thanks for your honest critique
Currently I am unaware of any real life 18th century British uniforms that have blue lapels like the Plamobil ones; to my knowledge the lapells should be gold laced complimented by off-white trim, and part in the middle to reveal the inner off-white waistcoat and matching breeches. But these will have to do for now I suppose :/ .
As far as the mustaches go, hehe, I guess a man with a mustache has become associated with known stereotypes of being "French," and I suppose it may have been less common in depictions of English servicemen. I know what you mean about those clickies seeming more "French" than anything. But playmobil did intend them as British! (I'm kinda confused on this, actually, as I thought they were trying to keep their toys neutral without specifically depicting any actual nations, ergo the inaccurate uniforms, but it seems they have included actual flags, including British ones, assigned to certain sets.) If I find a way, I will redo the lapels on the British officers to be white instead of blue
The redcoat leader: hmmmm......I rather like him, actually :p However I agree perhaps the overlapping belts aren't exactly reconciled well aesthetically, especially since the yellow baldric kinda "hovers" out of place due to the fact that it was designed to sit flush against the clicky's torso but cannot since the cross straps are in the way. However, real redcoats did have lots of overlapping straps, including the crossbelts, straps for knapsacks, a baldric for their sidearm/sword, and a strap for their cartridge box. But I see what you mean about them overlapping on a clicky.
And the fact that it is an unrealistic yellow colour sort of makes it stand out. Real redcoats did have some yellow trim and piping here and there, depending on the regiment, but whille a yellow baldric is stretching it, I just seemed to like it. I also gave him white gloves and shoulder epaulets to denote his higher rank as leader of the redcoats. On top of all that I was able to sandwich in a black cape between the overlapping shoulder straps and his wig/neck area. So yeah, it's a lot! Perhaps I went overboard, but I was having fun playing dressup with my doll, um, er, I mean, my ACTION FIGURE! lol
