wetcelery
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Re: ALIEN Ellen Ripley Costume Tutorial (Flight Suit & Shirt)
The t-shirts would be a cool idea. And I agree, the lady I photographed seemed to be inspired by the style from then.
Yes, I've a few badges lying about so could always swap the backing but it is a pain in the neck (no pun intended) having to do that. Here's hoping someone makes more accurate badges in the near future!
Yes the pockets definitely look a lot better. Still two tone but a little more discreet.
19 days if I count all the days I actually worked on the suit. I had thoughts about it for a few weeks but didn't properly start until I had bought the suit and put needle and thread to it the next day. But you're costume will probably be more accurate than mine!
Thank you! I'm going to have some t-shirts of the Balaji Imperial art for sale soon
And I took a look at your blog as well. That yellow-and-black dress seems very 1920's-y.
-MJ
About that clutch pin back - you should be able to find another one on another pin you own? Or buy a pack of a few from the craft store...
Yeah, I ended up getting a very similar pin for my Kane costume. They both appear to be a color print onto silver material covered by domed epoxy. Not what was used on film, which was probably cloisonne or faux-cloisonne soft enamel on gold-tone metal. I think there were replicas of these made around the time of the film by the Thinking Cap Company, which seems to have had the rights and is the source of the earliest replica patches & caps.
Oddly enough, looking at a large still of Brett, you can tell his US Tricentennial patch is silkscreened and not embroidered (and on top of that it's oriented wrong!) .... Don't know why that should be, as the Nostromo patches clearly all were embroidered ... And the big wings patches ...
The pockets look better now.
19 days? Bit of a spur of the moment thing? I've been gathering components for my Halloween costume for weeks now...
-MJ
The t-shirts would be a cool idea. And I agree, the lady I photographed seemed to be inspired by the style from then.
Yes, I've a few badges lying about so could always swap the backing but it is a pain in the neck (no pun intended) having to do that. Here's hoping someone makes more accurate badges in the near future!
Yes the pockets definitely look a lot better. Still two tone but a little more discreet.
19 days if I count all the days I actually worked on the suit. I had thoughts about it for a few weeks but didn't properly start until I had bought the suit and put needle and thread to it the next day. But you're costume will probably be more accurate than mine!