To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.piratesOpen lugnet.pirates in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Pirates / 149
148  |  150
Subject: 
Re: Prussian
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.pirates
Date: 
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:28:02 GMT
Viewed: 
3108 times
  
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 :-)



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Prussian
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
  Re: Prussian
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond
 
Richard Marchetti wrote (...) how (...) alone (...) this (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

22 Messages in This Thread:










Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR