Rank Insignia and Uniforms Thread
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Officers Uniform of the People's Unified Space Navy (Union of Free Socialist Worlds). Based around old Russian military uniforms with traditions starting in the latter half of the Last Century Before Tranquility due to romantic appeal of that era in the Union. Like many modern star naval uniforms it is space black.
The UFSW boarders the Novan Empire and has a praticular dislike for it. The UFSW beleives that a monarchist state with an established nobility has no right to exist in this modern era.
Maybe the company wanted to show how "Evil" the Workers Republics are.
There's something of a popular view, in some sections of the Blue community of South Africa, that the good, conservative, white folk of Britain are being held down by the Syndicalists' ruthless deployment of colonial troops, "When the Sleeper Wakes"-style. The card is meant to chime with this.
Canada's a bit different ITTL; it goes a bit anti-Imperialist from the 1910s and 1920s onwards, and remains neutral in the Great War, though, pro-British. It rid of the red ensign in the mid 1930s for something more distinctively Canadian.
What is the explanation for the change of British uniform? By 1938 the Battledress (BD) had been adopted, and even if it had not, what cause the British Army in this time line to adopt field grey/ light blue and leather equipment? (rather than green with cotton webbing).
I like the hat however. I don't recall the name, but the British Army did actually wear a very similar headpiece for a few years before the Service Dress Cap was adopted in about 1908. Did not prove very popular, hence the change to the SD Cap.
I like the hat however. I don't recall the name, but the British Army did actually wear a very similar headpiece for a few years before the Service Dress Cap was adopted in about 1908. Did not prove very popular, hence the change to the SD Cap.
Thanks. Yes, the pose on that one is a little odd- didn't really realise until you pointed it out. The figures aren't actually mine, they're by a chap called Wilhelm von Halem and appeared in a compendium of uniforms called "Battledress", which I imagine is the standard work in the field. I've used them as a base and done a lot of photoshopping, changing the uniform details, headgear, colouring, some of the poses and so on. I've done my best to go for the more butch illustrations; taken as a whole they're as camp as Christmas.
Well, the PoD for the TL is back in the 1870s and Britain fights a major war ITTL in 1894-5 (see the link in my signature). The pattern is the same as OTL's Service Dress, but it's adopted slightly earlier, as a result of the general post-war reorganisation of the military.
In terms of detailed background, one facet of the post-war period ITTL is the establishment of a Royal Commission under Alfred Milner (who is in the Commons ITTL) to advise on National Efficiency. As a sop to the opposition Liberals and Conservatives, the 10th Earl of Wemys, a prominent Liberal Peer, is asked to Chair the Commission's Army and Navy subcommittee.
The Earl, also known as Lord Elcho, was a vocal proponent of the use of Hodden, the brown-grey colour seen in the picture, as part of a military uniform. IOTL Hodden was used when Elcho set up the London Scottish Regiment in the 1850s, and was also adopted by the Toronto Scottish Regiment. Both units use it to this day (have a photo of a member of the Toronto Scottish, for example).
ITTL Elcho's influence sees Hodden adopted as the new service colour of the British Army over Khaki, which is still used in tropical regions and in the Indian Army. His other main suggestion, that British troops carry homeopathic remedies into battle, is tactfully ignored...
Glad you liked that, it was bloody fiddly to do. OTL it was called the Brodrick Cap, named after St John Brodrick, who was Minister for War at the time. ITTL Brodrick's at the Admiralty in the same timeframe, so it's a Chaplin Cap, in honour of Henry Chaplin. And yeah, everyone hated it at first, but ITTL it somehow sticks- stranger things have happened, and I thought it looked interestingly different.
Of course! The Broderick Hat. I considered buying a reproduction when our re-enactment group started doing more Pre-WWI displays (Sufferagettes and so forth) but, no-one else wanted to so it would have looked a little odd with just me wearing one.
