"3rd Continental Dragoons" Topic

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Mark RedLinePS	28 Apr 2015 4:08 a.m. PST
Quick question, why are they shown in several images with a red turban? I thought they had a black helmet and blue turban. Cheers, Mark
Winston Smith	28 Apr 2015 5:00 a.m. PST
Because every year they got a new issue of clothes that was usually different from the previous year. My rule of thumb with conflicting data is to paint the one that looks coolest. In the field they probably …. Who knows?
historygamer	28 Apr 2015 8:31 a.m. PST
Agreed, unless you are building a very specific army. The Continental clothing issues are enough to make your head explode.
Mark RedLinePS	28 Apr 2015 11:36 a.m. PST
Fair enough, thanks chaps!
Der Alte Fritz	28 Apr 2015 1:23 p.m. PST
That's just another way of saying, paint them in any old way because no one can definitively say that you are wrong.
Winston Smith	28 Apr 2015 4:35 p.m. PST
All miniatures manufacturers for AWI wish you would order all 4 regiments, at least 12 figures each, and in all color variations on record. Right Jim? Alan? Nic? Russ? Me, I just have the dudes with white coats and sky blue facings and the dudes with brown and green. I feel I am letting people down, even though I also have the Philadelphia Light Horse. And Lee's Legion.

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