BedsnHerts
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Re: Spanish Civil War

Warsaw uprising would be one scenario I'd be really uncomfortable with.

18 years ago
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Re: Spanish Civil War

Indian War of Partition please .... It would be like that Mitchell & Webb sketch about Re-enactors that someone posted... "It's not raci...

18 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

I also think a nice big target painted on it...would look great Target more like a camera thats the only way you yanks would notice it oh come on...

18 years ago
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Re: Spanish Civil War

Might as well do a Korean war game too, and then what about Vietnam, and WW1. Oooh, how about the Japanese invasion of China? Because those are well...

18 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

I think the "after" pics look good. My latest acquisition is a No.4 spike bayonet and frog (what's left of it). Survived 60-odd years inta...

18 years ago
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Re: Spanish Civil War

SCW is part of the whole WWII "story", setting the scene for a lot of what went after and so certainly has a place here. It's also somethin...

18 years ago
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Re: Best way to sew on insignia

I'm talking about the period photos though, not the artists impressions. Higher ranks too (although maybe the RSM didn't give them such a hard time).

18 years ago
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Re: Spanish Civil War

Not sure. Home made flags were used a lot for unit recognition on the revolutionary side. Even that would be v. cool. Good link. Neck-scarves were...

18 years ago
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Re: Spanish Civil War

Hmm... but the odd MG would sway the whole thing. Same problem as in the trenches. Also, we'd need more than 10 people to make it viable.

18 years ago
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Re: Spanish Civil War

So the old generic intel trenchcoat and trilby type outfit is an option lol Fedora, surely? Unless the Abwehr had a kool kat style brigade.

18 years ago
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Re: Spanish Civil War

The Communist / Anarchist side is a lot easier to portray. They used literally anything they could get. EDIT On our third morning in Alcubierre the...

18 years ago
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Re: Best way to sew on insignia

In my pricey-but-surprisingly-uninformative Osprey book on British battle insignia, about a quarter of the period pictures show "wrong" insi...

18 years ago
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Re: Spanish Civil War

I think it's a cool idea. George Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" is a good read and a brilliant reference book which sums up the FUBAR natur...

18 years ago
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Re: Best way to sew on insignia

As with so much in life, it's a case of "know your limitations". I'm cack at sewing and so is the missus - plus I can feel good about contr...

18 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

M36 Greatcoat. Mmmm...garrison-y.

18 years ago
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Re: Best way to sew on insignia

He welcomed me as a valued customer

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