Firefly Costumes

POSTED BY: slayer730
UPDATED: Sunday, February 22, 2004 14:47
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SLAYER730

Friday, February 20, 2004 3:29 AM

I've had a few people asking me about what SteamedBao3 and I did for our Mal and Kaylee costumes.

I guess you'd have to ask him, but I know that ebay and a hot glue gun were involved...also, my trashcan is stained "browncoat" forever and ever (amen).

As for my Kaylee costume, it was easy. I got the coveralls at Walmart and cut off the sleeves. I got the flower and heart patches there too. I smeared it on a car engine for that "lived in, worked in" look. As for the wacky shirts she's been known to wear, I got that at a secondhand store here called Gabriel Brothers. I'm still looking for a necklace.

I know that's not very exciting, considering I didn't really have to make anything.

OK, OK....ask SteamedBao3 about his! Where's my pineapple, I'm going to my room! ha ha ha
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I'll post pics of us in costume after Balticon

***Never judge a book by its movie***

STEAMEDBAO3

Friday, February 20, 2004 4:24 AM

I heard someone wanted to know how I made my Mal costume.

Jacket- 1 tan trench coat, 3 boxes of Dark Brown Rit Dye,

Jacket clasps- I am into Warhammer so I used the large circular gaming bases from that game and hot glued them on the jacket.

Pants- Khaki pants, dark blue strips of fabric for the legs and hot glue

The gun holster I had to order from Ebay but you can get a decent price on one. look under Western Gun Holsters.

Any specific question about specifics I can address one at a time since I don't even really remember what I did in my frenzied creativity.

God created Mudder's Milk so the Independence wouldn't take over the 'verse.

ERFA

Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:47 PM

I, myself, went to my aunt for most of the doing. She made the coat and belt out of materials from some fabric store. Took her all of about an hour. (She's a GREAT seamstress, by the way.)

Then I just took some kahkis and did the same as SteamedBao.

A normal dress shirt and suspenders.

For the finishing touches, I got a nice replica of an old western gun and some really ugly boots that just DIDN'T work with the costume. They were the best I could find though.

I've got pictures of me and my sister (as Kaylee) if anyone wants them. I don't have a site to put them on and I wouldn't know how to put them on the board.