| Wellington Man | 06 Jul 2019 12:58 a.m. PST |
The Lutzowers go forth:
Best regards
WM |
| JimDuncanUK | 06 Jul 2019 1:08 a.m. PST |
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 Jul 2019 8:57 a.m. PST |
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Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 06 Jul 2019 10:16 a.m. PST |
Shouldn't it be die Kriegspielers? Nominative plural of the masculine definite article and all that. |
| rmaker | 06 Jul 2019 10:59 a.m. PST |
Well, the company name was Der Kriegspielers, and since the owner was Duke Seifried, who spoke fluent German, I, for one, am not inclined to quibble. |
| Wellington Man | 06 Jul 2019 12:27 p.m. PST |
Ooops, I forgot the link: thehintonspieler.blogspot.com Salutations Oberlindes. Yes, I'd heard it was dodgy from a German-language perspective, but it is what the company was called as rmaker says. WM |
 Nashville | 06 Jul 2019 5:45 p.m. PST |
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| Wellington Man | 06 Jul 2019 5:51 p.m. PST |
Those are awesome, Nashville! |
| Nashville | 06 Jul 2019 6:50 p.m. PST |
are not mine.. belong to a friend … I just played the game and took some photos/. |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 06 Jul 2019 7:39 p.m. PST |
I looked up the declension of Spieler, player. Der can be nominative singular, der Kriegspieler, or genetive plural, der Spieler. The only terminal "s" for Spieler is, as expected, genetive singular. My brother lives in Germany and is married to and knows many overeducated native speakers. I'll ask him in my next email. |
| photocrinch | 07 Jul 2019 4:19 p.m. PST |
We need to work on convincing the Lutzowers to travel across the water to Nashville (with their general of course)! It was Wellington Man's brilliant painting and blog that inspired my attempt at imitation. On the other hand, traveling to New Zealand is on my bucket list, just may take ten years to save enough for the ticket! |
| Marc at work | 08 Jul 2019 5:15 a.m. PST |
What I find interesting (to me) is how my eye soon moves past the shiny and gloss green bases, and gets absorbed by the mass of troops and the game. I have a vague feeling that I may have been wasting my time and effort for a number of years, and stuck with the "traditional" look… :-) |
| photocrinch | 08 Jul 2019 7:45 a.m. PST |
Wellington Man's blog is what did the very same thing to me "Marc at work". I always thought the shiny toy soldier look was something to be avoided, but in truth I have found it very appealing. Of course both styles have their place, but Napoleonics in the old style just seem to suit the glossy look. |
| von Schwartz | 08 Jul 2019 6:48 p.m. PST |
What figures are these? I don't recall ever seeing them this side of the pond. It looks like fun!! |
| photocrinch | 08 Jul 2019 8:07 p.m. PST |
Von Schwartz, Most of these, both on Wellington man's latest blog post, and from the pictures Nashville shared, are Der Kriegspielers, which are actually inspired by (and in some cases blatantly copied from) the Hinton Hunt originals back in the 70s I believe. They are all getting hard to come by now, but fortunately there are other 1/72 lines available. |
| Wellington Man | 08 Jul 2019 10:26 p.m. PST |
Thank you for your comments (and the language lessons), everyone, and to Nashville for the stunning additional photos. I'll have to take you up on that offer one day, Photocrinch. You're always welcome in NZ. Best regards
WM |
| archiduque | 12 Jul 2019 9:30 a.m. PST |
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| von Schwartz | 12 Jul 2019 3:16 p.m. PST |
My only criticism is I'm not a fan of the gloss coat but I suppose a quick squirt of Dull Coat would do the trick.
Now I'll just sit back and wait for the hate mail… (smile)
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