Tuesday 9 February 2021

from PeterD Miss Roundwoood and her Prize Laarden Hen at the Hatchery (25 points)




For my hatchery post I present another of the Landgirls from Bad Squiddo's Women of WW2 range in 28mm.  This is Miss Roundwood and her prize larded hen.  Miss Roundwood is rather eccentric and has developed an interest in the Laarden breed of chickens having rescued a clutch of chicks with the help of a  family of Belgian refugees.  


The Laarden breed is related to the Braekel and noted for it's strong character.  Laarden fowl have played an unusually prominent role in the history of Laarden and its environs, especially during the Wars of the late 17th century.  The birds are nicknamed the De Vichet breed in "honour" of a certain historical character,


This is another great figure from Bad Squiddo, lots of character in both Miss Roundwood and the chicken.  They both seem inordinately round of themselves.  I am reminded of the old joke asking what's the difference between a proud hen and a lawyer.  Well the proud chicken clucks defiant and..

Veterans of previous Challenges will recall that Sydney Roundwood's Laarden vignettes often included local fowl, although strangely not yet this year.  Perhaps the war with France has isolated the town and restricted supplies to the point that anything edible has ended up in the stewpot.   I will say that I never though I'd be googling "Heritage Chickens Breeds of Flanders".

I believe that's 5 points for the figure and 20 for the Chamber please.



15 comments:

  1. Haha! Terrific entry Pete!

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  2. Lovely entry, I like your fowl!
    Best Iain

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  3. Marvelous work on the mini and the background.

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    1. Thanks Stuart. As for the background I may be feeling the effects of lockdown a bit!

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  4. 🧞‍♀️ Sydney’s Laarden world is one of the delights of the Challenge and that you have continued his world into the 20thC with Miss Roundwood is simply terrific!🧞‍♀️
    I have asked the Snowlord to allot you an extra 5 Sarah bonus points ...
    Well Done Peter!

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  5. Up the Chickens 🐔
    Regards KenR

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  6. What a great post! Love the figure, the painting and the backstory. Well done!

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    1. Thanks very much Martijn. It was a nice figure and had such character.

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