kannik's Military Uniforms of the World and various historical / military titles by Ladybird books still exert far too much childhood influence on my painting and simple gaming style.Mark, Man of TINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485063133593455522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-8439082544351969412020-05-20T13:22:01.970+01:002020-05-20T13:22:01.970+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mark, Man of TINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485063133593455522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-78600173002125421952020-05-20T07:23:50.627+01:002020-05-20T07:23:50.627+01:00Great books and comics there Ross. I recall readin...Great books and comics there Ross. I recall reading Churchill’s “My early life” at school and being most taken with it.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-56813477957422496992020-05-20T07:21:54.003+01:002020-05-20T07:21:54.003+01:00I don’t know the Burnett book and will investigate...I don’t know the Burnett book and will investigate. As far as I can see the poster didn’t really seem to influence figure designers really ,especially in the hobbits they made. Perhaps a lost opportunity.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-10552665879892637222020-05-20T07:19:17.349+01:002020-05-20T07:19:17.349+01:00A small world indeed. I agree re it making a splen...A small world indeed. I agree re it making a splendid Sharpe like programme.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-91012586615603990322020-05-20T07:17:34.974+01:002020-05-20T07:17:34.974+01:00A motley crew indeed. You are safe Vendel ( now Th...A motley crew indeed. You are safe Vendel ( now Thistle and the Rose Miniatures) have to be imported from America and so are less easy to succumb too. The postage can be a tad hefty.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-30038314113781568902020-05-20T07:14:26.825+01:002020-05-20T07:14:26.825+01:00A great Gandalf indeed.A great Gandalf indeed.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-36302964751855265242020-05-19T19:45:25.749+01:002020-05-19T19:45:25.749+01:00Rosemary Sutcliffe, especially Sword at Sunset for...Rosemary Sutcliffe, especially Sword at Sunset for Late/Post Roman Britain, The Black Arrow and Ivanoe for Medieval, With Fire & Sword for 17thC, The images in Classic Comics and Prince Valiant. Memoirs were even more evocotive for me, from Xenephon to Churchill.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-43625792566303833822020-05-19T16:54:17.422+01:002020-05-19T16:54:17.422+01:00Yup still have that poster in my mancave. Roger De...Yup still have that poster in my mancave. Roger Dean and Rodney Matthews inspire my fantasy games. Not sure about novels other than The Lord of the Rings. The Cranborne Chase by David Burnett captures the grim side of the middle ages well.<br />Springinsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088330681756351208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-75862483807110702722020-05-19T10:21:48.331+01:002020-05-19T10:21:48.331+01:00Wow! I had that poster too. I've got the book ...Wow! I had that poster too. I've got the book as well, always felt it would make a good TV series a la Sharpe. Loved the ending. <br />joppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334867727613848852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-37271183367105498482020-05-19T08:55:30.245+01:002020-05-19T08:55:30.245+01:00Great looking figures Tradgardmastare, making a ni...Great looking figures Tradgardmastare, making a nice little army! (Note to self: Don't be tempted, don't be tempted!!!)Maudlin Jack Tarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812453753286494021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798056059089761235.post-50611842600528489152020-05-19T08:32:26.787+01:002020-05-19T08:32:26.787+01:00Good work there on the Goblins and Wolves...lookin...Good work there on the Goblins and Wolves...looking forward to reading about the Wolves vs Hobbits solo game. That is a great drawing of Gandalf.<br />KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.com