Missus Heid Joins Treefrog Forum (3 Viewers)

[Rob]

A very warm welcome to the forum Lucy,hope you have fun here.Many congratulations on an excellent collection.

Best wishes

Rob

 

[maddadicus]

Good for you both for being such great partners together.....Michael

 

[jazzeum]

A very warm welcome to the forum Lucy,hope you have fun here.Many congratulations on an excellent collection.

Best wishes

Rob

Indeed, welcome Lucy 欢迎!

 

[OldDragon]

Harry

Grateful, iIf you may relate this message to Missus H ... her photography skills are better than mine, and her "English" is absolutely much more than my Mandarin. ... and the worse of it is that I am of Chinese decent

Look forward to more posts & photos.

Have a good day.

OD

 

[Harrytheheid]

Okay guys. I gave up trying to configure Madame Zhai's new laptop in Chinese so she'll just have to try and use it in English for the time being, although I'll obviously be helping her with this. Over to you Missus H.

hello everybody i am lucy
thank you very much for very kind welcomes to tree frog forum
my husband make my computer work in english and i am very happy but it is very difficult
my silk picture is almost finished and i want to use it with my toy soldiers
in chinese language it is a long my husband tell me english word is dragon
this morning i do more photographs of my toy soldiers and my husband show me how to use photobucket here they are
i hope you like my photographs very much
i hope jeff wife like my photographs of my toy soldiers
thank you
lucy

Harry back again - for heaven's sake - they're better than mine....!!!! ....
Needless to say, I'm really proud of her efforts and the photos she took this morning - and I'm quite deliberately not correcting her English. She's putting a LOT of really hard work into this and I'm not going to interfere too much with her posts.
Some East of India Samurai coming up soon on my "Thanks Ken" thread in the East of India section - cos I'm jealous.

Cheers
Mister and Missus Heid

 

[UKReb]

Harry

I fear this is going to cost you yet another fortune as Lucy certainly appears to be flying high with her splendid collection and am sure she will want to add to it-with complete abandonment.

And there was me whingeing last week-end for having to fork out £350 on a new dress and shoes for Mrs Reb to attend the Summer Ball next month.

That's a mere drop in the ocean compared with what lies ahead for you old son and don't we all know it

Reb

 

[Harrytheheid]

Harry

I fear this is going to cost you yet another fortune as Lucy certainly appears to be flying high with her splendid collection and am sure she will want to add to it-with complete abandonment.

And there was me whingeing last week-end for having to fork out £350 on a new dress and shoes for Mrs Reb to attend the Summer Ball next month.

That's a mere drop in the ocean compared with what lies ahead for you old son and don't we all know it

Reb

It's not funny Reb....
I've put my foot right in it by helping her post on here. I'm trying to catch up on East of India's Samurai/Ashigaru ranges - then I want to go for their Boxer range - and I'm not at all sure what Lucy's reaction's going to be when I turn up with those. Plus I'm simultaneously playing catch up with First Legions excellent products.

Now there's some new SOHK stuff on the horizon - and I seem to remember a whisper that K&C are going to be releasing new Imperial Chinese Collection items fairly soon. And if they really do go for an updated (1920's/1930's) Streets of Shanghai range, as was discussed on thios forum a `wee while ago - how am I EVER going to get the stuff I want to focus on next year????? And that reminds me, Missus H has been moaning about 1/30 scale Tanks and FAV's taking up far too much space in Heid Mansion. She discovered 1/72 scale Dragon products last week and made me buy 5 of them which are presently on display in the glass shelving about 4 feet away from my nose as I type this. And I'm under orders to buy at least 5 more next time I hit HK.

Now, put that on top of the fact that her IC display is really excellent - AND - her prowess with the camera is already better than mine - AND - no matter how I drag my feet, she'll be getting that new laptop of hers configured properly as soon as I disappear off to Thailand again, with all that implies. Not only will she then have free access to manufacturer's catalogues - she'll also have free access to THE PRICES as well. (Something I've always been mega-careful to keep hidden from her, even to the extent of destroying the receipts).

And as if that's not bad enough, a couple of her girlfriends were visiting us yesterday, and while most of it was in Chinese, (which I can follow to a certain extent), I gathered they were blethering about looking in on these toy soldier forums - and maybe even joining them.

And you lot can laugh all you like - its not funny. I've spent years pretending I'm a roughie-toughie Oilman, while in actual fact, in real life I'm just another hen-pecked Oilman.

And with all due respect, 350 Quid for a new frock and a pair of clogs for the lovely Missus Reb is an absolute drop in the Ocean compared to how much last week in Hong Kong cost me with My Precious Little Cherry Blossom tagged along - which also reminds me, I need to have a real good look at what this 7-day luxury holiday in Thailand she "won" is all about. There's just got to be a catch somewhere in there.

