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Offline Yggdrasil

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« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2008, 02:17:10 PM »
Thank you for your comments :)

@ Mors:
I was just looking at wikipedia for some typical british names ^^ I live in Germany so I know many typical german surnames. But i don`t know english ones.
Could it be that "morley" is a typical british name? I mean something like "Bauer" or "Schmidt" here in germany?
And by the way, the surname sounds realy cool!

Greetings :)

Offline Plynkes

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« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2008, 02:35:28 PM »
Morley is not unheard of, but it is not really a 'typical' name, such as Smith, Jones, or Davies.

I know a couple of Morleys*, and there was the dear old British actor Robert Morley:


(My grandmother met him at Buckingham Palace once. Aren't I a name-dropper?  :) )



*In fact we have a "waiting for all the players to show up" dice game called Morley, named after a gamer friend who invented it.
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« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2008, 02:40:35 PM »
Quote from: "Plynkes"
I know a couple of Morleys*, and there was the dear old British actor Robert Morley:



THAT'S his name! Trying to remember his name has been like a spot on my bum ever since Artizan released this figure:


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« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2008, 02:41:51 PM »
Actually, I think that one is supposed to be based on British TV astronomer, Patrick Moore:





But I might be wrong.

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« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2008, 02:47:29 PM »
I am sure you're right, I just got strong Robert Morley vibes.

For the long time I had him confused with Charles Laughton

Offline Yggdrasil

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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2008, 02:39:45 PM »
Thanks for the information :)

Does anybody have some good sounding names for my next models?
there will be:

- One explorer/archeologist/ professor... what ever ^^
- One brittish officer ( maybe Corporal John Winston?)
- One soldier

I thought one model should have "Hemingway" as it`s surname... but which one should have this name?  :?

Offline JollyBob

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« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2008, 04:45:32 PM »
Corporal is a pretty low rank, remember, not really suitable for an officer. John Winston is a good name though.

How about "Horatio Hemingway" for your professor/explorer type?

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« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2008, 04:53:24 PM »
Yes, corporal is an NCO, roughly equivalent to a German Unteroffizier (though these things don't seem to translate across directly).

In English when someone says "officer" it usually means a Lieutenant or higher. Someone with a commission.

Offline Aaron

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« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2008, 04:55:06 PM »
I've always been a fan of the name Cuthbert. Arbuthnot is a surname that screams British to me.

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« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2008, 05:03:00 PM »
I like Archie Grubb for your ranker.

A slightly squalid-sounding, but honest and hard-working name for a private soldier.

Offline Tancread

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« Reply #25 on: May 08, 2008, 04:33:45 PM »
On a side note, what are you using for the tall grass on the bases? Looks very good.

 

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