Mel Gibson The Patriot impersonation cosplay costume

[greenmachines]

4) Rifle continued - I finished the coloring and aging on the rifle lock, trigger guard, and trigger assembly. I am considering the rifle complete and ready for poses. I will take off all 3d printed parts and replace with working parts after this cosplay.

 

[joberg]

4) Rifle continued - I finished the coloring and aging on the rifle lock, trigger guard, and trigger assembly. I am considering the rifle complete and ready for poses. I will take off all 3d printed parts and replace with working parts after this cosplay.

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Rifle looks very good from where I stand

 

[greenmachines]

And yes, I sat there in the yard, knapping actual flint. Why? When I could have picked some good gravel out of the road? When you have an actual box of flint and the knapping tools, you rarely come across a reason to actually use them and here we had a genuine faux plausible but questionable reason or at least a ghost of a reason, so bam, real flint.

 

[joberg]

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And yes, I sat there in the yard, knapping actual flint. Why? When I could have picked some good gravel out of the road? When you have an actual box of flint and the knapping tools, you rarely come across a reason to actually use them and here we had a genuine faux plausible but questionable reason or at least a ghost of a reason, so bam, real flint.

There! Showing off to your wife that the knapping tool + flint was a good buy after all I do that with the wife all the time: buying another Robertson screwdriver and using it ON THE SPOT just to show her that I didn't waste my money!

 

[greenmachines]

My buddy sat and watched the show to gather some angles I did not yet have:

 

[greenmachines]

In those screen captures we confirm that he is wearing breeches with calf buttons on the sides, the knife sheath length and shape, the ornamentation on the pistol back, the shape of the antler butt end and many other tiny details. I had been on the hunt for a good face on profile picture of the antler knife sheath.

But the best of the best, the closeup of the Tomahawk that I had used to make my pattern but then lost..... sapper36

 

[greenmachines]

Quick note: The diamond ornament on the head where it goes over the shaft looks to be a pin as it is not lined up as Swatton's replicas are. So, to be truly screen accurate..... it has to be off kilter.