Aliens USCM dropship pilot VP70 holster, Ferro-type

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Chopperinator

New Member

• Jul 23, 2016

• #1

Hey, I'm not entirely sure if this belongs in the replica prop forum or the replica costume forum, so please feel free to move the topic as required.

Basically, I'm looking to replicate CPL Ferro's Aliens USCM dropship pilot VP70 pistol setup. You see an image of her holster for a millisecond right before she gets greased by the Xenomorph stowaway.

It appears entirely different from the holster that Spunkmeyer uses, since it seems like it's missing the cross stitching:

It looks like Ferro's uses heavy nylon and is hooked onto her flak jacket. Any ideas on what sort of holster she's using? Surplus or custom fabricated?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

 

Mike J.

Master Member

• Jul 23, 2016

• #2

I dunno. Got a couple of retouched screencaps for ya, though.

 

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Chopperinator

New Member

• Jul 23, 2016

• #3

Thanks mate! I'll keep looking!

 

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Monster

Well-Known Member

• Jul 24, 2016

• #4

AFAIK Ferro's holster is the same as the others, with the flap turned over and tucked in, and the pistol reversed so she could pull the pistol left handed (as she was sitting on the starboard side of the cockpit). You can see the reverse of the 'quilted' pattern in the pictures above. The holsters were all based on a 1980's Assault Systems holster, which was used as a pattern and slightly adjusted for a better fit to the VP-70,which is probably why Ferro's LH set up looks a bit odd.

 

Last edited: Jul 24, 2016

cavx

Master Member

• Jul 24, 2016

• #5

I am going to suggest that given the sub $20M budget of this film, many things like a holster seen briefly would have been a found item and maybe modded to suit the costume.

 

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Monster

Well-Known Member

• Jul 24, 2016

• #6

Vast majority of Aliens props and equipment was custom fabricated or redressed 'found' parts - BDU's, armour, PR slings etc were all custom made - this includes the holster as part of the grenade webbing and pouches. Most of the 'found' parts like the 'belt tool' (the 'pop' gun) were modified in some way (and in some cases used in multiple ways, the pop gun used for the belt tool is also the base for the Smart Gun 'battery').

The screen used holsters were examined a while ago by an AL member, he compared it to the AS holster and while its obviously used as a reference pattern, they are custom fitted to the VP-70 ( the IMFDB has a great image of a SU holster)

 

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Chopperinator

New Member

• Jul 24, 2016

• #7

Thanks everyone for the input! Looks like my options are either picking up the spatcave holster, or trying to track down and mod an old Assault Systems holster. All depends on what I can find in the wild.