Okay, so I've decided to go ahead with a last-minute Walking Dead costume. Since I already have the badges and patches, the only big problem was the uniform... so I went down to Quartermaster and picked one up. Heh... sometimes it's nice to be in a big city! It'll be ready tomorrow, had to hem the pants and sew on the stripes, and put on the patches. I also added a badge tab, but I decided to skip the zipper since I won't be wearing this very often...
I'd ordered that airsoft pistol from the link earlier in this thread, so I had to "fix" the orange muzzle with a saw and some sandpaper.
Then, I dug through my box of old duty gear... I've gone through several of the episodes, and I've determined what kind of gear Rick has on his belt. That swivel holster with the end cut off, a stinger flashlight in a holder (or something so similar as to be indistinguishable), a single handcuff pouch, a key holder with a flap, a radio holder, and a double speedloader pouch. Note that this is pre-zombies; after he woke up he seems to have ditched the flashlight (why?) and the key holder...
So I dug through my box of junk until I found everything... had to cut off the end of my old swivel holster, but I haven't used it in decades and in the exceptionally unlikely event I ever need to carry a revolver again (they're not even authorized at work anymore), I'll use one of the non-swivel revolver holsters I have.
The only thing I couldn't find was a key holder with flap... I know I have one but I just couldn't find it. Again, it's been decades since I used it.
So, tomorrow I'll be hitting cowboy shops looking for the appropriate headgear... if I can't find one, I'll just go without.
Here's some pics of my sam browne, complete with feline assistance... mine's too big to fit in a single picture... also a close up of the pistol...
