Grand Hairy One

Photos from museums and heritage sites, random posts of whatever I'm interested in and fun little facts about history from those museums.

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Khaki Kilt Apron of the Gordon Highlanders from the British Empire dated to the Early 20th Century on display at the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen, Scotland

Due to being issued with bright coloured kilts on top of red jackets, it is understandable that Scottish regiments were the first to adopt khaki camoflage in the late 19th century. These kahki aprons were used in the Boer wars to cover the kilt and make them less noticable to sharpshooters. During the First World War, they continued the practice to hide from German snipers during trench warfare.

The Gordon Highlanders were stationed in the Western Front for much of the war and suffered through the various changes and painful lessons learnt under industrial warfare. Changes in uniforms were common as armies learnt to better protect the soldiers from the enemy and the rigures of trench warfare.

Photographs taken by myself 2026

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HELLDIVERS 2 x HALO: ODST

This one is special, Helldivers. Our first Legendary Warbond is here! Step into the boots of the Obedient Democracy Support Troopers (ODSTs) and prepare to make history.

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The sword of the day is the military flail.

Flails are a common weapon in fantasy media based on the European medieval period, but the weapon likely never saw widespread usage. It does have a couple of advantages over a more normal mace; it is able to attack more unpredictably, and can strike even around a shield or block. However, it has some significant drawbacks as well. That unpredictability means it is very easy for an unskilled wielder to injure themselves, rather than their enemy, and a missed swing meant a relatively long delay before they could make another attack. These drawbacks, combined with a scarcity of actual historical examples, means the flail was probably a relatively rare weapon on the battlefield.

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There was one type of flail that did see widespread military usage, the grain flail.

Medieval peasant weapons were often just repurposed farm tools, and the grain flail is one such example. Because it only has a single link rather than a whole chain, or just a very short chain, as well as a very long grip, it has all the advantages of the mythical military fail, but is much easier to control.

When used for war, they were often fitted with spikes or extra weights. The spikes themselves would not have been for the purpose of stabbing into the enemy--though they would hurt--but rather likely to give the weapon more 'grip' when striking plate armor. Medieval plate armor was almost impossible to cut or stab through, making sheer kinetic force the best option for hurting the man inside. However, the smoothness and roundedness of it means that even extremely hard blows lose a lot of their kinetic force transferrence when they slide and glance off to the side. This, blunt force weapons with multiple points of contact were preferable, that's one reason why maces look like this.

and war hammers look like this

The extra points of contact give the weapon more 'grip' when it hits plate armor, so it won't glance off and less kinetic force is lost.

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like a teaspoon, i mean, he is pretty short

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like a teaspoon, i mean, he is pretty short

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Captain’s Uniform of the Irish Citizen Army from the Irish Republic dated to 1916 on display at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland

This uniform belonged to Captain Robert “Bob” de Coeur during the Easter Rising of 1916 where the Irish Republic attempted to take control of Dublin from the British Empire. Republican uniforms were modeled after the British Army, as that is where they acquired many of their supplies, but were differing shades of green rather than the British khaki. Officers uniforms though often did not ohave the shirt and tie that the British officers wore during the early 20th century.

During the Easter Rising, Captain de Coeur commanded the Irish scouts who were vital for the revolutionaries to keep track of British soldiers in the sprawling streets of Dublin. The fighting during the Rising was fast paced and the British soldiers had an advantage due to their experience fighting in the trenches of the Western Front.

Photographs taken by myself 2017

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And get off my fucking blog 💅

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She’s basically one of the only billionaires we’re allowed to like.

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Joel Harlow puppets in water tank

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Spider-Man by Gabriele Dell'Otto

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The Crimson Sun

Curse of Strahd, Father Konstantin (cleric PC). sticker design

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M1863 Czapka of the 1st Lancers Regiment from the Kingdom of Belgium dated to the Early 20th Century on display at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels, Belgium

Belgian lancers still wore the square topped czapka as symbol of their regiment though they would often be covered in leather like this one. The leather though does not cover the lion heads that hold the chin strap. Such helmets offered little protection at the start of the war and the bronze lions at the side, while symbols of Belgium, could alert enemy to the light reflecting from them. Much like other armies, cavalry equipment became more in line with infantry and steel helmets. The czapkas became dress uniform for parades rather than battle wear.

Photographs taken by myself 2025

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