And I've got a backload of my own photos piled up that I haven't had a chance to get posted yet.

Uncheers
Not-Too-Happy-Heid

 

[aujj65]

It's not funny Reb...
I've put my foot right in it by helping her post on here. I'm trying to catch up on East of India's Samurai/Ashigaru ranges - then I want to go for their Boxer range - and I'm not at all sure what Lucy's reaction's going to be when I turn up with those. Plus I'm simultaneously playing catch up with First Legions excellent products.

Now there's some new SOHK stuff on the horizon - and I seem to remember a whisper that K&C are going to be releasing new Imperial Chinese Collection items fairly soon. And if they really do go for an updated (1920's/1930's) Streets of Shanghai range, as was discussed on thios forum a `wee while ago - how am I EVER going to get the stuff I want to focus on next year????? And that reminds me, Missus H has been moaning about 1/30 scale Tanks and FAV's taking up far too much space in Heid Mansion. She discovered 1/72 scale Dragon products last week and made me buy 5 of them which are presently on display in the glass shelving about 4 feet away from my nose as I type this. And I'm under orders to buy at least 5 more next time I hit HK.

Now, put that on top of the fact that her IC display is really excellent - AND - her prowess with the camera is already better than mine - AND - no matter how I drag my feet, she'll be getting that new laptop of hers configured properly as soon as I disappear off to Thailand again, with all that implies. Not only will she then have free access to manufacturer's catalogues - she'll also have free access to THE PRICES as well. (Something I've always been mega-careful to keep hidden from her, even to the extent of destroying the receipts).

And as if that's not bad enough, a couple of her girlfriends were visiting us yesterday, and while most of it was in Chinese, (which I can follow to a certain extent), I gathered they were blethering about looking in on these toy soldier forums - and maybe even joining them.

And you lot can laugh all you like - its not funny. I've spent years pretending I'm a roughie-toughie Oilman, while in actual fact, in real life I'm just another hen-pecked Oilman.

And with all due respect, 350 Quid for a new frock and a pair of clogs for the lovely Missus Reb is an absolute drop in the Ocean compared to how much last week in Hong Kong cost me with My Precious Little Cherry Blossom tagged along - which also reminds me, I need to have a real good look at what this 7-day luxury holiday in Thailand she "won" is all about. There's just got to be a catch somewhere in there.

And I've got a backload of my own photos piled up that I haven't had a chance to get posted yet.

Uncheers
Not-Too-Happy-Heid

Harry, so sorry to read about your woes but it's all self-inflicted! Whereas mine are all your fault Yes, Yvonne has started gathering items of Chinese and Japanese origin since seeing all your wonderful stuff on here.....Thanks!

All the best

Jeff

Btw, You might as well cut it off now before Lucy finds out have much you have spent.

 

[maddadicus]

Dear Harry, when you are out of town, if Lucy offers to sell us your 1/30 scale stuff to make room in the house, are we to say no? After all of us spent all this time welcoming her to the forum, it seems to me that we might be broaching some form of forum etiquette ,as well as being downright impolite to refuse her clearance sale of your excess armor. We promise to give them a good home and every now and then we could post pictures of your models in our collections.. Now, off I go to learn Chinese ,what's their word for volume discount?..Michael

 

[Harrytheheid]

Harry, so sorry to read about your woes but it's all self-inflicted! Whereas mine are all your fault. Yes, Yvonne has started gathering items of Chinese and Japanese origin since seeing all your wonderful stuff on here.....Thanks!

All the best

Jeff

Dear Harry, when you are out of town, if Lucy offers to sell us your 1/30 scale stuff to make room in the house, are we to say no? After all of us spent all this time welcoming her to the forum, it seems to me that we might be broaching some form of forum etiquette ,as well as being downright impolite to refuse her clearance sale of your excess armor. We promise to give them a good home and every now and then we could post pictures of your models in our collections.. Now, off I go to learn Chinese ,what's their word for volume discount?..Michael

HA-HA,
Very funny you two.
Still, after all the jokes and wind-ups I've indulged in since I became a member here, I suppose it's only fair that you lot will take the gleeful chance to get your own back....
What's bugging me is, how come her photo's are so much better than mine?
The reason why she was gone so long the other day, same day she got together with a couple of girlfriends to compose her first ever message, and the reason that I hinted at in a previous post, was cos she was attending a photoshoot. That's why her hair was done up in that weird style the previous night. A photoshoot? At her age? I can only wonder that maybe she was posing as someone's Granny. I'm told the magazine is hitting the streets in two weeks time - so I might just buy a copy before I head back to Thailand. Only thing I can think of is the professional photographers she occasionally still works with have been giving her some guidance, because her snaps are far and away in a different class from mine. Havre you seen those latest ones just a few posts back in this thread?

