Isaac064
Active Member
soonnnnnnnn
ALIEN COVENANT Design, Costumes and found objects
- Thread starter Banzai88
- Start date
AllieGator
New Member
Out of curiosity, I'm wondering from where (in the world, and what types of shops) you have been buying items for your Alien Covenant costume/props? I've been buying from eBay and Amazon a lot, as I imagine many of us do when we put together a costume, but this particular costume has been more detail oriented for me and has required a lot of army navy surplus, new tactical gear, and camping gear. So far the older army surplus gear has been the most far-flung. The utility belt pieces were bought from a guy in Poland, the winter hats from army surplus stores here in New England and from a guy in Latvia, the gaiters are Swiss by way of middle American vendor, and one of my Danni smocks was well made in China. I've found a few tactical gear sites I keep going back to (tacticalgear.com), where I got a pair of the Blackhawk kevlar gloves, my M.O.L.L.E. backpack, as well as my pants for my Danni costume and a shirt for an Ellen Ripley costume.
I bought all the camping gear (foam mattress, carabiners, stainless steel water bottle) from REI, because I work there.
And of course I got some very detail oriented items from you awesome people, like the patches, the utility belt labels, and the Invisio communicator. My costume so far would not be possible without your attention to detail.
All this collecting and making custom items makes me really appreciate the work of prop and costume departments of movies and television shows!
I bought all the camping gear (foam mattress, carabiners, stainless steel water bottle) from REI, because I work there.
And of course I got some very detail oriented items from you awesome people, like the patches, the utility belt labels, and the Invisio communicator. My costume so far would not be possible without your attention to detail.
All this collecting and making custom items makes me really appreciate the work of prop and costume departments of movies and television shows!
TheMechanic
Sr Member
Like you I got one of my harness buckles from Poland and other belt parts from a collector in California. I got my pants, anorak, Maxpedition pack and other do dads on EBay. I got my carabiniers and sleeping pad at EMS, gaiters on the 'net from a farm supply store, Blundstone boots bought locally, the emergency flare at a West Marine in Florida while I was on vacation, I made a lot of stuff from scratch and I had a lot of the tactical gear already.
TheMechanic
Sr Member
Adam was wearing a real screen used suit. Must be cool to have access to stuff like that.
Yeap. Wonder what other goodies he got from the production...
TheMechanic
Sr Member
Surprised Adam hasn't been active in our thread here.
Well I figure he has access to screen-used, why would he be interested in replica?
TheMechanic
Sr Member
Just figured maybe he'd be interested in what we're doing or have some insights for us.
bpatneaude
Active Member
I knew it. There was no way he was gonna pull off those pieces that fast without some serious help!
Sent from my 2PYB2 using Tapatalk
TheMechanic
Sr Member
I wish I could get ahold of costume designer Janty Yates to show her what we've done. As far as I can tell she's not on Facebook or Twitter.
Hobbybuzzard
New Member
Progress pics of my rig. 
Hobbybuzzard
New Member
I'll have one of your labels but I'm not on Facebook for any dealings
TheMechanic
Sr Member
Went exploring off-world today.
TheMechanic
Sr Member
Last edited:
bpatneaude
Active Member
So im just still collecting anything i can get my hands on lol. I have some quilted pants and jacket liner coming plus back pack, shoes, carabiners, anorak and something else i cant remember....hahaha. at this point not sure what direction im going, maybe ill just be walter!
Sent from my 2PYB2 using Tapatalk
Sent from my 2PYB2 using Tapatalk
TheMechanic
Sr Member
That's a good start. You'll be there in no time.
TheMechanic
Sr Member
See, I was there!
