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Post by Leon on Jan 16, 2014 20:17:28 GMT -5
Looking really fantastic Lucas.  |
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Post by wbill76 on Jan 16, 2014 21:49:15 GMT -5
Thanks Bill. The signs on the right are a bit sarcastic - they say "sick bay" (on the bottom) and "room for rent".  The sign on the left ("Wilhelmstrasse") comes from a Verlinden sheet. I guess you know who Wilhelm was.  Yes, I picked up on the 'dry humor' of the signs right away! As for the swords and sashes, 1914 was a different time...French soldiers wore blue and red marched in parade formation into battle. Didn't take doing that too many times before they figured out that field gray was a very good uniform color instead. |
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Post by tigrazor on Jan 17, 2014 2:47:27 GMT -5
Leon: Thanks. Bill: Even worse situation in Japan: Firearms were introduced to Japan in the 13th century, but saw little use. European firearms were introduced in 1543, and intense development followed, with strong local manufacture during the period of conflicts of the late 16th century. Japan then almost completely abandoned the further development and military use of firearms during a period of seclusion known as sakoku . The usage of firearms in Japan would start again after 1854 with the resumption of contacts with the West and the accumulation of conflicts from that period.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_of_JapanIt was kind of sacrilege to use firearms even in the early 20th century mainly because of bushido. That caused massive losses on those groups of samurai and ashigaru (footsoldiers) that followed the old-fashioned rules. Even in WW2 Japanese soldiers wore at least their long sword (katana). At least they were so clever that they didnt wear colorful belts AND had firearms.
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The sign on the left ("Wilhelmstrasse") comes from a Verlinden sheet. I guess you know who Wilhelm was. 
