Kant Lavar
10-28-2008, 02:03 AM
Someone posted a link to an Assassin's Creed costume, and something else caught my eye and now I'm looking at putting together a costume inspired from the Coruscant Nights book series. (If you haven't read it, it follows Jedi Knight Jax Pavan as he becomes essentially a private investigator on Coruscant after the rise of the Empire. They're good reads - I'd recommend them.) Pavan's look on the covers is very Solo-with-a-lightsaber, to be honest, but I like it. Anyhow, this is what I've come up with for my version, and the good news is that a lot of the stuff is off-the shelf or will require only simple modifications. Anyone got any thoughts?
http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/xe/xenetoy/11181.jpg
Team Fortress 2 Medic Jacket (http://www.cosplaymagic.com/tefo2meco.html)
I'm going to try and find out exactly how the red cross insigniae are on the jacket (patch, iron-ons, etc) and see if I can get it without them. I'll also pick up some RIT dye and recolor it - I'm debating between tan, dark brown, or dark green.
http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/22427L.jpg
5.11 Long-Sleeved Tactical Cotton Shirt (http://www.uscav.com/prod_6840_tabID_548&cmCS=1)
Geting this in khaki.
http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/22302L.jpg
http://www.costumecostumecostume.com/YlwStripes.jpg
5.11 Tactical Cotton Pants (http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=6758&TabID=548) with gold Solo-style stripes (http://www.costumecostumecostume.com/patches.htm)
This part is going to be a bit interesting - I'm going to get the pants in brown, and hopefully the stripes will match the pants. Hopefully. (Probably going to end up having to play with the dyes some more.)
http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/22432L.jpg
5.11 Tactical Vest (http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=6845&TabID=1)
(What can I say? 5.11 has some good stuff.) Get this in black. On the covers of the book, Pavan actually wears a tuxedo-style vest, but since I've already modified the look some, I'll do it a bit more with the utility-style vest. (That, and I like having pockets on my costumes.)
http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/18934L.jpg
Black Tanker Boots (http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=5713&TabID=1&CatID=384)
Well, it's cheaper than most Star Wars boots I've seen around. (God knows it's cheaper than MotorCowboy!) I think the straps will help with the look. I don't know how long the gold stripes are, so to compensate for the lower boots I'll probably end up buying two sets. Or I might decide not to use them at all, to better differentiate between this costume and a Han Solo.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2084/jimsaberv2cj6.png
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8458/nextsaberji2.png
Lightsaber
The first one is already physically in-hand and as soon as my US2 orders get here I'll be putting electronics in it. The second one is the one I'd rather use, but it's involved enough I'm going to be holding off on building it for a while. In the books, Pavan's used a yellow blade and a red blade, and I've got K2 emitters and stars for both, so I'll probably carry those around with me, plus my default green K2.
http://www.blast-tech.com/images/prod/img_prod_T1DL44.jpg
DL-44 (http://www.blast-tech.com/products_compDisplayPieces_T1DL44.asp)
I've been looking for an excuse. Now I have one. (Plus, didn't Erv put a Blaster Core in one of these?)
http://mattmp.home.att.net/anhhan1.jpg
Han Solo belt (http://mattmp.home.att.net/hansolo.htm)
This guy hasn't updated his site since 2006, so I may have to get it from eBay. Unless someone has a better source for one, and/or knows this guy's still around and kicking.
http://members.aol.com/corellianexports/ANHDroidCallerKit.jpg
http://members.aol.com/corellianexports/ANHToolKit.jpg
Belt greeblies (http://members.aol.com/corellianexports/PropPage.html)
Stumbled across these, actually. Anyone know what else I can/should put on the belt? (Probably going to end up making a few food capsules, too, just for that extra prequel Jedi feel.)
http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/xe/xenetoy/11181.jpg
Team Fortress 2 Medic Jacket (http://www.cosplaymagic.com/tefo2meco.html)
I'm going to try and find out exactly how the red cross insigniae are on the jacket (patch, iron-ons, etc) and see if I can get it without them. I'll also pick up some RIT dye and recolor it - I'm debating between tan, dark brown, or dark green.
http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/22427L.jpg
5.11 Long-Sleeved Tactical Cotton Shirt (http://www.uscav.com/prod_6840_tabID_548&cmCS=1)
Geting this in khaki.
http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/22302L.jpg
http://www.costumecostumecostume.com/YlwStripes.jpg
5.11 Tactical Cotton Pants (http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=6758&TabID=548) with gold Solo-style stripes (http://www.costumecostumecostume.com/patches.htm)
This part is going to be a bit interesting - I'm going to get the pants in brown, and hopefully the stripes will match the pants. Hopefully. (Probably going to end up having to play with the dyes some more.)
http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/22432L.jpg
5.11 Tactical Vest (http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=6845&TabID=1)
(What can I say? 5.11 has some good stuff.) Get this in black. On the covers of the book, Pavan actually wears a tuxedo-style vest, but since I've already modified the look some, I'll do it a bit more with the utility-style vest. (That, and I like having pockets on my costumes.)
http://www.uscav.com/prodinfo/enlarged/18934L.jpg
Black Tanker Boots (http://www.uscav.com/Productinfo.aspx?productID=5713&TabID=1&CatID=384)
Well, it's cheaper than most Star Wars boots I've seen around. (God knows it's cheaper than MotorCowboy!) I think the straps will help with the look. I don't know how long the gold stripes are, so to compensate for the lower boots I'll probably end up buying two sets. Or I might decide not to use them at all, to better differentiate between this costume and a Han Solo.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2084/jimsaberv2cj6.png
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8458/nextsaberji2.png
Lightsaber
The first one is already physically in-hand and as soon as my US2 orders get here I'll be putting electronics in it. The second one is the one I'd rather use, but it's involved enough I'm going to be holding off on building it for a while. In the books, Pavan's used a yellow blade and a red blade, and I've got K2 emitters and stars for both, so I'll probably carry those around with me, plus my default green K2.
http://www.blast-tech.com/images/prod/img_prod_T1DL44.jpg
DL-44 (http://www.blast-tech.com/products_compDisplayPieces_T1DL44.asp)
I've been looking for an excuse. Now I have one. (Plus, didn't Erv put a Blaster Core in one of these?)
http://mattmp.home.att.net/anhhan1.jpg
Han Solo belt (http://mattmp.home.att.net/hansolo.htm)
This guy hasn't updated his site since 2006, so I may have to get it from eBay. Unless someone has a better source for one, and/or knows this guy's still around and kicking.
http://members.aol.com/corellianexports/ANHDroidCallerKit.jpg
http://members.aol.com/corellianexports/ANHToolKit.jpg
Belt greeblies (http://members.aol.com/corellianexports/PropPage.html)
Stumbled across these, actually. Anyone know what else I can/should put on the belt? (Probably going to end up making a few food capsules, too, just for that extra prequel Jedi feel.)