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    Not kevlar, I hope...

    I suspect the kilt would be made of whatever NyCot blend they are using now for BDUs, maybe brushed or otherwise peached on the inside, with stitched pleats and creases. And a "secret" under-apron flat pocket. Make it in a "night camouflage" check. I like the hose and boots above. Make the hose long enough to unroll over your knees in prolonged crawling situations.

    I expect the belt could be the current standard issue web pistol belt. Blouse/tunic would be a modified version of the Ike jacket, in a dirt color, maybe with a few additional pockets and velcro closures. Alternatively, a slightly shortened M-65 jacket, with sporran cutaway.

    NO waistcoat, or a polyester fleece zippered one.

    Cotton fabric "Sherlock Holmes" fore and aft headgear, representing a blend of the traditional deerstalker and a boonie hat, in the same color as the tunic.

    Figure, if we wanted to be strictly practical, many soldiers would be wearing lycra/kevlar bodystockings, or something based more on them than on shirts and trousers. If we aren't going that way ( and I don't think we should) then the alternative is a mix of the traditional and the more or less practical.

    If you wanted to be mean (and practical) you could make the blouse with big red splotches, to fool the enemy into thinking he had already made a hit.
    Last edited by MacLowlife; 20th March 11 at 08:12 AM. Reason: more thoughts
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    A try at it

    OK,

    Kilt, 6ish yards MoD in ARMY tartan though the colours are muted to a more arid/forest/mountain set... similar to the Multicam colours.

    Kilt Apron in multicam.

    Bonnet/Lid: Khaki Green Balmorals, (Not ToS)

    Jacket: a kind of cutaway ACU

    Hose: Argyle pattern in the muted Army/Multicam colours

    Boots: Per Military specs

    BA: per Mil Specs

    Sporran: Something like the Blackhawk Tactical handbag... worn as a sporran when needed, like incorporating the gas masks bags innovation back when.

    something like that.

    peace,
    justin

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    Not this?

    "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." -- Thomas Paine

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