reCreating the Nostromo Crew Uniforms (Pic Heavy)

[Nostromo2124]

Hey folks, thought i share my current projects with you:

As the title says I dont really want to duplicate original uniform parts, I want to take my own „artistic interpretation“ of it...

I’m just not the big kind of „doing everything 110% screen accurate“, I just like the movie designs/aesthetics and i’m happy with a close replica/

After that I decided to take a try on Kane’s crew jacket, the trousers, Brett’s jacket and maybe his Hawaiian Shirt, his cap of course and Parker’s jacket:

Brett’s shirt has to be hand painted, that’s the pattern:

I found a matching basic color called “dust mint”

Also found some good looking patches on eBay...
For the jackets I just got the pattern which I modified from a regular sweatshirt, More pics when I get the fabrics !!!

 

[Nostromo2124]

The red grid shows the parallel endings of the pattern, so I just have to use two sheets of paper with two different motives in the middle (palms / fisher boat & sailboat / tree)

Brett’s hawaiian color scheme is currently not correct: it normally has a more greenish touch

 

[joberg]

So far so good...keep up the great work!

 

[Nostromo2124]

This is the first :
Dark petrol sweatshirt fabric for Kane’s jacket
Yeah I know there’s a big controversy on the right color match..
is it blue?! is it green?! grey?! brown?! I think the closest thing is „petrol“: a greenish&bluish mix

Light blue denim stretch for the pants

As mentioned above, dust mint for Brett’s Hawaii shirt

oak leaf for his cap

Khaki&brown for his crew jacket

finally the straps and bands on the sleeves, dark olive green

 

[Nostromo2124]

Patches arrived today !!!
cords and straps too, but my neighbor received them and he’s currently not at home... [emoji36][emoji30][emoji51]one of this First-World Problems

 

[Nostromo2124]

Finally got the straps, 50 meters are enough for a lifetime I guess...

I wasn’t happy with the yellow stitching on the second badge-planet so I dyed it in an olive green (I used enamel paint, should be washing resistent)

 

[Nostromo2124]

Finished the first strap for the sleeves

3 more to come... very monotone work [emoji19][emoji17][emoji30]

 

[AKurtz]

Subscribed

 

[Nostromo2124]

Finished straps and back letters

Fabrics arrived too, tomorrow I can start !!!

 

[Nostromo2124]

Sleeves and pockets in progress

 

[Nostromo2124]

Sry for the long break, I got some bigger problems with my patterns and had to order new fabrics, I guess my second take on it works better...
but now to something more happy: all the parts for Brett’s cap arrived

all went fast and clean, just how I like it !

 

[NolanCov]

Nice work!

 

[mcoractual]

This is pretty impressive given the source material. Back when the movies were originally made props didn't need to have too much detail (let's face it, there was no high-def!). I can't wait to see the final finished pieces you are working on. Keep it up!

 

[Nostromo2124]

Thx !!!
So, here’s a little extra: remember capt dallas & Ripleys Dual Casio watches ?!

Actually this are just two 10€ Casio F91W‘s put together with one of the left over straps, which I shortened and drilled an extra hole in !
Ok, it’s not screen accurate, but a geeky little gadget for anyone owning a 3D-printer: Anytime I use him, I reset the upper watch to 00:00:00 and set the alarm clock on the calculated time ( the date shows the number of the part I’m printing), and the lower watch is used for my daily wake-up alarm and regular time...

 

[Nostromo2124]

I started printing the crew pins, first I made some simple graphics:
Navigator

Science officer

Technicians

Officers

With Microsoft’s 3D Builder you can generate easy geometric forms from graphics like this, then I selected the highest quality that my printer (Dremel 3D20) is able to do... pics tomorrow, with nice daylight !

 

[Nostromo2124]

[emoji51] forgot to post them yesterday, so here they’re

Im pretty happy with the result and don’t have much to smooth (0.06 rules!), planning to cold cast/cast them in resin within the next weeks...

 

[mcoractual]

That watch is pretty sweet! I do have to ask though, how would something like that be practical? Those crew pins are really nice, which printer do you use?

 

[Nostromo2124]

Printer is a Dremel 3D20 Idea Builder...loud as hell, but he does his job well !!!
Yeah, the watch [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I have to admit, it isn’t suuuuper practical and I don’t use the second watch that often (as mentioned: to check printer times and to have a second alarm clock) but somehow I like it, a nice little “retro-smartwatch” with this A L I E N related touch

 

[Nostromo2124]

I finally finished my V2 jacket today !!!

It took a while more than I expected, but I’m pretty happy for a first-time-sewing project !
It’s not to cold for outside, and not to warm for inside, the collar flaps up, pockets aren’t big, but enough and the buttons close and open very nice, so I don’t need an extra zipper inside...
Next on the list is Brett’s jacket, I intend to make a light jacket for the warmer spring&summer days out of it...

 

[joberg]

Interesting variation for sure. Good work also!