Miniatures or not??

[Gollum9]

Thanks for all your help, and interesting other comments near the end!

I am seriously thinking about going with Dilgar. Has anyone played them much? Any ideas, thoughts, strong ships in the fleet etc?

 

[Arch Lector Petrovski]

Yeah, actors refer to MacBeth as "The Scottish Play." Not sure what the origin of the superstition is but it's meant to be bad luck to say the name aloud if you're an actor. Bizarre stuff.

As a fully trained stage actor I have heard of this and many other superstitions and the reasons behind them. For example you shouldn't whistle on stage, because it used to be a signal to the stage hands in the 'flys' (the place from where the back dorps and such are lowered into place) that it was clear to lower away. So the superstition came out of an actual danger. There's also the one around not saying 'good luck', hence the phrase 'break a leg'; though I don't know why or how that one came around.

As for the superstition in question, MacBeth is infamous in terms of Shakespear's plays as being (I believe) the only one to depict witches so affluantly and openly. Infact the play starts off with the witches casting spells and such over a cauldron and predicting things to come. Not only is the name seen, apparently actual spells that some local witches got angry about and hence cursed the play. As such numerous stories of accidents, misfortunes and deaths have been attributed to the superstition. In a vast number of theatres the stage is actually ritualistically salted, cleansed and purified to ensure that no evil comes from the appearence of and words of the witches.

Hope that enlightens and informs many.

 

[David Anla Shok']

Yeah, actors refer to MacBeth as "The Scottish Play." Not sure what the origin of the superstition is but it's meant to be bad luck to say the name aloud if you're an actor. Bizarre stuff.

Well, actors usually do something else to pay the bills yet prefer to be known as actors. To quote Vir Cotto, "Oh yeah sure, you betcha", its bizzare.
Regards,

P.S. Darn, I'm still a weasel.

 

[Arch Lector Petrovski]

Don't worry, you'll be worthy of the title stoat soon.

I thought the career you are infering was 'seamstress' rather than 'actor', as in the Disc world.

 

[David Anla Shok']

Don't worry, you'll be worthy of the title stoat soon.

I thought the career you are infering was 'seamstress' rather than 'actor', as in the Disc world.

Seamstress? Heavens no! I've been an actor (though not classicaly trained) for decades. Less pedestrian than whatever else I was involved in Oh, I look forward to stoathood :>
Regards,

P.S. "There's a strong streak of ham in you, Superman"

 

[Arch Lector Petrovski]

Ah, I haven't done any actual acting in a long while. But I still love to watch stage performances and endevour to return to the stage in the non-too distant future. As for the rank of stoathood, the perks are the best thing about it: fresh pastries and coffee every morning, a larger parking space and a better dental plan.

 

[Lord David the Denied]

As a fully trained stage actor I have heard of this and many other superstitions and the reasons behind them. For example you shouldn't whistle on stage, because it used to be a signal to the stage hands in the 'flys' (the place from where the back dorps and such are lowered into place) that it was clear to lower away. So the superstition came out of an actual danger. There's also the one around not saying 'good luck', hence the phrase 'break a leg'; though I don't know why or how that one came around.

As for the superstition in question, MacBeth is infamous in terms of Shakespear's plays as being (I believe) the only one to depict witches so affluantly and openly. Infact the play starts off with the witches casting spells and such over a cauldron and predicting things to come. Not only is the name seen, apparently actual spells that some local witches got angry about and hence cursed the play. As such numerous stories of accidents, misfortunes and deaths have been attributed to the superstition. In a vast number of theatres the stage is actually ritualistically salted, cleansed and purified to ensure that no evil comes from the appearence of and words of the witches.

Hope that enlightens and informs many.

Thanks man, that's really useful... weird actors!