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Historical Discussion / Re: Napoleonic Military Paintings/Sketches/Uniform Plates

« on: February 23, 2016, 10:17:53 pm »

I like how, because of the proportions, it appears that the figure on the far left is wearing leather trousers with woolen stripes instead of woolen trousers with a leather inseam.

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Historical Discussion / Re: Best Dressed Regiment - of Civil War or Napoleonic Wars

« on: February 01, 2016, 05:10:38 pm »

If they were manufactured to pattern, they should have a buckle at the back of the headband to adjust their fit.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: Reenactment Pictures.

« on: December 19, 2015, 06:32:30 pm »

Spoiler

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isn't it awkward to shoulder arms with your bicorne tilted to the right like that? Do you perform the "comme sergent" instead? In the late 18th century it was common for soldiers, especially when it was regulation like for the British, to place the center of the front over the left eye, to accommodate the length of the musket.

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Regiments / Re: 2nd Sibiriskii Grenaderski Guards ★ [NA] ★ Recruiting

« on: September 15, 2015, 02:18:33 am »

Your history section makes no fucking sense.

Good luck.

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Historical Discussion / Re: Bravest thing a common soldier has ever done

« on: September 14, 2015, 11:22:52 pm »

Not really - not in the specific time period he's talking about. Most of Sweden's enemies were content to form a massive and unwieldy line and to hold it stationary and fire until they ran out of bullets, even if they could be outturned or reduced with artillery, while the Swedish Gå–På tactic relied on brief but close fire and swift maneuver to cut these costly engagements as short as possible.

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General Discussion / Re: Voodoo For Grd

« on: August 30, 2015, 04:00:34 pm »

"Guard" is not a rank.

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Historical Discussion / Re: What would you have been?

« on: August 16, 2015, 06:07:14 pm »

Or I'd just be a civilian because female ._.

Дурова, Надежда Андреевна

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News & Announcements / Re: Developer Blog 25 - Face Customization

« on: August 15, 2015, 10:04:31 am »

FSE is a failed state. It must be abolished.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: Let's discuss: Reenacting!

« on: August 09, 2015, 11:11:45 am »

As opposed to a Napoleonic reenactment, which is like watching people play Red Rover.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: Let's discuss: Reenacting!

« on: July 18, 2015, 01:17:03 am »

I didn't choose the Chekist life, the Chekist life chose me.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: Let's discuss: Reenacting!

« on: July 18, 2015, 01:02:42 am »

Rossii*

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Historical Discussion / Re: Where can i finde Prussian Ranks for Napoleonic Era?

« on: July 04, 2015, 05:56:06 pm »

That site is limited to uniforms, and not all ranks were indicated in dress.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/i.hames/officer_corps.htm

Note that Rittmeister and Kapitän are equal, the former is for cavalry and the latter for infantry.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: Let's discuss: Reenacting!

« on: March 26, 2015, 02:31:21 am »

British Rules and Regulations from 1798 actively discourage the use of music for keeping a marching cadence in any circumstance, because it causes confusion along the line. Sound is relative to the observer and marching near hills or buildings is asking for trouble - I remember marching in city parades as a boy scout and hearing two different bands ahead and behind play different pieces on different beats, surrounded by skyscrapers, it was cacophonous to say the least. The manual permits the band to play for raising morale or putting on a jolly old spectacle though.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=I3pSJLInt5MC&pg=PA78

The use of MUSICK or DRUMS to regulate the march is absolutely forbid, as incompatible with the just and combined movements of any considerable body, and giving a false aid to the very smallest -- They never persevere in the ordered time or in any other, are constantly changing measure, create noise, derange the equality of step, and counteract the very end they are supposed to promote. The ordered and cadenced MARCH can be acquired and preserved from the eye and habit alone, and troops must by great practice be so steadied as to be able to maintain it, even though drums, musick, or other circumstances should be offering a different marked time. -- On occasions of parade and show, and when troops are halted, they are properly used and when circumstances do not forbid it, may be sometimes permitted as inspiriting in column of march, where unity of step is not so critically required. But in all movements of manoeuvre whatever, and as at any time directing the cadence of the step or in the instruction of the recruit, officer or battalion they must not be heard

Synchronization was meant to be by eye, not ear. Light is faster than sound after all, and less prone to distortion.

Interestingly, in later additions of the manual, this passage is preserved almost verbatim but is moved to the section about wheeling in file, which makes me wonder about how universally its wisdom was applied.

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Modifications / Re: How do you create a whole new faction?

« on: March 25, 2015, 01:32:29 am »

Warband can support dozens of factions, but the problem is all the memory eaten up by textures for unique uniforms. A whole new faction, if using the same allocation as NW's current factions, would probably crash for most users. If you're clever though you can probably squeeze it in, or even better, reorganize NW's base content so its more efficient.

http://mbmodwiki.ollclan.eu/Adding_new_multiplayer_faction

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In Development / Re: Crimean war (1854-1855) mod. Need help, especially with scripts

« on: March 24, 2015, 04:47:49 am »

Referring to what, the nine militia battalions ("Ruotujakoinen 1-9. Tarkk'ampujapataljoona"), none of which saw battle in the war; or the "Leib-Guard Finland Regiment", which was no longer ethnically Finnish and did not see battle in the war?