The 76th Independent Battalion (Part 4)
POSTED BY: Tristan
UPDATED: Thursday, December 14, 2006 02:53
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Nico, just had a thought regarding a weapon for you. The "M41" version of the G36 breaks down into a compact submachine gun. Check the last thread for the photos. It is small enough that it won't get in the way, but still has the same look as the main Independent rifle. Something to think about. I'll have at least two of those with me.
ArtCat, grenades are a good idea! Airsplat actually carries grenades that spray out the rifle BB's...but I like your idea better. 
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Morning troops. Just to let you all know, I have updated the site. Something of note though, Firefox is being a might twitchy and not showing the updates I'm posting on some of the pages. IE and Netscape work fine.
I'll post more once I figure out why Firefox is being a pain.
Tell me what you guys think.
Boomer, I was thinking about sending Nathan a message on MySpace (in the hopes that it was him), but now that we know it will be him, even better. Thanks a bunch, and thank Saxon too.
I also wanted to say, any of you that want to add the Battalion's URL into their sigs, by all means. It might even attract more people from here that haven't thought to check these threads. Show some unit pride!
Also, if someone wants to help me out and make a banner for me (animated is a plus) that I can give to other sites so they can link to us it'd be much appreciated. Every store/site I link to I'm going to ask that they return the favor. Spread the word a little more. I thank all of you in advance for your time, should you chose to do it.
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Morning, BWTP!
It looks good! I really want to thank you for taking the time to do this. It's nice to have a homepage! I think everyone I know has received the link in their email!
I do see a typo or two, but beyond that, it looks wonderful!
Oh, my email address is tristan71@cableone.net
As far as the scarf goes...should we make a decision here and now? I am up for the blue one myself. What do y'all think?
Again, let me do a little dance...we have a webpage! And an Army! Shiny!
Thank you again for the work you are putting into this!
BWTP, thank you. I will put the link into my sig. I'll also contact DeskTopHippie about creating a banner for us. She does some very shiny work!
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It's really not a problem. I enjoy it actually. Fixed the typos I found and added your email, thanks.
I was thinking either blue or green for the scarf, though red goes best because it matches the vest. Definately something to keep in mind.
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I don't generally like saying things like that, even when someone says "Look it over and tell me what you think"...makes me feel like all I did was find what was wrong. It is a very shiny page, and I am very proud that the 76th is on the web now.
As for the roster, if you have time, you can put those of us from the Roll Call thread in there, I would imagine. If nothing else, we can figure out the ranks later.
I had not thought of green for a scarf...that would be nice and different. If I am allowed to change my mind, I will opt for the green. Sort of an Olive Drab, you think, to match the green on the patch?
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Originally posted by Tristan:
As far as the scarf goes...should we make a decision here and now? I am up for the blue one myself. What do y'all think?
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BWTP, thank you. I will put the link into my sig. I'll also contact DeskTopHippie about creating a banner for us. She does some very shiny work!
I think (and this was suggested by Reignphoria in the e-mail I posted in the first thread) that the scarves have something to do with rank, so we might not all need the same, depending. If not, I think I like the blue ones better (though the green ones that were suggested, matching the patch color and all, might be shiny too).
And good call on asking DTH, that was the same thought that popped into my mind when he asked.
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Olive drab is a little darker than the color of our patches, but whatever the patches end up that's the color we'd want to match. It'll make the patches stand out more.
Don't worry about saying negative things abour the site. I want it to be a good as it can be, and typos hurt that. I seriously want to know everything you find wrong and tell me. All critisism, constructive of course, is welcome.
I'll post the rosters up now. But I don't have everyone's (or anyone's for that matter) real full name and would like to put that up. Also, we are allowed to put a nickname on our D*C badges, I plan on putting BabyWithThePower (if it's too long Caboose, an old Army nickname). That being said, whatever your nickname (should you choose one) is, I'd like that as well to put it in the roster. Another thing I'd like, if none of you are opposed, would be to put your hometown, state, country on there as well. It'll show visitors how far our sphere of influence is. Just a thought. I'll set mine up that way, you guys can use it as an example.
Oh, and before I forget. I was also planning on making a thank you/contributor page as well. I know alot of people have contributed alot of things, but I don't know all of it. Now this page is going to be mainly major contributors (Tristan, ArtCat, RIMG, myself [hope that doesn't seem vain], etc.)not just people that provided links, you understand (I hope). I just want those that have gone the extra mile to have a place to shine.
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ALright, how about the green or blue scarves for the officers and the red ones for enlisted? Let me know if that is a possibility, or if I am way off here.
I have not heard back from DTH yet...but I'll let y'all know what she says. 
BWTP, that sounds like a great idea. More people know me as Tristan than anything else, so I will stick with that for a name and nickname...less confusing for me that way! Hometown is Anniston, Alabama.
I don't have a problem with the thank you/contributor page, either. It's not vanity at all...we are all putting a lot into this!
Thank you again!
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I was wondering...
name badges will we have them? I know several browncoats have embroidery machines, if we had a specific size and color the patch needed to be I bet we could draft some of them to embroider names for a small fee.
And having had stalker problems in the past, I would prefer not to have my real name on the website. Believe it or not folks call me artcat as often as my real name in person.
and since we are all part of the same battalion would we be mostly from the same planet??? ( i know random things that are not important at the moment but my mind does wonder)
As for scarfs most folk seem to be wearing red in the pics, but green is my fav color and blue would also match the patches nicely.... I will hold off my vote until we can get a more informed decision (someone hears from Shawna trpcic or someone else in the know). Worse comes to worse we find a source for wahtever color and all buy from there.
oh and I have the replica of Mals side arm from Quantum on order, not sure I will bring that to D*con but i ahve get some good pics of it for reference if folks need it later on when it arrives
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Originally posted by babywiththepower:
Also, we are allowed to put a nickname on our D*C badges, I plan on putting BabyWithThePower (if it's too long Caboose, an old Army nickname).
I had RiverIsMyGoddess this year, and it fit, so yours should be fine.
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Originally posted by Tristan:
ALright, how about the green or blue scarves for the officers and the red ones for enlisted? Let me know if that is a possibility, or if I am way off here.
That sounds like it will work, and someone suggested getting green/blue that matched the patch, which I like.
Embroidered names on the uniforms sounds good too.
Warner Robins, GA for me, and everyone at con this year called me River.
~Jimi
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