Ghostbusters costume... Where to start?

The Stig

The Stig

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Alright, so I've become inspired by this movie lately and I want to put together a costume in time for halloween problem is I don't know where to start!
Hit me with what cha got.
 
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It depends. Are you wanting to scratch build it or work with kits? If you want to scratch build it, head over to gbfans and check out the plans they have. If you are wanting to do kits, I would PM Hotshot on here, My pack and wand began with his kit, and they turned out very nice IMO.

Once you get the pack done, the rest is pretty easy.
 
www.proptopia.com is also a good place to go as it has what you might say the 'forefathers" of gb building on it as well as some amazing tidbits.

Theres also a sellers guide to help avoid the riftraft of parts thats out there
 
Got any photos of the pack and wand kit?

RA24_4_Me said:
It depends. Are you wanting to scratch build it or work with kits? If you want to scratch build it, head over to gbfans and check out the plans they have. If you are wanting to do kits, I would PM Hotshot on here, My pack and wand began with his kit, and they turned out very nice IMO.

Once you get the pack done, the rest is pretty easy.
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Thanks a lot folks!

But yeah, because my time is so limited I would like to keep the work to a minimum so kit or completed would be the best route for me. :thumbsup
 
I'd check out proptopia.com or gbfans.com, there's a wealth of information there and plenty of people with plenty of parts and such. Even a list of banned and bad sellers so you can avoid.
 
I've got an older pair of boots I used for mine, they are broken in, but not torn up. I think they are 10.5 or 11, I wouldn't mind passing them down to another ghosthead. Price is definately negotiable, they weren't expensive to start. Shoot me pm if interested.
 
proptopia is my life, but i think registration is closed. gbfans.com is also a great resource. if youre on a time limit, i would start with the suit. its not hard to find all of the parts to put it together with and wouldnt take nearly as much $$ or time to complete, so you could at least have a uniform.

i love all my gb stuff to death. im on pack 4 and will have 6 other busters with me this year at dragoncon. if you need help i would be more than happy to get you the info you need, just shoot me a pm. and Hotshot has some top quality stuff on display here with explanations on how he made them.
 
Mxlplx said:
I've got an older pair of boots I used for mine, they are broken in, but not torn up. I think they are 10.5 or 11, I wouldn't mind passing them down to another ghosthead. Price is definately negotiable, they weren't expensive to start. Shoot me pm if interested.
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:)
Slightly smaller than what I need.. But the way I understand it they're just the older style paratrooper boots, no?
 
Goosebot 5000 said:
proptopia is my life, but i think registration is closed. gbfans.com is also a great resource. if youre on a time limit, i would start with the suit. its not hard to find all of the parts to put it together with and wouldnt take nearly as much $$ or time to complete, so you could at least have a uniform.

i love all my gb stuff to death. im on pack 4 and will have 6 other busters with me this year at dragoncon. if you need help i would be more than happy to get you the info you need, just shoot me a pm. and Hotshot has some top quality stuff on display here with explanations on how he made them.
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Take note that Hotshot is banned from both Proptopia and GBFans.
 
Search for Corcoran OR Carolina jump boots (even though Carolina was just bought up by Corcoran).

You'll find the boot you need, but their will be a flap over the top of the zipper. It's easily removed.

This is the best price I could find
http://www.uscav.com/prod_8314_tabID_548

I'm moving further and further away from ebay . . .and found a great flight suit source for tru-Spec flight suits. These will also have an extra flap over the left armm Pen pockets, but that can be removed. THese also have Brass zippers, and they're cheap!!!

http://store.nexternal.com/shared/S...=353049874&CategoryID=630&Target=products.asp

That should get you started!!
 
So I got the volleyball pads and I need to dye them. It seems like some people prefer to paint rather than dye them.

Can anyone recommend a color (more specific then grey) or brand or any other specifics to getting these screen accurate?
 
sarni1000 said:
So I got the volleyball pads and I need to dye them. It seems like some people prefer to paint rather than dye them.

Can anyone recommend a color (more specific then grey) or brand or any other specifics to getting these screen accurate?
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RIT dye will not dye the pads, that is why many people paint them... There are professional grade dye processes that will dye the pad part but it's costly... I just spent over $100 on the dying supplies and chemicals to dye my pads, hardly worth it for most people and the dyes and chemicals are highly toxic so you have to figure not doing it in the house without a lot of ventilation and you need to factor in the pot as a lose as it should never be used for food again, and it has to be a metal as the water has to be boiling for an extended period of time...

What you find most people doing it a quick dip in a black RIT dye bath, this will dye the elastic parts then a fine mist of gray primer for the pad part... This wasn't how I wanted to do mine but it does turn out decent from what I have seen...
 
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