Author Topic: AP 2018 Hammers Jazz Age Pathans (Read 4565 times)

Hammers · « **Reply #30 on:** March 23, 2018, 11:51:39 AM »

Quote from: Keith on March 23, 2018, 11:21:33 AM

These are the business - really very inspiring!

Glad you think so.

Plynkes · « **Reply #31 on:** March 23, 2018, 11:56:25 AM »

I don't believe "Pathan" is offensive (not to a reasonable person, anyway), it has simply fallen out of use in English, and so sounds old-fashioned.

Quote from: Hammers on March 23, 2018, 11:51:12 AM

First out here were the chestnuts.

Nit-pickers hat on: At least five of them aren't chestnuts. If a horse has a mane and tail darker than the body colour, it can't be called a chestnut. Technically speaking you have two different horse colours there, rather than one with variants.

(There is a horse-mad lady at work who has been explaining all this stuff to me. In return I am expected to represent her precious steed in miniature in one of my units.

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Hammers · « **Reply #32 on:** March 23, 2018, 12:27:53 PM »

Quote from: Plynkes on March 23, 2018, 11:56:25 AM

Nit-pickers hat on: At least five of them aren't chestnuts. If a horse has a mane and tail darker than the body colour, it can't be called a chestnut. Technically speaking you have two different horse colours there, rather than one with variants.

(There is a horse-mad lady at work who has been explaining all this stuff to me. In return I am expected to represent her precious steed in miniature in one of my units. )

Oh, we are going down *that* road, are we?!

Look, we both know that 13 year old horse girls are even nuttier than our lot, so whether they want to call a chestnut horse bay, flaxen or cow is of little practical use to me. I painted these nags in a basic chestnut color scheme and added little flairs to make them different. Good enough for you?

(To the rest of you listening in, this is old, seasoned good humored banter between Plynkes and me, as old as the forum itself. I do actually appreciate his nit-picking as I like to hone my understanding of even things like this.

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Keith · « **Reply #33 on:** March 23, 2018, 12:41:02 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on March 23, 2018, 12:27:53 PM

so whether they want to call a chestnut horse bay, flaxen or cow is of little practical use to me.

Plynkes · « **Reply #34 on:** March 23, 2018, 01:08:27 PM »

Don't let Mrs. GeeGee catch you saying that. She'll be round your house with her riding crop. She's quite a stern woman.

Though of course, that may well be something you'd welcome.

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #35 on:** March 23, 2018, 10:52:37 PM »

Hammers,
Great painting per usual. When I saw this recent posting I immediately thought of Kipling's Arithmetic on the Frontier "With home-bred hordes the hillsides teem. The troopships bring us one by one".
Not sure if these are Kurram Valley scamps, but they would be fine stand ins. (Sorry I couldn't think of a good riding crop comment

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Lon

Captain Blood · « **Reply #36 on:** March 24, 2018, 12:41:48 AM »

A fine body of fierce tribesmen Peder

Hammers · « **Reply #37 on:** March 24, 2018, 06:05:02 AM »

Quote from: marianas_gamer on March 23, 2018, 10:52:37 PM

Hammers,
Great painting per usual. When I saw this recent posting I immediately thought of Kipling's Arithmetic on the Frontier "With home-bred hordes the hillsides teem. The troopships bring us one by one".
Not sure if these are Kurram Valley scamps, but they would be fine stand ins. (Sorry I couldn't think of a good riding crop comment )
Lon

Ah, yes...

Silent Invader · « **Reply #38 on:** March 24, 2018, 08:15:57 AM »

Very, very nice

So if you have 10 ‘Chestnuts’ and are aiming for a mixed bag of irregular horse, you must have a fair few more to do. Am looking forward to seeing the next batch.

Hammers · « **Reply #39 on:** March 24, 2018, 09:47:17 AM »

Quote from: Silent Invader on March 24, 2018, 08:15:57 AM

Very, very nice

So if you have 10 ‘Chestnuts’ and are aiming for a mixed bag of irregular horse, you must have a fair few more to do. Am looking forward to seeing the next batch.

Most of the riders are done. I have a fair amoubt of horse painting to do, yes...

FifteensAway · « **Reply #40 on:** March 24, 2018, 01:20:03 PM »

Jazz Age, schmazz age, not one musical instrument to be seen. Though the vultures and jackals are pretty cool.

Hammers · « **Reply #41 on:** March 24, 2018, 03:20:23 PM »

Quote from: FifteensAway on March 24, 2018, 01:20:03 PM

Jazz Age, schmazz age, not one musical instrument to be seen. Though the vultures and jackals are pretty cool.

Take a chill pill dude... I've got some groovin' percussionist and homies on the bonies comig on... You dig it?

Hammers · « **Reply #42 on:** January 04, 2019, 11:07:38 AM »

So 2018 is over and it is time to do a status over what got painted during the year.

28mm tribal infantry:about 10
28mm Heavy support weapons: 0
28mm Horse cavalry: about 10
28mm Camel riders: about 10

Not my proudest moment.

It makes me face the fact that while I really want a sizable pathan battalion I really do not like painting horses nor afghan garb. Something's got to give here in 2019.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #43 on:** January 04, 2019, 11:55:13 PM »

Stick with it Peder

You’ll enjoy them once they’re all done...

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #44 on:** January 05, 2019, 12:21:38 AM »

Stay the course Hammers! You know that you will only have to regretfully resume if you take your Pathan opponents off the painting table. After all, who will be available to chop up the survivors of your downed aircraft or to oppose the rescue mission for the crew (or to find the Edwardian pornography blowing around the crash site?

) ? I will make you a deal. I will finally finish my mounted Chinese bandits (stalled lo these many months) if you move forward, no matter if it is at a glacial speed.
Lon

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