| TheKing30 | 27 Mar 2016 7:51 a.m. PST |
Hey guys I know this is a bit off topic, but who would you consider as an inspiring general or leader? I want to paint a figure for a dear friend of mine and I'd like someone in history that REALLY inspired people. |
| smolders | 27 Mar 2016 8:10 a.m. PST |
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| Rapier Miniatures | 27 Mar 2016 8:31 a.m. PST |
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| KTravlos | 27 Mar 2016 8:36 a.m. PST |
loads of people 19th Century
Joseph E. Johnston
Robert E.Lee
Franz Sigel (terrible general but did inspire his men)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Duke of Caxias
Peruvian naval officer Grau
General Chanzy Ancient
Spartacus
Alexander the Great
Darius I
Shapur I
Marius
Julius Caesar Modern
Erwin Rommel
Eisenhower
Omar Bradley and I am leaving out many. |
 Herkybird  | 27 Mar 2016 8:45 a.m. PST |
Henry V
Boudicca
Oswald Boelke
Leonidas
Võ Nguyên Giáp et al |
| BattleCaptain | 27 Mar 2016 8:57 a.m. PST |
He's the man historians love to hate, but Montgomery had the knack of inspiring soldiers. I knew two veterans who were still very proud to have served under him. One of them had been his driver for a time, so it wasn't just admiration from afar. |
| Toronto48 | 27 Mar 2016 9:01 a.m. PST |
Most non gamers would probably appreciate a figure of Napoleon as it would be immediately recognized You also have a good choice of figures to select from |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 27 Mar 2016 9:15 a.m. PST |
I would suggest a figure that would also properly represent wargaming: Marshall Saxe,who, as one historian wrote,"grew so corpulent and diseased that he had to be carried to the battlefield". Now there's a wargamer's general! |
| athun25 | 27 Mar 2016 10:58 a.m. PST |
Hannibal
Patton
Vlad Tepes
Stonewall Jackson
Jeb Stuart |
 Condotta | 27 Mar 2016 11:33 a.m. PST |
Napoleon…early years, like the figure crossing the Alps by Alan Perry when he was associated with Foundry (contact Foundry for availability):
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| jwebster | 27 Mar 2016 12:15 p.m. PST |
Ghandi Or is that too off topic ? John |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 27 Mar 2016 12:22 p.m. PST |
No,but I think it's Gandhi. Edit:forgot to say "Pedant Alert". Sorry(we really do need an emoji for that!). |
| Chokidar | 27 Mar 2016 12:41 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 27 Mar 2016 2:16 p.m. PST |
Someone it's easy to get a figure for.
Henry V
Napoleon
Alexander the Great |
| coolyork | 27 Mar 2016 2:17 p.m. PST |
George Washington , Daniel Morgan , Nat Greene, Stonewall Jackson , Custer ,Geronimo , Teddy , Patton ,Rommel , Guderian & My Dad |
| mad monkey 1 | 27 Mar 2016 3:22 p.m. PST |
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| skippy0001 | 27 Mar 2016 3:54 p.m. PST |
Zenobia Joan of Arc Boudicca Empress Marie Theresa Cathrine the Great |
| 21eRegt | 27 Mar 2016 7:47 p.m. PST |
Patton
Caesar
Napoleon
Henry V
Joan of Arc |
| Tgerritsen | 27 Mar 2016 8:02 p.m. PST |
Hannibal (both historical an A-Team versions)
Zhukov
Schwarzkopf |
| grtbrt | 27 Mar 2016 9:12 p.m. PST |
I am really surprised that no one has mentioned the 1 general that did something that we have all wanted to and dreamed about doing .
Which is the definition of true inspiration. General Robert Ross!!!! He burned Washington D.C |
| Yesthatphil | 28 Mar 2016 7:22 a.m. PST |
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| Bowman | 28 Mar 2016 8:27 a.m. PST |
A few comments: 1) find some one who has a figure already in production somewhere. 2) find someone who is reasonably recognizable. We all recognize Churchill and Gandhi, but what do Saladin and Zenobia look like? 3) and most importantly, find a quality or ability embodied by your friend, and match that to a recognizable and available historical figure. That may prove difficult. |
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