Strelets progression on future sets..

[marc zijp]

English longbowmen, sprue.
http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=270&M=F
Figures.
http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=270&M=F
English foot soldiers XIII-XIV century, sprue.
http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=271&M=S
Figures.
http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=271&M=F

[marc zijp]

Bowmen sprue, seems I made a mistake.
http://www.strelets-r.com/Pages/Set.aspx?SetID=270&M=S

[Beano Boy]

Two fingers up to the French,and 60.000 arrows in flight.
I believe most of us know why?????
Maybe the other Paul,might tell us why?__ If he looks in on the Forum. BB

[Ben90]

He should hold his hand the other way around, I think, with the back of the hand towards the french. But a nice figure anyway...

[Beano Boy]

For those who would like the fingers around the other way.
Easy conversion is just get the pliers and turn the hand around at the wrist as if it were a real hand. Simple twisting job done. BB

[Fredericus-Rex]

It was at the end of the battle, the English showed the French that they did not manage to cut the archer's third finger. This was a punishment of archery in the Middle Ages so that they could no longer draw a bow. Only the quiver on his back is nonsens.

[ironzentaur]

I dont know how serious this discussion is meant, - but may be he is simply checking the wind direction after licking his fingers?!?

[pipers]

Very nice. But please war spanish succesion

[Ochoin]

It was at the end of the battle, the English showed the French that they did not manage to cut the archer's third finger. This was a punishment of archery in the Middle Ages so that they could no longer draw a bow. Only the quiver on his back is nonsens.

Nice story but definitely not true.

The finger-thing is a C20th myth.

Read this:

https://bshistorian.wordpress.com/2007/ ... h-history/

These will provide additional confirmation.

http://www.agincourt600.com/was-the-v-s ... agincourt/

http://www.agincourt600.com/was-the-v-s ... agincourt/


donald

[Frankzett]

See this: http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=h ... 0&biw=1760
This isn't the Victory sign like Churchill did on the Photograph.Common or not, this "back-hand-V" it is a rude, self-confidence gesture for a propaganda photo.
Note the Text below the Photo: "A British soldier gives a defiant “V” sign to German POWs captured at the Second Battle of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign. Near El Alamein, Egypt. 26 October 1942
[that V sign also has another meaning in the British world, equivalent to the middle finger] "

Greetings
Frank

[Beano Boy]

In medieval times,they the French would have hacked everyone to pieces.

A while back Santi painted the Bust of the British soldier a facsimile of the guy in the photograph.
He is giving the rude F U to Germans taken prisoner. Not the V for victory. BB

[Ochoin]

[that V sign also has another meaning in the British world, equivalent to the middle finger] "

Greetings
Frank

Between 1975 and 1977 a group of anthropologists including Desmond Morris studied the history and spread of European gestures and found the rude version of the V-sign to be basically unknown outside the British Isles. In his Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution, published in 1979, Morris discussed various possible origins of this sign but came to no definite conclusion:


"because of the strong taboo associated with the gesture (its public use has often been heavily penalised). As a result, there is a tendency to shy away from discussing it in detail. It is "known to be dirty" and is passed on from generation to generation by people who simply accept it as a recognised obscenity without bothering to analyse it... Several of the rival claims are equally appealing. The truth is that we will probably never know..."

The "Crecy two-fingered salute" is, as argued in the links of my earlier post, an anachronism.

I would think the French would be more likely to massacre "English" ( but usually Welsh) bowmen than simply mutilate their hands.

Strelets might have been more accurate showing their figure to be "cocking his snoot".


donald

[Peter]

Why is everybody making this so difficult? It's very simple, you know?

Two cans of beer, please!

[Fredericus-Rex]

Good idea peter, next meeting we drink two beers

[Peter]

Good idea peter, next meeting we drink two beers

Yes, let's do that Conny!

[MABO]

I take two beers as well!

[Ochoin]

An amusing story over mixing up the two-fingered peace sign with something far more insulting:

When US President George Bush Sr. Bush Sr. visited Australia in 1992 he attempted to be friendly to a bunch of Australian farmers, protesting unfair American farm subsidies, in Canberra by giving the Peace Sign out of his limo. Unfortunately he presented with the palm facing inwards ( a very rude gesture in OZ) and probably did a lot more damage than if he just left his hand inside the vehicle.


Have two Red Cuillins on me.


donald

[Susofrick]

Oops! I'll take two Bass Pale Ale! Not available in Sweden anymore if you don't want to order a lot of them.

[Mr. Andrea]

I've loved all of this thread: the debate on the V-sign, the historical contribution, the beers. Two Guinness on this side of the world, locally brewed, made of black

[sansovino]

Has somebody already arrived these new figures?

Strelets has announced some days ago that the new sets would arrived shops in London around december the 19th! Kamar has announced the sets too in december, but doesn´t have received them till today.

It´s a pity that these wonderful sets of Strelets will been missed under the Christmas trees....