Those new Retinue cavalry...

[martin goddard]

Yes, Sean is bananas too.

martin

[Sean Clark]

Interestingly, the colour orange was named after the French word for the fruit. Before this, something thr colour of orange was referred to as 'yellow-red' or just red. Which is why we have the Robin Red Breast and not Orange breast which would be a more accurate description.

Shall we get back to toy soldiers? Today I'm  mostly painting a British Stuart and a Priest and a US airborne jeep qs a favour for a friend. Unfortunately  they are 28mm models and not 15mm.

[Leman (Andy)]

Ah well .......... finishing off my 15mm Welsh spear unit today, and a small stone cottage for St. Albans. The next scenery pieces will be the two bridges required, once again from the Joan of Arc village set, one stone and one wooden, which will also be useful for the Ferrybridge scenario.

[Panzer21]

Interestingly, the colour orange was named after the French word for the fruit. Before this, something thr colour of orange was referred to as 'yellow-red' or just red. Which is why we have the Robin Red Breast and not Orange breast which would be a more accurate description.

I thought it came from the Spanish "Naranja"?
This gave us "Anorange" which became "an orange" (according to QI).

I think in medieval and Renaissance terms the word used for the colour was "tawny" which covers a multitude of shades.....
Neil

[Sean Clark]

Yes, I think you're right, it was the Spanish word 'naranja' not the French.

Without googling it, I don't know the origin of 'tawny'.

[Panzer21]

Yes, I think you're right, it was the Spanish word 'naranja' not the French.

Without googling it, I don't know the origin of 'tawny'.

Interestingly, it looks as if the English "orange" was derived from the French. The root is Persian / Indian and close to the Spanish.

Tawny appears to derive from Norman French being the colour of tanned leather. I think orange tawny is the colour associated with the Earl of Essex and Parliamentarians as well as the Percy / Northumberland livery (russet, or and tawny) used briefly by one of the earls.

Neil

[Leman (Andy)]

I thought Tawney was a seaside town in Devon ('owls of laughter from the back).

[John Watson]

No Tawney is how a Geordie addresses Anthony.
John

[Colonel Kilgore]

Or the opposite to a country bumpkin?

Simon

[Sean Clark]

No Tawney is how a Geordie addresses Anthony.
John

That made me chuckle John !

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I somehow missed these coming out... They look fab! Just as I'm finishing off painting the old ones too...

Neil

[Sean Clark]

This has happened a couple of times with me over the years Neil! Most notably with the NVA for Vietnam. Just finished painting my army as the first of the new sculpts were released 😂🤣

[Colonel Kilgore]

For me it was the Vietnam VC... 

Simon