OK, so after two years I've finally given in to having a section of the FORUM specifically set up to discuss painting techniques, display examples, show your latest projects and chat about this vital part of the hobby. Manufacturers please feel free to post up your sculpts, ask questions about what the gamers are after and generally promote your work.. no charge! Painters, please also feel free to post up your work for comment and critique. I can't promise the unreserved adulation characteristic of some other fora but I would hope you'd get constructive and measured comment!
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by janner » Sun Jan 19, 2014 1:34 pm
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For danes it's a Boing 747, as in a Boing 474 of danes.
Nah, it's a hygge of Danes
For those outside the Nordic belt, Danes call all sorts of informal gatherings, from beach parties to after wargaming drinks, with the verb 'at hugge'. It roughly translates as 'to have fun' or 'to be cozy', but also means to cuddle (hug)!
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by Gunfreak » Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:17 pm
janner wrote:Gunfreak wrote:
For danes it's a Boing 747, as in a Boing 474 of danes.
Nah, it's a hygge of Danes
For those outside the Nordic belt, Danes call all sorts of informal gatherings, from beach parties to after wargaming drinks, with the verb 'at hugge'. It roughly translates as 'to have fun' or 'to be cozy', but also means to cuddle (hug)!
Or for the more tender of danes(not that many of them) it's also means -.
Which means you never know when you'r 7 foot bearded bear of a friend invintes you to hygge, wether you are getting a beer or getting buggerd.
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by janner » Sun Jan 19, 2014 6:46 pm
Gunfreak wrote:Or for the more tender of danes(not that many of them) it's also means -.
Which means you never know when you'r 7 foot bearded bear of a friend invintes you to hygge, wether you are getting a beer or getting buggerd.
Oh, you can always count on there being beer (as well)
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by Tacitus » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:37 am
janner wrote:Gunfreak wrote:Or for the more tender of danes(not that many of them) it's also means -.
Which means you never know when you'r 7 foot bearded bear of a friend invintes you to hygge, wether you are getting a beer or getting buggerd.
Oh, you can always count on there being beer (as well)
The very idea that Danes would do anything without drinking beer is absurd!
As a Swede my favourite Shakespeare quote is of course: "
there is something rotten in the state of Denmark" . But there is also another nice quote from that play about Danes:
Hamlet: "
Other countries criticize us for our loud partying. They call us drunks and insult our noble titles."
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/hamlet/page_50.html
Some things never change... (however this quote in modern English seems to be less colourful than what I remember from the Swedish translation where I first encountered it).
I also remember when my teacher, talking about the Danish play "Jeppe på bjerget" from 1722, explained that it had the status of a national epic in Denmark because it was so genuinly Danish. He asked the class what made it so genuinly Danish. We all began to giggle because the protagonist in that story is a loud alcoholic peasant... (the right answer was however that the rural scenery and society in the play was very typical of Denmark, although I think the other answer is correct too!).
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by janner » Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:42 am
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by Ben Waterhouse » Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:41 am
They make beer in Denmark? Is it that dead fizzy yellow stuff?
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by Gunfreak » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:46 am
Denmark make 3 things, beer, bacon and -.
The - is ok, the bacon is very good, the beer is yellow pissy stuff. pilsner is really the looser of all beers.
I personaly prefer Good English beer or ale, Bitter, poter, imperial stouts.
If I want a light colord referfreshing cold beer, I'll drink a wheat beer.
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by janner » Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:16 pm
Ben Waterhouse wrote:They make beer in Denmark? Is it that dead fizzy yellow stuff?
I've found that each beverage is best drunk in its own setting.
Grøn Tuborg is particularly good after a rigorous horseback ride. Whilst Guinness makes for a great pre-bout drink
Each to his own
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by Tacitus » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:20 pm
Oh, Sweden is the butt of must jokes in Scandinavia! Our Scandinavian neighbours loves to mock us more than any other country.
Sweden fill to role of the older and more responsible brother in the Scandinavian family. A brother that follows rules to the letter, want everything to be organised and has a tendency to be overbearing in that he often lecture his siblings about the right way to do things.
Even though Sweden has much less regulations than Denmark, Danes like to view Sweden as "Prohibition-Sweden" and accuses us of wanting to prohibit everything that is fun. The reason to this is of course that we have stricter regulations concerning alcohol and that Swedes wanting to legalise marijuana are just as rare as Irishmen who want to legalise abortions. Danes are much more liberal on these things and refer to Sweden as the most boring country in the world.
Norwegians usually refer to Sweden as "sweet brother" but they say that in a ironic way. Finns often refer to Swedes as homosexuals.
Here is a nice picture that illustrate the national stereotypes in Scandinavia:
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by janner » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:44 pm
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by Gunfreak » Thu Jan 23, 2014 1:02 pm
I find that comic offencive!
I havn't held a fishing rod in like 20+ years, and don't walk around in nature that often, and I have never NEVER!! held a cod under my arm.
In fact I eat fish so rearly I honestly can't remember last time I ate it, but I know last time I did, it was fish and chips, that very scandinavian dish.
Infact I look much more like the danish dude!
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by janner » Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:23 pm
It's meant to be offensive, in fact somebody gets away without being abused
As to the cod, what's that poking out from under your armpit right now?
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by Ben Waterhouse » Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:55 am
I've sent a link to that cartoon to my son who has a .... Finnish Girlfriend!
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by janner » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:31 am
Ben Waterhouse wrote:I've sent a link to that cartoon to my son who has a .... Finnish Girlfriend!
I compliment his choice in womenfolk, but share his anguish if he's attempting to learn the language
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by Gunfreak » Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:10 pm
janner wrote:Ben Waterhouse wrote:I've sent a link to that cartoon to my son who has a .... Finnish Girlfriend!
I compliment his choice in womenfolk, but share his anguish if he's attempting to learn the language
Does your wife also mostly say pekle and stab people with a knife?