Re: Cavalry in SG2
From: Barry Cadwgan <bcadwgan@f...>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 04:45:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Cavalry in SG2
Jeremy Sadler wrote:
>
> The question comes up because I just bought one of the Taun-taun
figures
> from Star Wars Miniatures to use as scouts for my FSE squad. Painted
a
> nice camel color for use in the desert to go along with the rest of my
> desert camo paint scheme for the squad. (The taun-taun, for those not
> familiar, is the beastie in Empire Strikes Back on the ice world of
Hoth.
> There it appears as a polar creature, nice and white - well, on the
outside
> at least <grin>
>
> Excuse my irreverance, but I'm having a vision...
>
> "The Lighttaun-taunmen"
>
> 500 taun-taun mounted soldiers, swords drawn, charging the enemy
line...
>
> Hoo har! ;)
>
Bayonets anyway.. mounted infantry rather than cavalry if you want to
stretch the analogy.. but a nice image ^_^
I'm using a squad of the old old GW Imperial Guard Cavalry.. (not the
current hi tech mongols) some of whom have slouch hats ^_- They _will_
be in Khaki.. (With Kalashnikovs..)
--
Barry Cadwgan ( BCADWGAN@FL.NET.AU )
"The end does not justify the means.
The end is the sum of the means,
as the road travelled determines the destination."
Valijon Starbringer (Hellflower Trilogy, Eluki bes Shahar)