Why I collect fieldgear..

[Patrick Dempsey]

Hi all,
please forgive this hugely self indulgent thread, but today (with time on my hands) i had the chance to shoot some of my fieldgear as i would prefer to have it displayed.
Normally my tunics and equipment never meet each other as they are stored away in different areas. Plus, i do not have anywhere near enough space to put the stuff, so this was quite....therapeutic .
I did some mental financial calculations as i was going, and the results were rather frightening to say the least....
Here he is, my late war soldat (only one tan leather entrenching tool carrier to finish him off needed!). As ever, he would be dressed with trousers and boots, if only the trousers were larger than a catwalk supermodel .

Hope you like it,

Patrick.

PS .all ordnance is INERT!

[Patrick Dempsey]

One for Manny.... .

[Patrick Dempsey]

The back..

[Patrick Dempsey]

Webbing frog detail shot.

[Patrick Dempsey]

The top half...with 1944 dated bullets.

[Patrick Dempsey]

a rear profile shot to include a (hidden) bread bag and late water bottle.

[Lasse L]

I really like that set!!
May i save the pics to my harddrive?

[junior]

Very nice set-up Patrick!

Cheers,
Junior.

[Patrick Dempsey]

Lasse,
very kind of you to ask. Save away my friend, save away .
Thanks Junior!

Patrick.

[sean weber]

cool

Hi Patrick
Thats a nice late war set up you can see the thought that has gone into it.

Sean W

[derspiess63]

I think I thaw a Puttycat !Those straps are quite familiar,aren't they!Great set up Patrick...I love it and only one mannequin is VERY therapeutic.........it forces you and dress it with a different uniform on a weekly basis....at least that's what happens to me...and I'd pay a grand just to know what people think when they see a forty yo man dancing on the balcony with a very tall "Afrikaner"while his girlfriend(mine,not the Afrikaner's)watches amused !

'Grats matey

Now.........let's all post our mannequins and peacefully"invade" Patrick's thread.....his ordnance is not live anymore!

[Lasse L]

Ah! Thank you!!!

[sean weber]

Out with the mannequins

Ok to start the ball rolling Heres one of my mannequins hes been on here before but its a different shot.

Sean

[derspiess63]

Here's one of mine.....Sicily 1943

[Patrick Dempsey]

Sean,
i will never tire of seeing your stuff . You have possibly some of the finest uniform setups to be seen in the whole of the UK.

Manny,
superb ensemble . And i see a tan gunners pouch on the wall too .

Here is my latest work in progress, one i haven't shown before, a Flak NCO. I have a pair of straight leg trousers to go with this also, but....my mannequin with legs is still at a friends house. My mannequin hell goes on.
Get these men Golden wound badges .

Patrick.