It's impossible to judge even from those photographs.
Swatches must be mailed out. It is the only way. :sleep
- k
Swatches must be mailed out. It is the only way. :sleep
- k
the absolute BEST Star Trek tunics ?
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nwjedidave
Sr Member
i was just courious as to what everyone preferred... the darker (more orange) gold, or the lighter ?(more beige) velour...
i guess it breaks down to personal preference, and what the tailor has in stock... (unless the buyer is supplying the fabric)
dave
i guess it breaks down to personal preference, and what the tailor has in stock... (unless the buyer is supplying the fabric)
dave
nwjedidave
Sr Member
phase pistol ----
do you have any screen caps that COULD show kirk in an avacado colored regular tunic? (not wrap around)
thx
dave
do you have any screen caps that COULD show kirk in an avacado colored regular tunic? (not wrap around)
thx
dave
If you're asking me, have I run across, in the process of screen grabbing, any images that tend to suggest the tunic COULD have been green ("avocado"), I would have to say no. My grabs off of the DVDs always seem to show the shirts as that washed-out mustard color.
Now if you're asking me, can an image be PUSHED so that the shirt DOES look green, sure it can. You can play with color values in Photoshop and make the shirt whatever color you want it to be.
The only image I've run across that shows Shatner wearing what could be called a "green" shirt, is this publicity photo (below). However note that the photo has a bluish ("cool") cast that could be making the shirt look more green than it really is.
I can tweak even this photo tho to return the shirt to its usual mustardy color. Spock looks a tad yellower now too, which ought to be correct (his makeup had a subtle yellowish cast to it).
- k
Now if you're asking me, can an image be PUSHED so that the shirt DOES look green, sure it can. You can play with color values in Photoshop and make the shirt whatever color you want it to be.
The only image I've run across that shows Shatner wearing what could be called a "green" shirt, is this publicity photo (below). However note that the photo has a bluish ("cool") cast that could be making the shirt look more green than it really is.
I can tweak even this photo tho to return the shirt to its usual mustardy color. Spock looks a tad yellower now too, which ought to be correct (his makeup had a subtle yellowish cast to it).
- k
nwjedidave
Sr Member
thanks karl... you pretty much hit my question on the head... and from the little knowledge i've gained in the last few months this last command tunic you posted -- i'm guessing -- is a very early used one, as the braids on the wrist are very close together... (?)
some of the custom tunic makers are offering avacado velour "command" tunics, and from the pictures i've seen this is very interesting to me, as i prefer (for now) the velour over the double knit....
looking through all your screen caps, and some other threads i didn't see an avacado colored tunic, but did see the green wrap around...
thanks for the pictures ....
dave
*my refit Ent. - A will be in my grubby little hands by this time next week .. )
some of the custom tunic makers are offering avacado velour "command" tunics, and from the pictures i've seen this is very interesting to me, as i prefer (for now) the velour over the double knit....
looking through all your screen caps, and some other threads i didn't see an avacado colored tunic, but did see the green wrap around...
thanks for the pictures ....
dave
*my refit Ent. - A will be in my grubby little hands by this time next week .. )
nwjedidave
Sr Member
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anyone have any new tunics to share or show off? i don't... (yet)
dave
anyone have any new tunics to share or show off? i don't... (yet)
dave
GeneralMayhem
Sr Member
Should have the first of mine to show in a week or so.
nwjedidave
Sr Member
i have 3 paid for and am waiting on the 4th to be finished... i'm going to HOPE that i'll have all 4 by the end of this month for my "review"
dave
dave
WinstonWolf359
Master Member
I was looking at some early first season pics to really show how squished together the braid was early on. I'm glad they relaxed the spacing later on, 'cause I really don't care for the tight look.
From Charlie X...
From the Corbomite Manuver...Not only is the braid really close together, but they used a TON of the dashes early on. I'm sure they used fewer as time went on because it saved time.
It also looks to me like Scotty's braid is fatter than Spock's, but it could be a trick of the eye because Spock is farther away.
This shows how sloppy (even for close up shots.) they were on some of the stitch jobs...
You can also see how the braid was already looking pretty ratty and poorly trimmed even early on in the series.
This is another good look at the "fat" braid.
The Roddenberry/Katarra braid look exactly like this to me, but I wonder if this early "fat" braid could have been the rumored "Ten Commandments" leftovers and they later bagan making their own when the supply ran out. That would explain why we really didn't see the fat braid again after the first couple episodes...
From Charlie X...
From the Corbomite Manuver...Not only is the braid really close together, but they used a TON of the dashes early on. I'm sure they used fewer as time went on because it saved time.
It also looks to me like Scotty's braid is fatter than Spock's, but it could be a trick of the eye because Spock is farther away.
This shows how sloppy (even for close up shots.) they were on some of the stitch jobs...
You can also see how the braid was already looking pretty ratty and poorly trimmed even early on in the series.
This is another good look at the "fat" braid.
The Roddenberry/Katarra braid look exactly like this to me, but I wonder if this early "fat" braid could have been the rumored "Ten Commandments" leftovers and they later bagan making their own when the supply ran out. That would explain why we really didn't see the fat braid again after the first couple episodes...
GeneralMayhem
Sr Member
Here's our shirt fabric, after custom dyeing, with insignia.
The color is a custom mix we came up with. Looks like a nice warm gold in warm lighting, yet seems to take on that uncanny greenish tinge in cool lighting.
~ GM
The color is a custom mix we came up with. Looks like a nice warm gold in warm lighting, yet seems to take on that uncanny greenish tinge in cool lighting.
~ GM
Yep I am a tight-braid man myself. 
Looking good GM. :thumbsup
Hey if you look carefully at this pic, it seems like they sewed one of the "dashes" over top of one of the main braids. (I lack the vocabulary to describe this properly :lol )
On the complete braid that's closer to the end of the sleeve. Looks like an extra diamond shape on top of it. Maybe to hide where the ends are.
- k
Looking good GM. :thumbsup
Hey if you look carefully at this pic, it seems like they sewed one of the "dashes" over top of one of the main braids. (I lack the vocabulary to describe this properly :lol )
On the complete braid that's closer to the end of the sleeve. Looks like an extra diamond shape on top of it. Maybe to hide where the ends are.
- k
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I also lack the vocabulary to describe this.
It might also be a trick of the light. If you follow the same strip of braid up to the left in the picture, every time the pattern of the braid repeats, the downward swirl appears to be darker than the braid around it. You can see this in the other unbroken strip of braid, too.
I also lack the vocabulary to describe this.
nwjedidave
Sr Member
looking GOOD GM ..
*applause*
dave
*applause*
dave
Yeah we need to invent words to describe the braid better. :lol
OK I'll step up:
/–/–/–/–/–/ COMMANDER STRIPE
– – – – – – DASHES
/–/–/–/–/–/ LIEUTENANT STRIPE
How's that?
- k
OK I'll step up:
/–/–/–/–/–/ COMMANDER STRIPE
– – – – – – DASHES
/–/–/–/–/–/ LIEUTENANT STRIPE
How's that?
- k
GeneralMayhem
Sr Member
That makes sense to me.
Bradleyfett
Sr Member
GeneralMayhem,
Have you considered doing The Cage tunics?
Also, I stumbled on a website not long ago that offered insignia patches that matched the ones on the Cage and WNMHGB tunics; My 6-year old erased my bookmarks- does anyone know what site that was?
Mark
Have you considered doing The Cage tunics?
Also, I stumbled on a website not long ago that offered insignia patches that matched the ones on the Cage and WNMHGB tunics; My 6-year old erased my bookmarks- does anyone know what site that was?
Mark
