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Argonautika: January 2012
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012. The story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece has been told many times and, indeed, even the ancient sources conflict with one another; meaning that there is no definitive version. Although much of what will follow will have been inspired by Charles H Schneer's film. Jason and the Argonauts (. 1963), in fact I first came across the story in a book by Roger Lancelyn Green which I had as a child . I had several of his books about greek myths and remember one in particular,.
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Argonautika: The Hydra
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Saturday, 23 January 2016. I have finished painting the Hydra which, as in the Ray Harryhausen Jason and the Argonauts,. Guards the Golden Fleece. This Wargames Foundry model is very much based on the one from the film. The model comes in several parts for the body, plus separate heads but did need a bit of filling on the joins. In the different versions of the legends the fleece was guarded by a dragon or serpent that never slept and whose teeth, when sown, would turn into warriors.
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Argonautika: October 2012
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Friday, 5 October 2012. A new book on Jason and the Argonauts.from Osprey! I haven’t forgotten about Jason and the Argonauts and, indeed, only this week I bought the magnificent book: Ray Harryhausen Master of the Majicks Volume 3:. On special offer (reduced from £200 to a comparatively bargain £125). The book, which is one of the most beautiful I have ever bought, has a long (nearly sixty large format pages) chapter inside on the making of the Jason and the Argonauts. I am painting a 24 figure unit of P...
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Argonautika: May 2015
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Monday, 25 May 2015. The Hydra Part 1. I have decided to get on with the Hydra, which will guard the Golden Fleece for the Argonauts project, which has just been given a boost with the interest of a fellow wargamer suggesting a joint project. I undercoated it today and then had to find a suitable colour for its body. I had a look at stills from Jason and the Argonauts. 1963) as it is clear that the Wargames Foundry model is based on the Ray Harryhausen creation. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Argonautika: January 2016
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Saturday, 23 January 2016. I have finished painting the Hydra which, as in the Ray Harryhausen Jason and the Argonauts,. Guards the Golden Fleece. This Wargames Foundry model is very much based on the one from the film. The model comes in several parts for the body, plus separate heads but did need a bit of filling on the joins. In the different versions of the legends the fleece was guarded by a dragon or serpent that never slept and whose teeth, when sown, would turn into warriors.
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Argonautika: Talos
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Monday, 30 December 2013. Talos with some of my Foundry Argonauts. I am very grateful to my particular friend Sophie, from Vancouver, for giving me something I have been after for ages: the twelve inch vinyl Talos model by X-plus. This is a recreation of the creature from the Ray Harryhausen film Jason and the Argonauts. Ray Harryhausen with his original model of Talos. However, when Talos first appears he towers over the cliffs on the location at Palinuro in Italy. Talos (or Talus) has, like many Greek ...
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Argonautika: January 2013
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013. It had sort of passed me by that this year's Salute is going to have a Jason and the Argonauts theme, although, in reality, that just means that the South London Warlords will be running a themed game. Nevertheless, they will have the author of the new Osprey, Neil Smith, on their stand. I notice that they seem to have changed the cover for the book since I first noted it here. His almost Frazettaesque illustration for the cover of Jason and the Argonauts. Battle of Assandun 1016.
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Argonautika: Salute 2013
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013. It had sort of passed me by that this year's Salute is going to have a Jason and the Argonauts theme, although, in reality, that just means that the South London Warlords will be running a themed game. Nevertheless, they will have the author of the new Osprey, Neil Smith, on their stand. I notice that they seem to have changed the cover for the book since I first noted it here. His almost Frazettaesque illustration for the cover of Jason and the Argonauts. Battle of Assandun 1016.
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Argonautika: April 2012
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Thursday, 12 April 2012. Taking advantage of their free postage deal over Easter I have taken delivery of three packs of Foundry's new Amazons for Tribes of Legend. Oddly, they have all come packed with GW-style round slotta bases, although the bases of the figures don't have the relevant shape to fit them. I mount my skirmish figures on washers and the metal bases of a couple were so small I had to add some tomato puree tube metal for them to stand on. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Theseus Prince of Athens.
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