Soren Posted 11 October , 2005 Share Posted 11 October , 2005 Hi Pal's, Just a loose initial sketch, kinda based on the waiting for the whistle drawing, this is men of the The 36th Ulster Division at the Somme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 11 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 11 October , 2005 a detail of the officer looking at the watch, still very sketchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 12 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2005 A tiny bit further, I can’t paint for toffee but having a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 24 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 24 October , 2005 OK, I'm not a painter, but this is the current developements, very dark, but then my mood generally is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 24 October , 2005 Share Posted 24 October , 2005 Sombre, but moving. Whaddya mean, you can't paint for toffee? Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 24 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 24 October , 2005 colour blindness a bit hit and miss!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycad Posted 24 October , 2005 Share Posted 24 October , 2005 Soren, Your paintings of the sentry from the 36th Ulster Division, put me in mind of the following two photographs from the Memorial Room in the Ulster Tower. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonycad Posted 24 October , 2005 Share Posted 24 October , 2005 Soren, This painting could be the scene that your sentry next faces in his trench. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 24 October , 2005 Share Posted 24 October , 2005 I'm an Ulsterman and I have diffs with this .. specifically the helmets .. allI've found in research shows most of the Germans were wearing flat soft caps on the day. Coal scuttles were not around. Soren - yours is coming on well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 24 October , 2005 Author Share Posted 24 October , 2005 Hi Des and Tony, Thanks for the pictures and the comments, I think I'll need to research the day a bit more, I would have stuck the coal scuttle helmets on the Jerrys. Soren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 24 October , 2005 Share Posted 24 October , 2005 Short extract from war diary July 1 12th R Ir Rifles. Lieut. McCluggage at once collected his men and tried to rush on to the German second line but was killed in the attempt. The Germans in the front line it was noticed all wore caps while those in the second line wore helmets. The German second line was full of men and there was a very considerable number at the back of the large mound on the left. All these men fired at Nos. 1 and 2 Platoons while they were advancing and threw bombs at Nos. 3 & 4 while in the German front line. Deffo would have been wearing Pickelhaubes during this period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph J. Whitehead Posted 24 October , 2005 Share Posted 24 October , 2005 Very few steel helmets with the Germans on 1 July, a few scattered about with sentries. The men were wearing caps and pickelhaubes during the fighting. Ralph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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