The Original L'Aigle Thread, for the sake of history. Be ye warned.
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ClearlyInvisible
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FUBAR!!! said:GERRY said:Question:
Does anyone know what musket the white beduin next to the french guardsman in the middle is carrying?
Looks pretty cool IMO.
Arabic Miquelet musket.
^^^
Muskets in Arabia were usually hand made, hence the ornate design and emblems. They're quite light also, par the lack of a ring bayonet I prefer them over the European models.
But that's my homeland pride there
I'm a Brit and still prefer them for the length and variety.ClearlyInvisible said:FUBAR!!! said:GERRY said:Question:
Does anyone know what musket the white beduin next to the french guardsman in the middle is carrying?
Looks pretty cool IMO.
Arabic Miquelet musket.
^^^
Muskets in Arabia were usually hand made, hence the ornate design and emblems. They're quite light also, par the lack of a ring bayonet I prefer them over the European models.
But that's my homeland pride there
R.e. the woman on the right with the pots, I want to know how accurate that ridiculous cleavage is, and how much is just that 19th century tendency to draw sexualized middle eastern women.
ClearlyInvisible
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I'd go into discussion about it but this isn't the thread to talk about the finer points of women XD
Hm. Let's start up this discussion again. What are y'all going to do for your first L'Aigle Campaign? I'm going to lead a Rifle battalion through Spain and France kicking Bonapartist ass.
Hm. Let's start up this discussion again. What are y'all going to do for your first L'Aigle Campaign? I'm going to lead a Rifle battalion through Spain and France kicking Bonapartist ass.
dinnerblaster
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First, I'm going to join the Swedish army as a poor ranker in the Finnish war against Russian invaders. After the war's been lost, I will head to central Europe, and from there on...
...It's an adventure!
...It's an adventure!
GERRY
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jacobhinds said:
If thats a serious question- seems quite illogical for me if you think of the strict mantling of the female body thats based on the koran... So probably its just the painters fantasy
Ill go prussia ,round some people up,ally with Andreas Hofer and his homies and go kick the frenchies butt back over the border!
It's strict but loosely followed even today - even as late as the 1600s muslims were drinking wine. And ottoman fashion was pretty weird.
The Quran doesn't say anything about women having to completely cover themselves. I can't speak for middle-easterners specifically, but at the time it was common for Turkish women to reveal a great deal of themselves, even the nipples sometimes.
I saw your post, I just missed in under a lot of spam when I was replying.
I've got those Suhrs and I guess they'll have to do. I was just wondering if you had anything on hussars in specific.
Vicccard said:By the way, Docm, concerning the use of overalls by Dutch cavalry, I think Suhr is the most trustworthy source for that. In case you didn't have them already:
By the way, did you miss my post concerning the Culemborg muskets?
I saw your post, I just missed in under a lot of spam when I was replying.
I've got those Suhrs and I guess they'll have to do. I was just wondering if you had anything on hussars in specific.
11sparky11
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They have bloody creepy faces.
The mysterious "Octavien Davilmart" painted ghawazi with uncovered breasts alongside fully veiled figures, which is not inconceivable, and some women fetching water from wells where they paradoxically have their faces veiled by their breasts and buttocks uncovered. I have no idea if they were painted from life or not. Even if its post-campaign orientalism, they're interesting images.
I don't know what the hell is happening -- here.
I don't know what the hell is happening -- here.
Hey guys I have a bit of an off topic question, what is the difference between a flintlock and a miquelet musket?
Vicccard
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ClearlyInvisible said:
I'll join the Dutch army and become a cavalry commander, largely hussars, maybe adding some Polish lancers to my unit. Not sure if light-cav-only armies would work, I'll just see where it brings me. I'll fight to keep the French from the Kingdom of Holland as long as possible and if I fail, I'll go into exile with the British or maybe the Prussians, liberating my country once more when the timing is right.
ClearlyInvisible
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Docm30 said:
I can shed some light on this subject.
Religiously speaking, women aren't supposed to be clad head to toe in clothing, the Hijab was as far as it was supposed to go. The idea of women wearing the clothes you see now a days is just a bunch of nutters taking the matter way too far.
TheOrest007 said:
The miquelet lock used horizontal sears that protrude out through the front plate of the lock that obstruct the cock against the force of the main spring (frequently on the outside of the lock as well). The sears themselves are held out by springs, but the pull of the trigger can overpower these and pull the sears inward which releases the cock to strike the battery (frizzen). The later "true" flintlocks used internal, vertical sears and a tumbler instead to accomplish the same basic action.
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