Interest in Military-style Browncoat patches?
POSTED BY: ASHEEPDOG
UPDATED: Friday, October 7, 2011 17:35
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Originally posted by ASHEEPDOG:
I'm thinking about doing a run of full color (Green/Yellow/Blue) patches first, if there's interest.
I'd buy that for a purple-bellied Alliance credit. Ten , so long as you're payin' the post to this rim of the 'Verse...
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I'd take two or three, depending on price.
Mike
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Once you decide to get serious , I'll put up some coin , and take a quantity of them when they're produced. Send me mail.
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I finished up the sample art and sent it out for quote today, and I'm still working out shipping costs so I don't have final pricing yet. But, I don't think it will be any problem to beat $10 *including US shipping* for quantity one. There would be quantity discounts too.
I expect I'll hear back on the quote by Tuesday or so.
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I will likely be interested in a few of these! Love 'verse patches!
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Getting the quotes nailed down took a little longer than I thought, sorry.
I decided to just go for it... I'm getting a run of both full color and subdued patches done.
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2 for $15 (includes first class mail)
3 for $20 (includes priority mail)
4 for $25 (includes priority mail + insurance)
5 for $29 (includes priority mail + insurance)
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Originally posted by ASHEEPDOG:
I decided to just go for it... I'm getting a run of both full color and subdued patches done.
I just Paypaled the money for two of the regular and two of the subdued Browncoat flag patches.
I'll be happy to add these to my collection.
http://fireflydvd.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3541
I hope lots of folks choose to get in on the run.
Neat project!
Thanks Again for making these available,
Mike
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Mike,
F-N-S and I are getting two of each for ourselves! I love patches, particularly fan-made ones, so no way I would miss out on these!
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Some more details about what I'm having made. This rehashes a bit of the above but I figured it'd be nice to have a description all in one place:
These are non-canon, modern(*) US military style flag patches, 3x2" in size, made with hook velcro on the back. Basically, they similar to the flag patches for current US Army uniforms, but in a Browncoat design.
I'm having them done in two color schemes, the normal Green / Yellow Stripes / Blue Star design, and a "subdued" color scheme designed to go with Multicam (medium camo-ish green / tan stripes / brown star). Multicam is a the camo scheme that the US Army seems to be moving towards (new uniform for Afghanistan), and has been popular for quite a while with other groups (everyone from some special forces units to airsoft people)
The idea of velcro backed patches is that "loop" velcro (the fuzzy side) is sewn on the uniform or what have you, and then patches are easy to swap out / remove while the garment is cleaned / etc. For the Army for example, they change from full color US flags while in garrison to subdued ones for combat operations. As a special bonus for Browncoat patches, this also allows you to change your mind about the "star point up / star point down" question ;) Note that the loop velcro will not be included... lots of garments / hats / backpacks etc already are made with loop velcro areas these days, and for other stuff, you can easily find it at craft shops etc and have it sewn on just as easily as sewing a patch on, but with added flexibility.
I'm having these done at the same place that does the embroidery for Milspec Monkey, who is an awesome designer and cool guy. You should definitely check out his work at http://milspecmonkey.com/store/ . He was kind enough to help me get started on this project, and I wouldn't have attempted this without his generous help!
[* which I guess compared to the series makes them retro? ;) ]
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Originally posted by ASHEEPDOG:
...These are non-canon, modern(*) US military style flag patches, 3x2" in size, made with hook velcro on the back. Basically, they similar to the flag patches for current US Army uniforms, but in a Browncoat design.
I'm having them done in two color schemes, the normal Green / Yellow Stripes / Blue Star design, and a "subdued" color scheme designed to go with Multicam (medium camo-ish green / tan stripes / brown star). Multicam is a the camo scheme that the US Army seems to be moving towards (new uniform for Afghanistan), and has been popular for quite a while with other groups (everyone from some special forces units to airsoft people)
The idea of velcro backed patches is that "loop" velcro (the fuzzy side) is sewn on the uniform or what have you, and then patches are easy to swap out / remove while the garment is cleaned / etc. For the Army for example, they change from full color US flags while in garrison to subdued ones for combat operations. As a special bonus for Browncoat patches, this also allows you to change your mind about the "star point up / star point down" question ;) Note that the loop velcro will not be included... lots of garments / hats / backpacks etc already are made with loop velcro areas these days, and for other stuff, you can easily find it at craft shops etc and have it sewn on just as easily as sewing a patch on, but with added flexibility.
No whores , but " I'm in! " anyway.
BOLO that Alliance scrip that I've sent out , and keep us posted ! 'Cause we LOVE to get post !
I really like that you went with a Brown star on the subdued patch...I saw a really Shiny hat a few days ago , featuring the loopy patch appropriately placed...Well , it wasn't King of all Londinium shiny , but nobody goes into combat looking that gorramned obvious , unless they be the King's men , and we're waaaay too Independent for such as that...
Just a bump...Post some artwork of that multicam patch if you have it. Hopefully the multicam pattern will become somewhat less pricey now that it is more often deployed.
Meanwhile , some of us who are planetside are using an E-T-W Bundeswehr flecktarn scheme...Never lets those purplebellied bungers see us !
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