Wednesday 26 February 2020

15th century paper man ( with apologies to King Crimson)

I am intrigued by the current wave of interest in paper soldiers. I had some lovely press out card knights and castles as a boy although their one sidedness put me off a little. Nevertheless they had great play value and were fun too. I saw the below when they appeared on an Amazon search-

They are quite small and I am considering enlarging them a little on a photocopier. They remind me of zinnfiguren flats in terms of style and lack the interesting basing methodology of Peter Dennis. However they are a period I am fascinated by and will give them a try. 


7 comments:

  1. Nice looking book - is there a cut out castle too?

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  2. Must admit that I've got a similar interest in the possibilities brought about by paper or card soldiers. I've yet to act on it though.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. Interesting and perhaps something that could be done with your son...

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  3. Thanks for the heads up, just ordered this and the 30YW book.

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  4. My pleasure, I will be interested to hear of the tyw book.

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  5. This looks like a cool book. I can just imagine Charles the Bold saying "let's play the Burgundian Wars", and Phillip the Good saying "it will end in tears son."

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