I recalled there being some experiments with grey and grey-green uniforms in the 1880s, but I wasn't aware they had actually been adopted in a limited fashion. The only other time such colours were worn (as far as I recall) was in an emergency fashion in both the Sudan and the outbreak of the First World War, and I believe the old Rifle Volunteers and such of the 1860s wore blue-grey uniforms (before they were formed into the Territorial Army)
I always find the portrayal of puttees always varies greatly from reality. The British Soldier was supposed to look like that, but i've always found my puttees to end up more like the Italian soldier you have pictured. My pantaloons are oversized though (but hey most soldiers uniforms were ill-fitting), my tropical uniform fits me better and does have more of that cut. Anyway, i'm rambling, just thought it was interesting to see both 'styles' of puttee wearing!
I recalled there being some experiments with grey and grey-green uniforms in the 1880s, but I wasn't aware they had actually been adopted in a limited fashion. The only other time such colours were worn (as far as I recall) was in an emergency fashion in both the Sudan and the outbreak of the First World War, and I believe the old Rifle Volunteers and such of the 1860s wore blue-grey uniforms (before they were formed into the Territorial Army)
I always find the portrayal of puttees always varies greatly from reality. The British Soldier was supposed to look like that, but i've always found my puttees to end up more like the Italian soldier you have pictured. My pantaloons are oversized though (but hey most soldiers uniforms were ill-fitting), my tropical uniform fits me better and does have more of that cut. Anyway, i'm rambling, just thought it was interesting to see both 'styles' of puttee wearing!
Haha, well that's totally understandable. I just noticed the oddity of it. And now, looking back over it, I see that there are actually a few more.Thanks. Yes, the pose on that one is a little odd- didn't really realise until you pointed it out. The figures aren't actually mine, they're by a chap called Wilhelm von Halem and appeared in a compendium of uniforms called "Battledress", which I imagine is the standard work in the field. I've used them as a base and done a lot of photoshopping, changing the uniform details, headgear, colouring, some of the poses and so on. I've done my best to go for the more butch illustrations; taken as a whole they're as camp as Christmas.
Angola, for example, is saying, "hey, check out my junk", and East Africa seems just a tad bit effeminate.
Attempt at a Hylian soldier for the story I'll probably never write.
Mix of in game and Byzantine design.
I don't want to sound like a total NERD!!!! (sorry, it was directed towards Me not you, also a obscured reference from somewhere random) but is this solider before the Ocarina of time, I know my Hylian history and It looks to me like it's a legionary back in the civil war before the Ocarina of time game. Which was the first game in the timeline, anyways pretty good! Love the Zelda franchise
!Actually I based ot of the Twilight Princess design, though with Varangian gard and a bit of my own flair added in. When did they show the civil war troops?I don't want to sound like a total NERD!!!! (sorry, it was directed towards Me not you, also a obscured reference from somewhere random) but is this solider before the Ocarina of time, I know my Hylian history and It looks to me like it's a legionary back in the civil war before the Ocarina of time game. Which was the first game in the timeline, anyways pretty good! Love the Zelda franchise
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Hapsburg
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Using the templates of this man on DevArt. Whose I have seen used on here by others.
I went and revised some uniform designs and made a comparison chart for CGU Army uniforms. I've also done the same for Union Army Air Forces and the Central Galactic Marines, and am working on the same for Naval Space Forces and Naval Coast Guard.
But, first and foremost, the Army uniforms. Note, while I did not make the base templates and camo, I did significantly edit them and recolour everything.
I went and revised some uniform designs and made a comparison chart for CGU Army uniforms. I've also done the same for Union Army Air Forces and the Central Galactic Marines, and am working on the same for Naval Space Forces and Naval Coast Guard.
But, first and foremost, the Army uniforms. Note, while I did not make the base templates and camo, I did significantly edit them and recolour everything.
Nothing for 12 hours?
Eh, well. More Imperial uniforms, this time depicting ones from the various imperial states.
You see, in this timeline, Emperor Vandox heavily reforms the military, and builds up a large imperial army based around the Circle Estates system, which each state providing a certain number of troops. Austria has the largest contingent, about 500,000, and they serve as the main force in combat. The total Imperial army forces are around 2 million men from around the entire empire.
How did you make these??
Krall
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I expect he drew them in MS Paint.
Also, please remove images from quotations; it eats up bandwidth and is somewhat annoying.