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Title: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 21 March 2010, 11:25:15 PM
(http://leadadventureforum.com/images/lpl/s04/r05/10_Red_Sveta_Red_Stanley_and_the_Gang.jpg)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/images/lpl/s04/r05/31_Answer_is_42_The_Queens_Own_Cameron_Highlanders.jpg)
Title: Re: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Post by: Will Bailie on 22 March 2010, 08:30:09 AM
Nice job on the Cameron tartan! (but shouldn't the facings be blue for the Queen's Own?)
Title: Re: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Post by: Mr.Marx on 22 March 2010, 01:37:12 PM
Very Nice Highlanders there '42! How did you do their skirts  >:D?
Title: Re: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Post by: Sterling Moose on 22 March 2010, 02:13:45 PM
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How did you do their skirts 

Skirts!!  lol lol lol lol
Title: Re: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Post by: Overlord on 22 March 2010, 02:16:34 PM
Quote from: Mr.Marx on 22 March 2010, 01:37:12 PM
Very Nice Highlanders there '42! How did you do their skirts  >:D?

Quote from: Sterling Moose on 22 March 2010, 02:13:45 PM
Skirts!!  lol lol lol lol
gamer Mac will be along shortly to sort you out......in a Glasgow kiss kind of way.... :D
Title: Re: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Post by: answer_is_42 on 22 March 2010, 03:29:41 PM
Quote from: Will Bailie on 22 March 2010, 08:30:09 AM
Nice job on the Cameron tartan! (but shouldn't the facings be blue for the Queen's Own?)
Drat! Foiled!
You're probably right, but I only realised this after painting them.

Quote from: Mr.Marx on 22 March 2010, 01:37:12 PM
Very Nice Highlanders there '42! How did you do their skirts  >:D?
With a very thin brush, and much foul language.
Title: Re: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Post by: gamer Mac on 22 March 2010, 05:21:12 PM
Quote from: Sterling Moose on 22 March 2010, 02:13:45 PM
Skirts!!  lol lol lol lol
I don't think I will even mention that  :-X
As for the facings I am no expert but I looked into it a bit when I was painting mine and the Perry's site said that the facings on the Scottish regiments were yellow ???
Title: Re: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Post by: Will Bailie on 22 March 2010, 05:45:36 PM
They look fantastic, and I could never do such a good job.

For facings, the 79th Highlanders had green facings, but when the regiment became the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders they got blue facings.  IIRC, Cardwell reforms of 1881 generally assigned white facings to English and Welsh regiments, yellow to the Scottish ones and green to the Irish, blue to the "royal" regiments (ie, if the title of the regiment was Royal (name), King's Own or Queen's Own).  There were of course exceptions.

But as I usually mock the button counters, I now feel dirty for becoming one myself...