tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post199417476161189275..comments2024-03-28T20:39:06.226-07:00Comments on The Mad Padre's Wargames Page: The Fearless Vampire Killers 2: Padre Tristram MercerMad Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-29896695878951901742014-12-22T07:51:01.150-08:002014-12-22T07:51:01.150-08:00Ah! Great stuff!Ah! Great stuff!Diplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-77309343436793191012014-12-22T07:49:39.786-08:002014-12-22T07:49:39.786-08:00That's a great anecdote! Reminds me of an old...That's a great anecdote! Reminds me of an old girlfriend of mine who was the only one to ever take the Dead Sea Scrolls course and used to read them (in Hebrew of course) on the train. That was in the days when you could only get them in dodgy photocopies of photographic plates.<br /><br />I was more the type to skip Christology lectures...Diplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-3912559426146797712012-09-01T14:17:52.815-07:002012-09-01T14:17:52.815-07:00Lovely MP just lovely.
Cheers,
HelenLovely MP just lovely.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-63896997316667047642012-08-31T04:18:35.431-07:002012-08-31T04:18:35.431-07:00Thanks for that! I guessed the CO's whim migh...Thanks for that! I guessed the CO's whim might have had a lot to do with it as well. For our part nowadays the only identifying marks of UK padres is the little cross patch on the collar and a beaming, perpetual smile, even in the heaviest of firefights. I can see how a collar wouldn't help on a run... thanks for your take on that! Great work on these chaps.Colonel Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-35372885645542351402012-08-30T17:47:25.933-07:002012-08-30T17:47:25.933-07:00Hello Col:
Many thanks mate. I had a quick desk ...Hello Col:<br />Many thanks mate. I had a quick desk at the Secret Weapon Miniatures website and there looks like a lot of tempting stuff there for sure. Thanks for the tip.<br />In answer to your question, I have seen pictures of chaplains in action in places like Normandy wearing dogcollar and clerical shirt beneath the standard battle dress tunic. I have also seen one chaplain, from a photo taken in England in 1942, weearing the usual officer's shirt and tie. I suspect it may have depended on the individual chaplain's churchmanship (low church guys shunned collars, high church guys favored them) ands maybe too what the unit CO would allow. For my part, I would not want to wear a collar in the field. I tried wearing a dogcollar as a stunt for a 10k fun run once and it lasted for only 2 k before I ditched it. :)Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-67041837952209342372012-08-30T17:15:44.539-07:002012-08-30T17:15:44.539-07:00Thanks Sidney. That was a wicked dodge your tuto...Thanks Sidney. That was a wicked dodge your tutor had going. Mercer would never do something so devious, he is much too earnest, My next chap up, however, would be all over over that trick.:)Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-30951847924406868742012-08-30T09:26:55.860-07:002012-08-30T09:26:55.860-07:00Mike - fantastic background! Realistic and detail...Mike - fantastic background! Realistic and detailed, and the modelling is fantastic. Ditto on the flagstone bases, I usually use some Secret Weapon Miniatures stuff. Might I ask, as a history fan for interest, what did British and Commonwealth padres wear in the field in that period? Would it have been dog collar underneath battledress? I was watching the famous scene in The Longest Day, with the padre who drops into Normandy and looses his communion set in the river, and it just set my mind wandering.Colonel Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632701529009379584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-62685319536554532702012-08-29T15:32:36.573-07:002012-08-29T15:32:36.573-07:00Just because they are pewter doesn't mean they...Just because they are pewter doesn't mean they aren't dangerous. And you never know, there may be worse than that lurking in the shadows of this project. <br /><br />Given the fallout from Pussy Riot, those penitential Orthodox priests may be useful if you decide to do modern Russians in 15mm!Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-51797375274529542282012-08-29T11:13:00.557-07:002012-08-29T11:13:00.557-07:00Thanks Benito. There are a few differences betwee...Thanks Benito. There are a few differences between us. I don't have the coordination or patience for fly fishing, and when I was a university instructor my lecturers were never packed. :)Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-31487200140768697552012-08-29T06:08:52.688-07:002012-08-29T06:08:52.688-07:00Mike, what a great background to a super figure. ...Mike, what a great background to a super figure. I think the slate bases look perfect! I smiled broadly when I read of a Doctor of Reformation Studies "whose lectures are always packed" - now that's a pleasant change! (One of the tutors when I was at Uni always used to offer a special subject on the Council of Trent in which students were obliged to read each of the Papal encyclicals from the Council in latin. Unsurprisingly, year after year no-one took the course, enabling the tutor to have a great summer researching without the inconvenience of pesky undergraduates. Quite unlike Captain (Honourary) the Rev'd. Dr. Tristram Mercer, of course!!)Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-40672623073734329432012-08-29T06:00:08.594-07:002012-08-29T06:00:08.594-07:00Lord love ye, Padre, fer keepin' the likes of ...Lord love ye, Padre, fer keepin' the likes of us safe from pewter vampires!<br />For my part, I have two Orthodox priests in penitential vestments for my Russian armies in 15mm... and a Lutheran pastor for my Prussians. No 15mm vampires though.<br />Enjoy your holiday!Grenzer Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294380876807418037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-20980047457735260972012-08-29T05:59:04.367-07:002012-08-29T05:59:04.367-07:00Hmmmm.... I suspect there are some autobiographic ...Hmmmm.... I suspect there are some autobiographic features is this description. Great CV background for the incoming gamesAnibal Invictushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574972963418062956noreply@blogger.com