Recruit costume?

JediFraz · Dec 14, 2007

Guys. Just chill a moment. Everyone has their own reasons for being here. If it was only for costumers then people would be away making costumes and not posting.

Not everyone can make costumes right now, whether it's time, money or lack of skills. They still are Halo fans. They still contribute even it's just to making the 405th a community rather than just a costume reference site.

I dont know about you guys but I'd prefer a community.

Trooper Cooper · Dec 14, 2007

The community spirit of the 405th should be the founding principle upon which all activities are based.

Elitism only leaves the group with a hollow shell, and a lot of resentment. What about soft-uniform Marines, UNSC personnel, civilians? Why is ARMOUR the primary pushing point, instead of general Halo costuming? I doubt anyone here would complain about a deluge of Cortana costumers

MysticLegend · Dec 14, 2007

It's not the primary....it just happens to be more common and elaborate.
If you want to make a fabric-dominant costume, no one's stopping you.

Vader · Dec 14, 2007

Recruit cotume?, For those of us without armor

back to the topic at hand...

Here's what I think would work -
T-Shirt:
Front

Back

Use Combat boots with Tiger Stripe camo pants:

For the hat, use tiger stripe camo either in a BDU style cap, or a Marine style.

If there's interest in the t-shirts and it's approved, I have a friend that may be able to get a deal on making them.

pockets · Dec 14, 2007

i encourage fabric and soft costumes, i'm not all elitist about armor or anything, but wearing a t shirt with a logo isn't a costume. Its a T shirt.... with a logo. You guys claim you dont have enough money or time to make a real costume, but it takes money and time to make a "recruit" costume too. t shirts cost money, BDU pants cost money. how about instead of spending $45 on a recruit costume, go buy some carstock and fiber glass and resin, and get dirty.

p.s. or grab some fabric and a sewing machine and do whatever you want.

Vader · Dec 14, 2007

The point is that not everyone wants to be a spartan, or armored, but everyone (here) wants to be part of this cool thing we got going.
If they need a break from the costume, or if the costume needs some repair, then the 'recruit' costume would work in that capacity as well. And it adds a depth to the overall effect. It's one thing to see a group of spartans, but when you add 'recruits' into the event, it becomes much more involved. I know as Vader, I need another set of eyes for me because I can't see. Usually that has an odd effect, because the Rebel Trooper or a Jedi are helping out Vader. Sort of ruins it. But if every spartan's spotter was wearing the 'recruit' uniforms, then it has a really cool effect.

Besides, after an event you'll want to take off the armor and just chill - why not do it in some comfy bdus and a tshirt with a logo?
If you look at the 501st, those not in armor are wearing tshirts with logos. It's an identification thing.

Trooper Cooper · Dec 15, 2007

Just for the record, I'm toying with some camo at the moment that will (hopefully) look absolutely awesome as Marine uniform. I'll report back in once I am able to give a decent update.

JediFraz · Dec 15, 2007

Not to forget.. One guyis in bdu's and a tshirt but if you have 10 identically dressed; then it's a uniform.

Sinjinsmiley · Dec 15, 2007

Vader said:
back to the topic at hand...

Here's what I think would work -
T-Shirt:
Front
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Back
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Use Combat boots with Tiger Stripe camo pants:
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For the hat, use tiger stripe camo either in a BDU style cap, or a Marine style.

If there's interest in the t-shirts and it's approved, I have a friend that may be able to get a deal on making them.

That looks good but I reckon that a lighter shade of green should be used. Perhaps military green (which seems suitable):

Also I would perhaps put the web site address below the emblem on the back (little advertising never hurts

). On the front I would change the font to something more like the logos' font and have UNSC above 405th.
In terms of pants/trousers I would have to suggest a larger size camo design to fit in with the pictures of Marines I have looked at.

However, I'm really just squabbling over the little details here. In terms of the general suggestion for a uniform for when armour is either unavailable or unsuitable I am in agreement.

