Applejack in WW2 *graphite*

[dedacct6 2,591]

9/10.

 

Applejack looks great in graphite, and your style seems to compliment the gritty wartime aesthetic superbly. I'm kind of a sucker for dark wartime ponies, so this hit all kinds of sweet spots for me.

 

Keep up the excellent work. If you're still planning to draw the other 5, I can't wait to see them!

Thank you! And I made the other 5 already, they where made a long time ago actually, you can probably find them on my deviant art in my sig or in my content page.

[Mand'alor Dash 2,225]

Thank you! And I made the other 5 already, they where made a long time ago actually, you can probably find them on my deviant art in my sig or in my content page.

Very lovely. I like what you did with them, especially this one. Rainbow Dash is best combat pony.

 

This one and this one gave me some wonderful giggles, though. I'm not sure why. Just the idea of Pinkie Pie being a communist and Twilight Sparkle being der fuhrer of the grammar nazis cracked me up something serious!

[dedacct6 2,591]

Very lovely. I like what you did with them, especially this one. Rainbow Dash is best combat pony.

 

This one and this one gave me some wonderful giggles, though. I'm not sure why. Just the idea of Pinkie Pie being a communist and Twilight Sparkle being der fuhrer of the grammar nazis cracked me up something serious!

Yea it was just a random idea that just popped up in my mind. thanks fort he compliments very much appreciate it

*though the Twilight one wasn't a favorite of mine... 

[GrimCW 658]

Awesome IMO, but the card should be a Jack, not an Ace (at least it looks like an ace)

 

 

Helmet bands were indeed used by the US in WWII, however they were rarely used. Those that were were mostly used in the PTO, and in Italy semi-famously by commandos. It wasn't until the Vietnam War that they became standard. This leads to the playing card (which can be construed as a "death card"). There are no known images of American soldiers putting playing cards in their helmet bands until Vietnam. The closest thing to it in WWII was the airborne's use of the symbols painted on to designate regiments.

 

 

Could've sworn the Marines had the headbands and "death cards" in a number of old photos.. though the Pacific side isn't often spoken of for some reason (twas rather brutal from both Japanese and American sides.. Suppose people don't like to consider what people did over there as much as what happened on the European side), so I dunno.. been awhile since I really studied it too.

Edited October 3, 2013 by GrimCW

[Party Cannon 876]

Awesome IMO, but the card should be a Jack, not an Ace (at least it looks like an ace)

 

 

Could've sworn the Marines had the headbands and "death cards" in a number of old photos.. though the Pacific side isn't often spoken of for some reason (twas rather brutal from both Japanese and American sides.. Suppose people don't like to consider what people did over there as much as what happened on the European side), so I dunno.. been awhile since I really studied it too.

 

Indeed. You see that's just it though, you would think they were doing it back in WWII, but after some fairly in depth research it all points to Vietnam as the beginning. A couple of factors that point to this [other than the fact of not being able to pull up an authentic period photo of soldiers doing this practice] are the generally stricter uniform regulations of WWII and the differences in GI culture between WWII and Vietnam (i.e. WWII had Kilroy, Vietnam had death cards).

 

What may have caused some people to think the practice dated back to Marines in WWII was possibly the video game Call of Duty: World at War which uses death cards as part of the gameplay. This aspect really though is simply artistic license.

[GrimCW 658]

What may have caused some people to think the practice dated back to Marines in WWII was possibly the video game Call of Duty: World at War which uses death cards as part of the gameplay. This aspect really though is simply artistic license.

 

I could def see that happening, its actually happened a lot. Even the propaganda films made by the U.S. still convince people that ALL Germans were nazi's, and the entire Wehrmacht was this evil entity despite thats just the political party and the SS.

I used to study a lot into it. And on Killroy, theres actually a debate since there were reports of him since well before WWII, though WWII popularized it heavily with some bulkhead inspectors painting him on the bulkheads to mark ones inspected and marked as good.