Re: Half Life 2 civil protection WIP build - Mask mold finished! (Page 5)
And if anyone has an idea for how to make this lettering, I'd like to hear it! Should it be embroidered?
Depends how you're going to make it. You could spray paint it on with some kind of enamel paint and stencil it on the back. You can also try and find some pre-made embroidered letters, even if they're white, you can probably buy some dye online and do it like that too. Maybe even go real cheap and use a red sharpie to color the white embroidered letters if you can't find them in red... which just gave me an idea aswell. So thank you for the thought in turn!
Sometimes you have to get creative, even if the means are... truly bootleg. :lol
Afterall, Murphy's Law states: "If it's stupid, and it works, it's not stupid."
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By the way, if anyone is looking to start their own costume, I found some perfect green pants at Forever 21 (men's section). I don't know if they're still selling them everywhere but it's worth a look. They're a good price, I think I got mine for around 20 dollars.
Here they are! They look greener in real life, less blue.
Also my recommendation is to look up the following keywords up on Amazon or Ebay:
Spruce Green Stripe, Spruce Green Stripe Pants, Spruce Green Stripe Trousers, Spruce Green Trousers, Spruce Green Pants, Spruce Green Security, Spruce Green Uniform, Spruce Green Industrial, Spruce Green Sentry, Vertical Stripe Pants, Referee Pants, etc.
Essentially what you'll see is security/uniform/industrial pantss. But what drives me up the wall, is that they'll sell the green pants you need, but the stripe will be either black or grey. If you want it in white... perhaps you'll have to contact the manufacturer, like:
Blauer, Elbeco, Horace, Dickies
Hopefully this helps you bud. I know I spent hours toiling the internet in my search. But I feel at least I'm closer to accomplishing my goal.
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Update:
This is the closest thing I've found so far:
Horace Small Sentry Plus Florida Sheriff Trousers (Men's Grey Stripe)
It's very hard to find off-the-shelf uniform style pants, but this is by far the closest one I have found (just short of looking up black and white Referee pants which are close but they don't do it.) and the 'grey' color almost looks white. Might be able to go along with that, or you may want to contact the seller or manufacturer if they sell them with a white stripe. If not... I suppose at least you have the pants ready, you just need to find a way to bleach/whiten the stripe at most? Simply food for thought, I'll add these as an option to my own list.
If this isn't for you, then I'd recommend to keep looking around. I'll be doing the same. Good luck.