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Re: Rifles!
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 17 Jan 2003 00:46:42 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Kenneth Tam writes:
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> http://members.rogers.com/brickleyscove/Rifles.htm
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> Not a very distinguished lot, and the first unit of any sort to appear on
> that *very* embryonic website of mine -- but a start, nonetheless. And a
> good way to get rid of green torsos without having to worry about the
> mismatch in greens that my printer consistently gives me. Ahh, the faded
> uniforms defense...
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> I built enough to exhaust my supply of shakos, and nine seems an appropriate
> number considering the famed (Sharpe) character of chosen men. Unfortunately
> the pictures aren't clear enough to show the designed-on patches and dirt --
> but trust me, they look the scruffy part!
Nice work! The torsos certainly look the part. I like the way they stand
around looking tough, rather than lining up in neat formation.
Those rifles do look a bit advanced. I wouldn't like to be in the sights of
one of them with only a musket to shoot back with...
> Well, next up will be the Fusilliers of the 4th Regiment... whenever I get
> time to put them in front of a camera...
I'm looking forward to seeing them.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) Yeah... between the Foot Guards and the Fusillers I've sucked up all of my muskets! I thought I had more, but chances are they're in a case in a box left stored after we last moved house. (...) Hmm... we'll have to call them out sooner than (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Well if there were any soldiers anywhere in the early 1800s who could hope to survive an encounter with Richie Dulin's Highlanders, it had to be the likes of these. Yes, the much-famed greenjackets, complete with 'high-tech' Baker rifles and faded (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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