Zouaves

[kingsmt]

Here are two different Zouave units painted by John Bryant with Flag Dude flags. I must admit that the flags really dress these units up.
I'm about halfway through the basing process. I forget what regiments they are. I have it in one of John's emails.

[bulldogger2000]

Pardon me for asking...but I have seen the same thing on others figures...exactly how long were color staffs on average in the ACW?  Scale wise these look to be about 20 foot long.  I keep mine scaled to about 12.  Am I cutting them to short?

[kingsmt]

Honestly, I have no idea. The flags were attached when I got them.

[bulldogger2000]

You got me thinking and I had to look it up... . Regulation dimensions for the colors was 6' on the hoist and 6'6" on the fly.  Although some variation existed 9'10" pike was regulation length...when...now I feel better!  LOL

[Sterling Moose]

Nice figures and I love Rick's flags too.

Ref dimensions what is 'hoist' and ' fly'?

I'm having the same issue with British flags of the period.  With the butt of the pole on the ground I'm thinking that the bottom of the flag starts 6 feet up, so figure wise would just be above head height on the figure.  Thoughts?

[skip]

i would go for what looks right, the bottom of the flag being at least an inch above the models head as not to obscure the figure

brian

[bulldogger2000]

"Hoist" refers to the Vertical
"Fly" refers to the Horizontal

[has.been]

The flag poles are, in my opinion, too long. Some 15 years in the Sealed Knot (ECW re-enactment) and every time our regiment was photographed you could only see the Ensign (Dereck I do mean you) as the flag would be fluttering across the faces of the rest of us.

[Jabba]

Great figures, as to the length of the colour pike not sure about this period but Napoleonic British were 9 feet ten inches including the ferrule for a colour that had a fly of 6 feet 6 inches and a hoist of 6 feet.

Tony

[fastolfrus]

No matter how thin the flag, you find a huge drag on the cloth in any breeze.
The longer the staff, the harder it is to control.
An 8 or 9 foot staff can be managed single handed if there is no breeze, but if you go for a longer pole - anything above 10 feet - and it gets tricky. Also, longer poles bend (and can break) if it gets really windy.

But lovely looking figures. Nicely painted and based.