The 76th Independent Battalion (Part 6)
POSTED BY: Tristan
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So, to Quandom I say thank you for the link to the pants! They look good...but they are pricey. But again...they look really good! *sigh* Ah, a dilema...
As for the rest of the post, nice observations!
I would like to point out, however, that the 76th is not an element of the 57th. We are our own separate group. We would have been created on a single planet, but that does not mean everyone would have been born on that planet...they may have traveled there for the muster. While there are some serious parallels to the CSA army, it is not exactly the same...add about 600 years and you have the general idea 
So, the Real World 76th is recruiting all types of units from all over the globe. We are forming our own Battalion separate from the "existing" 57th and will be going from there. I would love to eventually have enough members that we do break down into local "detached" groups that act autonomously with loose guidance from a central Headquarters. That would be the shiniest thing in the world! But, for right now, in order to prevent a splintering that may kill us before we solidly form, the above back-story is what we will go with. We are separate from the 57th and mustering from one planet. Your birth planet is still up to you, though, so have fun with that one. BWTP as the XO makes the final decisions on the military aspects, but I think he will agree with me on this. I know he will have limited access to this site until Saturday or Sunday, but I will be in touch with him.
I am not trying to shoot down any ideas...I love the thought and research everyone has been putting into this! I am just worried that people may take an idea and run with it, and that a post may be taken as gospel.
To make things easier, whenever a decision is made, BWTP or myself will post the new "rule". That way, there will be no confusion. We will have discussions on subjects, but when the decision has been made, we will officially post it. I hope that will clear up any confusion. For the most part, everything in the first post of each of these threads are the rules so far.
Everyone alright with this? It will again create less confusion as to "What are we supposed to be doing?" I don't want the 76th to fall prey to lack of command, so to speak.
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FFG, thank you for that. I'll be getting in touch with them as soon as time allows.
Sister, I do not have a problem with that at all. Let me talk with BWTP to see what he thinks about it.
And hey, if you come across some really weird ones, share with the rest of the class!
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Originally posted by DocJubal:
SHINY.
Thats not a bad idea, im pretty handy with PVC, so an "anti-armor" modification could be something for me to experiment with (daymn this gun is prooving versatile, a new hat every few days!)the nice thing is the visable portion of the barrel screws on so making a new attachment should not be difficult. If it works well ill post a howto for anyone else interested in more firepower.
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Hehehe, an anti-tank weapon! Hehehe 
Oh, yeah, that'll be shiny!
LostThought, thanks in advance for the how-to when you get it done.
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no promises at this point but if it is something i can easily manufacture i would be willing to make up several if people are interested.
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Would these pants work, if you added the leg stripes?
http://jas-townsend.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_4&products_id=461
This is the place that Ben gets his brewer's pitch from, so I thought I'd take a little look-see.
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Various and sundry;
yes, I don't want my speculation to obscure the goal of the excercise.
Second - now that we are considering what appears to be Anti Tank Rifles - pretty much what the Russians used in the bulk of WWII - have we considered the equivalent of sticky bombs or satchel charges? I have seen an inexpensive item for Painball. It is all of black nylon, with holders for 4 of the refill tubes. I would imagine with a little paint and filling the tubes with resin for weight, we'd have either sticky bombs or things that look like projectiles for the ATR.
In a separate post I will describe and add a picture of the 'sniper' rifle I created by removing, adding, and gluing pieces to a Crossman Pulsue R70.
( http://www.crosman.com/site/listing/1287)
Longer barrrel and a real scope make it plausibly a long range weapon.
When you cosnider that any good hunting rifle nowdays would do in a pinch for a adequate sniper weapon, not hard to believe Indy soldiers might have the functional equivalent, much the way American Revolutionary war militia had long rifles as their private wepon brought to serve in the war.
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Hello all... since I have no area of expertise and am just a 'grunt' as I understand it I have been training in doing the one thing I know I will need to do... I've been walking... a lot...
Just thought you'd like to know...
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Very late evening, everyone!
LostThought, thank you for that maybe offer. 
Boomer, those pants would be fine with the leg stripe. Thank you for that link.
Quandom, as long as the base sniper rifle is from the G36 family, just about anything goes. We would need to see any mods you made before the march.
Magda, good on ya! Walking might be a good plan for the rest of us, too!
Alright...I stayed up way longer than I should to get this done. Remember, this is the first rough-build of the coat. The only concrete thing is the pattern. The outer cloth is the cotton duck. While I like the look of it, it does not have the proper "flow" to it. I am sure that several washes might make it look right, but I do want to try the linen and possibly one other alternative. The lining on this coat is an off-white, which happened to be the only color I had laying around...
I do need input. I looked at more screencaps, and this is a pretty close match to Mal's coat. I guessed on the two side pockets, and was not able to see that there were breast pockets on the coat. I matched the buttons as closely as I could as well.
Let me know what y'all think.
I will be on and off most of the rest of the weekend, but I will try to pop in when I can.
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oooooh - look - can I frisk you? 
... sorry,
I am taking this seriously... I honestly am...
That is just gorgeous Tristan! It is pretty much the length of the one Nathan is wearing in the picture from the companion too... It's all coming together so beautifully!
And I have a friend that is helping me with the walking... Baxter the spoilt dog! Oh is it about 260 days til we march yet?
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