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    Re: Which is better-Red or Blue? —Richie Dulin
   (...) Agreed. (...) Not so sure about this.... blue legs? White is definitely consistent with French - as would be red and yellow. (I tried using yellow legs, but it just looked like they'd forgotten to put their pants on!). "Too french"? ROFL! (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Which is better-Red or Blue? —Pedro Silva
   (...) Portuguese Infantry during the Peninsular Wars... ;-) (...) Red is OK for the later 19th century (1870), but yellow? Maybe in Africa, I dunno... (...) What about with white or blue hips, and yellow legs? Does it work? (...) Well, huh... yes! (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Which is better-Red or Blue? —Richie Dulin
   (...) Or, indeed (after a little googling), Napoleonic French light infantry ;-) (...) I'll have to get back to you on that one (google was not my friend for yellow pants!). I recall seeing French soldiers in yellow pants in the (2000?) French movie (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Which is better-Red or Blue? —Pedro Silva
   (...) Those too. Actually, I don't use them as Napoleonic Infantry, I tend to use them as Soldiers from the Portuguese Civil War (1826-1834). These are the Constitutionalists, the Absolutist army should be predominantly brown. However, since my city (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Which is better-Red or Blue? —Richie Dulin
   (...) Sounds about right! Actually, I'm getting over the shock of seeing a local production of Les Miserable last Friday night.... the guards at Toulon, the soldiers wandering the red light district of Montreuil-su-Mer and the Sergeant of Waterloo (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.pirates)
 

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