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Re: Which is better-Red or Blue?
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 13 Sep 2002 00:02:55 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Pedro Silva writes:
> > I'll divide my vote: the best sets were those of the guards, the Imperial
> > Trading Post is considerably better than the Eldorado Fortress. BUT I do
> > prefer the blue uniforms...
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> Agreed.
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> > I used to give them blue legs, though - with
> > white legs they look too "french" for my taste ;-)
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> Not so sure about this.... blue legs?
Portuguese Infantry during the Peninsular Wars... ;-)
> White is definitely consistent with French - as would be red and yellow.
Red is OK for the later 19th century (1870), but yellow? Maybe in Africa, I
dunno...
> (I tried using yellow legs, but it just looked like they'd forgotten to put
> their pants on!).
What about with white or blue hips, and yellow legs? Does it work?
> "Too french"? ROFL!
Well, huh... yes! :-)
> > The Armada sets had potential: had they been released at the exact same time
> > as the islanders, and they could have been named "Conquistadores" to form
> > their own theme.
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> I like combining Armada helms with traditional knightly armour for that
> proper conquistador look.
The breastplates are very small... if they had the same look as the ones
from castle, it would be much better (IMO).
Pedro
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| (...) 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)
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| | Re: Which is better-Red or Blue?
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| (...) 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)
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