BTW Michael, the Chinese translation of volume discount is;
数量折扣
But there's no way its going to happen. Well, not if I can help it.
OMG, this is turning into "The Treefrog Domestic Soap Opera" - and it's all my own fault.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggg!!!!! What have I unleashed?

Uncheers - Again
Harry

 

[theBaron]

Wonderful pieces, Gnädige Frau Heid! Do I understand correctly from your post, you're painting as well? Have you tried painting figures yet? I think I speak for everyone that we'd love to see your work, can't wait!

Prosit, ganbei!
Brad

 

[Harrytheheid]

Wonderful pieces, Gnädige Frau Heid! Do I understand correctly from your post, you're painting as well? Have you tried painting figures yet? I think I speak for everyone that we'd love to see your work, can't wait!

Prosit, ganbei!
Brad

Naah Brad,
She's been working on one of those silk embroidery pictures of a Chinese Dragon for about 2 months now. Personally I can hardly wait until she gets it finished so's I can use it as a backdrop for my Samurai/Ashigaru displays.
Getting Lucy to do some painting's a real good idea though. I'll see if I can get her to work on giving the bathroom a lick of off-white colour - I'll even go out and buy the paintbrush. Might get posting on this forum off her mind for a while and give me peace for long enough to get my photos up on the board.

Thanks for the Inspirational Idea

Harry

 

[theBaron]

LOL

Hope I'm not causing disharmony in the House of Heid

 

[Harrytheheid]

LOL

Hope I'm not causing disharmony in the House of Heid

I can achieve that one without any additional assistance Brad. In fact, I’ve attained expert status at it.
Here’s a couple of snaps of The Lady of the House working on her embroidery. As you can see, she’s working off a pattern – but man, it’s intricate stuff. She has to map out where each single thread matches up to the pattern and get the colour right as well, and dig this one; she wasn’t happy with the quality of the silk thread that was supplied with the kit so she went out and bought, what I’m told, is #1 quality replacement silk thread which is slightly different in the colours to that which was supplied in the kit. So once it’s finished she’ll end up with something truly unique that she can really call her own.
The kits themselves are, in relative terms, cheap enough although I’m saying “in relative terms” quite deliberately, because I’ve seen larger versions, say 6ft x 4ft, and all kidding and joking aside they take the Chinese Ladies who produce them over one year (and sometimes longer) to complete and they sell for the equivalent of thousands of US Dollars.

So what’s all this got to do with toy soldiers? Well, for anyone who’s still awake – absolutely nothing – on the face of it, but as usual The Heid has a cunning plan up his sleeve. Take a look at the photos of my main East of India Samurai/Ashigaru display below.

Notice that the back of the display cabinet reflects light pretty strongly, and that’s without using the flash on the camera, plus the cabinet itself is just too dark to set off those Arquebusier figures to full advantage.

So, the plan is, once Missus H gets her picture finished, which ought to be around the time I get home again sometime at the beginning of September, I’ll get it framed. And I can specify the dimensions of the framing so that it’ll fit exactly into the back of that display cabinet. No glass covering her picture of course. So, no more reflected light spoiling the effect of those massed Arquebusiers; and with a couple of small spotlights hidden into each top corner shining down diagonally, and maybe a slightly larger spotlight hidden behind the ornate decoration at the top/front part of the cabinet and shining directly down onto those Oda Ashigaru bowmen, the entire display ought to take on a completely new look with an enhanced presentation.
Aye, Lucy’s not the only resident of Heid Mansion who can come up with good ideas for pretty good toy soldier displays.

Of course all this is entirely dependent on my powers of persuasion and obtaining her acquiescence in allowing me to use what is after all her hard work and her picture for my own purposes. But then again, don't forget there’s regular jewellery sales held at Hong Kong and Bangkok Airport duty-free shops. So some cheap gee-jaw together with a false receipt suggesting I paid 2 or 3 times more than the actual price ought to see my nefarious plan approach fruition and probably, (cos you never can tell with the Ladies in our lives), a successful conclusion.

Mind you, if I'm going to go ahead with the spotlight idea, then I'd better be pretty careful both with the wattage of the bulbs and placement of the spots themselves. I've just had a mindflash of the house going up in flames. The resulting molten metal from everything that's stashed in this apartment of ours would allow the Military to commission Dalian Shipyard into constructing China's first ever Aircraft Carrier.....


