Interwar British clothing colours for VBCW?

[frontal assault]

I'm working on my first two VBCW units for my Anglican League force and one of them is the Bolt Action Partisans.  As such I'm wondering if anyone could give me an idea of typical interwar clothes for farmhands/rural people and army officers (some of khaki I'm guessing, but how would I go about painting it?).

[6milPhil]

I go for duller colour at least on the chaps...



But I'm working up the amount of tweed.

[Christian]

A little off topic... but that banner looks amazing.

[jp1885]

Personally I'd go for various shades of grey and brown, livened up by white or cream-coloured shirts and the odd brightly coloured neckscarf.

(And agreed - great banner!)

[argsilverson]

by interwar time the chemical industry produces virtually any colour you can desire.
fashion only limits the choice.

concidering the above avoid any colour/hues like: fluorescent or vivid colours, not so much denim jeans at least in the continental europe. in more conservative societies no reds as well, since it was regarded as the colour of the sin. for VBCW civilians in the conflict they must use everydayclothing and not the ones used for official receptions etc. Crimson and wine red colours might also be used for grooms etc for the hotels etc.

So, your palette may include every shade of greens, blues, brown, gray and blacks.
in summer lighter shdes and pale colours. white shirts a must (?).
the great fashion of the time was the gray (light gray/gris souris) raincoat for women and black /dark blue beret.

[frontal assault]

by interwar time the chemical industry produces virtually any colour you can desire.
fashion only limits the choice.

concidering the above avoid any colour/hues like: fluorescent or vivid colours, not so much denim jeans at least in the continental europe. in more conservative societies no reds as well, since it was regarded as the colour of the sin. for VBCW civilians in the conflict they must use everydayclothing and not the ones used for official receptions etc. Crimson and wine red colours might also be used for grooms etc for the hotels etc.

So, your palette may include every shade of greens, blues, brown, gray and blacks.
in summer lighter shdes and pale colours. white shirts a must (?).
the great fashion of the time was the gray (light gray/gris souris) raincoat for women and black /dark blue beret.

Cheers mate.

[6milPhil]

Happy to hear you like it chaps...

On the continuing tangent of the banner it, and a few others, are freely available on the blog;

The one above and a BUF/Union Jack
http://6milphil.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/vbcw-flags-of-convenience/

Keep Calm and Put the Kettle On Jack
http://6milphil.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/banner-in-the-works/

Run 'em up your flagpost!