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Originally posted by FlatTop:
For those with the 76th patch in their signature blocks.
I wanted to make use of all that space to the right of the patch, so I put together a recruiting poster



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Originally posted by Quandom
We are a bandd of KNOWLEDGEABLE brothers, that much is evident.

Also, for the exact location of CSA butternet pants with optional infantry Sargeant's strip, see

http://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg14.htm

amd find the text
"STANDARD INFANTRY TROUSERS"

and for the NCO stripe, the text
"STRIPE OR PIPING "

'butternet' is extra (!!) so the cost of butter NCO all wool pants with the regulation 1" wide stripe will be $ $125. (65+30+30) - and you'll have to wear drawers underneath or your legs will itch!

Turning back to organization;
Given that Independents would be raised local to a particular location, I'd expect that you would first see sharpshooter detachments first organized informally within the batallion (regiment) and then gathered within the brigade, which is what happens in the Army of Northern Virginia. In contrast, the US service had two entirely independent batallions of United States Sharp Shooters (USSS) with special uniforms (dark green with black rubber buttons) and weapons (Sharps breech loading rifles).

So, let us suppose the 76th is an element of the 57th Brigade. The sharpshooters might be cathered into a 'converged' battalion during an engaement, then returned to their parent battalions.

I'd also note that unlike current practice, the Indy batallions have their own identity - they are 1/57, but more like the regiments in a Civil War brigade. As you all may remember, all regiments in a CS brigade would nearly always be from the same 'state' - I suppose that would be analagous to 'planet' in our 'Verse.

I'd speculate that the Alliance would be much more like the US army of WWII - 'vanilla legions'.
Indies are 'fire and manuever',
Alies are 'mass and blast'
et al.

This is way too much fun and is keeping me from work.

Oh well, another time consuming vice is born.

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Originally posted by Tristan:
Morning, Canter!
T-shirts...now that would be a shiny idea! Anyone in here know anything about printing up t-shirts?

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Originally posted by DocJubal:

SHINY. I believe we have a Volunteer who already has one of these. Spiffin'... I conjure that the robust lines of the SL8 would allow a devoted propmaker to build a hefty "anti-tank rifle" by attaching an oversized barrel to the frame. Next best thing to a bazooka!

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Originally posted by quandom:

Second - now that we are considering what appears to be Anti Tank Rifles - pretty much what the Russians used in the bulk of WWII - have we considered the equivalent of sticky bombs or satchel charges? I have seen an inexpensive item for Painball. It is all of black nylon, with holders for 4 of the refill tubes. I would imagine with a little paint and filling the tubes with resin for weight, we'd have either sticky bombs or things that look like projectiles for the ATR.

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... ...have we considered the equivalent of sticky bombs or satchel charges? ...

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As the resident demo man, I'd already been planning on a few satchel charges and the like, since it'll be easier to carry heaps of "stuff that goes boom" and various casings/wrappings (each used as the circumstances warrant), rather than a a multitude of devices that each have a singe function (although I may do that as well). ...

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Nice thinking all the way around.

A gentle reminder here, fellow volunteers. Atlanta is an extraordinarily constume-friendly environment. (In Baltimore, the police would never let the parade happen, because of all the prop firearms; it's all but killed costuming at the Games Workshop tournament weekends there. In the NW, many of the ConComs, such as OryCon, are "weapons free" cons, and that's all she wrote.) Still; it'd be kindly not to give the DragonCon staff, or the Atlanta PD, fits. If you're kitbashing a sniper rifle, LMG, ATR, *make sure the business end has an orange barrel plug* for the parade. I think it'd be OK to make it removable for photo-ops later on, but make sure you HAVE one. Demolition teams are probably better served with satchel charges and the like than plastic "pineapple" grenade props hanging on a harness -- though one or two, discreetly tucked in a pocket for photo ops, probably does no harm.

Tristan, if you have other thoughts on weapons policy for the Battalion, chime right in -- these are only "lessons learned" from a few... ahem, from a bit of costuming and propmaking.

We live in a world that's anxious about arms... faux or no. Let's not wear our welcome thin.

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Originally posted by magdalena:
Always happy to oblige Naughtyman... tell me, why do they call you... oh never mind!

Magdalena,I reckon that'll give you something to ponder on 'till we march! ;)

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Originally posted by babywiththepower:

I can't remember who brought up shirts, but that's a great idea. Maybe we can all come up with a design and send it ioff to someone to make it. The only experience I've ever had with making shirts is with cafe press.

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