tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post7686653559985206080..comments2024-03-19T20:31:36.080-07:00Comments on Sean's Wargames Corner: Marshaling of forces and where to eat out.Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-85988512956256903252013-09-05T14:33:20.933-07:002013-09-05T14:33:20.933-07:00Thanks for commenting Shaun, no problem, I too am ...Thanks for commenting Shaun, no problem, I too am a tad behind on reading and commenting. I'm going to be working with various shades of Umber and Sienna and see how that works. I'll be sure to post my results.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-55881043799212792952013-09-05T05:04:40.489-07:002013-09-05T05:04:40.489-07:00Sean,
I seem to be late to getting to comment. w...Sean,<br /><br />I seem to be late to getting to comment. when I first started painting Ancients in 1980, everybody had Tamiya Flesh. I stopped for ages and then coming back to it in the 90's realised that "flesh" did not apply to most of my armies! Luckily I had not painted too many. With the figures I have bought, the flesh for Indians, Egyptians, Persians etc vary from a very very dark brown to light brown but not a "flesh" colour to be seen. I did have to paint up a few Egyptians last year and use a Tamiya Flat Earth, mostly because I had that around. Not suggesting you use that, but flesh colours is worth staying up at night thinking about! Shaun Travershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691522858410783769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-35175406150735024362013-09-02T17:13:16.902-07:002013-09-02T17:13:16.902-07:00Hi Jerry, thanks for commenting. Very good point. ...Hi Jerry, thanks for commenting. Very good point. My mother had a picture of an Egyptian painting that had something like that. I think I will use them to paint an array of skin tones.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-87042386354440598572013-09-02T06:45:18.071-07:002013-09-02T06:45:18.071-07:00Eateries aside, I just wanted to comment on the qu...Eateries aside, I just wanted to comment on the question of the skin tones of ancient Egyptian people. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art back in the day Egyptian skin tones came in three different "flavors." Egyptians from the south - what we might call the Sudan, were pretty dark in complexion, a dark brown to almost blue black. There were also Egyptians who had a much lighter complexion described as almost "pink tan" but which was darker than the people of the Mediterranean Coast and the delta who looked like the people of Crete and Greece, or the various Semites to the northeast of Egypt who had a swarthy complexion. This can be verified by a fragment on display in the museum (at least the last time I was there about ten years ago)in which a tan skinned queen is being attended by three ladies in waiting who each represent one of the skin tones I mentioned.<br />Jerry<br />A/K/A The Celtic CurmudgeonCelticCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687177512999052331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-21493213021935475622013-09-01T11:43:53.798-07:002013-09-01T11:43:53.798-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-82382795783600126662013-09-01T07:06:00.093-07:002013-09-01T07:06:00.093-07:00Hi Mathyoo, we have plenty of those kinds of estab...Hi Mathyoo, we have plenty of those kinds of establishments as well.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-71659111334812601682013-09-01T07:05:08.821-07:002013-09-01T07:05:08.821-07:00Hi Edwin, perhaps it's for the best.Hi Edwin, perhaps it's for the best.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-57943169557257963492013-09-01T07:04:43.795-07:002013-09-01T07:04:43.795-07:00Hi Michael, being under my wife's watchful eye...Hi Michael, being under my wife's watchful eye made it difficult.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-17504200380390903102013-09-01T07:03:35.801-07:002013-09-01T07:03:35.801-07:00Hi Colgar, it took that for American culture to di...Hi Colgar, it took that for American culture to dismay you? ;)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-43712712617394129512013-09-01T07:02:37.803-07:002013-09-01T07:02:37.803-07:00Yeah Ray, I have to say Terry is pretty extreme.Yeah Ray, I have to say Terry is pretty extreme.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-45902832823229488752013-09-01T05:59:07.240-07:002013-09-01T05:59:07.240-07:00Oh, looks like you've been suffering. Right un...Oh, looks like you've been suffering. Right under my faculty (and in walking distance of another 2, so a great location) is an eatery where food is lousy, music is loud (and wrong genre) and waitresses are an exact opposite of what you had a chance to "work with". So, old, missing teeth, and good luck with understanding that language :D. Location seems to be a winner, as people keep going there, though. Mathyoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11254075235438097742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-86077111976407452602013-09-01T02:06:31.597-07:002013-09-01T02:06:31.597-07:00We don't have eateries like that over here 8OWe don't have eateries like that over here 8ODiplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-77217828879156458482013-09-01T01:20:20.020-07:002013-09-01T01:20:20.020-07:00Oh my goodness me, I've just googled 'Tilt...Oh my goodness me, I've just googled 'Tilted Kilt'! Good, honest pub fare and scantily clad waitresses - how did you cope? ;)Michael Awdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049982879661559305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-46947031219478321742013-09-01T01:07:04.062-07:002013-09-01T01:07:04.062-07:00The "Tilted Kilt"?! If that has even ha...The "Tilted Kilt"?! If that has even half of the connotations that I'm imagining right now then I am completely dismayed by American culture :-( .Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802656816793750482.post-16561058703906184982013-08-31T23:55:52.613-07:002013-08-31T23:55:52.613-07:00ha ha! You definitely don't want Terry serving...ha ha! You definitely don't want Terry serving your grub,but it would be quit funny!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.com