No seriously, my second submission to the APC was a 28mm metal figure from Black Pyramid Gaming - their Prof Stanton Brook.
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The expected question was asked - "From your youth? How old are you Edwin?" No, I don't remember Manning, but I did spend quite a lot of time reading about him. (1) So much time that I even considered submitting him as my entry to the Nostalgia bonus round. (2)
1 He was the subject of my Master's degree.
2 But decided that was too self-referential and obscure.
Enough about me. What about the figure?
Whether the criminal mastermind has decided to disguise himself as Dr Manning, or whether - more shockingly! - His Eminence is himself the Napoleon of Crime will have to be the subject of further investigation. It is however an odd co-incidence that Manning's death occurred mere months after Moriarty's supposed demise in Switzerland...
The base. again, is one I won from RayR. I have tried to catch M's cadaverous pallor and broke the monotony of clerical black with some uncanonically grey gloves.(3) You mayor may not be able to spot the purple bib.
3 I'm sure you all remember the story about John Henry Newman donning grey trousers in 1845...
I titled the submission to the APC 'Eminent Victorian'. This is of course a pun on Manning's position as a Prince of the Church, but also a reference to Lytton Strachey iconoclastic book of the same name. (4) Some of you (5) will immediately think "By gad! He's going for a full set!". Yes, I've already done one of Strachey's
4 Of course, he was using the same joke - weak minds think alike.
5 I'm looking at you Mr Awdry.
How have I missed these? Lovely work Edwin and I clearly need to add these to the collection.
ReplyDeleteThey have some very nice figures, which would benefit from the touch of your brush.
DeleteI also bought some of their Iron Men bombers.