tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post350008035158005241..comments2024-03-18T23:25:24.574+00:00Comments on Megablitz and more: Persian cavalryTim Gowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-48526621336835155992012-03-24T12:42:14.585+00:002012-03-24T12:42:14.585+00:00Thanks Tim, I want a few Sassanid Persians to mix ...Thanks Tim, I want a few Sassanid Persians to mix in with my minifigs...)Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-33864936514407479342012-03-24T08:52:10.361+00:002012-03-24T08:52:10.361+00:00Maverick Collecting
A Persian serving as a Roman o...Maverick Collecting<br />A Persian serving as a Roman officer? Clearly late empire! The 'original' spear would have been pretty similar in appearance to the wire I have used - perhaps your chap had been re-equipped with an old Minifigs 'tree-trunk'?Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-18345500366712397252012-03-24T08:49:17.053+00:002012-03-24T08:49:17.053+00:00Don M
I have a few Byzantines too! The Hinchliffe...Don M<br />I have a few Byzantines too! The Hinchliffe moulds have been through a few owners but the figures are indeed still available: http://www.hinchliffe.co.uk/home.htmTim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-29408891470752023352012-03-24T08:47:15.252+00:002012-03-24T08:47:15.252+00:00Tradgardmastare
And freshly painted nostalgia too!...Tradgardmastare<br />And freshly painted nostalgia too!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-20660208647287485032012-03-24T01:14:55.286+00:002012-03-24T01:14:55.286+00:00I have the very man, bought him from a rummage box...I have the very man, bought him from a rummage box in Tangly Model Workshop in Guildford in about 1981!<br /><br />Gave him a fetching purple scheme and used him as an Officer in my 'Roman' army! He had his original spear which was - in scale - thicker than a banister-rail!Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-90055952865842279092012-03-24T00:20:27.677+00:002012-03-24T00:20:27.677+00:00I never owned that particular figure but, I have t...I never owned that particular figure but, I have tons of Byzantines in the same pose (and on the same half armored horse!) by Hinchliffe so it's almost like being there! Can you still get Hinchliffe?Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-4932421654604471512012-03-23T21:12:31.253+00:002012-03-23T21:12:31.253+00:00Nostalgia in a piccie -thanks for posting it!Nostalgia in a piccie -thanks for posting it!tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.com