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Post by guitarmaster on Jan 27, 2011 18:33:56 GMT -5
After the first cold and wet event you will find out the hard way In Louisiana Wet maybe, cold, not sure ;D
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Post by Old Salt on Jan 27, 2011 20:34:32 GMT -5
Here's the thread on Wehrmacht Awards I was talking about; www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101861Be prepared as this thread is nearly 700 pages long with multiple pics on each page. So there's a lot of digging to do. The great majority of this pics are studio pics so you'll be able to easily discern what model of blusen is being worn. I can't point out any particular page to show a M40 with the early litzen as I was looking for a particular unit and not bluse, but I do recall seeing what we're talking about. Ian, sorry that we've hijacked your thread.
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Post by guitarmaster on Jan 27, 2011 20:37:49 GMT -5
No problem, I find it pretty interesting!
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Post by Sheikh Al Stranghi on Jan 28, 2011 7:56:11 GMT -5
I have read and saved ALL of those large photo threads. Over 20,000 photos in total, took me weeks!!!
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Post by parsonsjacket on Mar 6, 2011 23:03:13 GMT -5
looks great, overall!
i'd just suggest little things... the cleaning rod seems to be missing from your rifle, Sarco has a decent repop, as well as a package that includes a sight hood, if your rifle has the grooves for one) i'm a fan of unpainted belt buckles, but take some grime and dirty it up, then hit it with a scotchbrite pad or something to get most but not all of it off again. could just be the lighting, too..
and eventually you'll have to get it dirty, and your kit broken in, then you'll look the part even more. but good start, better than i could throw together right now.
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Post by irgendwo on Mar 10, 2011 6:22:45 GMT -5
looks great, overall! i'd just suggest little things... the cleaning rod seems to be missing from your rifle, Sarco has a decent repop, as well as a package that includes a sight hood, if your rifle has the grooves for one) i'm a fan of unpainted belt buckles, but take some grime and dirty it up, then hit it with a scotchbrite pad or something to get most but not all of it off again. could just be the lighting, too.. and eventually you'll have to get it dirty, and your kit broken in, then you'll look the part even more. but good start, better than i could throw together right now. Unpainted Heer belt buckles are a rare find in combat photos, as well as ground-dug examples. What is mostly seen in photos are the early aluminum Heer buckles, which were painted when made. The paint didn't stick on very well and rubbed off quickly. If the buckle you have (Guitarmaster) is steel but silver, strip it and repaint. If Aluminum, hit it with paint and it will rub off quickly.
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Post by parsonsjacket on Mar 12, 2011 14:45:48 GMT -5
irgendwo: could we agree to disagree? i've looked through hundreds of combat, front-line photos and the majority of soldaten are wearing belt buckles which are shiny bare metal. While i agree they probably were painted when issued, but the time they were in service and at the front for any amount of time, the paint must have worn off. to be really conservative, i'd say 3/4 of the buckles i see are bare metal, or primarily bare. if i had to guess, i'd say the buckle is too prominent and heavily-used to avoid losing most of its paint in prolonged service.
to keep on topic, if you're portraying a newly-equipped soldat, or plan to see lots of realistic field action right away, paint it. if not, or going for a "used" look without lots of actual use, either paint it and then distress it, or skip the paint and grime it up with maybe a bit of paint in the recesses.
(as an aside, does anyone know, were original German steel belt buckles made of regular (magnetic) steel ,or stainless (non-magnetic) steel?)
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Post by irgendwo on Mar 12, 2011 21:25:07 GMT -5
irgendwo: could we agree to disagree? i've looked through hundreds of combat, front-line photos and the majority of soldaten are wearing belt buckles which are shiny bare metal. While i agree they probably were painted when issued, but the time they were in service and at the front for any amount of time, the paint must have worn off. to be really conservative, i'd say 3/4 of the buckles i see are bare metal, or primarily bare. if i had to guess, i'd say the buckle is too prominent and heavily-used to avoid losing most of its paint in prolonged service. to keep on topic, if you're portraying a newly-equipped soldat, or plan to see lots of realistic field action right away, paint it. if not, or going for a "used" look without lots of actual use, either paint it and then distress it, or skip the paint and grime it up with maybe a bit of paint in the recesses. (as an aside, does anyone know, were original German steel belt buckles made of regular (magnetic) steel ,or stainless (non-magnetic) steel?) Early buckles were nickel, followed by aluminum. Then steel. Not sure about the "stainless" aspect, though I bet they were regular. Buckles should always start as being painted for field use. Ones without paint were not meant to be used in combat, which goes along with finds of diggers. Rarely encountered are 2-piece bare aluminum "dress" belt buckles in combat areas. It literally took 2 or 3 events for the paint to wear off of my early aluminum Heer buckle. Thing is, the OP's belt buckle looks like a silver painted steel version?
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