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Re: Bayonet Pictures!
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Sat, 21 Apr 2001 16:54:37 GMT
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In lugnet.western, Jon Furman writes:
Greg, • .......
A real confederate artillery would have red kepi's, do you guys think the
pirate bandana would look too cheesy?

LMKWYT!     Jon


Hey Everybody,
   The Confederate artillery doesn't necessarily have to have red kepi's.
They can have any color hat really, but they do have some sort of red
marking on them.  Some wore a red band around a grey kepi, or around a grey
or brown "cowboy" style hat.  There were so many style uniforms and hats in
the Confederate army it is very difficult to try and model them all for a
LEGO army.  I love the pictures though everybody.  I am trying to build my
army up now.  I have around 30 Union soldiers and 14 Confederates.  Didn't
mean to step on anybody's toes, just thought I would post what I know.  Here
is a link for a Confederate reenactment artillery group:
http://home.kc.rr.com/collinsbattery/uniform.html
The page lists uniform requirments.

Peace Love LEGO,

Nate



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(...) Thanks for the info Nate. What you said about the variety of uniforms used by the Confederate army is one reason why I'm not obsessed with trying to recreate any truly authentic LEGO look-alikes. I think having the grey kepi and torso is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.western)

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Greg, I think your pics are sweet, I was out of the country so I missed them the first time. What do you do with all of the left over Rock raider parts? The heads are useless, except the scowling bearded guy, because they've got mic's on their (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.western)

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