tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post8848124546060256212..comments2024-03-27T06:13:42.855-07:00Comments on The Mad Padre's Wargames Page: Heroes of Rohan, or, Will the Horse Survive?Mad Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-78989733696926021962014-11-21T23:35:48.296-08:002014-11-21T23:35:48.296-08:00Cracking work Padre, I love these miniatures and r...Cracking work Padre, I love these miniatures and remember painting them myself many moons ago - wonderful work Sir.Michael Awdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049982879661559305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-70019975003967791022014-11-21T23:00:45.641-08:002014-11-21T23:00:45.641-08:00Brit slang I think - I'm sure I've seen it...Brit slang I think - I'm sure I've seen it in Brit literature (P.G. Wodehouse maybe?) somewhere. My father used it a lot: phizz = phizzog = physiognomy = phacial pheatures... As far as I know the only other country he spent time in (WW2) was Canada (Manitoba, I think).Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-59409441037053283352014-11-21T18:59:16.013-08:002014-11-21T18:59:16.013-08:00A large Gollum with a fish - that sounds brillian...A large Gollum with a fish - that sounds brilliant, though gaming in the scale would be a bit challenging. The original GW rules for the LOTR figures were quite child friendly, your daughter might like them.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-30848279133700306742014-11-21T18:58:09.834-08:002014-11-21T18:58:09.834-08:00They are nice figures. I very much liked about 90...They are nice figures. I very much liked about 90% of the look of the three PJ movies and was pleased when these figures came out - I collected as many as I could manage at the time, I should grab more while they're still around.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-57234168657244607942014-11-21T18:57:16.962-08:002014-11-21T18:57:16.962-08:00Thanks Ion. I totally had to look up "phizz&...Thanks Ion. I totally had to look up "phizz". Is that Aussie slang or Brit slang? Agreed, she doesn't look much like Miranda Otto, who quite charmed me in the second and third films, even if the Director's Cut scene of her making bad soup for Aragorn was a terrible mistake. I think I have another Gamling figure somewhere I could convert to a banner bearer.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-19604541671244089492014-11-21T18:52:29.462-08:002014-11-21T18:52:29.462-08:00I'm pretty sure I meant Foundry. Didn't I...I'm pretty sure I meant Foundry. Didn't I say Foundry? Foundry does some nice Viking women.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-64404607666215378122014-11-21T17:55:48.572-08:002014-11-21T17:55:48.572-08:00I've resisted doing any LOTR stuff, which is a...I've resisted doing any LOTR stuff, which is a pity as my daughter loves the movies. I do have the 1/9th or is it 1/12th figure of Golem with a fish. Purely for collecting dust, not gaming in that scale yet.Sun of Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07315805432481558574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-91161151492899077782014-11-21T14:23:57.007-08:002014-11-21T14:23:57.007-08:00I really like the LOTR characters. These little fo...I really like the LOTR characters. These little folks are great.Scott B. Leschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544909033575065964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-21400985652863136032014-11-21T14:23:19.744-08:002014-11-21T14:23:19.744-08:00The Theoden sculpt is a pretty good likeness to Be...The Theoden sculpt is a pretty good likeness to Bernard Hill's portrayal, and I was thinking the other chappy has some resemblance to Sean Bean's Boromir. A couple more of those figures and a different paint job would give you Boromir and some minor surgery a standard-bearer... They are quite nice figures and well pointed. The 'shield maiden' (?) although bearing little enough resemblance to Miranda Otto, does have an Australian look about the phizz...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-23392238487227453742014-11-21T14:03:22.036-08:002014-11-21T14:03:22.036-08:00I'm fairly certain that Wargames Factory don&#...I'm fairly certain that Wargames Factory don't make any Viking Shield Maidens. Unless you mean Foundry? For more Rohirrim you could use Goths for cavalry and even the Gripping Beast plastic Dark Age Warriors set for unarmoured farmer levies.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996350912869829140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-88335878994187270612014-11-21T13:38:59.482-08:002014-11-21T13:38:59.482-08:00Looking good.Looking good.Chris Stoesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285495844651490795noreply@blogger.com