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Offline Arteis

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The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« on: September 08, 2020, 09:56:44 AM »
Surely the Hanoverian Freytag Jägers wore one of the most boring uniforms of the mid-18th century!

Plain green coats, with green turn-backs and cuffs, the only hint of ‘colour’ a single white strap on the left shoulder; buff breeches and gaiters; and plain hats with no trim and just a green cockade.

And just because of that, they’ll no doubt fight much better on the table-top than any of their much more gorgeously costumed comrades in my armies!





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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2020, 10:04:48 AM »
I can't say I agree. Green is a nice colour, and it suits them fine. They were trend-setters. Ahead of their time. Everyone and their dog dresses in green these days. Back then it was the vanguard of military fashion. :)


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Offline juergen c. olk

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2020, 11:30:15 AM »
Austrian white...Yaaawn...

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2020, 12:20:39 PM »
Jacobite humblies. White shirt and an improvised weapon, in the age of Bach and Mozart!? I mean, dammitall!
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Offline tom_aargau

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2020, 03:40:42 PM »
Prussian Reserve...
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Offline FierceKitty

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2020, 01:11:25 AM »
Prussian Reserve...


A novel reading of "18th century".

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2020, 07:28:16 AM »
Actually, the green and brown is quite fetching. I remember as a child having one of those (possibly Blandford?) tomes on Uniforms of the World and there was an illustration of a Green Mountain Boy from the AWI, whose very similar uniform seemed both sensible and appealing.

That said I have spent much of my spare time over the past few months painting figures for Vietnam and I have to say after a while 50 shades of olive green starts to stale. I keep having to find more colourful diversions to keep me going.
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Offline Moriarty

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2020, 03:33:14 PM »
I’d go for anything British. ‘Let’s have a nice red coat. Then layer an improbable number of straps, cuffs & other impedimentia, just to hide it!’.

Offline AdamPHayes

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2020, 11:05:05 PM »
Actual 18th C. Prussians. Boring blue coats, teeny cuffs and fiddly lace. Lucky they were so good or they would have been a laughing stock.

Offline Baron von Wreckedoften

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2020, 12:03:31 PM »
Jacobite humblies. White shirt and an improvised weapon, in the age of Bach and Mozart!? I mean, dammitall!

The old (auld) "re-enactor in a nightie and tartan car-rug" look?  Not the MOST boring I would have said - indeed, can be quite entertaining on a windy day.
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Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2020, 02:29:28 PM »
I think it also depends on the size of the figures. What might look boring in larger scales may make a great impression all ranked up in smaller scales and vice versa.

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2020, 11:58:32 PM »
The old (auld) "re-enactor in a nightie and tartan car-rug" look?  Not the MOST boring I would have said - indeed, can be quite entertaining on a windy day.

 lol   I'm a nudist, so a bit jaded on the subject of accidental revelations!

Offline Baron von Wreckedoften

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2020, 10:59:24 AM »
Yes, but I rather suspect you are not trying to keep your clothes from flying about whilst carrying: a targe, a dirk, a broadsword, one or more throwing pistols, and possibly a polearm or musket.

(If you are, then kudos to you - that's one tough nudist colony!)

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2020, 07:57:08 PM »
My vote goes to Swedish artillery.  They wore blue.  Just blue.  Not even a scrap of hat-lace to break up the monotony.
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Offline FierceKitty

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Re: The most boring uniform of the 18th century?
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2020, 03:43:17 AM »
Yes, but I rather suspect you are not trying to keep your clothes from flying about whilst carrying: a targe, a dirk, a broadsword, one or more throwing pistols, and possibly a polearm or musket.

(If you are, then kudos to you - that's one tough nudist colony!)

You have a point.

 

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