Cheers
Harry

 

[Harrytheheid]

hello everybody this is lucy
i do more photographs of my soldiers i hope you like them very much
thank you
i like mah jong very much i play mha jong with my girlfriend tomorrow
my husband is watching dvd about america and china long time ago
thank you
lucy

 

[Harrytheheid]

hello everybody I am lucy
my husband go to bar so I make more photographs of my soldiers my girlfriend helping me with english and my computer put more photographs of my soldiers on forum
I hope you like my soldiers very much
my girlfriend name is ho sau jai my husband say she is bad woman my girlfriend say my husband spend too much money at bar of shangri la hotel

my husband take me to shangri la hotel tommorow here I am at bar of shangri la my girfriend say my husband maby very angry when he come home from bar because he not know my jai jai can do go to forum

i am taking train to beijing tonight my husband have more soldiers in beijing
thank you very much
lucy

 

[Harrytheheid]

hello everybody I am lucy
my husband go to bar so I make more photographs of my soldiers my girlfriend helping me with english and my computer put more photographs of my soldiers on forum
I hope you like my soldiers very much
my girlfriend name is ho sau jai my husband say she is bad woman my girlfriend say my husband spend too much money at bar of shangri la hotel

my husband take me to shangri la hotel tommorow here I am at bar of shangri la my girfriend say my husband maby very angry when he come home from bar because he not know my jai jai can do go to forum

i am taking train to beijing tonight my husband have more soldiers in beijing
thank you very much
lucy

....
Oh - Nooooooo....I've just logged on from our hotel in Beijing and noticed this complete and utter nonsense for the first time....See...??? This is what happens when your Nearest & Dearest knows your forum password guys. Be warned.
And My Wee Lotus Flower's been warned in no uncertain terms NEVER to post on here without my prior knowledge (and editing) EVER again.
As for Ms Sau Jai....I'll be having a quiet word in her lug as well when we get back to Dalian on Saturday, cos it must've been her that put Mizz Lucy up to this.


"my husband take me to shangri la hotel tommorow here I am at bar of shangri la my girfriend say my husband maby very angry when he come home from bar because he not know my jai jai can do go to forum"
And, as far as this is concerned - she means that photo was taken YESTERDAY, and it wasn't at the bar at the Shangri-La either, it was in the foyer where we regularly listen to the resident musician playing the piano. And she also means that I'd maybe be VERY EMBARRASSED when I get home....!!!! Cos she can't spell "embarrassed". And she's right - I can't ever actually get angry with My Little Cherry Blossom (much) - but I'm mortified at this one....!!!!
Besides, I wasn't at no bar - I was, err - at the supermarket.


Anyway, here's some more of Missus Heid's stuff I promised I’d post for her;

I wonder exactly WHO Missus H had in mind when she took this one?

Yeah, I thought so. See????....The poor guy's getting nagged already....!!!! That's a real familiar look the guy has on his face - kinda dazed - LOL.

The Photographer Herself at the entrance to The Hard Rock Café, Beijing, yesterday, (and revenge is sweet - cos I know she doesn't like this one - LOL);

Beauty and The Beast inside The Hard Rock Café, Beijing, yesterday;

To be continued – no doubt.

Uncheers
Harry

 

[Harrytheheid]

In case anyone is still reading this thread, Little Boss has picked up some quite excellent Chinese accessories intended to be used with her new found enthusiasm for taking and posting photos of her displays on here. I'll possibly/probably be persuaded to post her photos in this thread next week.

Cheers
H

 

[Spitfrnd]

In case anyone is still reading this thread, Little Boss has picked up some quite excellent Chinese accessories intended to be used with her new found enthusiasm for taking and posting photos of her displays on here. I'll possibly/probably be persuaded to post her photos in this thread next week.

Cheers
H

Indeed and I look forward to more. I especially liked the "unedited" direct post by the lady herself I must say. I think you (and the rest of us, except Bob perhaps) better start practicing our layout technique and photography or she will put us to shame. Please pass that along to your lovely wife.

 

[aujj65]

In case anyone is still reading this thread, Little Boss has picked up some quite excellent Chinese accessories intended to be used with her new found enthusiasm for taking and posting photos of her displays on here. I'll possibly/probably be persuaded to post her photos in this thread next week.

Cheers
H

Indeed and I look forward to more. I especially liked the "unedited" direct post by the lady herself I must say. I think you (and the rest of us, except Bob perhaps) better start practicing our layout technique and photography or she will put us to shame. Please pass that along to your lovely wife.

Yes of course we are still here! and enjoying it.

Jeff