@ VeeVee, hehe... that's right, you got my boots and a whole lot of other things too
As for the picture book, we're thinking about it. And if ever we do it, we'll make new PS pic for that.
milspec, thank you very much for your comments.
It took us about a little over a year to complete our gear. Of course we had some help from Vic and kalbs and other friends in acquiring some of our gear from ebay and other military surplus stores online.
Those team members who have spare gear lends them to the ones that don't have.
So we have developed this list of gear for who gets what from whom... it helps locate lost gear after every shoot.
I agree with you that these uniforms are very hard to put dirt on them... and yes, we have tried to do that too but the result was futile.
The dirt on our uniforms here in the photos were mostly done in 'photoshop'.
There's one thing i noticed though when we were doing Don's filming, it rained that day and our uniforms were all soaking wet and so some dirt just sticked to them naturally plus the color and look of the fabric and how it falls looks so old and used.
From this experience, i'm thinking that mud might do the trick... the more the better.
And one other way that i was thinking of was to put oil (motor oil maybe?) that will look like coffee stains... but this will be good for your second set of uniform as this weathering process might be more permanent.
"Would there be a chance that we could see the pictures in color?"
Most of these photos were taken in Black & White setting.... it was an experiment actually, doing it in B&W means there's no turning back.. we have no choice but to see it in this format, just like back in the day.
Our photographer's mind set was to make this shoot as if you were there during that time. Even he himself is like reenacting what those WW2 army combat photographer's were doing and how they think in combat.
And also he researched on what type of camera and film they used. What setting was commonly used for speed (for action shots) and opening, how was the film developed and why was it developed like that. Understanding all these factors are important because this makes the photos look the way they are during that era.
Our goal, is to replicate all that as close as we can.
There were a lot of research and brainstorming sessions among ourselves on how to do these photo shoots and that includes watching the documentary film about combat photographers "The Shooting War" by Steven Spielberg and hosted by Tom Hanks.
Well, sorry for the long story but there's a couple of colored shots in there that i can post for you soon for your comparison.
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