Re: Marvel Now "The Punisher" costume (Gerads version) MASK ADDED!
Im waiting for the day they actually design a "Working Tac vest" for the Punisher, closest one so far is from War Zone movie.
the above pic is great example, why have 3 pistol mag pouches and no pistol? what about rifle mag pouches for that rifle your carrying?
If you look closely, you'll find the distinct shape of a Glock 17/22/31's grip sticking out of a holster-pouch visible between the rifle magazine pouches and the HK416. So he isn't sidearm-less. But I'm not seeing any pistol magazine pouches, just a triple rifle shingle, the Glock, and a double-frag shingle.
the artist even makes fun of the warzone version. which is a real body armor vest. lol.
Crye makes mostly airsoft/paintball crap anyways. they dont have any contracts with the military.
That's just silly and ignorant. Crye clothing is
the standard for pretty much every US SOCOM unit in existence. US Army Rangers, Special Forces, and US Air Force Parajumpers utilize Crye fatigues in MultiCam, US Marine Raiders/MARSOC utilize Crye fatigues in the old "analogue" woodland pattern, and US Navy SEALs utilize Crye fatigues in AOR1 and AOR2 (a digital pattern similar to - but not the same as - the Marines' MARPAT). Crye fatigues in green were also much in evidence in FBI SWAT use in Boston during the Tsarnaev manhunt. It's probably a safe bet that Delta and DEVGRU (or whatever they're going by today) and their civilian sister unit, FBI HRT, utilize the same fatigues.
It's probably a safe bet that many of these units might just use some of their unit funds, and even their own personal money to purchase Crye LBE and armor.
The
Warzone armor was hilarious, anyway.
Seriously, though, all you'd have to do with this kit is change the colors from black to MultiCam and you'd pretty much be staring at the likeness of the modern American SOF member.
Since I was looking to find out what to make the skull out of for my own armor, I might as well share what brought me here courtesy of the Google:
Mk1 paper skull prototype. Needless to say, PunisherNC's skull looks much, much,
much better.
The Kryptek Typhon camouflage pattern was intentionally chosen due to the fact that black-on-black-on-black doesn't always show up that well. And I figured that there's a better than decent chance that any live action Punisher movie might feature camouflage, especially when it looks as cool as Typhon does and keeps with the dark-and-brooding colors. And I couldn't tell whether Frank's supposed to be wearing foliage green, some color of grey, or black half the time anyway.
Since this picture was taken, I have added some Team Wendy training plates and an ESSTAC KYWI triple rifle magazine shingle to the front of the armor. Reckon I'll need a couple frag grenade pouches, a flash bang pouch (with inert grenades to fill them), a trauma kit, and TQ pouch. And from the description in the initial reference, I'll probably need to get some sort of GP pouch for the back of the armor. It ultimately will not be as literal a translation of the original as PunisherNC's, as it will take into account my own preferences and experiences with clothing, armor, load-bearing gear, &c. Kind of a Punisher by way of Haley Strategic, Vickers Tactical, and Black Powder \\ Red Earth.
Can't do a literal interpretation, anyway, since I'm blond. :wacko
