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Offline Galloping Major

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2012, 03:16:48 PM »


Offline ZuluPaul

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2012, 03:23:32 PM »
Vey nice, they aren't confused.. just got back from liberty! lol

Offline axabrax

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2012, 03:57:41 PM »
Fantastic. Really well done!

Offline Fanis

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2012, 04:39:27 PM »
Fab job there Sir.

Oh just think a Naval Landing Party for Heart of Africa/DitDC [ no no .. stop it]

Oooh! Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on!!!!  :D


For "in the heart of africa" it's just 4 bands of 6 men each. Add a regular Leader for 28 points and you have a nice and round 700 points force! And for variety you can have a machine gun or a standard bearer. The basic force is only 28 figures!! Go ooooooooooooooooon! lol

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2012, 07:23:30 PM »
Face it guys.
That's how the navy does close order drill. :o lol
They are really nicely painted.
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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2012, 10:48:14 PM »
Great figures, the blue is very nice indeed  :-* :-*

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Offline Fanis

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2012, 01:36:51 AM »
Lads I need to paint another 12 of the Copplestone sailors (this time not in sennet hats http://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/images/afu3.jpg ) and I was wondering if they wore any other uniform other than the all blue I modelled above.

I am mainly wondering because I saw a pic of some naval lads managing a machine gun in the zulu war and they were in white tops.

Thank you.


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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2012, 01:56:51 AM »
My research led me to the understanding that there was massive variety in Royal Navy uniforms throughout the 1800's. I've seen pics of blue tops with white trousers, all blue, etc. Landing parties from two ships would look different.

I don't think I've seen all white in the 1800's though.

I may be wrong, I'm away from the books. And great painting by the way!
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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2012, 07:39:47 AM »
I don't think I've seen all white in the 1800's though.

Yes you have.  :)



Also, the four ships that sent detachments to the Zulu War each sent their men in different combinations of the blue and the white uniforms. The ones from Boadicea were clad nearly all in white (they wore their blue hats). Whether the men wore their blues, tropical whites, or a mix seems to have been entirely left to the whim of the captain. While each of the four detachments in Zululand dressed differently, within each detachment everybody dressed the same. So in that case at least, it wasn't left to individual sailors to decide.

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Offline Fanis

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2012, 07:59:41 AM »
Cheers lads. The rules call for 6-man detachments and since I have already painted the first two all in blue I will consider painting the other two in a mix of white and blue.

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #25 on: April 16, 2012, 12:22:29 PM »
Yes you have.  :)

I need to save that picture, and make the boat as penance for having forgotten it.

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #26 on: April 16, 2012, 02:50:25 PM »
While we're talking sailors. What's the word on having units with mixed headwear? I've been buying Copplestone sailors here and there when the price is right, so I have mix of caps and straw hats.

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #27 on: April 16, 2012, 03:07:43 PM »
While we're talking sailors. What's the word on having units with mixed headwear? I've been buying Copplestone sailors here and there when the price is right, so I have mix of caps and straw hats.


In the Zulu War the naval detachments were uniformly dressed within each detachment. If I may quote myself on another thread it broke down by ship like this:

Active: Blue jumpers, white trousers, white caps.
Tenedos: Blue jumpers, blue trousers, blue caps.
Boadicea: White jumpers, white trousers, blue caps.
Shah: Blue jumpers, blue trousers, straw hats.

If you were to follow the Zulu War example then, it would be best to keep the different headgear in separate units and say they are from different vessels. I'm not saying it was always done like that. Can't say for certain it was. But illustrations from the time (such as Egypt 1882) do show uniformity among the ratings (though the officers seem to have worn caps or sun helmets as they pleased).

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Re: Some finished Copplestone sailors
« Reply #28 on: April 17, 2012, 05:23:23 PM »
Plynkes and the good Dr. Mathias that's really nice to know if I ever get some sailors.  I have way to many figures already don't know if I can rationlize more.  I will find a way to though. 

 

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