Watson Army Photo

[sospan_fach]

Well, I was working on a certain something with a view to utilising it in a project of my own, and by immensely satisfying (not to say gleeful) coincidence, katieforsythe happened to reference the very same object in her latest fic, Cauldron.

So, I thought I'd post it now as a small gesture of thanks to Katie for providing us with such a plethora of bloody brilliant H/W work.







As those who have seen a couple of my other posts here and there on Watson's army career will no doubt recognise, the actual photo is originally that of Surgeon Major Alexander Francis Preston, Medical Officer of the 66th of Foot (yep, Watson's regt.) at Maiwand - and the very chap ACD reputedly based the character of Watson upon. You can find more info on him, and the original picture, at The Wardrobe website here.



[Argh, missed a few (c)s in the clean-up. Sorry.]

Comments

[elina-elsu.livejournal.com]

Hahaha!
Clearly there is a huge demand on more Uniform!Watson
Did you happen to see this :D
http://elina-elsu.livejournal.com/371368.html#cutid1

[sospan-fach.livejournal.com]

I hadn't!

And I have just clicked, seen and grinned extremely widely. Brilliant! XD I agree there should definitely be lots more Uniform!Watson.

We had a couple of Zulu War (just a couple of years off Watson's period of service) blokes at the re-enactment event I did last Saturday, and I was admiringly eyeing up their uniforms for future H/W reference... :-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajk/page2/ [photo = Living History in Worcester IV (3)]

[elina-elsu.livejournal.com]

How cool pictures, we don't have that kind of events here where I live, boohoo :P

Oh, oh!
There was a Watson in Uniform in the last episode of the Russian Holmes series!

[sospan-fach.livejournal.com]

Gleeful Reason #475 why I need to watch the Russian Holmes series, in that case. ^.^

[Shameless uniform spamming: I'm on page one in pics 7624 and 7623, in the daft hat and big greatcoat*. And a little bit of my hat is in 7740. That's fame for ya. ;-)]

*I had a cold and was feeling rather :-P, so spent a lot of time huddled in that and blankets by our tent, doing a one-woman impersonation of the Retreat From Moscow. ;-)

[elina-elsu.livejournal.com]

Yes, besides the phone cuddling the uniform is the bestest reason to see the last episode :DD

I made a couple of Watson screencaps for you! (He's lurking outside and spying on beard!Holmes and Von Bork in the scene, and after that there are dramatic events!gasp and Watson is being all adorable as always :3)






*looks for you in pics*

[sospan-fach.livejournal.com]

Gosh, he's a dashing devil. :-D

Thank you very much indeed, Elina - theose are very nicely captured!

(Plots icons to be made for sharing...)

[elina-elsu.livejournal.com]

I can't over how adorable the Russian Watson is <3 :DD He makes me make little cooing sounds with my nose half the time. Hehee !

And the fact that Holmes and Watson keep invading each other's personal space a lot in these series helps too. X)

[chatastic.livejournal.com]

You are brilliant. XD

I read that part of Cauldron with a smile and a nod. Oh Holmes, we may have little in common, but I know of a least one trifle we share...

[sospan-fach.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you very kindly :-D (though modesty and the unvarnished truth both require me to admit that actually Photoshop's Clone Stamp and Magnetic Lasso tools are brilliant. ;-) )

And I'm with yer on the second part. [grins] Couldn't resist!

[katieforsythe.livejournal.com]

Oh my God. OH MY GOD. You are my hero. This is really so gratifying. I am staring in delight and awe. And the fact that Holmes' nostrils are flaring as he stares at the thing...brilliant. Thank you for making my day.

[sospan-fach.livejournal.com]

Thank you! - you are extremely kind. :-D I am very glad you liked it, and believe me when I say it was entirely a pleasure. [grin]

Thanks should really go to Preston for being so very dashing (from the neck down, at any rate.)

Holmes' reaction? But of course... ;-)