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Post by ssgjoe on Aug 26, 2015 22:08:56 GMT -5
I completely understand why you use HBTs over wools, but I'm just curious as to why you don't change your impression to fit with the climate. That was my main suggestion. I'm not saying "ditch HBTs and kill yourself in wool". If the Germans fought in a Georgia-like climate, chances are they would've received some form of HBT tunic. However it seems you have your group already set up..so it's too late to do a tropical impression.
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Post by ssgjoe on Aug 26, 2015 22:11:52 GMT -5
Keep doing what your doing. Your SS squad is pretty solid and in jealous of the amount of players you have
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Post by princeofpinoys on Sept 20, 2015 0:15:51 GMT -5
So since I haven't shown my personal load out lately...
This was in between games, hence crusher cap, yes I do have helmet for combat
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Post by aldrich on Sept 20, 2015 0:26:08 GMT -5
Nice! I would say this is stitch knot see worthy.
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Post by princeofpinoys on Sept 20, 2015 0:36:06 GMT -5
Thanks! Boots are EG but other then that, all you see is period reproduction
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Post by labrador on Sept 25, 2015 21:21:14 GMT -5
Looking good, kabayan/kamerad!
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Post by princeofpinoys on Sept 26, 2015 0:13:45 GMT -5
salamat po kabayan Did I say that right?
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Post by 2nd Bat on Sept 26, 2015 11:30:48 GMT -5
Prince. If my rudimentary knowledge of German rank you appear to be an SS lieutenant? Looking good by the way. Skinny always looks daper in uniform!
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Post by LÏŸÏŸAH1944 on Sept 26, 2015 12:26:33 GMT -5
No, hes a scharfuhrer, not Untersturmfuhrer
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Post by labrador on Oct 1, 2015 21:14:26 GMT -5
Another bunch of Pinoys. We've been at it for 6 years now. Still a few bits not completely correct, but having a lot of fun.
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Post by labrador on Oct 1, 2015 21:24:15 GMT -5
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Post by 2nd Bat on Oct 1, 2015 22:46:39 GMT -5
Wow! Impressive!
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Post by aldrich on Oct 2, 2015 22:19:45 GMT -5
Great job! I can't even spot the not completely correct parts.
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Post by ssgjoe on Oct 3, 2015 10:47:11 GMT -5
Nice impressions! I'm gonna treat it as if it's in the stitch nazi section cause that's where they belong. So now I'm going to nitpick 1. Pull up your belt..it sits a little low. Shouldn't be that hard of a fix. 2. I am not completely sure..but the eagle on your Turkestan tunic looks to be embroided. BeVo should be used 100% of the time on enlisted men..not embroided eagles so I think it'd be worth replacing. However maybe it's already BeVo..just looks embroided from here. 3. On your group of Pinoys..the SS didn't use HBT 4 pocket tunics. And HBT M36s didn't exist during the war. All in all though..good job! Your groups impressions look nice.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Oct 3, 2015 11:55:10 GMT -5
With that, let me emphasize what's RIGHT about it. There are a bunch of you in the picture. Groups of men always make for a cooler picture! You look like soldiers by way of posture, expression and appear to have spent time in the elements. Your web gear and mixture of kit is appropriate and interesting. Some will say that a mixture of types of elements is inappropriate (need, SS and FJ) but I like it.
Great job fellas keep on sharing.
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Post by scvngr on Oct 3, 2015 18:31:12 GMT -5
Number beget numbers.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Oct 3, 2015 19:42:39 GMT -5
So we're the dot HBT without pockets? Only have chest pockets or only set up with the lower pockets? Were there flaps on the pockets?
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Post by CPL. Mills 2nd Rangers on Oct 4, 2015 3:56:12 GMT -5
Awesome impressions and great pics!
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Post by Dracul on Oct 8, 2015 15:38:06 GMT -5
I know I have been down too long into the loaner kit sea, but I have been working on my personal kit and I've gotten pretty far on making it decent. My end goal is to have an early war Heer impression. This here isn't even finished yet, but I'm close to having a pretty good mid-war impression. Front: Back: I know I have some post war and fantasy items in there: HBT M36, West German gas mask can, Alpenflage poncho, Austrian suspenders, etc etc, but I'm replacing them as I'm going along. (I only notice now that the suspender back hook was detached....) I know I'm wearing good ol' M1 jungle boots here, but I'm only going to replace them with jack boots, since that will be needed for my final look. And due to some really lucky and well priced finds, I'm also working on a DAK kit:
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Post by labrador on Oct 10, 2015 23:02:08 GMT -5
So we're the dot HBT without pockets? Only have chest pockets or only set up with the lower pockets? Were there flaps on the pockets? Dot HBT's were cut as 4 pocket tunics similar to the M43 in cut. All pockets had flaps. It was the green drillich that only were issued in 2 pocket form to the SS.
