T his weekend, the question of what, precisely, constitutes an "imagination" came up in an online forum of which I am a part. To be fair, the issue originates from further afield in a Facebook group that I am not a member of, but I weighed in with my own view. The following was in response to the question posed yesterday (Sunday) morning by an exasperated member of my own rather more gentlemanly town square, who had been met with a strident response to information he shared about his (admirable) hobby activities on said FB group. Here is, more or less, what I wrote: To my mind, the concept of imagi-nation(s) is a broad one. It can range from historical refights or what-if scenarios/battles/campaigns between armies of a particular era, to completely made up combatants operating in a quasi-historical setting, to the rather generic red and blue forces of the Prussian Kriegspiel that examine a particular tactical problem, task, or exercise. ...
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YEAH! That Regiment will make quite the sartorial statement by the time you're done with them. I particularly liked Bugler "Little Joe" Cartright's horse.
Yours,
Martin
I've read that the unfashionability of the pinto marking in Europe led to its export at a higher than usual rate to the colonies, accounting for its overrepresentation in America and essential breeding out of the phenotype in modern thoroughbreds.
Good to know that the cavalry of Stollen are not so susceptible to the whims of fickle fashion.
-- Jeff
those hussars are starting to look good, I'm sure they'll be another fab unit for your collection
happy painting
Allan