tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980135127858355520.post845401210437421573..comments2024-03-26T13:06:46.463-07:00Comments on Wars of Louis Quatorze: Laroon's Meldert Redcoat 1707Ralphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12858819393754912494noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980135127858355520.post-12989823371640873552009-02-15T08:20:00.000-08:002009-02-15T08:20:00.000-08:00Ah, but the shabbiness is realisistic, don't you t...Ah, but the shabbiness is realisistic, don't you think ? Think of pictures of Vietnam or the Falklands, and then imagine how it must have been 300 years ago, after a season of rough campaigning in sodden Flanders. <BR/><BR/>I'll bet those once-pristine red coats were muddy and faded. And my personal recollection is shades of color variation within the same platoon despite everyone being equipped the same. Start out dark green, faded by the hot sun, throw in some crude Vietnamese laundering and a patina of reddish dust and there you go. <BR/><BR/>Check out Watteau's three military paintings, Portal of Valenciennes, Camp Volant and Alte (the Rest). Quite unglamorous !Corporal_Trimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00376387688651637091noreply@blogger.com