Allow the glue to dry.Ĥ. While the glue is drying make the eyes. Stretch the gluey leather over the head shape pinching it together at either side of the head and towards the chin as shown.
Carefully cut these out with a hole punch.ģ. Spread the reverese or suede side of the leather with PVA tacky glue. Cut out a rectangular piece of leather approximately 2in x 1-1.5in and mark out the position of eyes and mouth.
Leather is very forgiving and will take colouring and stretching very well. If you don't have a doll head or hat stand, a suitably sized bead with a cocktail stick through it works equally well.Ģ. If you don't have the right colour leather, use a lighter piece and paint or stain it. Cover the doll head or wig/hat stand with cling film to protect it from any glue, etc.
#Ww1 gas mask pictures how to
Love exploring history in miniature form? Dolls House & Miniature Scene magazine is packed with projects to inspire from a wide range of eras – there's something for all tastes and interests! How to make your own WW1 gas mask and helmet Gas attacks didn't happen on the battlefields during WWII. The British small box respirator was first introduced to British soldiers in April 1916, a few months before the Battle of the Somme, and its value can be measured in the reduction of fatalities suffered as a result of poison gas. This crude non-rubberised mask gave some protection by being dipped in the anti-gas chemicals sodium hyposulphite, washing soda, glycerine and water.Īs the months passed and the use of poison gas occured more frequently, more sophisticated masks were developed and introduced. One of the early designs of the gas mask is shown below. The worst sufferers were the wounded lying on the ground, or on stretchers, and the men who ran away with the cloud. Standing up you often escaped any serious effects, whereas, lying down at the bottom of the trench was more lethal as the gas was denser near the ground. It quickly became clear that the men who stayed in their places suffered less than those who ran away from the gas, as any movement worsened the gasses effects. The killing capacity of gas was limited, however, and only 4% of combat deaths were caused by gas. The main gases used were tear gas, mustard gas, phosgene and chlorine.
#Ww1 gas mask pictures series
This entry is part 3 of a 10-part series on World War I.Poison gas worked by killing indiscriminately as the general slow-moving or static gas clouds smothered the trenches. I've gathered photographs of the Great War from dozens of collections, some digitized for the first time, to try to tell the story of the conflict, those caught up in it, and how much it affected the world. New scientific work resulted in more lethal explosives, new tactics made old offensive methods obsolete, and mass-produced killing machines made soldiers both more powerful and more vulnerable. Massive listening devices gave them ears in the sky, armored vehicles made them impervious to small arms fire, tanks could (most of the time) cruise right over barbed wire and trenches, telephones and heliographs let them speak across vast distances, and airplanes gave them new platforms to rain death on each other from above. Each side did its best to build on existing technology, or invent new methods, hoping to gain any advantage over the enemy. Any romantic notion of warfare was bluntly shoved aside by the advent of chlorine gas, massive explosive shells that could have been fired from more than 20 miles away, and machine guns that spat out bullets like firehoses. By the end of the war, rapid-fire guns, aerial bombardment, armored vehicle attacks, and chemical weapon deployments were commonplace. When Europe's armies first marched to war in 1914, some were still carrying lances on horseback.
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