Mal costume Mals clothing

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ZOL

Friday, January 7, 2005 7:20 PM

Braces -

the braces are quite custom but I`ve seen something that looks easy (or fairly easy to modify) - German Army Button Braces - they have the 2 straps at the front which connect at the back to form a `V` - have a look on eBay, they are quite cheap. I`ve got 3 on order, the theory being that I can use the extra material for the cross piece at the back of `Mals` braces.

check out this image, it my give other ideas

Most braces connect the seperate lengths together about 1/3 way up the back with a single length of material, but these seam perfect unless somebody else has other bright ideas?

Cheers!

Zol.

p.s. how do you add html links as code?

SKETCH

Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:05 PM

Pants

http://www.droversmercantile.com/pants.cfm

I'm pretty well convinced these are most likely the exact pants they used. Just add a stripe and take the label off.

the stripe is vertically textured. There's a group pic over at still-flying.net that I'd love to link, however this board sees "jpg" in the link and automatically reformats it into an image link instead of a regular link

The suspenders are supposedly from WWII, with a little modification. The thing I'd like to know is what model suspenders were they?

ZOL

Sunday, February 13, 2005 7:15 PM

Any idea where one can get these in the UK?

I`ve since seen the postings about the suspenders being modified WW2 type braces

I looked out for something similar and found "1958 pattern canvas yoke" which has the reinforced shoulder straps & back brace in heavy canvas - it doesn`t feature leather brace attachments and attaches to two points at the rear, but I have had somebody have a look at these for me - although it`s not exact (and it`s also green!) it`s not bad - Just got to figure out a way to get them re-coloured - some sort of paint to cover up the green would probably work but as to what type of paint I don`t know

Darin (Zol.)

MANOFSTEEL25

Monday, May 16, 2005 5:56 PM

Heya,

Darin/Zol - Awesome costume- seems all your research and long hours on ebay paid off very well.

With my recent plans to have a custom Mal costume curtailed for now.. :( - I wanted to write in and ask how many other fans out there will be donning personal Serenity Crew costumes (Mal or otherwise) for the next big conventions -Wonder Con, Comic Con etc.- or the Serenity preview/premiere?

Just curious to see if the browncoats are as visible as the usual cosplay crowd a la Trek, Star wars, etc.

:)

RIVERNOT

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:57 AM

Is Mal's coat a duster or a rifle coat?? It doesn't look like the dusters I'm remembering from old westerns but it does look like some rifle coats I'm finding on the web.

STEENKINBADGER

Monday, June 20, 2005 5:13 PM

Hi guys, been looking through this thread as I too plan on a Mal costume for Halloween.

I think I found the suspenders used for the TV series, although modified a bit:

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=981874

What I've been able to tell the mods are as follows:

1. The horizontal bar is replaced with one cut as sort of a trapizoid shap to turn the H design into a modded Y design.
2. The front is cut to a thinner width (I plan to buy a few pairs to experiment to keep from unravelling)
3. The strap adustments look like they're replaced with conway buckless of some type.

Once I get a few pairs of these I'll start playing and report how they turned out.

FIZBOP

Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:52 PM

Any ideas where one on a low income could shop for these items. And the boots. Any ideas?

STEENKINBADGER

Friday, September 23, 2005 1:47 PM

Here's my suggestion for 'cheapie' elements of the costume:

Browncoat - lab coat with pockets removed, dyed brown
Shirt - maroon, button-down shirt
Pants - khakis - sew a brown cloth strip down the sides
Boot - cheapest I've seen are costume campus boots on eBay for about $30
Suspenders - thrift town?
Gun, holster & belt - kids cowboy set maybe?

Of course, along with the boots, you should be able to find more inexpensive stuff for the costume on eBay.

Good luck.

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