Linear-A news & releases 2020 - 2024

[Susofrick]

Yes, thougt about that. One of the few monkeys in our scale that is not too pricey is in the Tarzan set I think. Are there more?

[Ochoin]

The Minoans trained blue monkeys to pick saffron for them???

One thing is certain: the monkeys were NOT blue as the colour blue did not exist in ancient times.

yes, you heard me: no blue.


https://www.businessinsider.com.au/what ... lor-2015-2

Homer's "wine dark sea" is further proof. We see blue sea, he saw water the colour of wine-lees.

donald

[steve_pickstock]

One thing is certain: the monkeys were NOT blue as the colour blue did not exist in ancient times.

yes, you heard me: no blue.


https://www.businessinsider.com.au/what ... lor-2015-2

Homer's "wine dark sea" is further proof. We see blue sea, he saw water the colour of wine-lees.

donald

Except that Blue did exist.
Blue is one of the colours of the rainbow - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. Anyone seeing defracted light in the form of a rainbow or through a prism would be able to see blue.

Woad gives a blue dye.

The brick work on the Ishtar gate is blue.


This freco from Crete


Those are just a couple of examples that I can think of.

The Homeric phrase has been discussed by people who are a lot cleverer than me, I don't think it is considered to be as conclusive as the article suggests, the argument being that Homer says 'wine dark' he doesn't say wine coloured.

Minoan Blue Monkeys

[Bluefalchion]

That guy on the right has a very studious look. He is sorting through to pick out the choicest saffron fronds.

If the Minoans used blue monkeys to do their agricultural work, it could explain why they had so much time to create amazing frescoes.

I wonder what they rewarded them with? Tasty berries? Belly tickles? A free trip to the Ape Nymphonium?

[Ochoin]

Steve, clearly blue didn't just appear one day but it seems possible we are talking about a perception.

If you don't see something, it is there? ("tree falls in a forest" thing). So if the Ancient Greeks looked up & saw a sky they thought of as 'beaten copper', then blue, as we know it, did not exist.

And after all, colour identification is arbitrary. We Gaelic-speaking types evidently see green as 3 different colours (& not "dark or lime or blue-green etc).

......I never thought I'd be discussing metaphysics on a miniatures forum....
cheers donald

[steve_pickstock]

Me neither.

With regards to skies I recall as a child, cloudless blue skies that seemed to be steel coloured towards the horizons, so yes it is about perceptions. Famously Inuit people perceive snow differently to people from lower latitudes. But a simple declaration that blue didn't exist based on a semantic countdown doesn't work. Whether it's synonyms or semantic differences, blue by any other name is - er - blue!

[Peter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9 ... orporation

[steve_pickstock]

I will see your Eifel and raise you a Mitchell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5782PQO5is

[Ochoin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9 ... orporation

So that's the answer! There WAS no blue until aliens brought it to earth sometime, I assume, and gave it to Johnny Cash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIvIOjVtJs

donald

[Bluefalchion]

Poor Linear-A. This thread has gone right off the rails. I hold myself personally responsible.

Anyway congrats on the good PSR review. It's not Pegasus D-Day Rangers or Matchbox Japanese, but still pretty darn good.

[Erich von Manstein]

One regular and three Mini Sets are available now.
026 - Samnite Wars Infantry Set 1
004s - Waterloo after the Battle Set 1 French Disaster
005s - Waterloo after the Battle Set 2 British Disaster
006s - The Victory of Waterloo

Another upcoming set is making good progress, 12 poses now.
025 - Hannibal crosses the Alps Set 5 Celtic Salassi vs. Carthaginians

[CliosPaintingBench]

Absolutely fantastic celts. I just love the detail and dynamism, Linear- A should be very proud, this is a must buy for me.

[Erich von Manstein]

045 - Army of Pyrrhus of Epirus, Allied Infantry/Mercenaries Set 2

[MABO]

Wow, the last two figs are very cool and dynamic.

[Félix]

Every time I see the publication of new figures, the greater my desire to obtain them as soon as possible.
I suppose this is what marketing consists of ...

Precious Linear-a figures

[Ochoin]

Every time I see the publication of new figures, the greater my desire to obtain them as soon as possible.
I suppose this is what marketing consists of ...

Precious Linear-a figures

Totally agree. These two figures look like officers? I think they'd suit any Successor army.

As well as the two LA Pyrrhic sets, I'm eagerly waiting for the Roman anti-elephant carts. They should be such fun.

donald

[Salmanazar]

the first one is a Ligurian warrior....I hope other ones will come.

[Erich von Manstein]

030 - Tarentine Horsemen of Magna Graecia 3rd century B.C.
=> was released last week.





018 - Roman Legion Set 2 Varian Disaster I A.D.
Further poses revealed now, see more figures in earlier post (12th february).

[PaulRPetri]

Oh man Linear A is killing me!!! I already have soooo many figures... But I need more....

[Bluefalchion]

Oh man Linear A is killing me!!! I already have soooo many figures... But I need more....

Well part of the fun of this hobby is buying new boxes of figures just because.