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After many hours of playing Mount and Blade: Napoleonic Wars, I began growing a deep curiosity for the Napoleonic era. The sights, the uniforms, the battles... The moustaches! Facial hair of all shapes and styles, painted on the faces of brave heroes and commanders! 
 
So, I sunk myself into studying this most chivalrous time period. Every page I read, every map I stared at, every painting I had the honour to regard gave me great ideas, and when I coupled them with my interest for videogame development, a wild Pinkie Pie came out of nowhere and placed a lit bulb oil lamp on my head.
 
Now, I want to show you the result of said ideas. Most of my works will remain in the Flying Squirrel Entertainment forums, which you can access by clicking on the big header on top of this post. 
 
 

Right! So, on with the good stuff. Here you have a list of all my released skins, with links to their previews on the FSE forums. Bear in mind a recent patch has BROKEN most of these, and it's taking me quite a bit of time to fix the stuff.

• 82nd "Prince of Wales' Own Volunteers" (replace 33rd, Coldstream and 51st) -Download Here - Preview page 1 (down below)
• 47th Lancashire Regt All Companies (replace 33rd, 51st, Coldstream and Sapper) -Download Here -Preview page 2
• 43rd Monmouthshire Regt Light Infantry (replace 51st) -Download Here -Preview page 2
• 29th Worcestershire Regt All Companies (replace 33rd, 51st, Coldstream, Wellington and Sapper) -Download Here - Preview page 3
• 28th Gloucestershire Regt Grenadier Company (replace Coldstream) -Download Here -Preview page 5
• 41st Regiment of Foot Grenadier Company (replace Coldstream) -Download Here -Preview page 10
• 79th Cameron Highlanders Centre Company (replace 42nd Highlanders) -Download Here -Preview page 13
• Canadian Fencible Regiment (Replace 33rd) -Download Here -Preview page 15.

I've also been making, upon clans' requests, regimental forum thread dividers and custom avatars. For the latter, my most sincere thanks to Mr. Alexis Cabaret, owner of the Mont St. Jean website, who provided me with all the templates.
 
 
Regimental Dividers:

 
Avatars:
 

 

To finish this, my favourite skin so far, the 29th Worcestershire Regiment of Foot:

29th Regiment of Foot's March: Royal Windsor

His Britannic Majesty's 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot

-The Guards of the Line-

"I wish very much that some measures could be adopted to get recruits for the 29th Regiment, it is the best Regiment in this Army, has an admirable internal system and excellent Non-Commissioned Officers."

-Sir Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, September 12th, 1809-

Portraits:
 
Private Soldiers:
 
Centre Company:
 
Every battalion in the British regular army consisted of 10 companies. The first eight were the Centre companies. These were the standard line infantry companies of a regiment, and conformed the bulk of Viscount Wellington's army in the Peninsula.
 

 

 
 
Grenadier Company:
 
The Grenadier, also known as Right Flank company, was the elite shock force of every regiment. In their beginnings, the Grenadiers were the strongest and tallest men of the British army. They were hand picked by the regiment's colonel, and were given pouches with grenades to hurl at the enemy.
 
After the use of grenades was discontinued, the Grenadiers remained as the strongest and most stalwart men of the battalion.
 

 

 
 
Light Company:
 
The need of skirmishers in the British army impulsed the creation of the Light companies. These were formed by the younger, perhaps skinnier soldiers of the battalion, and were trained for skirmishing and urban combat. 
By the early 1800's, the British army had one of the best skirmishers in Europe, only seconded by the Prussian and Austrian riflemen.
 

 

 
 

Colour Serjeant:
 
The Colour Serjeants were those in charge of defending the colour bearers, and if necessary, take said colours themselves and keep them safe. 
 

 

 
 
Ensigns:
 
Ensigns were the lowest ranking officers in the army, and tended to be quite young and inexperienced. However, most of them were entrusted with taking the colours into battle.
 
Grenadier Company:
 

 

 
 
Light Company:
 

 

 
 

Officers:
 
The officers, as the name states, were those men who held office in the British army, and in order to get said office, they had to pay large sums of money to purchase their commissions. 
Only 10% of all officers during the Peninsular campaign were risen from the ranks.
 
Centre Company Captain:
 

 

 
 
Grenadier Company Captain:
 

 

 
 
Light Company Lieutenant:
 

 
 

Musician Corps:
 
Note that Fifers and Drummers are black. Between 1759, after the capture of Guadeloupe, and 1843, many segregated black men and freed slaves chose to leave their old lives behind and enlist as musicians in the 29th Regiment of Foot.
 
Fifer:
 

 
Drummer:
 

 
Bugler:
 

 
 

Extras;
 
Sapper Serjeant, Grenadier Company:
 
Every Grenadier company had sapper serjeants. These were the strongest of the company, and were the only ones allowed (and encouraged) to have beards. They brandished big axes into battle, and had the task of scaring the cr*p out of the enemy, as well as destroy their defensive positions.
 

 
The Colours:
 
The two most important devices of the 29th Regiment. Each battalion was entrusted two flags, and were used as beacons to rally the men. The first colour was the King's colour, a union jack with a red shield in the centre, surrounded by a rose and thistle wreath.
 
The second colour was the Regimental colour, which was painted in the regimental facing colour. It held an union jack in the canton, together with the shield and wreath in the centre.
 

 
 
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Gregory Holman Bromley Way:
 
Sir Gregory was the commanding officer of the 29th Foot during the Peninsular War, and was present at both battles of Talavera and Albuera, the two most important engagements in the Worcestershire Regiment's history. 
 

 

 
 

Download Link: Link 1 Link 2

 
 

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Special Thanks to:

Hasan -1° Reggimento Bersaglieri- He helped me out keeping me awake at 5am to finish this.

James Grant -3rd Regiment of Foot guards - He provided his glorious all knowing book of British uniforms.

Guardsman Masters - 29th Regiment - Aided me with special details not mentioned in James' book.

BetaKnight - Moral support and tips on how to do stuff.

Attila The Nun - Moral support and aiding me with modelling.

29th Regiment of Foot - Testing the earlier versions of this skin and moral support.

82nd Regiment of Foot - Ibíd.

Blankman - Moral support.

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This project in particular was the single biggest one I've worked on so far. Making this skin took me over two months (Released first version for 29th only on early January 2013), and to be honest, this skin and 47th's were the toughest ones to make since my arrival in the NW modding community.
 
I hope you like this. Far too many people were involved in the making, and many put their effort into making this skin looks as it does now. Many thanks to those who gave me a hand, be it with testing, actual development or simply downloading the earlier versions for fun. Edited August 7, 2013 by Mr. Kochi Bracegirdle