Just for a bit of fun, I thought I'd share a pic of me in 2007 at age 52 as Doc.
Remember, however, that Steve Holland - the gent who posed for James Bama for the Bantam Book covers- was 53 years old at the time.
http://www.freemars.org/mnfan/Conver...ul-7th-203.jpg
Heh! Very cool to see someone doing an old classic!
This younger generation doesn't know what they're missing!
-Sarge
Very cool!
This will be a popular costume a couple of years down the line, with the immensely talented Shane Black currently scripting DOC SAVAGE for the big screen which he is to Direct too.
Not just a big screen comeback, The Man of Bronze is also making a comeback in comics as well, as part of DC's "First Wave" and then his own on going.
It's good to see pulp characters making a comeback.
Very nice, first the Bantam Doc needs his widows peak, Secondly did anybody get it?
Big Savage fan here. I always thought he looked like Brendan Frasier in the old pulp illustrations.
Super cool!
I have a sword cane and a suit if ya wanna do a group pic this d-con.
First I'd like to thank everyone for their kind compliments.darthinvictus said:
Actually, I do have a widows peak plus the annoying thinng hair over it.I was going for a blend of the pulp and Bantam look.
The older attendees of the con recognized the character more readily than the younger set, but had some fun reactions from the young ladies. I got a bit flash blind from all the photos that were taken, so I guess some got it. The best recognition was from a gent dressed as Father Christmas who shook my hand and said, "Great to see ya, Doc. I don't need to ask if you've been a good boy this year." To which I responded, "It's my job to see to it that everyone is good."
I haven't been able to attend a D-con yet, but have always been interested.
Last edited by BAK55; Feb 28, 2010 at 12:14 PM.
My bad, I read doc as dcon....
If ya make d-con one year I would be happy to buy ya a beer.
Bak55,
Great Job!
I love the classics!
I'm interested in the details of the costume. Can you tell about the individual parts and where you found them?
As I recall, I found the jodhpurs at a military show held annually at our State Fair grounds in the Spring and Fall. The boots I had bought years earlier at a local tack shop for my Rocketeer costume (Which I'll have to find pics to post at some time). The belt and shirt I had found a a local thrift store. Using the classic Bama image, I "strategically" tore the shirt to get the effect I wanted. Since I burn more readily than tan, I had used a spray-on tan. Then practiced in front of the mirror to strike the pose correctly when needed.
It was very warm in the hotel that July, so the spray on tan ran down my back and stained the shirt. Sadly, with the shirt torn up the way it was, it wouldn't have survived a wash cycle and I couldn't get the stain out by hand. So it was discarded with the hope of finding another shirt at the thrift store if I ever decide to do the character again.
Last edited by BAK55; Feb 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM.
Nice job.
I always envision Doc as wearing a brown 1930s business suit with a multi-pocketed vest underneath but that's because of the pulps.
I'm glad to see someone giving Doc some representation. Someone did a Ron Ely Doc at a convention but he was quite out of shape. You've got a physique that works for the costume.
Wolf
again great look
your shirt resembles a model Indiana Jones, with bands vertical in your pockets.
best
Caplan.
Last edited by Caplan; Mar 1, 2010 at 9:36 AM.
you can find great jodhpurs at this site:http://www.1aiel.com/motorcyc.htm
They have great customer service
The movie buckle has the DOC SAVAGE logo/name on it. I've seen them from time to time on Ebay.Run Runner said:
yodakiller1138 said:
Found it! From what I can see, it looks pretty cool.
Great look, Bak....or, should I say, Clark, Jr....
I was pumped years ago when it was rumored that Arnold The Governator was slated to play Doc in the movies,,,alas, nothing became of it, and now he's too old, I fear....
Speaking of James Bama....his artwork is one of the reasons I started collecting the Doc Savage Bantam paperback editions (along with Bob Larkin's work), back in the late sixties and seventies (and, I still have them all)...as a kid, I read all of the "181 Super-Sagas" over and over, and wore out 2 copies of Philip Jose Farmer's "Apocolyptic Life"....Doc was (and still is) my all-time favorite human 'super-heros'....I still use the pseudonym "Clark Savage, Jr." in a lot of my on-line business, and it was my nickname back in high school....
Rob
Thanks again for the kind words.
Sorry that my information about where I got the items to make up the costume wasn't very helpful to most of the folks out there. I'm a scrounger when it comes to costumes and prop building. I usually make an item I can't find. I may use the internet as a last resort if it's something too complicated to make. I guess old habits die hard.
Just a bit of more info about the shirt. It was one of those duty uniform shirts that security and law enforcement officers use. It had epaulets, pleated pockets and permanent creases.
Great to see a Doc Savage on here finally.
It's one of the first things I did a search for when I joined RPF, but sadly, no costumes until I saw this.
It's one I hope to see more often. I'm thinking of doing one myself. I got the pants, boots and a belt a few years ago, now all I need is a shirt. I'll probably get one of the inexpensive Indiana Jones shirts and tear it up.
I'd go mostly for the Bama look since it's the most familiar, but for the hair I'm thinking maybe I'd do bronze instead of blonde, in keeping with the pulp diescription, and in keeping with Bama's first design for the book cover
(seen in pic attached, I have a framed print of it)
I'll definitely get a spray tan first. Maybe even wear some gold contacts.
The only question is whether or not I'll consider myself in decent shape enough to wear a shredded shirt in public.
Maybe if I make it to dragon con this year I'll give it a go.
I'd say go for it at whatever con you may be at. I wasn't in my top shape when I had done this. I was fortunate(?) enough to have had some lousy things happen in my life at the time and the stress made me drop a lot of excess weight I didn't really need.jwrites said:
Great to see a Doc Savage on here finally.
It's one of the first things I did a search for when I joined RPF, but sadly, no costumes until I saw this.
It's one I hope to see more often. I'm thinking of doing one myself. I got the pants, boots and a belt a few years ago, now all I need is a shirt. I'll probably get one of the inexpensive Indiana Jones shirts and tear it up.
I'd go mostly for the Bama look since it's the most familiar, but for the hair I'm thinking maybe I'd do bronze instead of blonde, in keeping with the pulp diescription, and in keeping with Bama's first design for the book cover
(seen in pic attached, I have a framed print of it)
I'll definitely get a spray tan first. Maybe even wear some gold contacts.
The only question is whether or not I'll consider myself in decent shape enough to wear a shredded shirt in public.
Maybe if I make it to dragon con this year I'll give it a go.
You could say I made lemonade out of the lemons. Just have fun with it.
I thought about trying that costume myself, years ago, when I was in shape and had a tan....now, I'm afraid I'd look like "The Man of Chalk" instead of the "Man of Bronze"!
Rob
You used to be able to find those belt buckles all the time, along with the Buckaroo Banzai buckles but not so much anymore.
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