LandronArtifact
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Been wanting to have a go at Captain Jack for a while now and the wife finally gave me the go ahead to make it happen (though I wished she had said yes sooner so I had more time to work on the costume). I wanted to go as cheap as possible while maintaining SOME semblance of authenticity that would pass as an honest to goodness Jack to the average folk. I've found that you'll be hard pressed to spend less than $300-$400 for such a goal. But already owning some parts helps also! I was also not interested in 100% screen accuracy... in my budget, FORGET IT!
I managed a quick fix using the Costumebase set as a starting point. Most of it is certainly useable especially after some painting, staining, and aging. The Ren Faire closing day of the season was coming quick (let alone Halloween) so a lot of the little doodads are hand-made quickly and various parts acquired in haste. I don't know the exact total I spent on the entire thing, but I'm figuring it was well under $400, and that includes the cost of parts I already owned. More detailed info HERE
Here's a quick rundown of the costume parts (with clickable links):
• Costumebase set (Coat, shirt, vest, pants, sash, belts, baldric, some wig beads)
• Fun Costumes wig (with some beads included)
• Master Replicas bandana beads (not visible in attached pics)
• Common tricorn hat (heavily repainted)
• Zizzle toy flintlock (heavily reworked and repainted)
• Plastic toy sword (repainted and reworked)
• Walmart cheap fabric for bandana
• Scabbard made of taped cardboard wrapped in cheap Walmart faux leather fabric
• Trophy lace on left hand from Walmart (stained)
• Palm glove (same faux leather fabric used on scabbard)
• Disney Parks gift shop skull ring
• 3 Costumebase rings, aged and weathered (Dragon, Flower, Stolen)
• Pleather boots (repainted and scuffed)
• Self fabricated mermaid charm, vertebrae, and chicken foot hanging from belt
• Self fabricated compass static non-functioning prop
• Beard braids, extremely cheapo version, threw away the mustache and beard and kept just the braids to attach to my own beard, repainted the beads.
Eventually I'll be upgrading bits and pieces here and there as time passes (starting with the bandana) but for a cheap quick fix, it certainly worked on the people at the PA Renaissance Faire. Got tons of stares, smiles, and lots of photo opps with the ladies.
Well, Halloween came and went, so that night I donned the costume for another couple of minutes and shot this quick sloppy video.
Hope everyone had a fun, save Halloween... 'till next year!
-AL
I managed a quick fix using the Costumebase set as a starting point. Most of it is certainly useable especially after some painting, staining, and aging. The Ren Faire closing day of the season was coming quick (let alone Halloween) so a lot of the little doodads are hand-made quickly and various parts acquired in haste. I don't know the exact total I spent on the entire thing, but I'm figuring it was well under $400, and that includes the cost of parts I already owned. More detailed info HERE
Here's a quick rundown of the costume parts (with clickable links):
• Costumebase set (Coat, shirt, vest, pants, sash, belts, baldric, some wig beads)
• Fun Costumes wig (with some beads included)
• Master Replicas bandana beads (not visible in attached pics)
• Common tricorn hat (heavily repainted)
• Zizzle toy flintlock (heavily reworked and repainted)
• Plastic toy sword (repainted and reworked)
• Walmart cheap fabric for bandana
• Scabbard made of taped cardboard wrapped in cheap Walmart faux leather fabric
• Trophy lace on left hand from Walmart (stained)
• Palm glove (same faux leather fabric used on scabbard)
• Disney Parks gift shop skull ring
• 3 Costumebase rings, aged and weathered (Dragon, Flower, Stolen)
• Pleather boots (repainted and scuffed)
• Self fabricated mermaid charm, vertebrae, and chicken foot hanging from belt
• Self fabricated compass static non-functioning prop
• Beard braids, extremely cheapo version, threw away the mustache and beard and kept just the braids to attach to my own beard, repainted the beads.
Eventually I'll be upgrading bits and pieces here and there as time passes (starting with the bandana) but for a cheap quick fix, it certainly worked on the people at the PA Renaissance Faire. Got tons of stares, smiles, and lots of photo opps with the ladies.
Well, Halloween came and went, so that night I donned the costume for another couple of minutes and shot this quick sloppy video.
Hope everyone had a fun, save Halloween... 'till next year!
-AL
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