tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post958277836254341108..comments2024-03-28T01:23:12.670+00:00Comments on Not By Appointment: Colour definitionsDavid Morfitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-10354815662609475822009-05-16T14:49:00.000+00:002009-05-16T14:49:00.000+00:00Thanks, FB. Well, I do try, although one is often ...Thanks, FB. Well, I do try, although one is often working with either very little information or very contradictory information, so it's not easy. Then again, why should it be easy? ;-)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-21693306723135126582009-05-16T14:48:00.000+00:002009-05-16T14:48:00.000+00:00Hi Bill,
I'm having a good rummage through the ma...Hi Bill,<br /><br />I'm having a good rummage through the materials to see what uniform would look best (IMHO). Will let you see what I come up with soon! :-)<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-26613835189692665372009-05-16T00:26:00.000+00:002009-05-16T00:26:00.000+00:00I'm sure whatever colors you come up with are exce...I'm sure whatever colors you come up with are excellent and as historically accurate as you can make them given all of the limitations. At least they can give us a basis for comparison. I doubt anyone could reasonably quibble about exact shades, only comparative ones at best, I'm thinking. Maybe they could say one unit wore very dark blue and another unit wore a lighter blue, for example.Fitz-Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510866929782142007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-52256073384729077572009-05-15T22:53:00.000+00:002009-05-15T22:53:00.000+00:00Sir David, Can't wait to see what uniform you sele...Sir David, Can't wait to see what uniform you select for youself as a new Brigadier General...Capt Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990089081015713972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-5659777865567091542009-05-15T22:33:00.000+00:002009-05-15T22:33:00.000+00:00Thanks, Jeff. Yes - very true! Standardisation is ...Thanks, Jeff. Yes - very true! Standardisation is a rather modern concept, as is durability - and even in modern armies there's plenty of variation when men provide their own equipment to replace the standard issue stuff.<br /><br />I think of the 18th century Prussian army, where to give a semblance of uniformity the smallclothes of each infantry *company* had to be dyed together - that does suggest a good deal of variation in practice!<br /><br />David.David Morfitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016926084467625584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133987073420297016.post-46264960771423395292009-05-15T22:24:00.000+00:002009-05-15T22:24:00.000+00:00Add to that, of course, the facts that every singl...Add to that, of course, the facts that every single supplier used slightly different dye mixtures each time . . . plus fading and weathering.<br /><br />Someone once said something to the effect that every single historical army could be correctly painted in "dried mud" color. . . . Of course who wants to paint their armies that way?<br /><br />Don't worry about it, David, your guesses are probably better than most.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.com