Old photo taken on mars 1895

[vodkafan]

Excellent. I am going to ask you to step out of character now: Who makes the Fathopper miniature?  And the other reptilian mounts? One of the American guides looks like a Redoubt NNH trooper with a head swop, he looks great.

[Steam Flunky]

More cool pics.

Is the large animal's skeleton the type you can get for fish tanks? I've looked at them a couple of times for scenery backdrops...

Hi captain, the skeleton is a cheap plastic toy dinosaur that i cut apart to make a couple of pile of bones. I am looking for another one to make a dragon skeleton for my 15mm fantasy figs but cant find one at the moment.

Excellent. I am going to ask you to step out of character now: Who makes the Fathopper miniature?  And the other reptilian mounts? One of the American guides looks like a Redoubt NNH trooper with a head swop, he looks great.

Hi vodkafan (great pseudonym  ), The fathopper is from Scotia Grendal. The other reptilian mounts are old GW slann/dark elf cold ones. Most of these figs are quite a few years old so i cant remember where the scouts come from (they are not conversions) ,but most are from Wargames foundry.

[Steam Flunky]

Obviously, I misread the tome; had the image of a much smaller beast. Not that the hopper couldn't finish in a couple of bites, of course. Starting to feel a bit more for the subaltern. Losing prized beast AND mount can put one's back up.

On another point, Carrnegan intimated that the noble Don had an agenda of his own, outside the interests of his majesty's, not quite the fop he seemed to posture. Do tell if your grandfather had any comments about that.

The American scouts are a bit of a surprise; I had no idea they were common on the red sands.

Quite a mixed group, and am I'm sure the list is yet incomplete. I can't imagine a noble traveling without some entourage.

I do so love when finding a footnote of history opening wide to view!

Thanks so much.

Doug

Hi Doug,
Fluckingers notes seem to agree with what you have read.
I have found a photo of Don Guillermo (the Marques de Vallado) with 3 or 4 african servants that he took with him to mars. He seems to have been a brave but foolhardy noble who refused to listen to the advice of more experienced men who he considered below him.
I am afraid i cannot really feel sorry for the adjutant who seems to have been a nasty piece of work, fauning up to the Don and supporting him against Fluckinger even when he knew that Fluckinger was in the right. This led the expedition into the trouble it got into later on.
Cheers
Robert

[Steam Flunky]

Found time to sort out a few more of Percival Fluckingers (my great,great grandfather) 1895 expedition photos.
This photo shows more of the spanish part of the expedition. The Marques de Vallado, King Alfonso's chosen man for the journey is on the right in the white jacket. The troops seem to be spanish Ether-Marines wearing the 1891 pattern uniform.

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Here is a photo of Don Guillermo (the Marques de Vallado) with 3 or 4 african servants that he took with him to mars.



Pack beasts of the 1895 mars expedition guarded by spanish ether-marines



This photo shows clearly the 1891 pattern uniform of the spanish ether-marines.



Another photo of the 1895 Fluckinger expedition to mars. Note the reverse uniform colours of the ether-marine bugler.

[fred]

Excellent

[The_Beast]

Excellent

Then start adding to the story!

Herr Günstling von Dampf and I shouldn't do all the heavy lifting! 

Steam, my lad, did your GGGF parlez the Spanish lingo? Not absolutely necessary, I suppose. A British officer can always make himself understood. 

Of course, I suppose what really had me wondering was the Americans so few on Mars. After all, there was that recent unpleasantness in Cuba, with tensions concerning rumors of President Grover's involvement in the insurrection, always a chance of a flashpoint.

I'm sure there wasn't; not as if the scouts were actually gathering information for the US army on the Spanish expedition...

Doug

PS Sorry, Steam, old chap. Google Translate is just TOO fun not to try.

[fred]

Then start adding to the story!

Herr Günstling von Dampf and I shouldn't do all the heavy lifting! 

What! I was just here for the pictures.

You mean I have to do reading and thinking too

[The_Beast]

What! I was just here for the pictures.

You mean I have to do reading and thinking too

Sorry, ol bean, don't know WHAT I was... er...

Damn, that word again. Thinking.

 

Doug

[dinohunterpoa]