Provincial militia - Water Margin

Having spent the several evenings watching the last few episodes of the 70's Water Margin (again.) it struck me that somewhere during the filming the uniforms of the Army switched from Yellow in the early episodes to Orange.... 

With a number of bare metal units still languishing in the draw It gave me an excuse to get some paint on them and clear some of the last of the Water Margin project. Nice sculpts from the guys at 1st Corp.

I doubt very much that there is any historical basis to the uniforms but they compliment the existing forces really well, I am calling these provincial militia, although the white piping makes them look like flying goggles.

Not a bad match.....

If you thought these looked a little gaudy, wait until you see the mounted units.

Let's hope the lifting of the lockdown in the coming weeks goes to plan as the lack of physical gaming is I am sure sending me slightly mad.