Seems there should be a thread about BSG costuming/costume call/cosplay. So here we go.
According to this article, the marines’ helmets are actually snowboarding helmets from Giro.
DarthMojo has some old skool advice about Larry costuming.
And then there’s this compilation.
Yup, working on a marine costume for myself and a deckhand for the wife. Brother is doing a marine as well. Luckily most of the components for the marine are off the shelf. Deckhand has been a little harder to get the parts together for and will require some sewing, painting and dying.
There are many places on the 'net that cover everything you need to do to get something decent put together.
Oh wow, everybody who’s willing to kill for a costume is an über-geek in my book. Well done!
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FYI - the watches that they’re using on the show are by Nixon. Lee’s watch is a nixon scout. I actually have one and it’s a pretty cool watch, I get compliments on it all the time.
the raptor pilots seem to favour the “dictator” model.
-Chris
www.myspace.com/chrisdevine
Are these watches for skaters? The only dealers in Las Vegas seem to be skateboard-related places.
The dictator is what the pilots wear (just saw that Devine said the same thing). You need the scout with the black face and black strap for the other characters.Here be an eBay link
Kind of an older resource (hasn’t been updated lately) but still a good starting point
Nice find, Devine. And not insanely pricey.
Posted the video of my wife and I with Michael Hogan at Dragon Con over in that thread, but I’ll link it here since we were in costume at the time.
Yeah Nixon is kind of a skater/hipster type company. They sell at skate and snowboard shops, but I couldn’t find a local place that had one in stock (or I trusted to order from) so I picked mine up online via www.bizrate.com. I found the cheapest price there and went with some outdoorsy LLBean-ish type company called altrec.com when I bought mine. I think I paid $70 or so with shipping.
good hunting!
I want to see all these BSG costumes when yall are done making them! Last Halloween I was Kara Thrace- the costume was pretty sweet, but if I were going to a con I would fix the fact that my sports bra and racer-front tank-thingy were switched (I switched the gray bra/black top for a black bra/gray top because I could do that without spending any more).
Reviving this thread because a lot of people are asking questions now about costuming:
Livejournal BSG Costuming was mentioned earlier. I have never really used it but it looks decent.
The Colonial Fleet I would call this the most comprehensive source for costuming. You might have to register to get access to it, but if you are serious about costuming it is worth the effort.
Galactica Hero This is a very good resource as well. Lots of cross information from the last place. The guy that runs this site has a lot of the patches made up and makes many of the costumes you will need. I see him at every con around Dallas and is the source for pretty much all of my parts for costumes that I cannot get off the shelf.
Tank tops This was provided by DawnAZ in another thread. Go for the brownish ones as they are most screen accurate if you are into that sort of thing.
If you have any questions about costuming you should be able to answer ANY of them at one of those three links. If you still have questions, feel free to PM me and I will try to help you.
I handmade a deckhand costume and put together a marine costume so I have a little experience in BSG costuming.
Hope this helps folks out especially those looking for parts for the national meetup.
Dog tag links:
http://store.quantummechanix.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Personalized-Artisan-Dog-Tags_p_21.html
http://www.shopgalronmfg.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=shopgalron
Anyone have any information on Romo’s sunglasses or his really cool long blue coat.
What is on the back of the tags. Can we get our call sign?
Not QMX ones anyway. I have a set, there’s a copyright notice on the back.
You can get both your first initial/last name and call sign on the Galron tags. And either first initial/last name or call sign instead if you request it on the QMX tags.
Was there not any info at the links that have been posted?
The Galron tags are by far the better set.