Fallout 3 vault dwellers?

[Paul Andrew]

I figured that with the advent of this thread that people might start expressing an interest in doing a Fallout 3 vault dweller costume. It doesn't look too difficult - some kind of beat up blue denim(ish) jumpsuit and a beat up pair of boots and an ammo belt would do a fair approximation I think.

Has anyone already put one of these together? I did a forum search for fallout 3 stuff and came up with lots of guns and helmets but didn't see anything on this particular costume yet.

I'm pretty sure this will be my Halloween getup for this year. The armored jumpsuit in the second pic will be a little more fun to put together I think.

 

[Paul Andrew]

To me the boots look like some kind of old fashioned combat boot. A quick google images search pops up some possibilities.

It's tough to come up with a good screen shot of The Survivor's feet but I imagine you'd have to weather any boots you used pretty heavily.

 

[Paul Andrew]

Upon looking at some more pictures of the game in action the jumpsuit is pretty clearly not denim, but it's very beat up and faded. I think thats the problem with the costumes I've seen pictures of online. They look too much like they just came off of someones sewing machine. EVERYTHING in fallout has an exaggerated "used universe" vibe like epIV. Finding an appropriate fabric might take a couple trips to Joanns. Luckily my wife is a pretty decent seamstress and she's been invaluable with my sith costume. From the screenshots it looks like the jumpsuit is supposed to be pretty clingy but not quite skin-tight. This could also just be a function of the game design though, I know they wouldn't want to waste processing on physics for clothing in a game like that.

 

[Paul Andrew]

Found a pic of some con-goers in vault jumpsuits.

The pipboys look like they have working screens, but the paint makes them look kinda like toys in this photo. I'm noticing a lack of grime overall too :lol
From the photo's I've seen I'm thinking maybe this costume just doesn't translate so well into real life?
The Moira Brown costume is spot on though.

 

[Knowone251]

The trick is that the simpler the costume, the more important the details become. I think that this could be done very well, you just need to make sure everything looks like it came from a thrift store that got hit by a mud bomb. When we were weathering my friends scarecrow straight jacket we litearly drug it through a parking lot to distress the material, then he wore it with a resperatior and spinned slowly while i spray painted him with black and diffrent shades of brown spray paint. and the pip boys just need a better paint job.

 

[Fullmetalsam]

The pipboys in that pic are most likely using iPhones (or iPod Touch as screens) - it's really easy to upload a couple of image from the pipboy screens in the iphone. As for the paint job, I think they are just unpainted Fallout 3 Survival Edition pipboy clock - hence the "toy look". This is the same clock that Skruffy used to make his own pipboy, but he payed a lot of attention to the details and repainted the whole thing.

I've been working on such a suit - but it's not completed... I'm having trouble with my jumpsuit. I picked up a jumpsuit and it's the closest fit I could find, but it just doesn't hang right. So I'm still figuring out where I should adjust it to get a better fit. But, I've got my pipboy and this is how I built it: Tutorial.

There is also a small community of Fallout costumers that's sharing ideas on the various fallout props and costume at the Wasteland Outpost

 

[Dung0beetle]

Wash it, get it dirty, scrub it with a wire brush, wash it again and again. It needs to not only look worn out, it needs to be worn out. One easy way to do grunge weathering is to soak it in water, then stuff it loosely into a metal coffee can and let it sit outside for a couple of days. The can will rust all over the fabric. Then rinse it and wash it as if you were trying to remove the stains. Chalk is good for lightening the edges of seams and wrinkles, but use sparingly.

Always do a sample test first when you try out new weathering techniques, you don't want to ruin months of hard work because some guy on the internet told you to do it this way.

 

[kaffemustasj]

My friend and I are going as vault dwellers to a con this weekend.
We decided to be vault dwellers early this Monday, so we have not had much time to make our costumes. Also, we did not dedicate a particularly big budget, so this could be quite interesting, or just lame.

If people want me to, I would love to post pictures of the costumes and the con itself.

 

[dukevendetta]

Found a pic of some con-goers in vault jumpsuits

The pipboys look like they have working screens, but the paint makes them look kinda like toys in this photo. I'm noticing a lack of grime overall too :lol
From the photo's I've seen I'm thinking maybe this costume just doesn't translate so well into real life?
The Moira Brown costume is spot on though.

Those pip boys look like the watches that come with the special edition fall out game. Look it up on amazon, I think they're still for sale.

But here's a link to more pics of it: Check Out My Sweet Pip-Boy Watch

As far as making one from scratch, which I've always wanted to do, it wouldn't be hard to buy a piece of PVC that fits around your wrist and add onto it.

 

[Project jam]

I'd love to do it, but lacking funds

I'll look into it at some point.

 

[Shade]

Honestly, those might be real Pip-Boys. Someone in the Junkyard was selling real models with a working computer a while back. For all we know, they could've been bought. Who knows...

 

[Jack Bauer]

I've been wanting to do this costume for quite awhile. I am interested in sharing ideas.

Lets start with photos.

 

[Critic Proof]

I've been considering modifying some standard Red Cap or Dickies coveralls.

I'm also looking into some reflective tape for the yellow accents on the collar and Vault designation number on the back of the suit. I think this stuff might do the trick: Roberts Crafts | Iron-On Reflective Tape | 1"X60" Yellow

Other than that, there's the reenforcement on the knees, elbows and shoulders, plus the cargo pockets and the loops to bundle the cuffs. Seems like it hopefully shouldn't be too tricky to piece together.

 

[Drewid]

I'm hoping to finish one by comic-con. I'm using the Dickies coveralls and applying fabric paint for the yellow detailing. I'll add the cargo pockets at a later date, same with the leather holster rigs. I'm going with some standard tactical rigs for the first run and adding some ABS shoulder armor. I figure using anything I can easily obtain is within the spirit of the costume since it is the Capital Wasteland. I would like to eventually replicate the combat jumpsuit that Mr. Bauer posted . I'm currently modding out Skruffy's pipboy kit.

 

[Kommissar]

i threw this together for last years halloween,
i think i'm going to be lending my sister the suit for comic con this year, as shes never been and want's to go in a comfortable costume with pockets.

 

[GBRyker61]

I'm thinking of doing the same thing, buying and modding a set of Dickies coveralls. I'd have to get some help from my mother, as I'm no good at sewing. I may have to bribe her somehow.

 

[Lutso]

I've always sort of wanted to build this. The super cool bandolier/pauldron combo is what got me into it.

On the subject of the boots, they looks like close cousins to some WWII German Jack boots.

Another option is some 50's Engineer boots - not entirely accurate but has the same fit and overall look. Definitely fits in with that 1950's satire stuff, too - I would almost have expected to see these, actually.