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The Lounge => Historical Discussion => Topic started by: Moldplayer on July 24, 2014, 07:44:59 am

Title: Uniform Plates
Post by: Moldplayer on July 24, 2014, 07:44:59 am

So I have been looking at the mont saint jean site (http://centjours.mont-saint-jean.com/) showing detailed drawings of the uniforms during the Hundred Days. It is a fine site however it only represents one part of the Napoleonic wars and I was wondering if there are any other sites of similar or better quality. So kindly link said sites if any exist.

Title: Re: Uniform Plates
Post by: Antoine de Lasalle on July 24, 2014, 07:47:24 am

Quote from: Moldplayer on July 24, 2014, 07:44:59 am

So I have been looking at the mont saint jean site (http://centjours.mont-saint-jean.com/) showing detailed drawings of the uniforms during the Hundred Days. It is a fine site however it only represents one part of the Napoleonic wars and I was wondering if there are any other sites of similar or better quality. So kindly link said sites if any exist.

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Title: Re: Uniform Plates
Post by: Millander on July 24, 2014, 09:15:27 am

To m understanding thats the only site I've seen in that format

Title: Re: Uniform Plates
Post by: Donner on July 25, 2014, 11:27:09 pm

Try these

http://www.klittich-pfankuch.de/inter%2013.htm

http://www.uniformen.napoleon-online.de/index.php?/category/1

http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/adjutant.html

They are german, but with a little bit language knowledge it shouldn't be too bad :)

Title: Re: Uniform Plates
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 25, 2014, 11:49:09 pm

There's also some for the ACW, War of 1812 and Mexican American War.

Go to the links section of Mont Saint Jean.

Title: Re: Uniform Plates
Post by: Frederik on August 24, 2014, 02:44:32 pm

on http://empire.histofig.com/-Armees-et-Uniformes-.html (http://empire.histofig.com/-Armees-et-Uniformes-.html) you can find some good plates for different nations, but ist on French and only some articles are english.

Title: Re: Uniform Plates
Post by: Mr. Kochi on August 24, 2014, 08:25:46 pm

You know, we could try and make our own uniform plates using Mont St Jean's as base. Could be very useful for anyone trying to make skins.

And it wouldn't be too hard if many of us work on them, considering a lot are already done.

Title: Re: Uniform Plates
Post by: Raddeo on August 25, 2014, 03:47:15 pm

Here you can find over 31 thousands of images from Vinkhuijzen collection http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgtitle_tree.cfm?title_id=269277&level=1&tword= (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgtitle_tree.cfm?title_id=269277&level=1&tword=)
And it's also good idea to check whole http://digitalgallery.nypl.org (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org) gallery.
Another site is  http://warfare.uphero.com/index.htm (http://warfare.uphero.com/index.htm)
For French units you can look at http://members.upnaway.com/~obees/soldiers/nap_uniforms/cframe.html
But in most cases you should look for specific country or unit. There are plenty of books and websites about units of only one faction. For example for Polish units you should look at Biblioteka Barwy i Broni (http://napoleon.org.pl/) and books like "Wojsko Księstwa Warszawskiego" by Ryszard Morawski and "Wojsko polskie. Księstwo Warszawskie 1807-1814." by Bronisław Gembarzewski. I'm pretty sure that you can find a lot of similar sources for any country. Moreover, informations in books are often more reliable and more detailed. But you can't just sit and say "I want to know everything", you have to find them one by one ;)