How to distinguish easily different soldier of ww2?
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I and some friends are doing a short movie, just for fun. The theme is ww2, and we have some soldier costumes, but they will be the same for all soldiers, so German, soviet and British soldiers will all look the same.
How can I make that we distinguish soldiers easily on each scene?
One thing could be name like Hans, but this seems odd, as in normal dialogue, you don't usually call someone by his name
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Not sure if it's on topic.
I and some friends are doing a short movie, just for fun. The theme is ww2, and we have some soldier costumes, but they will be the same for all soldiers, so German, soviet and British soldiers will all look the same.
How can I make that we distinguish soldiers easily on each scene?
One thing could be name like Hans, but this seems odd, as in normal dialogue, you don't usually call someone by his name
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All I can think off is changing how they exactly wear their uniforms. For example the British would wear it by-the-book while soviet would wear it partially undone, helmet eschew (unless its supposed to be winter) and with some added dirty bandages or something. Perhaps have a coloured hankerchied sticking out of a breastpocket, bound around a head, sleeve or weapon to colour-code each faction.
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– Demigan
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Can your friends make/procure some insignia?
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Dozens of popular war movies have been made where Germans could be recognized by them speaking English with thick German accents (or rather, what British/US people think is a German accent).
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Not sure if it's on topic.
I and some friends are doing a short movie, just for fun. The theme is ww2, and we have some soldier costumes, but they will be the same for all soldiers, so German, soviet and British soldiers will all look the same.
How can I make that we distinguish soldiers easily on each scene?
One thing could be name like Hans, but this seems odd, as in normal dialogue, you don't usually call someone by his name
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Not sure if it's on topic.
I and some friends are doing a short movie, just for fun. The theme is ww2, and we have some soldier costumes, but they will be the same for all soldiers, so German, soviet and British soldiers will all look the same.
How can I make that we distinguish soldiers easily on each scene?
One thing could be name like Hans, but this seems odd, as in normal dialogue, you don't usually call someone by his name
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All I can think off is changing how they exactly wear their uniforms. For example the British would wear it by-the-book while soviet would wear it partially undone, helmet eschew (unless its supposed to be winter) and with some added dirty bandages or something. Perhaps have a coloured hankerchied sticking out of a breastpocket, bound around a head, sleeve or weapon to colour-code each faction.
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– Demigan
3 hours ago
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Can your friends make/procure some insignia?
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– Alexander
3 hours ago
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– Agrajag
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Dozens of popular war movies have been made where Germans could be recognized by them speaking English with thick German accents (or rather, what British/US people think is a German accent).
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– Abigail
3 hours ago
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All I can think off is changing how they exactly wear their uniforms. For example the British would wear it by-the-book while soviet would wear it partially undone, helmet eschew (unless its supposed to be winter) and with some added dirty bandages or something. Perhaps have a coloured hankerchied sticking out of a breastpocket, bound around a head, sleeve or weapon to colour-code each faction.
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– Demigan
3 hours ago
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Can your friends make/procure some insignia?
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– Alexander
3 hours ago
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Welcome to the site NotANazi, please take the tour and read up in our help centre about how we work: How to Ask You'll see in help center that your question is not on topic, but you can edit it to make it so.
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– Agrajag
3 hours ago
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Dozens of popular war movies have been made where Germans could be recognized by them speaking English with thick German accents (or rather, what British/US people think is a German accent).
$endgroup$
– Abigail
3 hours ago
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All I can think off is changing how they exactly wear their uniforms. For example the British would wear it by-the-book while soviet would wear it partially undone, helmet eschew (unless its supposed to be winter) and with some added dirty bandages or something. Perhaps have a coloured hankerchied sticking out of a breastpocket, bound around a head, sleeve or weapon to colour-code each faction.
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– Demigan
3 hours ago
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All I can think off is changing how they exactly wear their uniforms. For example the British would wear it by-the-book while soviet would wear it partially undone, helmet eschew (unless its supposed to be winter) and with some added dirty bandages or something. Perhaps have a coloured hankerchied sticking out of a breastpocket, bound around a head, sleeve or weapon to colour-code each faction.
$endgroup$
– Demigan
3 hours ago
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Can your friends make/procure some insignia?
$endgroup$
– Alexander
3 hours ago
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Can your friends make/procure some insignia?
