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Post by minkie on Mar 8, 2007 19:23:37 GMT 1
Just so you don't feel left out here's an area for you guys to discuss your kit etc! ;D
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Post by Admin(Lepoir) on Mar 9, 2007 10:45:36 GMT 1
Ah your so kind! Maybe you could post pictures of my coat through its various stages of construction!  |
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Post by tod on Mar 9, 2007 12:03:38 GMT 1
I'm just in the process of making up my leather gator's French officer style. Thinking about it style is just what I do!
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Post by minkie on Mar 9, 2007 17:18:00 GMT 1
Yum - Tight Leather gaiters!  |
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Post by minkie on Mar 23, 2007 12:25:48 GMT 1
Will me being computer thick how do I go about posting pictures?
Is there some button to click on in the add tags section? which one? ohh der is it the one with the picture on der, please explain how I attach my image for me being a bit of a plank!
Cheers dears xx
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Post by Admin(Lepoir) on Mar 23, 2007 20:26:59 GMT 1
I'm not sure actually, I think we might have to pay the message board providor for that sort of functionality. If you collect all your bits together you can submit them to Ian and we will put it in the articles section on the main site.
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k8
Just off the Boat
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Post by k8 on Mar 25, 2007 0:31:41 GMT 1
Does anyone know of any sutlers who do uniform and equipment of the European armies, particularly Prussia? I have searched some of the German websites, but found nothing, though my German is a little rusty. If not are there any websites about Prussian uniform, so that I could convert the jp ryan pattern to them?
This is just for interests sake, but would like to know if anyone knows of groups which represent the European battles in the UK.
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Post by al on Mar 25, 2007 0:51:48 GMT 1
K8 we have contact details for the Hessian in Germany, you could ask Paul or Andy and i'm
sure they would give you as much help as they could on the subject.....very good people.
Contact me on dinda.al@btinternet.com and i'll let you have Pauls address.
would rather pass out private contacts off the site.
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Post by minkie on Mar 27, 2007 17:57:15 GMT 1
Will - all I have to say is "Buttonholes" bugger bugger bugger, but they are coming along nicely!  |
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Post by tod on Apr 3, 2007 10:17:27 GMT 1
Have you French chaps got a pattern for the short red coats you wear?
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Post by Admin(Lepoir) on Apr 3, 2007 13:21:58 GMT 1
I don't think we do unless Ian has one but if you look at the suppliers section of the board we get our patterns from fleur de lys. I think it comes with a pattern for breeches too and costs about £20ish
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Post by tod on Apr 3, 2007 16:43:46 GMT 1
Fire and Smoke do them  Looks a lot like a short coat that the Jacobite wore, some where I saw it called a hunting coat (?). I also think there is a leather one of a similar style in the Kyoto museum. So leather gators and short coat, buck skin breeches Did they use buck skin then? |
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Post by steve stanley on Apr 3, 2007 18:51:02 GMT 1
The French one is technically a sleeved waistcoat....the hunting jacket would normally have lapels that could be buttoned over(like a short version of a British Redcoat)....European troops tended to wear their sleeved waistcoats as summer campaign dress(note..Most French troops wore Blue)...British waistcoats being sleeveless,we had to "make-do" for Light inf by attaching coat sleeves to the waistcoat leaving the remnants of the coat for use over it when it turned chilly!
Steve
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Post by markp on Apr 3, 2007 20:17:50 GMT 1
For Prussian uniform info try a pm to 'musketier' he is not an NFOE member but is registered on this board.
MP
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Post by jfdiow on Apr 16, 2007 15:12:02 GMT 1
[quote author=tod board=Media thread=1173378217 Did they use buck skin then?[/quote]
Yes- especially for breeches for middling and lower sorts, last advert has a buckskin jacket lined with flannel,
from the PA Gazette:
ITEM #36797
September 26, 1765
The Pennsylvania Gazette
Baltimore Town, Maryland, Sept, 14.
FIVE POUNDS Reward.
RUN away last Night from the Subscriber, a Convict Servant
Man, named Charles Aires, a lusty well set Fellow, supposed to
be about 35 Years of Age, about 5 Feet 8 Inches high, is very
talkative, and has brown Hair: Had on and took with him a
Castor Hat, a Russia Drab Coat, with Metal Buttons, a light
coloured Surtout Coat, a brown Jacket, greasy Buckskin
Breeches, one Pair of brown and a pair of blue Worsted
Stockings, Pumps, a Pair of English Falls, both pretty good,
two Pair of Ozenbrigs Trowsers, several white Dowlas Shirts,
two Ozenbrigs Ditto, and sundry other things unknown. The said
Fellow writes a pretty good Hand and probably may forge a
Pass;
ITEM #33975
August 16, 1764
The Pennsylvania Gazette
New Castle, August 10, 1764.
Committed to the Goal of this County, on Suspicion of being a
Runaway Servant, a certain Richard Welch; he is about 50 Years
of Age, about 5 Feet 7 or 8 Inches high, wears a light
coloured Great Coat, blue Body Coat, Check Shirt, Buckskin
Breeches, old Shoes. ...
ITEM #24545
March 20, 1760
The Pennsylvania Gazette
RUN away ... Had
on when he went away, a new Hat, good Buckskin Jacket, lined
with striped Flannel, and an old blue Jacket under it, good
Buckskin Breeches, brown Stockings, and half worn Shoes, with
large Brass Buckles.
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Looks a lot like a short coat that the Jacobite wore, some where I saw it called a hunting coat (?). I also think there is a leather one of a similar style in the Kyoto museum.
