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phantom8 (Brian Anderson)
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 Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject: Another new pilot
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Well, not "new" exactly... I used to have one, sold it, and made another a year or so later.
From the pilot standards thread, I used the costumebay flight suit and vest.
I made a bunch of changes to the vest:
- shortened shoulder straps
- added tubing to the front and back
- removed the velcro waist strap, replacing it with the proper insertion locks
- added an accurate adjustment thing to the back
The flight suit is unmodified (well, legs are shortened, but that was just a fit thing).
Boots are of the German officer variety.
Flares, arm tools and chest box knob from elvistrooper. Chest box from mansugi (I forget his username here - that's the RPF one). Helmet by Richies, paint by me.
Ejections straps, belt, leg flare holder by me.
A couple of shots of things I thought were interesting enough to share. Note the closeup of the orange fabric. That both shows the weathering, and the sort of material the costumebase suit is made of.
I put little wire hooks into the flare holder to keep it where I wanted it. Since the boots are really tall, I went with wearing it around the boot rather than on top (Like Luke in the Visual Dictionary)
Everything is gently weathered with black, several shades of grey, and a couple of shades of brown. Just enough that it doesn't look shiny and new:
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cyranodb (Mike)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject:
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| Only one pic loaded for me but it looks great. I recently made several upgrades to my pilot. It's almost finished. I might want to get a new chest box too. |
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JediXXL (Gil Guemes)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject:
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Looks really good Brian!
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Mr. Bojangles
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| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:06 am Post subject:
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Great job on putting the costume together, Brian.
| Quote: | | Flares, arm tools and chest box knob from elvistrooper. Chest box from mansugi (I forget his username here - that's the RPF one). |
That will be me 
| Quote: | I put little wire hooks into the flare holder to keep it where I wanted it. Since the boots are really tall, I went with wearing it around the boot rather than on top (Like Luke in the Visual Dictionary)
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Your other option is to use money clips for the leg flare holder. Looks more professional.
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cyranodb (Mike)
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| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:10 am Post subject:
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Oo..I got one of those  |
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Krash
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| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:27 am Post subject: Re: Another new pilot
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| hawkbat8 wrote: | | I put little wire hooks into the flare holder to keep it where I wanted it. |
Hmmmm....hadn't thought of that?  |
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dirk steele (karl)
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| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:26 am Post subject:
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looking great !  
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phantom8 (Brian Anderson)
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| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:14 pm Post subject:
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| Mr. Bojangles wrote: |
Your other option is to use money clips for the leg flare holder. Looks more professional.
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i had thought about that... i had 1 money clip left over from my stormie, and just the one didn't seem to hold the band up well.
i didn't want to go to the store  |
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HazardThree (Jon Paulson)
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:21 am Post subject:
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Nice gear Brian ... NOW go get yourself a spankin' new Phantom Squadron sigbar from Commander Bunhead! Email him or sign up in this thread:
http://www.rebellegion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7288
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