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Orcs in the Hills
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Go Back to the Last Article - Continue on to the Next Article An informative article about painting Imperial Elf Army Non-Commissioned
Officer Infantry Insignia and Other Such Service Distinctions in Flintloque. Uniformation is to be a regular column in Orcs in the Hills to give readers some assistance on how to paint thier miniatures. By this we don't mean how to shade, wash and drybrush your figures. Painting guides covering these topics have been done to death. No, what Uniformation will do is cover what colours to paint your figures. What rank insignia to paint on thier sleeves etc. Now Flintloque is a fantasy game and as such anything goes. If you want to ignore all what follows and do your own thing fine. You are not wrong to do so and anyone that tells you otherwise is a prat! However bearing in mind that all the figures released under the Flintloque label are equipped in a similar fashion to historical Napoleonic troops and thier uniforms are distinctly similar to these troops, then you may well want to paint them up in a simialr fashion. Neither would you would be wrong to do so and anyone that tells you otherwise is a prat! What follows are some helpers if you choose the latter option. Now bearing in mind the uniforms the Flintloque figures are sculpted in are not 100% correct when compared to Napoleonic issue, some of what we say here may not be 100% correct either (we may well tailor it to fit the mythos). If a historical gamer takes a look at your Elven Voltigeurs and then tells you that your collar trims are the wrong colour, then look him in the eye and tell him he is a prat as Napoleon didn't have any Elves in his army. The following information concerns NCO rank insignia and long service stripes etc and should be used in conjuntion with the details in the scenario Over the Hills and Far Away, printed herein... Line Infantry Line infantry units (including Voltiguer and Grenadier companies) operate a fairly simple system to illustrate ranking. Both Sergeant-Majors and Corporals have two stripes on a red background sown on thier sleeves below the elbow which circles the entire sleeve. The only differential is that Corporals have Yellow strips and Sergeant-Majors Gold (this is a sod to piant as Gold paint looks totally wrong for Gold Braid - try using a lighter yellow). Sergeants only have a single Gold on Red stripe, whilst Quartermaster-Corporals have identical insignia to normal Corporals but also a single stripe on the front of the upper arm sloping down from back to front. For each seven years service to the emperor, Line Infantry (NCO's and Privates) sow an inverted chevron (American style) on the left sleeve above the elbow. Light Infantry Light Infantry Regiments (not Light Infantry from Line of Guard Regiments) such as Chasseurs and Carabineers operated an identical system to Line Infantry except instead of gold they used silver, and instead of yellow they used white. The seven years services chevrons were similar but were white/silver (as per approiate rank) on red. (Light Infantry uniforms are identical to Line Infantry except they are all over blue (including the trousers) with white trim around the breast. Collar collars were red for Grenadiers and Fusilier types and yellow for Voltigeurs (all trimmed in blue). Epaulets were red for Grenadiers, yellow trimmed green for Voltigeurs and blue trimmed white for Fusiliers). Guard Infantry In place of stripes, Guard Infantry used inverted chevrons below the elbow with identical colours to Line Infantry. Seven year distinction stripes were worn identically too but were yellow/gold on red. (Most Guard Uniforms are identical to Line ones, but have blue turnbacks (trimmed white) instead of white ones on the breast and red tails instead of White.) Orcs in the Hills
Issue 1 - Online Edition Return to the Contents Page
Go Back to the Last Article - Continue on to the Next Article Webmaster's Note The above article is reprinted exactly as it was in the first issue of Orcs in the Hills magazine, it was published in the Winter of 1995 vy Wessex Games. It is included here with permission from the author. |
