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Re: Rainbow warriors
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:25:41 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Pedro Silva writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Richie Dulin writes:
> > Ahoy,
> >
> > Following my Spanish, Austrian and Brunswicker infantry (green, dark grey
> > and black respectively), I'm wondering what other colours could be used for
> > vaguely accurate 18th-19th century soldiers.
> >
> > I think that light grey (Belgian IIRC) and white (French, when they couldn't
> > source blue dye) are definite starters. (All those light grey HP torsos are
> > going to waste at the moment!).
> >
> > What other colours - Yellow (Royalist French?), Orange (Dutch?), Tan, Brown
> > - would be candidates?
>
> #1 - Portuguese "Caçadores" (Chasseurs) in the napoleonic wars, brown
> uniform (lots of possible colour variations for trousers). The Contemporary
> Portuguese army featured such a vast number of colour combinations that
> you're likely to find some that can fit in. The Dragoons had a white torso
> and red trousers, for instance, like modern Brazilian cerimonial guard.
>
> #2 - Spanish "Guarda Mora" (Moor guards), a cavalry regiment from former
> Spanish Morroco (used as late as the Spanish Civil war!). They are dressed
> in white IIRC with LONG white capes - dunno the timing for its formation,
> though :-(
Thanks for those. It looks like I'll have to find some more horses and
saddles, as all the unusual uniforms seem to worn by cavalry units.
> And another one, to which I have no answer: how were the uniforms of the
> Papal States (not the same as the Vatican) in the 19th century? Any chance
> they were yellow?
Good suggestion! I've subsequently found a pic of yellow coated Spanish
cavalry as well.
Cheers
Richie
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| (...) #1 - Portuguese "Caçadores" (Chasseurs) in the napoleonic wars, brown uniform (lots of possible colour variations for trousers). The Contemporary Portuguese army featured such a vast number of colour combinations that you're likely to find (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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