ALIEN Ellen Ripley Costume Tutorial (Flight Suit, Shirt & EVA Flamethrower)

[wetcelery]

Re: ALIEN Ellen Ripley Costume Tutorial (Flight Suit & Shirt)

day 5 (19/8/2015)

 

[wetcelery]

Re: ALIEN Ellen Ripley Costume Tutorial (Flight Suit & Shirt)

day 6 (20/8/2015)

 

[Mike J.]

Nice use of the gridded foam texture there.

 

[wetcelery]

Nice use of the gridded foam texture there.

Yeah, it was handy that the foam already had that! Saved me some work there!



FINISHED FLAMETHROWER (DAY 6)

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[wetcelery]

Had Ripley out again on the first day of MCM Scotland Comic Con. A couple of the Scottish division of the UKCM and I made it on front page of one the national papers hahaha

 

[wetcelery]

Oh, I forgot to upload the rest of the photos from MCM Scotland! Here are some rather professional ones by others:


The Don: Cosplay and Photography


Anthony Macleod at Hairy Monster

 

[wetcelery]

And here's some quality piccies from me:

 

[YuriGagarin61]

Re: ALIEN Ellen Ripley Flight Suit: 90% DYE HELP?

WetCelery, Bravo on doin' Ripley//ALIEN correct! Uh, maybe I missed it in the article, but where did you purchase the Casios from? I am envious...even though Brett didn't wear one in the film....then again he couldn't guesstimate 25 hours from 17 hours.....

 

[kristen jones]

Re: ALIEN Ellen Ripley Flight Suit: 90% DYE HELP?

WetCelery, Bravo on doin' Ripley//ALIEN correct! Uh, maybe I missed it in the article, but where did you purchase the Casios from? I am envious...even though Brett didn't wear one in the film....then again he couldn't guesstimate 25 hours from 17 hours.....

http://www.other-worlds.co.uk/ripley-alien-watch-prop-replica/

Absolutely top notch replica! I bought one and I love it.

 

[Andreescobar]

nice job, I see you did your research as far as pics, profiles, etc. love the group shot too

 

[wetcelery]

WetCelery, Bravo on doin' Ripley//ALIEN correct! Uh, maybe I missed it in the article, but where did you purchase the Casios from? I am envious...even though Brett didn't wear one in the film....then again he couldn't guesstimate 25 hours from 17 hours.....

Thank you! I'm super pleased to hear you think my homemade attempt is relatively correct to the film! Here is my post about the watch. Just because Brett didn't wear one, doesn't mean you can't...

nice job, I see you did your research as far as pics, profiles, etc. love the group shot too

Thanks for your compliment!

 

[wetcelery]

Ahhhh this thread has reached over 10,000 views and its #150 post!! Crazy!

 

[Mike J.]

Oh, it hasn't reached over 10,000 views – it's earned them.

 

[Pocko]

Oh, it hasn't reached over 10,000 views – it's earned them.

I second that. Whenever I'm considering my next step for my Alien: Isolation costume, I always include a quick browse through!

As a matter of fact, I'm considering a suitable watch. I have myself a cheap Casio (one of the early 90s "Illuminator" models).

I love this watch, as I had exactly the same one when they were retailing the first time round! Because of this, I won't be doing any major modding to the watch, but I do intend to build an orange back panel and sort a black velcro strap. I have quite skinny wrists, so I'm content with the single watch unit

Is the orange panel rigid? That would be a lot more straightforward to replicate (either 3d printed, or taking a mould from a scratch-built master), but I have a feeling a soft rubber back would be pretty cool...

 

[Jonn]

Re: ALIEN Ellen Ripley Costume Tutorial (Flight Suit & Shirt)

NOSTROMO SHIRT

I think I’m hooked on the costume-making bug. Now that I’ve got the flight suit done, just having a green t-shirt underneath wasn’t enough. I wanted to make the shirt too. And sure enough, there is an abundance of resources on how to make your own online, much of which were generously shared here on RPF (see the main Aliens/Nostromo Uniform thread and SSGT Kitten's one). Like the flight suit, I will use this thread as a means of documenting my process, so that hopefully, it may help other newbies like me or just act as a possible source of reference.

INDEX
1. References
i. Film Sources
ii. Personal Notes
2. Patches
3. Base
i. Clean Slate
4. Sleeves
5. Pockets
i. Body
ii. Flap
6. Piping
i. Flap Piping
ii. Collar Piping
7. Epaulettes
8. Extras
i. Pen Holder
ii. Name Badge & Rectangles
iii. Finishing Off
9. Comparison
10. Summary

Thank you for this index, you're amazing!