Is it Just Me?

[Jimbo]

Well the North didn't have much of a Uniform system either did they?

You are correct, Warrior of Toys.  At the start of the hostilities, the uniform system
was a bit nonuniform

If I understand what I read, each state had their own idea of what the uniform
should look like. The blue and gray uniforms were on both sides for a while.
The North finally got around to standardising the uniform as time went on.

The South did not have the industrial base to punch out uniforms in quantity,
so as the war progressed, the uniforms became less "uniform".

Best regards, y'all
Jimbo 

[WarriorOfToys]

Being completely historically correct with Playmobil is an issue I've been wrestling with for quite some time, and while I'd like to be as accurate as possible, sometimes it's easier and more fun not to be.

For example, my Egyptian army includes cavalry, which the ancient Egyptians didn't really have, and some of the klickies I'm using for their enemies have iron armor and weapons, which wouldn't have been historically correct either.  Also, I'm using my Egyptian army to fight my Romans but I'm calling them Meroians, which would have been historically correct, except that Meroians would have had iron arms and armor, but mine don't.  I've decided I can live with these anachronisms.

My French army and redcoat officers are basically historically correct, but my redcoat soldiers are not.  I'm trying to represent the period from the Seven Years War through the American Revolution, but the redcoat soldier's double-breasted tunics are from the Napoleonic period.  I can live with this, but if the new redcoat blister pack materializes, I'll probably replace the double-breasted soldiers with them.

Like others have mentioned, Medieval fighting men from the early 12th Century are quite different from their early 15th Century counterparts.  While I think all my Medieval men look pretty good together, if one looks closely and knows armorial evolution, there are some major problems with my klickies, as I have Crusaders wearing chain mail and Norman helmets holding classic shields next to knights wearing full plate armor and basinets holding Norman shields!  I try not to get too bothered by it.

With my Romans, I'm fortunate in that they could work from a little before 40 AD until almost 200 AD, which is the period I'm aiming for.

That is cool, but I have a harder time putting my Templars next to men in plate armor.
Fortunately The very beginnings of plate armor were just starting around the end of the period I am reaching for.
So I don't find it too hard if I have a "crack force" of up-to-date knights wearing a bit of plate.

[Martin Milner]

Like Gis and Ali, my Playmoworlds are more fantasy than reality, which allows me to mix and match pretty much anything I like. For me it's too much trouble, and too potentially expensive on spare parts, to do otherwise.

e.g. The Roman auxiliaries add-on packs had greaves when they should have sandals. To replace those I bought before I realised would now be costly. The redcoats wear black riding boots, when white trousers with black shoes or ankle-length boots, grey ior black trousers, or black trousers with a red side stripe, would be more accurate depending on your period. Cheaper and easier to stay with the original figure and have done. The list could go on forever.

It's the coward's cop-out, but life's too short to sweat the small stuff.

[Justindo]

Like Gis and Ali, my Playmoworlds are more fantasy than reality, which allows me to mix and match pretty much anything I like. For me it's too much trouble, and too potentially expensive on spare parts, to do otherwise.

e.g. The Roman auxiliaries add-on packs had greaves when they should have sandals. To replace those I bought before I realised would now be costly. The redcoats wear black riding boots, when white trousers with black shoes or ankle-length boots, grey ior black trousers, or black trousers with a red side stripe, would be more accurate depending on your period. Cheaper and easier to stay with the original figure and have done. The list could go on forever.

It's the coward's cop-out, but life's too short to sweat the small stuff.

I agree with Martin.  While it would be wonderful to make historically correct armies of custom klickies, it's just too expensive and too difficult to do so.

[WarriorOfToys]

Like Gis and Ali, my Playmoworlds are more fantasy than reality, which allows me to mix and match pretty much anything I like. For me it's too much trouble, and too potentially expensive on spare parts, to do otherwise.

e.g. The Roman auxiliaries add-on packs had greaves when they should have sandals. To replace those I bought before I realised would now be costly. The redcoats wear black riding boots, when white trousers with black shoes or ankle-length boots, grey ior black trousers, or black trousers with a red side stripe, would be more accurate depending on your period. Cheaper and easier to stay with the original figure and have done. The list could go on forever.

It's the coward's cop-out, but life's too short to sweat the small stuff.

I agree with Martin.  While it would be wonderful to make historically correct armies of custom klickies, it's just too expensive and too difficult to do so.

Good and solid points... perhaps that is why it takes me so long to create armies!