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Preference of Imperial Guard Epaulette colour Tell us which colour you prefer

Poll: Imperial Guard Preference? (122 member(s) have cast votes)

Colour of the epaulettes?

  1. Blue (37 votes [30.08%])

    Percentage of vote: 30.08%

  2. Brown (6 votes [4.88%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.88%

  3. Red (20 votes [16.26%])

    Percentage of vote: 16.26%

  4. White (12 votes [9.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.76%

  5. Yellow (31 votes [25.20%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.20%

  6. New: Gold (11 votes [8.94%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.94%

  7. New: Black (not yet released) (6 votes [4.88%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.88%

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#1 User is offline   Peg Leg Pascoe 


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Posted 13 January 2008 - 11:43 PM

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I want to know which colour Epaulette you guys like best on the Imperial Guards (Red Coats)?


I just don't think blue really suits them and I much prefer yellow and maybe even brown.

Also its about �1 for just one Blue Epaulette which is crazy as its one of the smallest pieces there is.

So what colour is your favourite?

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 12:11 AM

Yellow is legos standard. It looks pretty good. Thats my choice.

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 12:18 AM

all my redcoats have red epoulets, to keep the whol red theme going, but the figure comes with blue ones, so when i get more, the red epoulets are going to have to turn into another unit or something

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 04:51 AM

I use the officially recommended colours.

The only exception are a few I've done with white ones and adventurers pith helmets to serve in India. They look pretty good, for such a simple adjustment (and probably not the least bit historically accurate).
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Posted 14 January 2008 - 09:39 AM

Mr Peg Leg Pascoe do you think this thread would be more interesting with a poll? I think we're due for a new poll topic about now.

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 09:42 AM

Do it Fez that would be interesting.

We haven't had a poll in a while.

RAAAAAAAARRRRR need poll *sing*

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 12:22 PM

To me the Imperial Guards are the Imperial Guards... This means that as lego made them is exactly how I want them to look. Blue epaulettes for grunts, yellow for officers.

If you want to change the colour or order of the epaulettes then what you have is not 'Imperial Guards', it's something else, British of some description etc.

I think of the Soldiers (those that wear blue) in exactly the same fashion. It's that simple to me.

Most would be inclined to say that yellow looks good on grunts, making them particularly British. White is a very useful colour of epaulette as an alternative for officers. I'm looking into using white and possibly brown ones to represent Portuguese troops at some point.

Honestly I'd find the brown on red a bit naff...

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 02:38 PM

View PostMister Phes, on Jan 14 2008, 09:39 AM, said:

Mr Peg Leg Pascoe do you think this thread would be more interesting with a poll? I think we're due for a new poll topic about now.

Yeah sure, good idea *sweet* There's Blue, Brown, Red, White and Yellow X-D

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 03:10 PM

View PostPeg Leg Pascoe, on Jan 13 2008, 06:43 PM, said:

Also its about £1 for just one Blue Epaulette which is crazy as its one of the smallest pieces there is.


Rarity trumps size. *sweet* And I prefer blue.

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 03:50 PM

View Postsalty tbone, on Jan 14 2008, 03:10 PM, said:

Rarity trumps size. *sweet* And I prefer blue.

Yeah well i actually just caved and bought 2 for 75p each, i love Lego :-D

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Posted 14 January 2008 - 04:26 PM

View PostPeg Leg Pascoe, on Jan 15 2008, 01:38 AM, said:

Yeah sure, good idea *sweet* There's Blue, Brown, Red, White and Yellow X-D


There we go

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 05:22 PM

Ohh i see brown is pretty popular. I like brown Epaulettes on Imperials with matching brown Tri-corns which looks really good.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 05:29 PM

I'd be a lot more accepting of brown epaulettes on soldiers (blues) rather than imperial guards. Blue and brown seems to clash a lot less than red and brown.

White looks good on everything naturally.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 08:44 PM

Yellow epaulets for me. The reason? I don't collect napoleonic armies so tricorned people for me.

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Posted 15 January 2008 - 11:30 PM

Definitly yellow, but i like those blue ones as well!



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