Chris/Michael My bad. I knew that. Brain cramp. and, not to be pedantic, but nobody really would compare any Bavarian blue to Prussian blue; doubtless the...
Michael: Prussian blue is a very, very dark blue - almost black in the right light and much darker than French blue, which is a mid-range shade close to what...
A query to the group. In pursuit of my interest in famous duff armies, I am painting up some 15 mm Russian and Turkish troops from the 1877 Russo-Turkish War....
Off the top of my head: I have seen a flag of a different pattern in a booklet on this war by (I believe) Ray Lucas, available at "On Military Matters." I...
Thanks! Now I have a source to check. (And, as noted, the Russians are always phasing things in or out - and usually about five years off schedule!) MJR...
Actually, I have come across a letter a SYW Prussian General wrote to his aide. He chides his aide for mistaking Prussian Uniforms for Bavarians.......
Chris von Fahnestock
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May 1, 2003 10:14 pm
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The Russians had just converted to quite ornate Icon style flags. I have come across some references, but not many. Chris...
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Chris : Apparently a fairly common problem pre-modern fabric/dyes/dry cleaning. The Union had a similar problem in the ACW, with the "light blue" trousers...
... blue to Prussian blue; doubtless the former will be much lighter in any context. From standard uniform references, I had always expected Bavarian uniforms...
... I am painting up some 15 mm Russian and Turkish troops from the 1877 Russo-Turkish War. Although uniform information is easy to find, I have not been able...
Oh, and I failed to mention another diary I read. There was a junior Prussian Officer who was really upset when he proudly wore his brand new tailored uniform...
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Yes - as to Bavarian kornblau, in `Franco-Prussian War', a series of articles by Stuart Sutherland in Airfix magazine (July 1977), from researches at the...
An interesting thread. I have seen such uniforms out of the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt and I would describe the color as a medium blue. That of course...
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Bill, Please Email me at hmgs1@... offline. I need to get you in touch with Bruce Weigel of 1870 Rules Set fame. He tried to go direct, but his Emails to...
Hey, in that getting in touch catagory... does anyone out there know where Tim LaGoy now lives? I need to get in touch with him. Last I knew, he was in...
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Michael Rieder "after a few washes?" my, what a special army, unrelated to most I've encountered but seriously, the light blue of the Prussian gun carriages...
Well, for what it's worth, I have a 15" tall ceramic figurine of a Bavarian infantry ensign (Fahnrich?), from what I would guess is the 1770s-80s. Very close...
In a message dated 05/02/2003 7:41:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Wow, hey Bill I knew there was something different about you. Uhhh. could you share the...
Ahem. Know that time machine I've always talked about being down for parts (told my wife we should have gotten two). Well, I got it fixed!!! Sooooooooooo, I'm...
Michael, The British War Office published several books in the late 19th Century covering the armed forces of other nations. The 1881 edition of THE ARMED...
... Bill Were they original uniforms or replicas? If originals, had they been subjected to wear and tear before being ?hermetically? sealed in glass cases? ...
Michael: Apparently the problem of unstable dyes was fairly common - to the point that some units only rarely or never washed their dress uniforms. Also, the ...
Replicas, colored with the orginal vegitable dyes per 19th century technique, then sealed. The curator indicated that these replicas were likely as close to...
Point taken, but I again wonder if there is an issue of semantics here. Thus is what we call today royal blue actually equivelent to light blue to the 19th...
My problem with this dark blue almost black and dark green almost black and blue gray almost black is the following: Who in the hell wants their minis nearly...
Hi, No flames from me, I paint my figures because of the parade ground uniforms not because of the campaign one's. But I also have to say that it's fun to read...
I plead guilty to Greg's points 2 & 3. But also paint campaign uniforms for the rest and use horse bred colours from the nations depicted. In my humble...
