The Kit Pic Thread

Which one only unoriginal items on the pics are me, some 1952 (WD pattern35 shoes) and the M43 which is what I need the buttons for as its a PW stop gap.

nice one carly

Cheers Masha, Hopefully i'll have most of my own kit by the St Lo game *fingers crossed*

As for Brill... Che isn't impressed with either ensemble, less so with the ANC no sireeeeeeeeee he don't like it

No worries Helga, i think you look ace! i can tell you put alot of effort into your kit, good work!

Take it she's a male medic then ? She does realise I assume by being a medic stops others volunteering Good pics

i would of been a nurse instead of a male medic, but running around all day in a nurses uniform, chasing after guys and getting grass stains from dodging bb's, my mum would think i was up to mischief!

ETO ANC (European theatre of operation, Army Nursing Corp) is an american Nurses outfit, albeit it based around Anzio/Nettuno (Italy), American field nurses wore HBT's as well . Effort wise, all I've done is research, items are my retirement fund eventually

Sadly an ANC they wouldn't have been armed with a thompson (what I'll use for weapon if the next statement occurs ever), so it will be modified to an EM (enlisted mans) ETO ensemble if I should choose at some point to do airsofting in it, all will be cleverly done by changing the M43 from the female one above, to a male one I've bought (well you know how it is). However theres far too man females on the allied side

Thanks for the comments, no doubt see you down the end of a projectile firing thing at some point, and vice versa

ETO ANC (European theatre of operation, Army Nursing Corp) is an american Nurses outfit, albeit it based around Anzio/Nettuno (Italy), American field nurses wore HBT's as well . Effort wise, all I've done is research, items are my retirement fund eventually

Sadly an ANC they wouldn't have been armed with a thompson (what I'll use for weapon if the next statement occurs ever), so it will be modified to an EM (enlisted mans) ETO ensemble if I should choose at some point to do airsofting in it, all will be cleverly done by changing the M43 from the female one above, to a male one I've bought (well you know how it is). However theres far too man females on the allied side

Thanks for the comments, no doubt see you down the end of a projectile firing thing at some point, and vice versa

HBT's, they wore them because they were cooler right? just guessing because they prolly would have been cooler than Mustards.

I like the idea of modfiying the gear for a skirmish, do you think that would that much time? (just asking because i'm a right noob)

Yeah i understand theres a few girlies on the Allied side, i joined their side co's they have cookies

I know that ffs but it needs chin/straps and I knew you'd be the sad bugger that would notice (or HS) thus on the floor thats clever concealed ... or it was til I spilled my lil secret

As for Brill... Che isn't impressed with either ensemble, less so with the ANC no sireeeeeeeeee he don't like it

im sorry but the yank stuff looks dull as dish water i like the ats stuff though. but lets face it nither has that hugo boss panache

Yeah i understand theres a few girlies on the Allied side, i joined their side co's they have cookies

Is that what webby told you gosh some people will say anything

I could tell you what we have on the axis side, but its a need to know thing and atm you don't need to know (you might tell webby).

Tunic swapping wise, yes the females were (like most nations) issued male kit. Especially in ETO after lots of kit had been expended in Afrika. HBT's were popular there due there being considerably cooler than wool. However by the time it came to the Anzio landings and the ladies that went to nurse there, the HBT's were in short supply and the pictures/written evidence shows them wearing mens Wool M37's and shirts instead.

Looks like theres a killer turtle ready to bite your ankle ....RUN FOR YOUR LIFE !!!!

OMG you're right quick someone alert the media good reply Casbah

Carly and I have been in the garden taking pics of kits for upcoming games!

My Bloody Gulch loadout - minus the .30cal

Carly's Medic loadout 325th GIR medic for St. Lo (will be getting her own sized combats between now and then )

Close-up of the bandlier full of FFDs

Excellent pics mate and the Carbine looks brilliant...going to make for some great shots of the Heavy Weapons platoon. We now have a runner assigned to us as well

My Daughter took this today at Tudbury Castle,thought it was a good mix of kit and she loves Bednobs and Broomsticks
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Sort of like what happened at the end of the festival of history the druids got all the soldiers at the end of the march to go into the arena and fight it out, 40 vikings chasing 1 brit with a Sten is a funny sight, then the 1st infantry joined in setting up a zulu style line of fire only to be annihilated by the Saxons XD

The two closest dead Brits are Yith & Gadge!

I was out of shot on crowd control duties.

Don't tell them stuff like that! gah!

Bit of a cleft stick to be in really.

On the one hand it was utterly ridiculous and made a mockery of what we try and do on the history/education front.

On the other hand the organisers had been great to us and we didnt want to let them down *and* there were a lot of kids there who wanted a battle and would have been dissapointed having heard about the very good one the day before.

In fairness Sundays battle was probably the most sensible re-enactment battle ive seen done publically as unlike the usual free for all rubbish it was a section of brit airborne versus a section of german mountain troops.

None of us really wanted to do a battle with a 'magical' ending but equally we were there to have fun, not act superior or as dave puts it 'hide behind ropes showing off kit'

it was a bit of fun for the tutbury castle people....... the crowd loved it. ranj and i were a physical barrier, i didnt hear one derisory comment from the public. i wouldnt like to see that battle again though. (even if it was hilariuosly funny.) it didnt really spoil the event, i just think it was a bit of an error of judgement on the organisers part. like gadge said, he was between a rock and a hard place. they put him on the spot. it was fun though.

we went on the Monday with our kids seven in total, mine Gaz's and John's.So i do think that some times the children should be entertained just as much as the adults, as it is a famliy day out.

I wondered what the "different" aspect was and now I know

Makes you chaps feel any better I had to rescue parachuted in teddies (two of them) at the Victory show a couple of years back. No seriously they actually had two teddies deployed from a plane. However one of the chutes didn't work . It was touch and go for a while but the DRK managed to bring him around in the end Anyways point being I felt I guess as you guys did, a bit daft, a bit concerned about "opinions" from doing it, but again it was done for the kids at the event and they did enjoy it and all came to see if the teddies really were ok. For me though that was a once off, I've not done it before or since but I can say I did it once

I wouldn't worry too much on the bedknobs and broomsticks battle, it is probably already forgotton about (if anyone was concerned? I've not seen a disparaging post on the pozzi forum about it). They're currently all too busy thinking about the chap on the Bluebell line waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay bigger faux pas;)

There are disparaging comments on the 'other' re-enacting forum!

Heh, the reenactors at Tutbury were a bit stuffed as Gadge says. Seems the castle people hadn't really thought it through or prepared sufficiently. In retrospect I wish we had done more in the village (on the Sunday I was there) as that would have been more interesting, for me anyway. I sort of resented the fact that the purpose of being there was just for public entertainment. And if it WAS public entertainment then I'd have made damn sure they were better entertained (like we did at Crich). Heh, in airsoft we have SISK - this event was very much the reenacting equivalent!

Anyhoo, we live and learn - and I was an enjoyable event nonetheless so definitely not a disaster..

Helga... bluebell line?

link?

Not the dude who wears the yellow star is it?

General section on the pozzi its there for alllllllllllll to see.

Right must be on the actual tutbury thread CW as I've not read that, and people when they REALLY want to moan ( what re-enactors moaning... never ) they put it somewhere where all can see it, not just a small handful that are interested in discussing the "after effects" of a little show, in a little know place - to tha majority (Tutbury is one of those). As said if you'd reaaaaaaaaaaaaally upset people (thats all not just you CiA chaps), then it would be in the General forum, and well its not