Independent Army Brigade for D*C
POSTED BY: Tristan
UPDATED: Thursday, December 7, 2006 21:32
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Originally posted by ChrisMoorhead:
I'm definitely voting for the steel. Mine only put me back $20, although it's smooth, and the one in the picture you posted appeared to be galvanized. But I'm almost sure I remember from the opening scene in the pilot episode showing at least one smooth steel helmet being worn. Also, the weight is not a problem. I don't know where the hell that assertion came from.
From back in the navy, we used the 'textured' helmets. Considerably rougher than I would expect from galvinization, but maybe it was. I was told at the time that it was to help minimize it's shineyness (y'know, comoflage), and discourage anyone from trying to polish it (thus ruining the camoflage effect). I can attest that we never had to polish them, and they were quite thoroughly non-reflective.
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I have absolutely nothing useful to add.
Those Independents' vests reminded me of marching band vests. *snikker* I even tried looking for some in second-hand shops and the like; found similar styles but not in similar colours.
And, um, I make chainmaille, but I don't have anywhere near the time, money, or components to make costumes for a bunch of people. 
But, hey! Count me (and a friend) in! Assuming I don't forget between now and then.
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Hell's Kitten, I also make...rather made mail...and paid for it dearly with tendonitis and CTS...so that is why I was looking for alternatives. 
And I'll be sure you don't forget! I'll hound you mercilessly! Muwahaha!
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Quote:..............sissy! *FLEE!*
Originally posted by Tristan:
...rather made mail...and paid for it dearly with tendonitis and CTS...
I'm fairly certain I've seen fabrics that look like chainmail without having to do all that wonky stuff to it. Maybe I'll peek around my once-trusty-with-the-Chinese-brocade fabric warehouse to see if they have any, while I'm looking for my Greek Goddess attire.
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I think the SMG you're talking about is the MP10. Its a 10mm variant of the MP5.
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There's many HK SMG's and Carbine Assualt Rifles with similar styling. The gun Mal has in Du Kang seems to boxy to be an MP5 variant though.
The infuriating thing is I know I recognise it but I can't place it.
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Tom Clancy issued the H&K 10MM to Rainbow Six. I'd love to have a civilian version but would hate to buy ammo for the damn thing. There is one offered in .45ACP here in the US.
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Just got in, gonna snoop around for medkit ideas, ideally I want one big enough to hold a dozen cold ones. I have also just been reminded of the chocolate chip cookies I brought this year, thinking of making them bandaids or painkillers, individually wrapped so I can just hand them out to people.
Here is the body of an e-mail I got from Reignphoria when he was suggesting things for me to throw together a Browncoat/Monty costume:
Shirt: Either a brown t-shirt with sleeves torn or a brown dress shirt with sleeves untampered. I have goth just incase,
Vest: A bit harder. If you can get a red vest that can work... unless you are willing to do a bit of sewing and hemming and the like. If so, a red sleeves t shirt works fine. Cut down the front and hem it up. Then you can attatch velcro, clips, d-rings, whatever you need. You could always make one form scratch too, which I plan to do at one stage :)
Undershirt: In Firefly, the undershirt is either a looseknit wool, for warmth, or a kind of fabric used for armour. This really is only useful if you go sleeveless for your brown shirt. If I use the full length dress shirt, I just wear a black undershirt or something more comfortable instead. I have sometimes even just done that with the sleeveless. It's all a matter of comfort and taste.
Suspenders: Not actually necessary if you keep your vest on. But if so, the BC ones are button ones that attatch to the buttons of the pants. Hard to find without crafting your own rigging on the pants. you can go on the cheap of course and just get clip ones.
Pants: Without making your own with suspender rigging, might be hard to find, epsecially with a black stripe. If you can find an old Nevada police uniform (or some kinds of highway patrols) they have the right colour with a black stripe. Otherwise you can buiy your own tan pants and sew a black stripe down the side, and sew buttons on for suspenders etc. (I did the last one)
Boots: not really a problem. Mid-calf or knee high boots. Preferably brown... but of course, it doesn't matter a great deal. I had black army type boots for a long time before I find some decent brown knee-highs.
Scarf: Depending on what campaign, apparently. Mal wears a blue scarf and Zoe wears a red scarf in Serenity Valley. Tracey, Mal and Zoey all wear red scarves in Du-Khang. Up to you. I have a blue bandana sort of scarf plus a big red one, just in case.
Belts and ammo packs etc: Look around :) A brown belt isn't hard to come by... a gun holster should be too hard in America... a lot of this stuff was hard for me to find coming from New Zealand and all.
That should do it for a basic BC uniform. Experiment with it, of course. Have fun :)
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HK, good luck with the hunt! Oh, and there's an answer to that "Sissy!" thing in the photo thread...
RIMG, thank you for posting that! I still have not yet looked at the deleted scenes...I really need to do that!
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It's an HK UMP, no doubt. The magazine's too small to handle the 5.56 mm of an HK33, which even the smaller carbine versions take. The MP5 was a closer guess, but the stock, sight and muzzle give it away. These were the finest weapons I ever trained with (although I only ever used the UMP45 variant), and I'd take one over a full sized assault rifle of just about any type.
Seryn - Eh, if I did anyone, it'd be Odin. One eyed warrior gods are so my thing. Unless you're doing specifically Greek? If that's the case, you can count me out. Norse mythology pwns Greek.
Hera7 - Current K-pots in the military weigh between 3.1 and 4.2 pounds. My only point was that the change from the M1 had nothing to do with weight and everything to do with ballistic protection.
That said, I suppose it could start to cramp up certain people's necks. I wore a Kevlar for so long, I can't even remember if I ever got neck pains from it.
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