PLEASE HELP- Mal Costume for Halloween

POSTED BY: dakion
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 14:53
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DAKION

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 3:31 AM

I'd like to celebrate Firefly by dressing as Cpt. Tightpants for a big shindig on the 30th... anyone sucessfully recreate mal's look in a way that can be done in 10 days with a budget around $60???

Please post your suggestions here!

PS- TIA and You guys Rock!... I swear anyone who asks who I'm supposed to be will get an earful of Firefly praises!

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 2:53 PM

Ouch? $60 bucks? Be pretty hard to do that unless you go without the brown trench coat (assuming that you do not already have something that will work as a brown coat).

What I did was hit the local retail chains clearance racks for the long sleeve button down shirt & khaki pants. These cost me about $20.00. I got a pair of western style suspenders for $13.00 off of Ebay. You might be able to find something in the way of suspenders at a local western shop or men's clothing store. My leather holster was $10 on Ebay. You might be able to pick a passable childrens toy holster at a toy store for a couple of bucks. The gun I had was a wooden prop made by a friend as a gift. Boots I already owned. I bought a brown duster, but it ran me $150.00. I purchased brown bias tape for the stripes on the pants for $2.

I would suggest hitting stores like Goodwill or a local reconsignment shop. You can normally get great deals there on older clothing of the sort that will be close to Mal's. You should be able to get the pants & shirt at these locations. Perhaps you might find boots and a coat as well, but not very likely.

You could always go without the coat, which would eliminate the most costly part of the costume.

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