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Red Stanley and the Gang (Red Sveta) vs. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (Answer_is_42)

Red Stanley and the Gang (Red Sveta)
170 (68.8%)
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (Answer_is_42)
77 (31.2%)

Total Members Voted: 244

Voting closed: March 29, 2010, 12:25:15 AM

Author Topic: Round 5 - Red Stanley and the Gang vs. The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders  (Read 3321 times)

Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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Offline Will Bailie

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Nice job on the Cameron tartan! (but shouldn't the facings be blue for the Queen's Own?)

Offline Mr.Marx

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Very Nice Highlanders there '42! How did you do their skirts  >:D?

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How did you do their skirts 

Skirts!!  lol lol lol lol
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Very Nice Highlanders there '42! How did you do their skirts  >:D?

Skirts!!  lol lol lol lol
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Offline answer_is_42

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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.

Very Nice Highlanders there '42! How did you do their skirts  >:D?
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Offline gamer Mac

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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 ???

Offline Will Bailie

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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.

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« Last Edit: March 22, 2010, 05:47:16 PM by Will Bailie »

 

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