$endgroup$
– Alexander
3 hours ago
$begingroup$
Welcome to the site NotANazi, please take the tour and read up in our help centre about how we work: How to Ask You'll see in help center that your question is not on topic, but you can edit it to make it so.
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– Agrajag
3 hours ago
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Welcome to the site NotANazi, please take the tour and read up in our help centre about how we work: How to Ask You'll see in help center that your question is not on topic, but you can edit it to make it so.
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– Agrajag
3 hours ago
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Dozens of popular war movies have been made where Germans could be recognized by them speaking English with thick German accents (or rather, what British/US people think is a German accent).
$endgroup$
– Abigail
3 hours ago
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Dozens of popular war movies have been made where Germans could be recognized by them speaking English with thick German accents (or rather, what British/US people think is a German accent).
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– Abigail
3 hours ago
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Since it is all for fun, historical accuracy is not important. Find some small British Russian, and Nazi flags and cut them into the breast pockets on your uniform shirts. Use Velcro tape to temporarily affix the flags to the shirts, changing them out between scenes. If you can find some slightly larger flags, you could do the same thing to the backs of the shirts so that soldier's can be recognized from behind as well.
In the place of flags, you could use ethnic stereotypes such as fur collars, cuffs and fake mustaches for the Russians. Also work a lot of salutes into the script as an easy German identifier tool.
Also, bad accents can't hurt.
answered 3 hours ago
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In addition to Henry's answer, I would say: music.
WW2 was just a big musical comedy, with quite realistic fights.
Joke aside, music played an important role in WW2. It was the first total war with mass distributed music, and each side have his own recognizable style.
Just play some famous music, a red army choir music will give a huge hint on wich side a soldier is
answered 3 hours ago
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Moustaches.
Cheap, fun, and country specific!
French males generally have twirly, skinny waxed mustaches.
UK soldiers have furry, elaborate moustaches; larger yet if you are Scottish.
Of course WW2 Germans would all have prim little Hitlery mustaches.
source
Americans of the era generally wore thin Cab Calloway type jazz mustaches.
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Since it is all for fun, historical accuracy is not important. Find some small British Russian, and Nazi flags and cut them into the breast pockets on your uniform shirts. Use Velcro tape to temporarily affix the flags to the shirts, changing them out between scenes. If you can find some slightly larger flags, you could do the same thing to the backs of the shirts so that soldier's can be recognized from behind as well.
In the place of flags, you could use ethnic stereotypes such as fur collars, cuffs and fake mustaches for the Russians. Also work a lot of salutes into the script as an easy German identifier tool.
Also, bad accents can't hurt.
answered 3 hours ago
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Since it is all for fun, historical accuracy is not important. Find some small British Russian, and Nazi flags and cut them into the breast pockets on your uniform shirts. Use Velcro tape to temporarily affix the flags to the shirts, changing them out between scenes. If you can find some slightly larger flags, you could do the same thing to the backs of the shirts so that soldier's can be recognized from behind as well.
In the place of flags, you could use ethnic stereotypes such as fur collars, cuffs and fake mustaches for the Russians. Also work a lot of salutes into the script as an easy German identifier tool.
Also, bad accents can't hurt.
answered 3 hours ago
Henry TaylorHenry Taylor
46.1k872167
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Since it is all for fun, historical accuracy is not important. Find some small British Russian, and Nazi flags and cut them into the breast pockets on your uniform shirts. Use Velcro tape to temporarily affix the flags to the shirts, changing them out between scenes. If you can find some slightly larger flags, you could do the same thing to the backs of the shirts so that soldier's can be recognized from behind as well.
In the place of flags, you could use ethnic stereotypes such as fur collars, cuffs and fake mustaches for the Russians. Also work a lot of salutes into the script as an easy German identifier tool.
Also, bad accents can't hurt.
answered 3 hours ago
Henry TaylorHenry Taylor
46.1k872167
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Since it is all for fun, historical accuracy is not important. Find some small British Russian, and Nazi flags and cut them into the breast pockets on your uniform shirts. Use Velcro tape to temporarily affix the flags to the shirts, changing them out between scenes. If you can find some slightly larger flags, you could do the same thing to the backs of the shirts so that soldier's can be recognized from behind as well.
