Soweiter League: Send in the Marines!

Friday, April 17, 2009

Send in the Marines!

The Ober-Umlaut Untersee Horse Marines, that is.

Lead by Colonel Ludwig von Oberwasser

10 comments:

abdul666 said...: And so good and proud do they look!
Will they display, as regimental badge, a sea horse on their guidon?
Cheers,
Jean-Louis; April 17, 2009 at 11:36 PM
tradgardmastare said...: Lovely stuff Sir!
Alan; April 18, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Rafael Pardo said...: Horse marines? a great idea but a horse swimming introductory course would be mandatory!; April 18, 2009 at 1:35 AM
abdul666 said...: The few Dragoons involved in the British descentes on French shore were indeed nicknamed 'Navy Dragoons'.; April 18, 2009 at 6:13 AM
Martin said...: "He's Captain Jenks of The Horse Marines.
He feeds his horse on corn and beans,
and often lives beyond the means of a Captain in the Army!"

This is the refrain of a square dance call that was popular in the 1920's here in the Midwest.; April 18, 2009 at 6:41 AM
ColCampbell50 said...: Great looking troops. I will be sending your blog link to Larry Brom (of The Sword and the Flame) who is a old timer Marine. I'm sure he will enjoy these troops!

Jim; April 18, 2009 at 7:27 AM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said...: Very pretty!

Best Regards,

Stokes; April 18, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Fitz-Badger said...: Thanks, guys!
Not sure how well this shows up in the photo, but the coat color is navy blue, with light blue facings; the drummer has the reverse (first time I've reversed colors on a musician in any of my units).

Jean-Louis, I haven't come up with a guidon yet, but I may see about putting a seahorse on it. Thatks for the suggestion!
Rafa, I think the riders might be more in need of swimming lessons than the horses! lol
Martin, I recall you mentioning that little ditty. Makes me chuckle.
Jim, cool! I got a lot of enjoyment from the TSATF rules back when they first came out and I had a couple of friends to game with. I bought the reprinted rules a few years ago and hope to use them again some day (a distant future project I want to take on is a Colonial campiagn ala Gunga Din, Zulu, Mafrica, etc.).; April 18, 2009 at 12:42 PM
old-tidders said...: Nice unit of horse grenadiers

-- Allan; April 20, 2009 at 4:49 AM
A J said...: Very nice! =) And the regimental sport is, of course, water polo...; April 22, 2009 at 12:51 AM

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