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by Patrice
Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:01 pm
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: PAW 2025 Invasion of Cuba 1762
Replies: 11
Views: 64361

Re: PAW 2025 Invasion of Cuba 1762

Very impressive!
by Patrice
Fri Jan 31, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Identifying the enemy.
Replies: 9
Views: 4685

Re: Identifying the enemy.

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 11:36 amforgetting that they were using the hand that had the match cord entwined around the fingers.....
Nearly happened to me a couple of times in medieval re-enactments.
by Patrice
Tue Jan 28, 2025 7:00 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Identifying the enemy.
Replies: 9
Views: 4685

Re: Identifying the enemy.

Arms & formations were basically the same. Your enemy could be wearing the same colour coat as you, he might speak the same language as you & unit flags weren't necessarily very different from the other sides. It happens in civil wars. They are so untidy... AFAIK there aren't many "fri...
by Patrice
Tue Jan 28, 2025 6:53 pm
Forum: The Gallery
Topic: Dunoon - ECW game
Replies: 17
Views: 11803

Re: Dunoon - ECW game

Beautiful!
by Patrice
Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:17 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Just an observation
Replies: 11
Views: 5446

Re: Just an observation

Nice point about woollen garments, Patrice. I am currently re-reading the O'Brien opus for the X time & poor Killick, the steward, is constantly cleaning and repairing the broadcloth uniform coats The same uniform may look very different depending on the situation. That's me (about 20 years ago...
by Patrice
Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:56 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Just an observation
Replies: 11
Views: 5446

Re: Just an observation

I think I'm correct in saying in our hobby, SYW troops are rarely shown in 'campaign dress', which logically can't be correct in reality? I don't see what 'campaign dress' in the SYW could be? In the early 18th C. the military fashion was very similar to the civilian one except for facings which ha...
by Patrice
Wed Dec 25, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Yuletide felicitations to one and all.
Replies: 28
Views: 11871

Re: Yuletide felicitations to one and all.

The first time a female police officer (at Portsmouth ferry harbour) asked me “did you pack everything yourself?“ I said “what?“ I had no idea what she was talking about.

Merry Christmas.
by Patrice
Fri Dec 20, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Death in Venice (Ayton 2025)
Replies: 21
Views: 16361

Re: Death in Venice (Ayton 2025)

Fascinating project!
We'll be happy to see the AAR. :)
by Patrice
Wed Aug 07, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: Loose Wargames
Topic: Invasion of Cuba 1762
Replies: 19
Views: 11462

Re: Invasion of Cuba 1762

Simple and effective table. :)
by Patrice
Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Wargames Wittering
Topic: Dust
Replies: 7
Views: 1487

Re: Dust

Khaki (and greenish) dyes before the 20th century were rather unstable I think, after some time under the sun they could fade, or change (they often were a mix of two or three different colours which could evolve differently). BTW when playing Sudan skirmishes with my gaming group we found practical...