In the place of flags, you could use ethnic stereotypes such as fur collars, cuffs and fake mustaches for the Russians. Also work a lot of salutes into the script as an easy German identifier tool.
Also, bad accents can't hurt.
answered 3 hours ago
Henry TaylorHenry Taylor
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answered 3 hours ago
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In addition to Henry's answer, I would say: music.
WW2 was just a big musical comedy, with quite realistic fights.
Joke aside, music played an important role in WW2. It was the first total war with mass distributed music, and each side have his own recognizable style.
Just play some famous music, a red army choir music will give a huge hint on wich side a soldier is
answered 3 hours ago
KepotxKepotx
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In addition to Henry's answer, I would say: music.
WW2 was just a big musical comedy, with quite realistic fights.
Joke aside, music played an important role in WW2. It was the first total war with mass distributed music, and each side have his own recognizable style.
Just play some famous music, a red army choir music will give a huge hint on wich side a soldier is
answered 3 hours ago
KepotxKepotx
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In addition to Henry's answer, I would say: music.
WW2 was just a big musical comedy, with quite realistic fights.
Joke aside, music played an important role in WW2. It was the first total war with mass distributed music, and each side have his own recognizable style.
Just play some famous music, a red army choir music will give a huge hint on wich side a soldier is
answered 3 hours ago
KepotxKepotx
3,65011532
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In addition to Henry's answer, I would say: music.
WW2 was just a big musical comedy, with quite realistic fights.
Joke aside, music played an important role in WW2. It was the first total war with mass distributed music, and each side have his own recognizable style.
Just play some famous music, a red army choir music will give a huge hint on wich side a soldier is
answered 3 hours ago
KepotxKepotx
3,65011532
answered 3 hours ago
KepotxKepotx
3,65011532
answered 3 hours ago
KepotxKepotx
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answered 3 hours ago
KepotxKepotx
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Moustaches.
Cheap, fun, and country specific!
French males generally have twirly, skinny waxed mustaches.
UK soldiers have furry, elaborate moustaches; larger yet if you are Scottish.
Of course WW2 Germans would all have prim little Hitlery mustaches.
source
Americans of the era generally wore thin Cab Calloway type jazz mustaches.
answered 2 hours ago
WillkWillk
111k26208464
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$begingroup$
Moustaches.
Cheap, fun, and country specific!
French males generally have twirly, skinny waxed mustaches.
UK soldiers have furry, elaborate moustaches; larger yet if you are Scottish.
Of course WW2 Germans would all have prim little Hitlery mustaches.
source
Americans of the era generally wore thin Cab Calloway type jazz mustaches.
answered 2 hours ago
WillkWillk
111k26208464
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$begingroup$
Moustaches.
Cheap, fun, and country specific!
French males generally have twirly, skinny waxed mustaches.
UK soldiers have furry, elaborate moustaches; larger yet if you are Scottish.
Of course WW2 Germans would all have prim little Hitlery mustaches.
source
Americans of the era generally wore thin Cab Calloway type jazz mustaches.
answered 2 hours ago
WillkWillk
111k26208464
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Moustaches.
Cheap, fun, and country specific!
French males generally have twirly, skinny waxed mustaches.
UK soldiers have furry, elaborate moustaches; larger yet if you are Scottish.
Of course WW2 Germans would all have prim little Hitlery mustaches.
source
Americans of the era generally wore thin Cab Calloway type jazz mustaches.
answered 2 hours ago
WillkWillk
111k26208464
answered 2 hours ago
WillkWillk
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WillkWillk
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All I can think off is changing how they exactly wear their uniforms. For example the British would wear it by-the-book while soviet would wear it partially undone, helmet eschew (unless its supposed to be winter) and with some added dirty bandages or something. Perhaps have a coloured hankerchied sticking out of a breastpocket, bound around a head, sleeve or weapon to colour-code each faction.
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– Demigan
3 hours ago
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Can your friends make/procure some insignia?
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– Alexander
3 hours ago
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Welcome to the site NotANazi, please take the tour and read up in our help centre about how we work: How to Ask You'll see in help center that your question is not on topic, but you can edit it to make it so.
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– Agrajag
3 hours ago
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Dozens of popular war movies have been made where Germans could be recognized by them speaking English with thick German accents (or rather, what British/US people think is a German accent).
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– Abigail
3 hours ago