Yes, more redcoats.

[Warhead]

Please replace England with Britain as the Army would have been made up of large proportions of Welsh, Irish, Scots and English. It's a psychotic eye twitch British Empire thing.

[Bragallot]

Well they controlled those regions didn't they?

[old blooded]

yes, but didn't really like it But still, at the time it was britain. The empire of eternal sun

[Bragallot]

True enough. Just as with the Romans, they recruited soldiers from other regions they controlled, but the decisions were taken in England like the Roman Empire's decisions were taken in Rome, so for me calling them the English is plausible whereas calling them the Irish or the Scottish wouldn't be, just like you couldn't call the Romans Macedonians because they had a Macedonian legion

I know what Warhead's getting at though and of course our Irish and Scottish friends who served in the army deserve some recognition as well. They had their own divisions. That's what I mean by more units. Check out Warhead's Black Watch Grenadier Guard, for example, they're great

One note I have on this army is the soldiers might need bayonets or they will become really vulnerable in melee. Of course, bayonets would have to be some kind of custom design and I haven't seen too many yet

[eclipse]

Love the volly gun looks great, might try to build something like it. It looks a lot like an Organ gun.

[old blooded]

@ bragallot: I was planning on bayonets, but it's hard to find a good idea that doesn't use custom bricks or glue for that matter. So at the moment it's just not WYSIWYG yet.

And yes, it looks like an organ gun, mainly because volley gun was the sumarrizing term for the multi-barreled gun.

[Bragallot]

Yeah, I don't like u-clips too much either. I think these are the best (not mine):



The design doesn't use non-lego pieces but hooks I always found bayonets to look great when in mass, no doubt it won't be different here.

[stubby]

Yeah, I don't like u-clips too much either.

You're talking about the Brickarms universal clip? I haven't got any yet, but I was planning to. What don't you like about them?

[Bragallot]

As used here I just think they don't look very good colour-wise and it's too big, like most things used for bayonets. Thus: all hail the hook!



I was messing around with some designs of my own today but couldn't come up with any real satisfactory ones.
Except maybe the one where I used the scythesword, but that one certainly won't work as an attempt at a historical replica.

[stubby]

There's plenty of colors available besides that silver: http://www.brickarms.com/Toys/Accessories/U-Clip.aspx

I think the black ones would probably work best for most purposes. But again, I haven't got any myself yet.

[Warhead]

Dark grey, they would blend best in with the Lego Enfield looking Rifle from the Indie Sets. I want more Brikarms stuff and I'm getting a clutch of these too when I do place an order. I'm holding out for the new stuff.

[old blooded]

Everybody has their own idea about the likes, I play warhammer myself, so I think about making something with green stuff. Whatever might work best.

[muffinman42]

I want to get a dozen or more of those U-clips, they look soo usefull.

[eclipse]

Thank you so much for the picture Bragallot that will help with my guys a ton thanks.

[Apollyon]

What, there re no official Lego bayonets? I thought i had one (can be briefly seen in my Rainbow Demon battle, the rifle is stored in a barrel and never used unfoertunately) but apparently it is not Lego. I suppose it is from Playmobil? I will try to get picture of it as i think it is good solution and looks quite "official".