Ares · Dec 15, 2007

Dirty ACU or MultiCam could work. However they're both expensive.

Keep it simple. Urban camo for ODSTs, Woodland/ACU/OD for Marines.

Trooper Cooper · Dec 15, 2007

Ares said:
Dirty ACU or MultiCam could work. However they're both expensive.

Keep it simple. Urban camo for ODSTs, Woodland/ACU/OD for Marines.

We can keep it simple without restricting ourselves to choices present almost exclusively in the USA, thank you.

Vader · Dec 15, 2007

Sinjinsmiley said:
That looks good but I reckon that a lighter shade of green should be used. Perhaps military green (which seems suitable)

Having served in the US military, I can say that the OD Green t-shirts look horrible. They issue you brown (when I was in) t-shirts, which look good, but most people buy black, because it looks the best. Not saying it can't be used, but in all honesty black looks best, IMO.

pockets · Dec 15, 2007

Vader said:
Having served in the US military, I can say that the OD Green t-shirts look horrible. They issue you brown (when I was in) t-shirts, which look good, but most people buy black, because it looks the best. Not saying it can't be used, but in all honesty black looks best, IMO.

airforce? In the army we're only authorized to wear the brown with BDU, then the tan with the ACU, and very recently the "foliage green" moisture wicking shirt, its grey, same as the ACU.

Ares · Dec 15, 2007

Peter Cooper said:
We can keep it simple without restricting ourselves to choices present almost exclusively in the USA, thank you.

Err...all of that is perfectly available in the UK...

Vader · Dec 15, 2007

thefreeman said:
airforce? In the army we're only authorized to wear the brown with BDU, then the tan with the ACU, and very recently the "foliage green" moisture wicking shirt, its grey, same as the ACU.

Well, it was 10 years ago too. Things may have changed. When I went in, the Aircrew style patches were being worn, before I got out, we switched to name tapes. I dunno. But black looks so much better than brown IMO. I think we had to wear brown with DCUs. I could be wrong.

Trooper Cooper · Dec 15, 2007

Ares said:
Err...all of that is perfectly available in the UK...

Of those, the only one universally available is OD. US Woodland is disappearing and DPM is in greater prevalence, naturally. ACUs are disproportionately expensive, even when fake copied patterns. Same can be said for Multicam. Urban is so-so.

In the UK, most surplus equipment comes from the UK or Europe, as logic would dictate. None of those items are particularly cheap to acquire here. You certainly can't get Multicam sets that cheaply here, and same can be said for ACU sets. Hell, I would question whether anyone could get OD BDUs here for decent money considering the fact that practically no one sells uniform cut to the BDU specification here. We would end up with a ton of guys in European M65s...

I'm currently experimenting with British Desert DPM to try and see whether I can come up with a cheap and cheerful way of making decent, and very accurate Halo 3 Marine soft uniforms. The shirt cost me $5 surplus, the pants $30 brand new. That certainly perks up my ears more than $80+ for sets of gear which would invariably be imports.

I'm sorry if my reaction seems very ethnocentric, but if there's going to be an established uniform code, I'd rather me and my UK bretheren would not be excluded for choosing a different pattern for soft uniforms

Spartan104 · Dec 15, 2007

I think atleast if one does not wish to wear armor atleast a have a dress uniform or accurate fatigues instead of digressing to tee's and standard issue BDU's or god knows what else. If you want to wear those fine, but i think that shouldn't be considered a costume.

Sinjinsmiley · Dec 15, 2007

Vader said:
Having served in the US military, I can say that the OD Green t-shirts look horrible. They issue you brown (when I was in) t-shirts, which look good, but most people buy black, because it looks the best. Not saying it can't be used, but in all honesty black looks best, IMO.

I had a bit of spare time tonight so I went on a t-shirt customization site and threw together a couple of designs (Click on each image for a larger res pic)

First up Military Green with a white design: