I would like you to meet three new friends of mine who appeared over Christmas and have since formed a guard of honour around my desk: here they are - in a suitably romantically blurred (Ok, I had a bit of camera shake!) photo:
Yes, three handsome, dashing and fully armoured knights - what a shame they're only 9cm high! They tell me that their names are Edward, Hubert and Thomas and that they'd really like a feature on the blog showing off just how well they can pose with their weapons erect!
This is Edward :
No connection of course to Edward II - just thought I'd better point that out! He reckons that he's the most handsome of all the lads, hence he likes to show his face (plus his moustache used to get caught up in his full face helm!). He's a cheeky little blighter - always ready with some sarcastic quip or other when I'm trying to work. Now and again he 'accidentally' gets pushed off the desk - I do need some peace after all!
Next is Hubert:
He's the strong, silent type - and he's got a very nice helmet too! I haven't seen his face yet, but I'm pretty sure he hasn't got a huge moustache! He also has the alarming tendency to wander off. This post would have been done yesterday but he'd gone AWOL. I later found him inexplicably laying siege to my waste paper basket!
And finally, here's Thomas:
Thomas has got a very big sword! And he knows just how to hold it! He also talks alot, but all I can hear through his visor is mmmph, mmmmph, mmmmmphffff! For some strange reason the dog has taken a fancy to Thomas.
Three different knights but they all share one odd trait. Look at this pic and see if you can see what it is:
No, it's not that they all like to take part in a Medieval conga line (although I did catch them at it the other morning!). Look at those feet: they're huge! Compared to the rest of them anyway. I think the honours go to Hubert (on the left) for the most outsized hoofers! And you know what they say about men with big feet...
And, absolutely finally, before you tell me I need to get out more - I took this one last photo to prove a point: that the pen truly is mightier than the sword!
6 comments:
LOL! You know when we saw the King Tut exhibit all the Pharaoh statues had huge feet, too! Hmmmm...it bears some thought, though I'm afraid my mind will end up in the gutter...
Nice!
I ran into a mounted figure of one of the Despensers (I think it was Edward, but I'm not sure now) on e-bay a while back but got outbid. Sigh. I had a place on the computer all picked out for it.
Hehe, you should get them to take those helmets off, and in case more scary moustaches will appear, there's alway a razor. :)
I think he's Edward I. Doesn't he just look ready to look down his nose at the Welsh and the Scots and make a withering remark?
Why, oh why does Blogger keep eating my comments???
Awww, they're so cute! But what do you mean about men with big feet, Lady D? I can't think what you're talking about... :-)
A while ago, I almost bought a little figure of Maurice Berkeley (Hugh's son-in-law) looking all splendid in his red livery, but some annoying person beat me to it.
Lynn: My mind's in the gutter already - come and join me! :-)
Susan: I hope that you didn't literally run into a mounted figure! That could have been nasty lol! Yes, I've seen that figure around too - but the one I saw wasn't for sale! I was originally hoping to repaint these guys in Despenser colours, but thye little lion figure doesn't lie flat, so it wouldn't look right!
Gabriele: I think I feel much happier with them keeping the helmets on - you never know what kind of wildlife is lurking therein!
Ceirseach: There is certainly something 'withering' about him lol!
Alianore: No, I'm sure you don't know what I'm talking about - not one bit of it ;-).
Maybe the annoying person who beat you to Maurice was the same annoying person who got Susan's mounted Despenser too!
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