RMLI_SGT
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Post by RMLI_SGT on Dec 15, 2010 9:14:37 GMT -8
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Post by hocfutue on Dec 28, 2010 22:52:55 GMT -8
That's a great site. I actually enjoy blanco'ing my gear and bulling my boots--that attitude is totally inaccurate for the period, I know.  Didn't see much blanco'd gear at the March event this year. Admittedly, I didn't blanco my gear, either. I was hoping to see what color/type the other guys had applied. I'll probably go with a No.97 shade. On a related note, a lot of WWII reenactors refuse to blanco their gear. Not sure why--unblanco'd webbing at a 1944 Europe event just plain looks wrong. |
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Post by thomssen on Mar 23, 2011 10:14:51 GMT -8
That's a great site. I actually enjoy blanco'ing my gear and bulling my boots--that attitude is totally inaccurate for the period, I know. Didn't see much blanco'd gear at the March event this year. Admittedly, I didn't blanco my gear, either. I was hoping to see what color/type the other guys had applied. I'll probably go with a No.97 shade. On a related note, a lot of WWII reenactors refuse to blanco their gear. Not sure why--unblanco'd webbing at a 1944 Europe event just plain looks wrong. I know. All of my (WWII) kit is blancoed, and it drives me nuts to see plain kit. |
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Post by deadsani on Mar 23, 2011 19:19:37 GMT -8
Yeah but no one cares what you do Thomssen... :-p
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Post by cco23i on Oct 24, 2011 7:58:11 GMT -8
O.K, What is the "recipe" for the Blanco substitute for the WW1 equipment made from a shoe paste?
Scott
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Post by oskar2ndchev on Oct 24, 2011 8:19:42 GMT -8
Oh Seph...care to weigh in here...? :-)
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qms
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Post by qms on Oct 25, 2011 8:49:35 GMT -8
I believe the simplest method involve mixing shoe whitener with either poster or watercolour (color, on your side of the pond) paint. The correect amounts will vary with the paint and state of the web - try it on some scrap first . (Make sure you can scrub most of it off afterwards, and DON't let it cale - it looks 'orrible!)
Any help?
Tom
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Post by cco23i on Oct 25, 2011 9:34:20 GMT -8
Yes it is! Thanks! I'll fill ya' in on what Happens! Scott |
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qms
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Post by qms on Oct 31, 2013 3:47:12 GMT -8
A bit late to ask, but did it work for you?
Tom
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montythetommy
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Post by montythetommy on Oct 31, 2013 6:12:10 GMT -8
That's a great site. I actually enjoy blanco'ing my gear and bulling my boots--that attitude is totally inaccurate for the period, I know. Didn't see much blanco'd gear at the March event this year. Admittedly, I didn't blanco my gear, either. I was hoping to see what color/type the other guys had applied. I'll probably go with a No.97 shade. On a related note, a lot of WWII reenactors refuse to blanco their gear. Not sure why--unblanco'd webbing at a 1944 Europe event just plain looks wrong. I know. All of my (WWII) kit is blancoed, and it drives me nuts to see plain kit. yeah, I have yet to see any photos of blancoed British empire kit from the period. Remember ww1 is different from ww2. Almost 95% of the British uniform and kit is different. |
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qms
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Post by qms on Nov 19, 2013 9:40:56 GMT -8
Remember that much of the kit lasted until 1937 (or later), so blancoed examples could date from the post-war spit-and-polish days
Q
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tt123
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Post by tt123 on Dec 5, 2013 7:31:44 GMT -8
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