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Richard Marchetti wrote
> I want more 1700s themes, dammit! If I can't have Pirates and Soldiers, • how
> about a colonial village, or London in the era of Moll Flanders or Barry
> Lyndon, or a Castillian castle and REAL conquistadors?
>
> How about Lego Empire, or Lego Baroque? Rococo?
>
> Lego Solomon Kane?
>
> Couldn't they just make a series of Soldier accessory packs? I can't be • alone
> in wanting to fill a field with soldiers of two kinds and muskets -- and I
> guess Blue and Red is easiest (Redcoats and Prussians?). And of course, • this
> was a huge missed opportunity in Wild West -- speaking of the Blue and the
> Grey conflict...
Damn, I don't remember writing this, but it sure sounds like I could have
written it.
I agree, I agree and ummm, I agree.
Except for the part about Blue and Red being Redcoats and Prussian - I
always thought of it as British and French infantry, with the Blues doubling
as British Navy as necessary. For Prussians, I tend to use backpacks,
shakos, white epaulettes, blue pants, and the blue pirate shirt with the red
and white undershirt and brown belt. Maybe you have to be there, but it
looks quite good IMHO.
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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> Except for the part about Blue and Red being Redcoats and Prussian - I
> always thought of it as British and French infantry, with the Blues • doubling
> as British Navy as necessary. For Prussians, I tend to use backpacks,
> shakos, white epaulettes, blue pants, and the blue pirate shirt with the • red
> and white undershirt and brown belt. Maybe you have to be there, but it
> looks quite good IMHO.
Like this http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/prussian.jpg
(And I know they didn't _really_ look like this. So? ;-)
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
> PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
>
> Except for the part about Blue and Red being Redcoats and Prussian - I
> always thought of it as British and French infantry, with the Blues doubling
> as British Navy as necessary. For Prussians, I tend to use backpacks,
> shakos, white epaulettes, blue pants, and the blue pirate shirt with the red
> and white undershirt and brown belt. Maybe you have to be there, but it
> looks quite good IMHO.
>
> Richard
> Still baldly going...
> Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
> PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
Yup, English and French (or aboard Limey ships, officers and marines).
I like your Prussian.
Bruce
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Richard Parsons wrote:
> > Except for the part about Blue and Red being Redcoats and Prussian - I
> > always thought of it as British and French infantry, with the Blues • doubling
> > as British Navy as necessary. For Prussians, I tend to use backpacks,
> > shakos, white epaulettes, blue pants, and the blue pirate shirt with the • red
> > and white undershirt and brown belt. Maybe you have to be there, but it
> > looks quite good IMHO.
>
> Like this http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/prussian.jpg
That actually works out pretty well and looks really nice besides. However,
unless you're talking about field armies, Prussian soldiers are kind of
useless...Hessians, maybe, but not Prussians. I've always considered the
blue Imperials to be French; this is reinforced by the fleur-de-lis on the
flags, a symbol that no other nation used with such prominence.
LFB.
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Except for the part about Blue and Red being Redcoats and Prussian - I
> > always thought of it as British and French infantry, with the Blues • doubling
> > as British Navy as necessary. For Prussians, I tend to use backpacks,
> > shakos, white epaulettes, blue pants, and the blue pirate shirt with the • red
> > and white undershirt and brown belt. Maybe you have to be there, but it
> > looks quite good IMHO.
>
>
> Like this http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/prussian.jpg
>
> (And I know they didn't _really_ look like this. So? ;-)
Looks quite nice, certainly good enough for my Play-dough version of "history
interpreted by Lego". Now I know what to do with all those blue-coat torsos I
have. (Does anyone else find them as common as I do?) Where is the head from?
I haven't seen it before. I'm sure a variety of mustachioed heads, including
the Ice Planet guy and Obi-wan would do as well, though. What might an officer
look like, I wonder?
Heather Patey
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
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Heather Patey wrote
> Where is the head from? I haven't seen it before.
He's a ninja shogun in another life ;-).
There is a quite a trade in heads between my themes. As a general rule, I
like the expressions on heads, rather than the straight smiley (although one
always needs _some_ young and gormless minifigs).
What heads in any theme don't need is stencilled on communications gear. It
just looks a little unusual in Port Block. "Well, umm, its all the rage in
Paris this season, its, well, umm, its jewellery. Its nice isn't it. Isn't
it?"
Richard
Still baldly going...
Speak to the Governor at http://www.hinet.net.au/~guinan/
PI[so,ig+++ pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-)
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In lugnet.pirates, Richard Parsons writes:
> Heather Patey wrote
>
> > Where is the head from? I haven't seen it before.
>
> He's a ninja shogun in another life ;-).
Aha! He seems to have adjusted quite well.
> There is a quite a trade in heads between my themes. As a general rule, I
> like the expressions on heads, rather than the straight smiley (although one
> always needs _some_ young and gormless minifigs).
>
> What heads in any theme don't need is stencilled on communications gear. It
> just looks a little unusual in Port Block. "Well, umm, its all the rage in
> Paris this season, its, well, umm, its jewellery. Its nice isn't it. Isn't
> it?"
Just imagine them on a movie set, I suppose... or maybe that's where they
_think_ they are...
I agree they're limiting. I've heard of some dextrous poeple managing to
remove them, but they've got steadier hands than I. I usually hide microphones
behind hoods and dragon-helms and the like, if I need to.
Heather Patey
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
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