I am probably a dork for pointing this out but . . .

[Vlad Tzepes]

I don't think you're a dork. Total War players pay attention to details - is that kind of game.

[Lord Nelson]

Yes I agree but there is a difference between important details like glitchy graphics or bugs in game and saying the rifle isnt the right colour or there wearing the wrong hat or something which doesnt actually affect the game as such. Players with too much time on there hands if you ask me.

[Fisherking]

I don't know about that...some things you just notice. I didn't see it was a left handed musket until he said something...but you know from the art work, Ioan Gruffudd could be blind in that right eye...

[Martok]

Yes, you probably are a dork for noticing....but in the best possible way.

While that kind of attention to detail -- or lack thereof -- generally doesn't bother me overly much (indeed, I tend to fairly oblivious to such things), I do appreciate when others possess the capability to notice them, especially as I usually don't.

[Prussian1]

Thank you, Sir :-)

I would probably not have noticed, but I enjoy shooting with reproduction muzzleloaders.

I think the reversed lock, along with the missing sling, indicates that the artist found a very nice photo of a Charleville Musket (which is historically accurate, btw) and used it as the model for the weapon the soldier is carrying.

I have actually been waiting for someone to post something along the lines of "Well, actually there was a gunsmith in Goat Knuckle, New Hampshire that made Charleville Model Muskets with the lock on the left side because most of the citizens of Tree Rot Township were left handed. There is no sling because the famed Goat Knuckle Light Infantry Regiment had a tradition of not recognizing "Sling Arms" as a legitimate drill movement."