"Repost: Photos of Original Russian Equipment " Topic
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jeffreyw3 | 28 May 2015 7:24 a.m. PST |
link In Russian, but you can use Chrome |
79thPA | 28 May 2015 7:42 a.m. PST |
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Clays Russians | 28 May 2015 9:37 a.m. PST |
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jeffreyw3 | 28 May 2015 9:55 a.m. PST |
I especially liked the stark differences in qualities of cloth displayed. |
jgibbons | 28 May 2015 5:31 p.m. PST |
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Marshall Vorwarts | 28 May 2015 5:50 p.m. PST |
Noticed one tunic of the guards was a dark grey not sure if age changed the color. |
14Bore | 29 May 2015 1:10 p.m. PST |
Awesome to see actual uniforms, weapons, accoutrements but not much out of the expected except colors of uniforms. Thanks for this link. |
jeffreyw3 | 30 May 2015 9:37 a.m. PST |
Both of the guards tunics were very dark (compare to the Russian officers meeting with Mack in Bondarchuk's "War and Peace.") The Kinburn dragoon's tunic is similar in color, but the fabric is clearly of lessr quality, and then the Tomsk infantryman is, "yeah, we gotcher green right here, buddy." :-) With the wool cloth, colors were definitely more laid back than what you see on tables now. |
14Bore | 30 May 2015 12:05 p.m. PST |
Makes me wonder if different shades of green would be more realistic than the same bottle for 1000 Russian's. |
McLaddie | 30 May 2015 10:30 p.m. PST |
How fast the color was and what shade depended on the ingredients. The Russians used a coppor oxide green [lots of copper in Russia] and also black with ochre to create a black green color or a combinaion of the two. The black ochre mixture tended to fade in the sun to a gray green and the copper to a brighter apple green. You could have all sorts of shades depending on when and where the uniforms were made, and then how much campaigning the uniforms had seen. |
Clays Russians | 31 May 2015 7:52 p.m. PST |
Mcladdie, your the first person I've ever heard say that, I read that somewhere long ago. Also read that dog hair was sheard in the spring and used in the weave of Russian greatcoats to make them warmer than other army overcoats. |
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