The 76th Independent Battalion--Part 15
POSTED BY: Tristan
UPDATED: Monday, April 16, 2007 15:07
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Thanks MSG!
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I'm going to feel very outnumbered during the parade. . . :)
"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."
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Leiasky,....why are you going to feel outnumbered? I don't quite understand 
...so sorry....its been a bad day at work
and a B***U***M***P
Private in the 76th
...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal
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Originally posted by fillygirl:
Leiasky,....why are you going to feel outnumbered? I don't quite understand
She's decided to dress as a prisoner, uh, Purplebelly soldier for the parade.
(is it treason or undercover work if my bunkmate is a Purplebelly?)
~jimi
SFC Alexander, Chief Medic for the 76th Indepentent Army Battalion
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Oswald was a fag.
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OH MY G*D!!!
A Purplebelly!!!!!
Private in the 76th
...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal
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Nice job on the uniforms, couple of questions though...
I posted this as "Browncoats Uniforms" but I'll repeat it here.
In the pilot the LT. patch is star up with the flat of the patch parallel with the shoulder.
Mal's patch is point up with the star reversed & he has a dark border around the patch...so what gives? Is your information based on something other that the footage which is colfictory?
Also Mals gun in the pilot is a french assault rile & is a bullpup configuration, although I like your substitution.
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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
She's decided to dress as a prisoner, uh, Purplebelly soldier for the parade.
(is it treason or undercover work if my bunkmate is a Purplebelly?)Quote:
And the costume is nearly done too. It looks so nice and shiny. MUCH better than the drab browns of the . . . oh, wait, nevermind. . . :P
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RojBlake, thanks for the questions.
We are basing our patch orientation on this: 
From the pilot episode. Yes, there is debate that the costumer wanted it the other way, that this was a mistake, that it is shown the other way in other scenes...but for the sake of the 76th, that is the way we are wearing it.
As for the weapons, we did talk about Mal using a different weapon in The Message, but as everyone else used the G36, that is the weapon we went with. If you'll look at the photo of Mal and the photo of Zoe in the first post on this thread, you'll see they both have the G36K. It was the common weapon of the Independents.
Not quite sure what you mean by "colfictory"...not a word I have come across.
This probably does not answer your question properly, but I can only speak for the 76th on this matter.
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Commanding Officer of the 76th Independent Battalion. 
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Sorry make that Conflictory which may also be misspelled.
The photo you show is right after he takes the patch off the lieutennant so that's why I say it's in conflict, also (this is my opinion) it seems to me that it makes more sense to have the star upright. Does anyone make the patch with the dark border?
Also as far as the weapons go, he uses a french rifle in this sequence as well, not that it matters my view was that the browncoats had to make do with what they had, much like the Confederate army of the Civil war/War between the States of our 19th century.
It could also be because Mal is a senior noncom, during the VietNam war many sergeants carried the CAR-15 which was essentially a short version of the M-16, the patch difference might also be for the same reason since any insignia other that the Independent patch is noticably absent.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Leiasky:Quote:
Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
She's decided to dress as a prisoner, uh, Purplebelly soldier for the parade.
(is it treason or undercover work if my bunkmate is a Purplebelly?)
And the costume is nearly done too. It looks so nice and shiny. MUCH better than the drab browns of the . . . oh, wait, nevermind. . . :P
"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."
Ahem, what were you saying? I didn't quite hear you right.
~jimi
SFC Alexander, Chief Medic for the 76th Indepentent Army Battalion
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Oswald was a fag.
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