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Post by aldrich on Oct 11, 2015 12:59:18 GMT -5
Off to a good start Dracul! To be honest, I would just go without the gas can, alpenflage, and bedroll until you can get the right ones. (the bedroll is period correct, just not worn in combat.) I suppose I'm a minimalist when it comes to these things. It's easy to find photos of people not wearing gear, but impossible to find them wearing the wrong gear. Without those things, I think you would look 100 times better.
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Post by ssgjoe on Oct 11, 2015 14:43:23 GMT -5
Reenactors tend to wear all their field gear in combat because most reenactment units don't have unit wagons.
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Post by Dracul on Oct 12, 2015 0:25:23 GMT -5
Thanks!
I should probably clear somethings up a bit here and post the kit list.
The bedroll is a (poorly rolled) greatcoat, and I have the wrong items there purely as placeholders and to show that I haven't forgotten about those items. I know that sounds backwards to most.... Trust me though, I wouldn't be wearing those to an event or try to pass them off as the correct items (sans the boots, but only until I find jackboots), for that reason alone.
Everything is reproduction, unless I say otherwise.
Uniform: -M35 Helmet -M43 Field cap (tucked into my belt) -Mouse grey service shirt -M36 HBT tunic -M40 wool trousers -M42 Greatcoat (rolled and attached to A-Frame) -Gamaschen w/ jungle boots
Gear: -Leather belt with WWI Prussian buckle -Kar98 pouches -Austrian Y Suspenders -Fieldwerks rubber Kar98 bayonet in unknown scabbard and frog. -E. German shovel w/ repro carrier -M31 Breadbag -M31 Canteen -West German gas can
-Tropical A-frame -Tropical A-frame bag -Alpenflage poncho -Post-war Eastern Bloc mess kit painted w/ Hessen Antique Feldgrau and Tropical strap -Leather Tornister strap x3
DAK is what you see there plus the Tropical stuff from my main kit.
Lastly, for professional reasons, I don't want any party insignia, swastikas, etc etc. Hence the use of the WWI buckle. I think we could all agree that a WWI buckle would actually be period correct over a postwar E. German one. Not saying that it did happen in any consistency or at all, but WWI buckles did actually exist during WWII.
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Post by aldrich on Oct 12, 2015 9:06:46 GMT -5
Sounds good. Love to hear it's a greatcoat! Winter items are something that's looked over by too many reenactors, even in the blankfire circles.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Oct 12, 2015 12:44:29 GMT -5
The great coat together with the very thick German wool blankets were in most instances the soldiers sleeping bag. The self like our shelter half could be combined in a variety of ways to creates small tents. A unit once formed should strive to have a shelter half or zelts for each member as that alone adds greatly to your fieldworthyness.
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Post by Dracul on Oct 12, 2015 13:35:14 GMT -5
With how cold last year's NY Battle of the Bulge went, I couldn't imagine playing without the greatcoat!
Though, I do need to invest in a proper sweater, gloves, and toque eventually.
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Post by aldrich on Oct 12, 2015 17:19:38 GMT -5
Make sure the toque is long enough, the one I got for cheap ended up being a good neck warmer but that's about it.
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Post by Dracul on Oct 12, 2015 20:06:23 GMT -5
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Post by ssgjoe on Oct 12, 2015 23:11:08 GMT -5
As for the not wanting any potentially offensive insignia while I don't adhere to that same rule, I completely understand. What you may want to do actually is find one of those repro breast eagles that they use in Germany with the "X" in place of the swastika. If needs be..but a breast eagle with a seastika and either take a sharpie to bolt it out, or burn it out.
If you really wanted to..you could find some denazified original WWII belt buckles.
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Post by Dracul on Oct 13, 2015 11:19:11 GMT -5
Yeah, its entirely for professional reasons, I really wouldn't care about the symbols otherwise. Beggars can't be chooser when it comes to sweet deals, but I have found that a bit of elbow grease goes a long way. Repro SS belt buckles, that I slathered JB weld all over it and then painted it feldgrau: On my repro DAK tunic I got second hand, I just took a X-acto knife to the breast eagle and removed that area entirely. Kind of messy, but got the job done: I've seen denazified buckles go on marketplaces, and that price point, I'll just stick with WWI buckles. However though, does anyone know where I can find breast eagles with the X or nothing at all in the circle? I know I'm not going to attain Stitch Knot-See level with this, but I'm fine with that, my end goal will be damn near close otherwise.
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