Saturday, September 08, 2012

Going forth again - Into the Sudan

Outside the rain beats down, drops snaking unhurried down the pane. It has been a long and wet winter this time around.

I shudder at the sudden chill and reach for the tumbler of Glen Moray and water beside me. It warms me a little, the rich, oily aroma seems everywhere.

Can I do this again? I look to Snook for inspiration, but all I see is him cocking one at Gladstone over 130 years' distance in time and an infinity in understanding.

Featherstone then, and Barthorp. Connoisseur, Willie and a touch of Stadden where I can for the horseflesh. Yes. The old boys will do it. The old gang.

I am stirred a little. There are those old Connoisseur Highlanders in a box somewhere. I think I know where.

Like the waves, I advance a little more with each attempt.

I can do it.

10 comments:

Bluebear Jeff said...

Time to watch the Kordas' 1939 version of "Four Feathers", sir. Yes indeed it is.

And maybe "Khartoum" as well.


-- Jeff

Bloggerator said...

There is always time fot Khartoum, Jeff.

Always.

Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com said...

You know if you collected those Willie British and then bucked the trends and bought the matching Boers, the sadly neglected Boers, well you could have a game close to Well's heart, and um, save me from having to do it.....

Bloggerator said...

Funny you should mention that Ross. I just bought a pair of Long Toms from TVAG. I noticed the Boers in th Wargaming in history book on the Second anglo-Boer War, and thought they looked splendid. The Empire troops would do as well for Omdurman as for Colenso, too.

Fitz-Badger said...

I'm all for more Colonials. Looking forward to your progress on this.
Every once in a while I look for Kordas' Four Feathers, but have yet to find it on dvd.

Bloggerator said...

I've never seen it! Only the modern remake...

Updates will be posted regular-like.

Steve-the-Wargamer said...

Looking forward to seeing your progress.... if that last picture is anything to go by it's going to be a good looking project!

Bluebear Jeff said...

While I have an older DVD of the Korda film, I see on Amazon Canada there is a new digitally updated version of it in both DVD and Blu-Ray. Here's the link to the Canada DVD:

http://www.amazon.ca/Four-Feathers-Criterion-Collection/dp/B005DI9906/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1347188530&sr=1-2

But check your local Amazon (or equivalent) for a source local to you . . . but at least now you have something specific to look for.


-- Jeff

Fitz-Badger said...

Thanks, Jeff! I just checked and see it's available on amazon US and on Barnes & Noble (cheaper on amazon).

There was another version, starring Beau Bridges and Jane Seymour, made sometime between the Kordas version and the Heath Ledger one. I think it was made for tv, but I could be mistaken. I enjoyed it when I saw back then. But the Kordas one is my favorite.

Bloggerator said...

I believe there are three versions around, too, Fitz.