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Flippin' excellent!

Who doesn't love a parade?

(Apart from the Parade Adj, obviously)

I'll give it some thought! Here's a central motif for the British version; the King's travelling commode, no frills or fripperies (or hard to clean fabric); just well varnished and easy to clean on campaign (not by the King himself, obviously; another job for the Groom). :-) This is getting very si...

The 1st Sanitary Troop of His Majesty's Lifeguards (Groom of the Stool's Own) (Rochford's) until 1760, then (Bute's): Red coats (shown as brown in some sources - possibly 'campaign' wear?). Facings, linings, small-clothes and horse-furniture in Isabelline. Gold metal. Livery lace white with brown ce...

La Regiment de Cavallerie de Chambre (Dominique Guillaume Lebel): Brown coats and horse furniture (obvs). Facings and linings in Isabelline (the colour of Infanta Isabella of Spain's grundies at the end of the Siege of Ostend (1601-1604). Metal colour gold (silver would tarnish too easily). Royal Li...

Wonderful units! :-) Wish I had the time and energy to do some British cavalry standards - but hopefully I will eventually... Cheers, David. Well you did the speculative guidons for the Legion Britannique; that's 99% of the work done for most of 'em! As you've said though, it's a lot of work for so...

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 1:08 pm

RMD wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 11:58 pm I'd ask you to do a standard for the Groom of the Stool's Own, but of course, that would be ridiculous; everyone knows that they didn't have standards...

Thank you folks, and yes, he is here all week. We can't even give the bastard away......

Eyethangyew... Try the veal.

Wonderful units! :-) Wish I had the time and energy to do some British cavalry standards - but hopefully I will eventually... Cheers, David. Well you did the speculative guidons for the Legion Britannique; that's 99% of the work done for most of 'em! As you've said though, it's a lot of work for so...

Thanks fellas!

The Von Biehnflicken Fusiliers.

Spanner wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 9:59 pm

RMD wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 5:19 pm And it's the 2nd Company who were 'The Blowflies'. The 1st Company were 'The Groom of the Stool's Own'.

How do you keep track of all those facts?

I'm full of shit facts.