Help finding reference images

Publius · Post by **Publius** » 2007-11-03 01:53am

Does anyone know where one can find a clear and detailed picture of a major's uniform in the 95th Rifles, circa 1812 or so? It is need for use in a project featuring a gallery of late 18th/early 19th century heroic characters (e.g., Horatio Hornblower, Jack Aubrey, Christopher Syn, Percy Blakeney, etc.).

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2007-11-03 02:00am

http://www.napoleonguide.com/uniforms_britinf3.htm

Maybe?

Publius · Post by **Publius** » 2007-11-03 12:25pm

Unfortunately not. The level of detail isn't high enough for use. By comparison, the other characters (such as Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Hornblower, seen below) are readily identifiable by rank, as can be seen:

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-11-03 12:35pm

Here you go

SHA-DOW!

_________EDIT

Removed offensive tag

-Apologies to all

Kanastrous · Post by **Kanastrous** » 2007-11-03 01:56pm

Are the guys in the bottom image re-enactors, or is that from a movie?

The Osprey Men-at-Arms series books are excellent, and they cover the period in great detail.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-11-03 02:00pm

Kanastrous wrote:Are the guys in the bottom image re-enactors, or is that from a movie?

The Osprey Men-at-Arms series books are excellent, and they cover the period in great detail.

Pretty sure they're reenacters...

Kanastrous · Post by **Kanastrous** » 2007-11-03 02:13pm

Friends of mine used to be heavy into Civil War re-enacting. Then they took up WWII re-enacting, and I joined them, doing that. It was fun, for a while.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2007-11-03 02:56pm

"COCKFAGS"?

Really?

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-11-03 03:02pm

Frank Hipper wrote:"COCKFAGS"?

Really?

Dude, it's from Team America...right before they launch the terrorist jeep into Low earth orbit? Outside the pyramids? Helllooooooo?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2007-11-03 03:22pm

Chardok wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:"COCKFAGS"?

Really?
Dude, it's from Team America...right before they launch the terrorist jeep into Low earth orbit? Outside the pyramids? Helllooooooo?

Why should I give a flying fuck what it's from?

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2007-11-03 03:27pm

Aw he didn't mean it that way Frank.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2007-11-03 03:30pm

havokeff wrote:Aw he didn't mean it that way Frank.

Was it supposed to be funny?

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2007-11-03 03:35pm

Frank Hipper wrote:
Chardok wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:"COCKFAGS"?

Really?
Dude, it's from Team America...right before they launch the terrorist jeep into Low earth orbit? Outside the pyramids? Helllooooooo?
Why should I give a flying fuck what it's from?

Sorry Frank, it was in poor taste; I apologize. It was not done with malice nor does it reflect my personal feelings, but it was most definitely poor judgement.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2007-11-03 03:56pm

Chardok wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:
Chardok wrote: Dude, it's from Team America...right before they launch the terrorist jeep into Low earth orbit? Outside the pyramids? Helllooooooo?
Why should I give a flying fuck what it's from?
Sorry Frank, it was in poor taste; I apologize. It was not done with malice nor does it reflect my personal feelings, but it was most definitely poor judgement.

You can't understand how indescribably infuriating it is to see the word "fag" used in any way, anywhere.
It's not hurtful, not simply insulting, but it's enraging.

When, like in Team America, it's so fucking dismissively used as a shit-assed joke, it's worse.

That it's so universally accepted as a term of derision for anything, without so much as a thought, illustrates where I truly stand in society at large; allow me my delusion that things are different here at SDN.

It's one of those things that really can't be understood without the experience of being a target for it.