| KTravlos | 06 Dec 2014 11:43 a.m. PST |
For those periods in which this distinction holds, do you prefer your miniatures in parade or campaign uniform? |
| Dagwood | 06 Dec 2014 12:04 p.m. PST |
Campaign, in theory. Mostly Parade in practice |
| d effinger | 06 Dec 2014 12:33 p.m. PST |
Campaign…. always!!!!!! Don |
| Cammy Jammy | 06 Dec 2014 12:41 p.m. PST |
I always prefer line in campaign dress. Some of the big shot units should be in parade dress. Makes them standout from the great unwashed. |
| Battle Phlox | 06 Dec 2014 1:20 p.m. PST |
Parade. I want my soldiers to look magnificent! |
| Jcfrog | 06 Dec 2014 1:57 p.m. PST |
Campaign dress. But nowadays I tend to have them relatively clean. Most of the minis are actually at best in the first days of a campaign anyway.
The 18-19th century ones are often very nice, why would we want to have them too realistic: dirty, unshaven, holes, loaded with crap etc… |
| Col Durnford | 06 Dec 2014 2:00 p.m. PST |
Do white helmets on Zulu War British count? Then about 70/30. |
| Old Contemptibles | 06 Dec 2014 5:23 p.m. PST |
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 miniMo  | 06 Dec 2014 7:07 p.m. PST |
Parade — that's how they pictured themselves when telling tales of glory and posing for paintings! |
 DWilliams | 06 Dec 2014 7:09 p.m. PST |
I'm with Don Effinger, campaign all the way. No paper-collar soldiers on my wargame table! |
 Condotta | 06 Dec 2014 9:06 p.m. PST |
My lads spend time on the eve of battle to pipe clay their gear, pull their dress uniforms out and prepare for battle looking their best. All buttons and bits that should be shiney are buffed to a gleam. Of course, there are always those units that arrived late or are ill equipped and have nothing better than campaign. Elite units and most battle cavalry are in dress uniforms. |
| SJDonovan | 07 Dec 2014 5:47 a.m. PST |
Parade. And all units get flags whether they carried them into battle or not. |
| Winston Smith | 07 Dec 2014 6:37 a.m. PST |
How many armies could afford both? The distinction is relatively recent. |
| Martin Rapier | 07 Dec 2014 9:23 a.m. PST |
I think the question is more about whether they are smart and shiny or dressed like a bunch of grubby ragamuffins in rags of uniforms with the dye all washed out. Up until the twentieth century, my chaos are all in their shiniest and best finery, be they hoplites, hairy barbarians, Napoleonic, late nineteenth century Austrians and even fuzzy wuzzies. After that every thing gets a bit drab and dirty. It would certainly make life a lot easier to paint all my horse and musket troops in tatty greatcoats with shako covers on, but where is the fun in that and I'd still have to do the flags.. |
| KTravlos | 07 Dec 2014 3:18 p.m. PST |
Campaign for me in the 19th century. Feldmuze's,police caps, kepis and greatcoats huzzah! |
