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Webby's just jealous you've got multiple manbags and felt the need for hessian over indulgance to try and gain credance in this bizarre bag fetish that is hitting CiA

You wont be saying that when you see how spectacular my MG pit looks when you arrive at the site

Ah typical man, over estimation is a guaruntee now and I expect a let down

You wont be saying that when you see how spectacular my MG pit looks when you arrive at the site

Talk about a double entendre!

sniff sniff, sadly not been buying much this past fortnight but have made up for it with domesticky purchases such as new duvet cover....ahh hang on a mo I did get the new Osprey OoB book on Commandos-nay bad...

DUVET COVERS wtf are you going to create from them I do hope its authentic bed covering or did you go for the camouflage like oddball ?

thought you'd been quiet on thid podt andy

well its an M&S one in red with (said in a very quiet way) flowers appliqued on..... hey look the GF wanted it...

yeah yeah whatever Andy you'd tell us anything

a top hat. (in black!)

well, it's 1940's dated.

Is this for modern wear at a jaunty angle or erm something else ? Not the right stature for Sir Topham hat are you was it bargain ?

Is this for modern wear at a jaunty angle or erm something else ? Not the right stature for Sir Topham hat are you was it bargain ?

it's for a masquerade xmas ball next month, i'm aiming for a completely over-the-top victorian look

Cool I've been sorting my eldest out with a victorian esq ensemble for a school trip tomorrow, but being the sad cow I am its a multi purposed ensemble he has a nice wool german boys blazer (can you see where this is going) trousers to use as breeches (that will become long shorts for a later erm purpose) school shirt (wears them anyway) a flat cap I have (was in a charity shop for pennies and thought you never know it could be part of an airsoft ensemble) and some long socks (again erm useful for him at a later point in time )

True victorian esq to 1930s style, I'm making my lil un a sailors outfit kriegsmarine styled of course

Have to get a picture of your ensemble is your lady friend joining you bustled up ?

Have to get a picture of your ensemble is your lady friend joining you bustled up ?

yeah, she's got the dress already, but i've just bought her one of those huge underskirt hoop-things, it's about a four foot across at the base! God knows how she'll fit into the nightclub, but she wanted it!

i've spent far too much already, i've got a vintage tailcoat, waistcoat, antique fobwatch, cufflinks, the lot! which is all the more impressive as i've never owned or worn a suit before in my life and i've previously refused to on principle!

For that complete over the top Victorian look I demand a cardboard stick on oversize moustache!! ..... and monocle

For that complete over the top Victorian look I demand a cardboard stick on oversize moustache!! ..... and monocle

it's a masquerade ball, so i'm making a mask, no room for monocle, though i was just looking at antique pince nez sunglasses on ebay!

nowt wrong with buying vintage sunglasses or glasses

Hope you have a ball ..... groan

Finally after over a month of waiting my order from Russian Arsenal came through.

A nice padded Telogreika in my size (a rarity in itself), a pair of long staps for my boots and a rain coat/tent half (as seen in Enemy at the Gates).

Im not entirely sure how you wear the rain coat yet (on first glance its a large canvas sheet with a small hole, some strange re-enforcing, and toggles for the tent part I presume) so Im on the hunt for info

Actually I will say this about Russian Arsenal; they may be slow (ordered 16th Oct) but their stuff is top notch (and clean too )

Nice,

Does your Plash Palatka have leather or metalic grommets? Leather is war-time, metallic isn't (the ones in Enemy at the Gates weren't )

A friend of mine is getting me a post-war one...I'll just paint over the grommets...
As I recall you fold the corner closest to the hood inward and put it around your shoulders like that.

I think I have a picture somewhere of how to do it...

I was hoping you'd put me out of my misery Flib

They're leather ones thankfully. I wouldn't have known the difference

Hmm Ive not actually identified a hood as such. There is only one slit opening with a toggle in the middle of it. I assume thats it?

I've just posted a topic on it. Hopefully that'll explain it a bit better.
The slit is for your right arm to go through if you button it up as a raincoat

Gotcha. Hmm an afternoon of looking like a tit seems in order

Cheers mate