Osprey Books cover this period in thier Elite military series although they tend to skim on real detail.
There are a lot of movies set during the 1800s to guide you, too. European uniforms were pretty static in this period with two main kinds: Frock coat and tunic. Within these, national and unit colours and accessories were the variations. Although a few years out of your range, grab Zulu (1964) for some British army uniforms and Michael Caine in a sensational cape inspired by Bridgeman's satin cape, -C. > Hey, a friend of mine wants a copy of some of the coats from sharps rifels, > the dvd series. I have not watched the, but I do have them on order from > the library, so I will be watching them very soon. However, preparatory to > watching, I figured that I would look at what costumers said about this > era/this series as I have never done any costuming this modern. Does > anyone have a absolute fav pattern or web site for this era? ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
