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For Jean-Louis: Planned Stollenian Uniforms

Above: Von Hanzelwicz's Cuirassiers


Above: Turducken (Von Haubitzke's) Hussars


Above: Von Hildebeitel's Regiment (Allied regiment from Werben-Steinau)


Above: 15th (Von Flickenhoffer's) Fusiliers (Allied regiment from Tauroggen-Fiebus with pink facings/turnbacks)


Above: 4th Sappers

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Snickering Corpses said…
I'll be really interested to see the Sappers actually, when they're done. I'm probably going to be using some of those Austrians you sent me to form a sapper battalion of my own.
9:30 AM
abdul666 said…
I support the "pink facings /turnbacks" for the 5th (Von Flickenhoffer's) Fusiliers regiment from Tauroggen-Fiebus: currently (with white) they look very 'Insurgents of the AWI'; not that I dislike the uniform, but with pink it will be far more 'original' / 'characteristic'.

Even if the drummers wera 'reversed colors' they would look 'decent': think that among the Napoleonic French cavalry in green, among dragoons, chasseurs and chevau-legers, some regiments had pink facings, and the trumpeters wore 'reversed colors': pink with green facings is the 'awful' combination always quoted as 'what creators of Imagi-Nations would NOT do'!

Cheers,
Jean-Louis
10:06 AM
A J said…
Excellent designs, Stokes! As Jean-Paul says, pink can be a dangerous color to deal with, but I think it'll work fine with von Flickenhoffer's regiment. As for sappers... hmm! I knew there was something missing from my own OrBat.
3:08 PM
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